Al Kresta
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Oct 7, 2026
Billy KangasGUEST
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Marcus PeterHOST
[laughs] So, uh, 30 years, 30 years ago when our predecessor, Al Kresta, and eventually Mike Jones joined the fray, and, uh, Tom Monahan, of course, when they founded Ave Maria Radio, it was a completely pioneering enterprise.
Marcus PeterHOST
The notion of Catholic radio simply didn't exist.
Marcus PeterHOST
So Al was brought in as one of those, uh, front runners in, um, Protestant radio, and so he revolutionized the way we could think about Catholic radio, taking Mother Angelica's clarion call to heart.
Kami BrechtelHOST
And we'll, we'll be so, um, you know, excited because we've invited Dr. Marcus Peter to be here, uh, for our keynote for November 17th here in rapid city.
Kami BrechtelHOST
And he, um, he took over for Al Cresta that slot, uh, in the afternoons.
Kami BrechtelHOST
I forget the name of the show.
Kami BrechtelHOST
Maybe the board can help me out, but you know, he's a wonderful dynamic person to listen to and has quite a the journey into the Catholic church and pretty dynamic, right? You know, um, not all of us were born into the Catholic faith and I'm so blessed that I, that I was.
Marcus PeterGUEST
And Malaysia is an Islamic nation, so it banned good Catholic resources being imported into the country, and so between using proxy servers and being careful about internet usage, I went online and I found resources to study the Catholic faith, and it was entirely the benevolence of the American Catholic Church, particularly American Catholic media organizations like EWTN, and Catholic Answers and Ave Maria Radio, all of which I'm now blessed to work for or work with.
Marcus PeterGUEST
So Al Cresta, when I moved to Ann Arbor, this was seven and a half years ago, I met Al Cresta for the first time.
Marcus PeterGUEST
I'd been following his work for some time by then, and I knew what Al was doing.
Marcus PeterGUEST
He was applying the Scriptures to every facet of human existence.