Katie is an excellent reporter and easy to listen to! I really enjoy her calm and funny demeanor. I’m proud that she is Catholic and from Louisiana!

Listeners deserve to know that Ave Maria author Joan Watson (a.k.a. Mrs. McGoldrick) is married to an ex-priest accused of sexual abuse of several young women across multiple dioceses.

I am grateful that so much information regarding Catholic faith is available! Katie’s podcast, Ave Explores, is one of my favorite resources.

I love this podcast. It’s like listening to a good friend. Katie is well spoken, intelligent and warm. I feel elevated after listening to her speak about the topics.

Katie McGrady is a gifted storyteller and interviewer. I love how the topics teach me many new things and reaffirm that one of the greatest gifts my parents gave me is my Catholic faith. If you have SiriusXM, be sure to check out her daily show on the Catholic channel!

This podcast and the host, Katie McGrady, have created and amazing, truly inspiring podcast! I use so much that is shared here in my own life - from book recommendations to nuggets of advice. Katie is open, honest, knowledgeable and approachable. She has a keen sense of the truth she is able to uncover with her guests with her interview abilities. This podcast brings so much hope and joy to my life. I feel like Katie has become a friend! 😂

Thankful for this podcast. I started listening in Sept 2022 and am so happy that I discovered this little treasure of insightful talks. I’ve loved listening to guests and my favorite part is Katie’s introduction and wrap ups at the end of every episode. I always look forward to the release of a new episode. May God bless you all as you continue to reach more open hearts 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

The guests on the shows are knowledgeable and move me to action

Excellent podcast. Great perspectives from various Catholics. Encourages the faith and entertaining

Listened to and enjoyed this conversation as an Indian Catholic living in the US. Catholicism is a cultural and religious experience in India. We grew up in Catholic communities anchored by our parish and convent/church-based schools. These schools were inclusive of students of all faiths without attempts at converting. Parishes are active w programs and outreach for all ages. While our faith was a significant cultural experience as youth, it has lent a great foundation on our journey of staying Catholic, living, loving, understanding and growing in faith with each passing day. As I often say aloud “Thank you Jesus for making me Catholic” - grateful and blessed that Catholicism reached India as I’m not sure I would have the wisdom to seek it for myself. Thank you for this wide array of conversations in the Ave Explores series. You are doing a great job. God bless you and Percival in your ministries.

I just discovered this podcast and am so grateful I did! I’ve been able to listen to the Advent series and it’s been quite a game changer in my perspective and approach to how I personally am finishing Advent. The episodes are really well done and Katie is an excellent interviewer. To boot, Katie has one of the warmest, most welcoming voices I’ve heard. I‘ve thoroughly enjoyed each episode I’ve listend to thus far and look forward to listening to previous episodes.

I love it! It’s one of my favorite podcasts! What authentic, truth Catholic content.

Faith doesn’t come easy for me. It often feels too lofty, too unattainable. But Katie Prejean McGrady makes faith accessible by relating personal experiences and identifying concrete ways to tap into faith. I’m so grateful for Ave Explores. It’s literally changed my life.

I am grateful to stumble upon this podcast!! So many topics, so many reasons to listen. Started listening through the recommendation of Catholic Feminist and ended up loving it. So many seasons and such a journey! Will enlighten your pathway to God and the yearn for your catholic faith.

This is an excellent podcast! A few of my friends and I listen and debrief together and it brings us together so well. Every episode tells great stories and has great content.

This podcast never fails to teach me something during episode. I love all the different topics Ave Explores focuses on! Looking forward to more episodes1

This podcast is a wonderful resource on how to live our Faith in every aspect of life, while realizing that we are not alone in what we go through.

Love your podcast!!! Inspiring AND convicting! I’m listening them to them all backwards one after the other when I drive! Will be sad when I’m caught up!

I love this podcast, especially seasons 2 and 3! Great work, Katie!

I have enjoyed ALL of these episodes. 10 years married and a life long Catholic and I learn something new to apply to my Faith journey and marriage each time!

Really really quality and enlightening content. I love the way Katie presents her topics and she offers such a variety of guests. I’m a mid twenty year old and always walk away from this podcast newly inspired. Really phenomenal job!

Katie Prejean McGrady sits down to talk with some of the brightest minds in the Catholic Church. Informative, faith-strengthening, and entertaining!

These conversations are both intellectual and heartfelt!

I’ve been binging the show again and it’s encouraging me and challenging me to grow. Katie does a great job leading the way and brings amazing guests with inspiring stories on. Highly recommended

Found your podcast Katie through the Be Not Afraid conference which I loved your talk! Came to find your podcast and it is now one of my faves. Excellent interviews and dog your perspective. Keep it coming sister! ❤️

Loved both seasons, and have thoroughly enjoyed the Lent series too. Thanks so much for all you do Katie!

The series on mental health is spot on. Thank you for putting this together with such relevant guests.

Love this podcast. One suggestion is that during the interview, the interviewer keeps saying uh huh and mmm hmmmm. It’s very very distracting to hear in earphones. Thank you

I stumbled upon this podcast last week and have already listened to every available episode. It deals with current life issues, offers relevant insight and tangible ways to approach the variety of topics, and it’s simply like having a chat over coffee and listening to Katie talk with the guests. Great job. Looking forward to more.

This is a wonderful, meet you where you are, life affirming podcast!

This is a MUST listen series. With diverse speakers and perspectives on all-things Mary there is much to learn. It’s been an absolute blessing to me.

Mary, take care of Jesus in my heart. Father and Katie provided an exciting and fresh perspective on Mary. Father talked of how Mary is very similar to us, even comparing her to our sister. She points to Jesus, her Son, never herself. He talked of the busyness of life and how he entrusts Mary to maintain his love for Jesus in his heart. The rosary allowed him to love Mary more deeply and it allowed her to reach him and to touch his heart. Thank you father for your testimony to the power of the Lord through his most holy conduit, Mary. Thank you Katie for striving to remind all of us to never forget our mother during our spiritual journey. If you are wanting to start a relationship with Mary, this is an excellent resource to start. I will be recommending to my Marian devotion groups. Come Holy Spirit, living in Mary. May there be a revival of heart and a renewal of virtue.

I enjoyed these episodes immensely and looked forward to each one. I kept looking for excuses to go on long car rides so I could listen uninterrupted. The Miracle Hunter was a great final episode—it left me wanting more content. Keep them coming, please!

thank you for providing such an interesting and beautiful podcast! sometimes it can be hard to listen cause the guest/host volume levels can be so different and so i have to adjust the volume several times throughout, but it’s still worth it! if u want to grow closer to Mary i’d definitely recommend it.

Katie is a mom of one (Rose) who travels everywhere, and teaches teens how to relate with Jesus, the saints, and who they are created to be in Christ. It is a blessing beyond all words to have the opportunity to listen to her unique and powerful feminine genius. It encourages me to recognize my own dreams and goals, and chase after them. Basically, this is exciting, and you should grab your Birkenstock’s because you can’t keep socks on when Katie starts talking about what’s on our hearts.