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Too many Conferences, Too much distance, Too little time

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Rosary Army and SQPN are hosting the Catholic New Media Celebration on June 22 in Atlanta. Unfortunately that’s still the school year for me and it’s just too far to go for a weekend. If it were even one week later, my family would be there. I need to be with [...]

Day 37 with guests Mac and Katherine Barron of Catholic in a Small Town

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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During the weekly chatroom circus that is the live Ustream recording of Catholic in a Small Town, I pestered Mac and Katherine Barron to do an interview with me. As soon as their show recording was done, they called me on skype and we did this interview, live in front of the Ustream irregulars. [...]

Day 28 of 40 Days of Catholic Media– Bryan Murdaugh and Total Strangers

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
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Today Bryan Murdaugh with Total Strangers are officially releasing their new CD, With Everything I Know, It’s a Long Way Home.  I had the chance to interview Bryan about his Lenten Practices and the new album. I also play Rock of Safety from the new CD.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Bryan for Episode 36 [...]

Day 22– Jeff Cavins and Emily Cavins’ Family Night

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Each week the wonderful Catholic author, speaker and blogger Jeff Cavins posts an outline for Family Night, a series of readings, prayers, games, discussion questions, and even snack recipes written by his wife, Emily Cavins as a way for families to pray and reflect together on the week’s Sunday readings.     Although we have not [...]

Day 21- Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Since she was four, our daughter has attended Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, also known as the Atrium at our home Parish of St. Margaret’s in Midland, Ontario. My daughter has enjoyed the hands-on and self directed approach to learning about our faith, and our entire family’s faith experience has been enriched by [...]

Day 18 of 40 Days of Catholic Media: Angel Dude

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
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Daniele Rossi of SuperSpud.com and StutteringIsCool.com podcast has started up a little blog of Good News stories only as written by a cartoon guardian angel named Roderick. It is called Angel Dude.
I spoke with Daniele at Podcamp Toronto about Angel Dude.

Day 14- Blog Directories– Join in the Conversation

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

For several years, whenever I wanted to find new Catholic Blogs, I have turned to Saint Blog’s Parish Directory. Of course there is no Saint Blog, and it is not a real parish. It is however one of the longest running Catholic blog directories on the internet. They also maintain a [...]

Day 13 of 40 Days of Catholic Resources–The Canadian Martyrs’ Shrine

Monday, February 18th, 2008

The other day, I talked with Zina Gomez Liss about the spiritual and cultural significance of places. Zina has been exploring the Catholic heritage of Boston in her videocast, Catholic City with Zina. My town of Midland also has a rich Catholic heritage. Our community is where some of the first Jesuit [...]

Day 11 of 40 Days of Catholic Media– Join the ipadre in his live recording of his 100th show tomorrow.

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Giggling Nuns, teeny tiny railroads, a geek priest who Ustreams his holy hours: the motto of the Ipadre podcast is All Things Catholic and Then Some, and Father Jay Finelli certainly delivers on that promise. He will be recording his 100th episode live on Ustream tomorrow, Sunday February 17 at 5:00 pm EST. [...]

Day 10 of 40 Days of Catholic Media– Catholic City with Zina

Friday, February 15th, 2008
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Zina Gomez-Liss has just launched, Catholic City with Zina
a wonderful video podcast which explores the Catholic culture and heritage of her hometown Boston. It is done in a lighthearted humorous fashion with loads of pretty graphics and special effects.
I spoke to Zina for quite a while about her videocast and the spiritual significance of [...]

Day 9: Carnaval is Over But There’s Still a Blog Carnival for Lent

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Although Carnaval ends on shrove Tuesday the Catholic blog Carnival continues during lent.  I first discussed blog carnivals in an early post on this blog.   A blog carnival is a way for people of similar interests to join in a conversation about a specific theme.  As I started this blog to explore the intersection [...]

Day 8 of 40 Days of Catholic Media– Madonna House

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

As a young man, I spent almost a year at Madonna House, discerning my vocation, chopping wood and veggies, and learning to live their life of simplicity, prayer, work and charity.   Madonna House is a community of laymen, lay women and priests in the woods of Northeastern Ontario in Combermere.  Their foundress, Catherine Doherty was [...]

Day 7 of 40 Days of Catholic Media with Greg Willits of Rosary Army

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
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This weekend, Rosary Army unveiled their 2 years in the making website redesign and it’s a beauty. I spoke briefly with Greg Willits from Rosary Army about the new website and how his Lenten practices enrich his spiritual life.

Day 6 of 40 Days of Catholic Media: Tupelo Catholic Podcast

Monday, February 11th, 2008
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I called Rob Williams of the Tupelo Catholic Podcast while he was attending Podcamp Nashville. I was hoping for a brief interview about the importance of Lent and a podcamp recap. However cellphone reception was very bad, so I got a 1 min interview. Be sure to check out Rob’s Tupelo Catholic [...]

Day 5 of 40 Days of Catholic Media: Catholic+Linux+Monkey

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

About the same time I discovered Catholic Podcasts, I started seeking out Catholic blogs. In 2004 or 2005, while cruising through St. Blog’s Parish blog directory, I encountered Catholic+Linux+Monkey. The name was just too irresistible. As a Catholic who monkeys around with linux, I had to check it out. [...]

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