Catholic Roundup

This winter, one of the recurring  topics of discussion during our parish basement coffee time after mass is the recent move by Bell Expressvu (Canadian Satellite Television)  to pull EWTN from it’s lineup.  This has been very upsetting for a number of my friends, particularly seniors.  Although we have Bell Expressvu service, I have never paid the extra fees for EWTN (and our Canadian Salt and Light TV) because they are readily available for streaming viewing online.

However, several of my friends have said they are not sure how to access Catholic TV online so here is a quick primer for them.

How to Watch Catholic Television on the Internet

1) EWTN has a huge website that includes streaming television, radio, audio podcasts of many of their TV shows and thousands of articles and documents.  I’m going to focus here just on watching the TV channel.  You can watch the live programming according to the current EWTN schedule by clicking on the ‘Watch/Listen’ tab on the left side of the EWTN homepage or by clicking HERE.  The page that opens up gives several options for watching EWTN programs live.  If you click down the page you will also see links to watch (or listen to the audio of) the most recent episodes of your favorite EWTN programs, such as ‘The Journey Home’

2)  Salt and Light TV is a Canadian Catholic Television Network.  Their homepage contains many videos of current programs and links to their archived programs, but if you just want to watch, you can click on the WATCH LIVE link near the top right hand side of the page.

3)  Catholic TV We had the great pleasure to tour the Catholic TV studios in Boston and meet Father Reed last summer.   Catholic TV offers all of their programming on demand, which means you can click on the program and choose specific episodes to watch.  If you just want to watch what is currently playing, click on ‘Watch Catholic TV Live‘ on the homepage.

4) Familyland.tv The Apostolate for Family Consecration offers original programs and classic television programs on demand.  Just go to the  Familyland TV Online page which has a whole bunch of picture icons around a central screen.  Scrolling over any of the picture icons will give display a whole bunch of programs in that category.  Click on the one you want to watch and enjoy.

5)  One of my friends asked how she could watch Ralph Martin’s program, The Choices We Face online.  You can see the current episode or listen to the audio of the program by going to the Choices We Face page of Renewal Ministries site.   You can see many of Renewal Ministries archived videos here.

Here is the Live feed for Catholic TV right in this window.

You can get your own Catholic TV widget here.