Catholic Roundup

In this show we give our impressions about the Catholic New Media Celebration in Boston earlier this month.

My take on CNMC: There is a welcome move toward professionalization of Catholic media.  We need high quality, engaging media– not boring media.  However, it is important not to discredit or diminish the value of the work done by passionate amateurs.  Remember that  GK Chesterton was a great champion of amateurs.  He said:  ”Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.“

Catholic in a Small Town promo

Catholic Vitamins new promo.  Thanks Tom and Dee for the letter and care package.

Post CNMC buzz- blogs– Peter Da Tech Guy’s Voices of the CNMC,  Jeff Geerlings’s CNMC summary for the Archdiocese of St. Louis.  Matt Warner’s- Voices of CNMC,  Sara Reinhart’s  CNMC Attendee blogs ,

Catholic Roundup CNMC Websites and Resources

I won the July Test Your Faith Contest on Catholicland.com

New Blogs and podcasts to come out of the CNMC:

Baby Report:

Chris Bray and wife Katie had a daughter on August 17.  Chris is a catholic singer and worship leader from Ontario.

At time of this recording, Carson and Rebecca Weber were at the hospital delivering their 2nd daughter.  Carson is director of New Media Evangelization and Catechesis for the Catholic Church in Sacramento, CA.  He hosts the Understanding the Scriptures Podcast .

Victor and Marilyn Carvallo from Catholicland.com are grandparents:   Kelli & Joe’s Carvallo BABY Girl was BORN August 5.

CNMC Rosary:   During the CNMC, I asked various people to record the prayers and reflections on the mysteries of the rosary.    Listen closely to hear the voices of familiar/ and not so familiar bloggers, podcasters and people producing Catholic media.  I was honored to have Cardinal Seán O’Malley from the Archdiocese of Boston begin the rosary with the Apostles Creed.  Thanks to all who participated to make this rosary a special celebration of the online Catholic community.  There were approximately 68 people who contributed their voices to the rosary.   The full credits and the first set of mysteries, The Luminous Mysteries, are available here.  I will be releasing the other sets of mysteries weekly for the next 3 weeks.

Song: Bryan Murdaugh, I’m Listening