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Patrick Thaddeus Madrid
Born(1960-11-08)November 8, 1960(age 63)
Los Angeles,California,United States
Alma materUniversity of Phoenix (B.S., Business Management)
Pontifical College Josephinum(B.Phil; M.A., Dogmatic Theology)
Occupation(s)Author, radio host, public speaker, and apologist
Years active1987–present
Organizations
Spouse
Nancy Madrid
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(m.1981)​
Children11
Websitepatrickmadrid.com

Patrick Madrid(born November 8, 1960) is an AmericanCatholic,author,andradio host.His many books includeWhy Be Catholic?(Penguin Random House),Life Lessons: 50 Things I Learned in My First 50 Years(Ignatius Press), andHow to Do Apologetics(Our Sunday Visitor). His books have sold over one million copies, including foreign-language editions.

He hosts the “Patrick Madrid Show” radio program onRelevant Radio,three hours daily.[1]

Aside from his radio presence, Madrid is best known for his work in Catholic apologetics. He worked for eight years (1988 to 1996) atCatholic Answers,serving as vice president. He has published numerous articles on Scripture, Church history, patristics, apologetics, and evangelization in various Catholic and Protestant periodicals and has contributed scholarly articles on apologetics in theNew Catholic Encyclopedia.[2][self-published source?]

He and his wife, Nancy, have 11 children and 28 grandchildren.

Early life

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Patrick Madrid was born on November 8, 1960, in Lynwood, California, a near suburb of Los Angeles. His father, Bernard Madrid served for four years in the U.S. Coast Guard as a sailor, after which he had a long career as an electronics engineer. His mother, Gretchen, was a housewife. Madrid is the oldest of their eight children, one of whom died shortly after birth of pulmonary complications. Growing up in Southern California, Madrid was baptized at Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Whittier and was raised primarily in Orange County, attending the Mission San Juan Capistrano Grammar School for several years.

Biography

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Patrick Madrid has been a Catholic apologist since 1987. He hostsThe Patrick Madrid Showon Relevant Radio weekdays 9-noon ET, discussing current events, modern culture, apologetics, and a variety of "God topics." Madrid does not have guests or conduct interviews on his show, but instead, engages listeners with personal commentary and interacts extensively with callers.[3]He has conducted thousands of apologetics seminars in English and Spanish at parishes, conferences, and universities across the United States, as well as throughout Europe, Canada, in Latin America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel. Since 1990, he has been a regular presenter at theFranciscan University of Steubenville's "Defending the Faith" summer apologetics conferences[4]and has been a guest lecturer in theology atChristendom Collegein their "Major Speakers" program. Madrid has engaged in at least a dozen formal public debates withProtestant,Mormon,and other non-Catholic spokesmen.

He founded what is now known as the Envoy institute in 1996 with the launch ofEnvoyMagazine, which reached a peak circulation of approximately 12,000 paid subscribers. The magazine was discontinued in 2011 when it lost its institutional funding source.[5][self-published source?]

Madrid earned a bachelor of science degree in business management from theUniversity of Phoenixas well as a B.Phil in philosophy and an M.A. in dogmatic theology (cum laude) from thePontifical College JosephinuminColumbus, Ohio.He did graduate studies in theology at theUniversity of Dallas.He has taught undergraduate courses on apologetics and the sacraments as an adjunct professor on the theology faculty atFranciscan University of Steubenville.He currently serves as an adjunct professor of apologetics atHoly Apostles College and Seminaryand atSaint Patrick's Seminary and UniversityinMenlo Park,California.[6]

A life-long avid fan of the Beatles, after playing trumpet in grammar school since the fourth grade, Madrid switched to the bass guitar at the age of 14, playing in various area garage bands, and eventually played bass for several years in Geneva Brown, an obscure Southern California rock band. He sometimes refers humorously on his radio show to his garage-band days by commenting on a particular word or phrase drawn news sources that he says would make for a "good garage band name."[7][self-published source?]

References

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  1. ^"Catholic radio expands in L.A. with 93 KHJ".The Los Angeles Times.2014-11-24.Retrieved2020-01-02.
  2. ^"Articles".patrickmadrid.com.RetrievedNovember 12,2020.
  3. ^"The Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio".Relevant Radio.September 20, 2017.
  4. ^"Defending the Faith | Steubenville Conferences".July 30, 2018.
  5. ^Murdaugh, Bryan."Patrick Madrid – Envoy Institute".New Evangelizers.RetrievedDecember 3,2020.
  6. ^University, St Patrick's Seminary & (January 4, 2021)."St. Patrick's Seminary".St. Patrick's Seminary & University.
  7. ^"Garage Bands".patrickmadrid.com.22 February 2016.RetrievedNovember 11,2020.

Books

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  • Surprised by Truth(Saint Benedict Press), 1994ISBN0964261081
  • Any Friend of God’s Is a Friend of Mine(Saint Benedict Press), 1996ISBN096426109X
  • Pope Fiction: Answers to 30 Myths and Misconceptions about the Papacy(Saint Benedict Press), 1999ISBN0964261006
  • Surprised by Truth 2(Sophia Institute Press), 2000ISBN1928832180
  • Search and Rescue(Sophia Institute Press), 2001ISBN9781928832270
  • Where Is That in the Bible?(Our Sunday Visitor), 2001ISBN0879736933
  • Surprised by Truth 3(Sophia Institute Press), 2002ISBN1928832598
  • Why Is That in Tradition?(Our Sunday Visitor), 2002ISBN1931709068
  • Answer Me This(Our Sunday Visitor) 2003ISBN1931709580
  • More Catholic than the Pope(Our Sunday Visitor), 2004ISBN1931709262
  • Does the Bible Really Say That?(Servant Books), 2006ISBN0867167742
  • A Pocket Guide to Apologetics(Our Sunday Visitor), 2006ISBN1592762085
  • A Pocket Guide to Purgatory(Our Sunday Visitor), 2007ISBN1592762948
  • 150 Bible Verses Every Catholic Should Know(Servant Books), 2008ISBN0867169028]
  • The Godless Delusion: A Catholic Challenge to Modern Atheism(Our Sunday Visitor), 2010ISBN1592767877
  • Envoy for Christ: 25 Years as a Catholic Apologist(Servant Books), 2012ISBN161636484X
  • A Year With the Bible: Scriptural Wisdom for Daily Living(St. Benedict Press), 2012ISBN1618904167
  • Why Be Catholic? 10 Answers to a Very Important Question(Penguin Random House, 2013)ISBN0307986438
  • On a Mission: Lessons from Saint Francis de Sales(Servant Books), 2013ISBN161636436X
  • Scripture and Tradition in the Church(Sophia Institute Press), 2014ISBN1622822137
  • Now What? A Guide for New (and Not So New) Catholics(Servant Books), 2015ISBN1616367210
  • How to Do Apologetics(Our Sunday Visitor), 2015ISBN1612785832
  • Life Lessons: 50 Things I Learned in My First 50 Years(Ignatius Press), 2016ISBN1621641147
  • Surprised by Life(Sophia Institute Press), 2017ISBN1622823737
  • InQUIZition: Rack Your Brain & Stretch Your Knowledge(Sophia Institute Press, 2022)
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