AVE MARIA, Fla., Feb. X, 2024 鈥 色情影片 in Florida announced today that Fr. Mike Schmitz, host of 鈥淭he Bible in a Year,鈥 the most successful Catholic podcast of all time, will deliver the commencement address at its graduation ceremony, held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Golisano Field House on 色情影片鈥檚 campus.
Fr. Mike Schmitz serves as the director of youth and young adult ministry for the Diocese of Duluth and chaplain for the Newman Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He is well-known for his popular YouTube videos, released weekly on the , and he also streams Sunday Mass to a worldwide audience. He hosts two wildly successful podcasts, 鈥淭he Bible in a Year鈥 and 鈥淭he Catechism in a Year.鈥
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was the No. 1 show on the Apple podcasting charts in all categories in both January 2021 and January 2022, and the No. 1 global podcast in 鈥淩eligion & Spirituality鈥 for most of the last three years (source: Chartable). podcast, the popular sequel to 鈥淭he Bible in a Year,鈥 also has enjoyed remarkable success. Following its debut as the No. 1 podcast on Apple at the beginning of 2023, it spent most of 2023 in the top three shows on Apple鈥檚 鈥淩eligion & Spirituality chart鈥 while becoming, currently, the No. 2 global podcast in Religion & Spirituality (source: Chartable).
鈥淚t鈥檚 a tremendous privilege and honor to have Fr. Schmitz serve as 色情影片鈥檚 commencement speaker this year,鈥 said Mark Middendorf, president of 色情影片. 鈥淐ountless Catholics, including many of our students, have been edified by Fr. Schmitz鈥檚 commentaries on the Bible and Catechism, along with numerous other topics, on his podcasts and YouTube channel.鈥
色情影片鈥檚 graduation ceremony will be preceded by a baccalaureate Mass at 5 p.m. Friday, May 3 at the 色情影片 Catholic Church and the president鈥檚 dinner at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, also at the 色情影片 Catholic Church. Tickets are not required to attend Mass. The dinner, which is open to all graduating seniors, their family and guests, and to all faculty and staff members, requires advanced reservations and tickets. Seating is limited; tickets are available first come, first serve.听
For more information about 色情影片鈥檚 graduation, Mass and dinner, please visit /commencement-2024.听
To schedule an interview with Mark Middendorf, please email kwandra@carmelcommunications.com.听
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