A Video Visit to the Icon Corner - The Presentation

We have a special episode of Catholic:Under The Hood with a video visit to the Icon corner and a look at the theology of the Icon of the Presentation. To watch the video, you will need QuickTime to watch the episode.

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The Presentation

Missionaries And Superheroes

In this week's episode, we begin with a look at what it means to be a missionary in an interview with Fr. Stan Holland, TOR - some unusual and odd news [some of it even true!] - and I give my impressions of Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Deus Caritas Est.

"Oh I Praise You" by 38 Acres via Podsafe Music

Weird and Wild News
Pain and Video Games
Wrong Numbers at Seton Hall
St. Joseph of Cupertino Comic Book
Pope Benedict's Encyclical

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Catholic Mission
Pope Benedict's Encyclical - Deus Caritas Est [The podcast Maria Lectrix is offering an audio version of the Encyclical for free download]
Americans On Call
Theosis - Lenten and Easter Spiritual Meditations
Catholic Mormon Podcast
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Missionaries And Superheroes

Theosis is up!

The first episode of Theosis is up! I'm still waiting on the iTunes links but they should be coming soon. The first episode deals with the upcoming Zacchaeus Sunday in the Eastern Church.

Check it out here.

New podcast is coming!

The preliminary information and data for the next podcast are up! The podcast will be called THEOSIS and will be a podcast journey through the Lenten and Easter season with the Eastern Church.

I expect the first podcast will be going up on the 29th of January but I will be putting up other information before that. What this means is that you can already check much of the site out, but podcast subscriptions won't begin until the first episode goes up. In fact, I might put up a prelimary podcast before that - so stay tuned.

For the Roman Catholics out there, the Eastern Church has five pre-Lenten Sundays in preparation for Lent which is why things are beginning so early with the podcast. Again, I will be podcasting for THEOSIS pretty much every Sunday during the pre-Lenten time and then switching to daily on February 26th and then going all the way to June 11th. So, it's going to have lots of episodes.

More information about the podcast can be found at the website of THEOSIS.

The Theology of the Body, The Way of the Tau

This week we begin with an interview with Fr. Thomas Loya about John Paul II's Theology of the Body, followed by a discussion about the Franciscan Tau, and a look at the Diaconate along with weird news and a special announcement.

More information about the Theology of the Body can be found at the following websites:

TheologyOfTheBody.net
EWTN
Christopher West

and the following books:

Theology Of The Body For Beginners and other books by Christopher West
Body and Gift:Reflections on Creation / Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body in Simple Language by Sam Torode
Sex and the Sacred City by Steve Kellmeyer
The Theology of the Body Human Love in the Divine Plan by John S. Grabowski
Men and Women Are from Eden: A Study Guide to John Paul II's Theology of the Body by Mary Healy

The two conferences that Fr. Loya mentioned are the National Catholic Singles Conference and the National Forum of the Theology of the Body

Fr. Thomas Loya's radio show/podcast is "Light of the East" - episodes 16-23 are on the Theology of the Body.

For more information about the Tau Cross, check out the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi, San-Francesco.org, Franciscan Friars TOR

For more information about the diaconate see:
National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons
Sacrament of Service: A Vision of the Permanent Diaconate Today by Patrick McCaslin and Michael G. Lawler
Theology of the Diaconate: The State of the Question by Owen F. Cummings et. al.

Our song for this episode was "Fly, Fly, Fly" by Adrina Thorpe at Podsafe Music.

Podcast promos played this week - Take Two and The Daily Breakfast
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The Mission of the Faithful and What is a "Frobot"?

This week we continue to look at vocations within the Church with an interview of Sr. Anne Delores of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist about her community and the role of the religious sister. More information about the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist can be found on their website and be sure to look at the vocational video from Grassroots Films. [Just click on the "projects" button on the site and then the button for the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist] - it's a great video.

I also say a few words about the upcoming Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The materials for Catholic participation in this week can be found at the Vatican website here.

Our song - Rainfall is by Hungry Lucy and is available through the Podsafe Music Network.

Our promos for this episode were for the Disciples With Microphones and for the Christus Vincit podcast.

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Baptized Into Service

This week in preparation for National Vocation Awareness Week in the United States we hear about vocations to the Religious Sisterhood and to Lay Communities. We also take another visit to the icon corner to take a closer look at the Icon of the Baptism of the Lord and what it tells us about our relationship to the Holy Trinity.

We first hear from Carol Gentile, SFO the current National Minister of the Secular Franciscans about that lay community and how they model the spirituality of St. Francis in their lives.

We also hear from Sr. Amy Cavender, CSC about the vocation to be a religious sister in the Church and in the World today.

Finally, we take another visit to the Icon Corner where I talk about the religious symbolism in the icon of the Baptism of the Lord. You can find out more about the Eastern Church's celebration of the Baptism of the Lord at From Advent to the Presentation.

Links:

You can learn more about the Secular Franciscans through their website or from reading these books - To Live as Francis Lived:A Guide For Secular Franciscans, The Secular Franciscan Companion, Called To Rebuild The Church: A Spiritual Commentary On The Constitutions of the Secular Franciscan Order, and Called To Follow Christ: A Commentary On The Secular Franciscan Rule.

You can learn more about the Sisters of the Holy Cross at their website.

Some other websites devoted to vocations are Vocation.com and Vocations.com.

If you are interested in reading a good book about discernment, check out the book What Does God Want?

Podcasts Promos:
Going Fourth
iPadre
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Our song for this week's episode is "Dream On" by Carrie Pettit available at Podsafe Music.

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Baptized Into Service