S05 E12: Avellina Balestri On Spreading the Catholic Faith Through Beauty and Creativity

Have you ever wondered how you can share the faith in a different way? AVELLINA BALESTRI is here to tell us how. Beauty and creativity are often neglected, yet they're the most powerful tool that can change the heart.

Avellina is an author and an editor. Her stories, poems, and essays have been featured in many print and online publications including The Wisdom Daily, The Latin Mass Magazine, and so much more. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Fellowship & Fairydust, a literary magazine with the mission of inspiring faith and creativity and exploring the arts through a spiritual lens. Her books are entitled The Telling of the Beads Book I: Saplings of Sherwood and Pendragon's Shield: A Poetry Collection, among others, both are available in Amazon and Kindle.

We talked about the history of the US State of Maryland, her favorite authors Tolkien, G.K. Chesterton and T.S. Elliot, the challenges of being a Catholic author, especially when tackling controversial topics like abortion and contraception, we discussed Catholic movies and why modern ones fall flat, her favorite Passion movie, lastly, we dissected the characters from her Robin Hood story "The Telling of the Beads Book I: Saplings of Sherwood".

Avellina writes compelling characters who are complex, like real people you meet in your life. You definitely want to hear her commentary of the book.

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