--- title: "'Ave Explores: The Saints' Begins October 21" description: Learn more about the saints in a new 'Ave Explores' series hosted by Katie Prejean McGrady. image: https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/All%20Saints%20Day%20image-f.jpg --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/ave-explores-the-saints-begins-october-21#) [MEDIA](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/tag/media) # 'Ave Explores: The Saints' Begins October 21 Oct 16, 2020 1:00:00 PM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) ![featured image](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/All%20Saints%20Day%20image-f.jpg) *Learn more about the saints in a new 'Ave Explores' series hosted by Katie Prejean McGrady.* Have you ever wondered how someone becomes a saint? Do you want to grow your friendship with the saints and maybe find a new patron or holy companion? In **[Ave Explores: The Saints](https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-the-saints),** a free, multimedia educational series from Ave Maria Press, you will learn about the canonization process, how to ask for the intercession of holy men and women, and how to grow in relationship with witnesses to the faith who lived lives of heroic virtue. ![Ave Explores The Saints](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ave%20Explores%20The%20Saints.png?width=600&name=Ave%20Explores%20The%20Saints.png) Contributors include Bonnie Engstrom, Maria Morera Johnson, Gloria Purvis, Fr. Robert P. Boxie III, Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg, Lisa and Kevin Cotter, Fr. David Marcham, C.S.C., Jen Norton, Lisa M. Hendey, and Meg Hunter-Kilmer. Featured saints include S. John Paul II, St. Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, St. Oscar Romero, Sr. Thea Bowman, St. Brigid, and Fr. Patrick Peyton, C.S.C. [**Ave Explores: The Saints**](https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-the-saints) will help you bring the saints to life with your family and in your home. Catch previews beginning this week on the Ave Explores Podcast with host Katie Prejean McGrady and her guest Sr. Bethany Davis, F.S.P. Mary and Jerry Lenaburg join Prejean McGrady in a bonus preview podcast on Friday, October 16. [**Ave Explores: The Saints**](https://www.avemariapress.com/aveexplores-the-saints) kicks off on October 21, 2020, with podcasts, videos, articles, social media exclusives, and Facebook Live events. The series runs through November 11, 2020. > [CLICK TO TWEET > Bring the saints to life with your family and in your home. #AveExplores with @katieprejean #catholicmom](https://ctt.ac/A3aPo) The Ave Explores podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Play Music. 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