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Shownotes for CatholicRoundup 84:
1) Deacon Tom from Catholic Vitamins, Bob D’Aurellio from the Paulsmen Podcast and I have been exploring the idea of forming some kind of association or network of Catholic podcasters for mutual support and promotion. We are looking for interested Catholic podcasters who are willing to assist in developing this idea.
2) I’m experimenting with the format of having longer samples from other podcasts the Catholic Roundup podcast. The idea is to get 10 minute representative samples to feature the best from other Catholic Podcasts. I feel that this could allow people to really get a sense of the ‘flavour’ of a particular podcast. If you would like to me a featured podcast on the Catholic Roundup, you can a 10 minute ‘distilled version’ of your podcast to
catholicroundup (at) gmail (dot) com . I may also feature clips that I get myself from other Catholic podcasts. The first 10 minute feature podcast is from the
Paulsmen Podcast Episode 118 featuring Bob D’Aurellio.
3) Flowing from this featured podcast idea, I’m monkeying with the idea of “sampler CDs” of Catholic podcasts where I would ask 4 or 5 podcasters for 10 minute ‘sample podcasts’ of their shows and put them together interspersed with contemporary Catholic music etc… How we would use these samplers, get them produced, and distribute them is completely up in the air. It could be as simple as posting the mp3 online together with the cover art and asking people to download them and burn CDs for their friends and family. Or we could investigate other ways of distributing them. I am open to discussion on whether this is a good idea.
4) With the New English Translation of the mass coming this year I am going to start producing short 2 to 4 minute Audio Reflections including links and resources to help people educate themselves for the new translation. If you would like to feature these reflections on your own podcast, email me at catholicroundup (at) gmail (dot) com and I will send you them as I produce them. I plan to start producing these 3 minute features in July.
Here is the text of my first feature on the new mass:
Hello I’m Sean McGaughey from the Catholic Roundup Podcast at CatholicRoundup.com.
This weekend, my family experienced a profound supernatural event that transformed the entire world. No– it wasn’t the rapture. On Sunday morning, after a nice breakfast and walk along the waterfront in our hometown, we went to our parish church for the Sunday 11am mass. I know what you are thinking. “So what? How is going to mass a supernatural event? There are masses every day in every parish around the world.” We have become so accustomed to having Sunday mass as part of our weekly routines, that we forget that at each mass we experience the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to redeem the world. Celebration of the mass is a central element of our Catholic faith. Yet we too often take it for granted.
This Sunday, the mass held a special significance for our parish. About four years ago, a seminarian named Russell spent a pastoral year in our parish, working with our youth, and ministering to the sick in hospital and in nursing homes, while he was discerning his call to the priesthood. Last weekend, Father Russell was ordained to the priesthood. This Sunday, he chose to celebrate his first Sunday mass at our church with our parish community. As this was his first mass, every word, every element of the mass seemed drenched with import and symbolism. There was a giddy feeling of joy in the congregation throughout the celebration of the mass.
This joy continued afterwards in the church basement where we had a very successful reception and luncheon. For about 90 minutes, there was a line of people waiting to congratulate Father Russell and receive his priestly blessing. A large banner on the wall proclaimed why we were celebrating: “Congratulations Father Russell. You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizadech”. Even though Father Russell was only in our parish for one year, and he has been stationed to another parish about 90 minutes away, the sense yesterday was one of celebrating the ordination of “one of our own”. This reflects a spiritual truth that we should all celebrate whenever a brother or sister in Christ says “yes” to their own vocation to follow Christ, whether it be to the priesthood, religious life, marriage or as a consecrated layperson.
At the beginning of the liturgical year, this advent, Catholic Churches across North America will begin using the new English translation of the mass. As we begin to learn and use the new prayers and responses, many people may feel disoriented. After decades of memorized responses to the parts of the mass, we are going to need to be very attentive and present to all parts of the mass. Although change can be uncomfortable and even a bit frightening, the new English Translation of the mass, provides Catholics with a unique opportunity to grow in our faith and deepen our understanding of the mystery of the Mass.
A great place to start is the Roman Missal Changes blog produced by Our Sunday Visitor at www.romanmissalchanges.com. The blog contains news and resources from all over the world about the new missal and has links to the OSV store where you can purchase a variety of study guides and print resources.
Leading up to the implementation of the new translation in November, I will be preparing regular brief reflections upon the new translation and providing links to other great books, websites, podcasts, study guides and resources to help you prepare for the changes in the new mass.
Until next time, May the Lord be with you… And with your spirit.
5) Links from Catholic Roundup 94
Catholic Vitamins
Paulsmen Podcast
Song: Quiet Enough by Righteous B featuring John Niven
The David and Craig Show
Roman Missal Changes blog by Our Sunday Visitor
Song: Glory by Bryan Murdaugh
6) Gack! We lost our K7 number again. For now we do not have a voicemail feedback line.
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Today is The SECOND (Great) Canadian National Day of Podcasting. I thought I would take the opportunity to come up from the land of the podfaded and explain that the Catholic Roundup is on extended hiatus and we won’t be doing a Catholic New Media Advent Calendar this year. Enjoy the show. I hope to produce others more frequently than quarterly but who knows…
I realized it has been a little over 3 years that I have been releasing podcasts on this site, first as the blog, A Catholic Canadian. During my first 40 Days of Catholic Media in 2008, I realized I was posting a majority of podcast content as opposed to blogging, so I gave in. On March 2, 2008, I posted 
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