Catholic Roundup

The Crucifixtion: Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431 – September 13, 1506). Andrea Mantegna – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Today I talk with Rob and Kristen Williams from the Tupelo Catholic Podcast.  I had a brief 1 min interview with Rob at the beginning of Lent, but we thought we would have a longer conversation.

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• In Day 1 of 40 Days of Catholic Media, I featured For Me, a free downloadable CD for Lent called by Karl Kohlhase. He has released a second CD this Lent called, Bread Of Life: Eucharistic Reflections. I open the podcast with Create In Me (Psalm 51).
• Reflection on K7 Days.

I am declaring the 7th, 17th and 27th of each month as K7 days. On a K7 day take 7 minutes to leave voice feedback for some of your favorite podcasts. You can also join the K7 Days group on facebook.

• Audio Feedback from Doug Mumphrey of The ManlyCatholic Podcast

• This week’s Catholic Carnival is up at Mary’s Aggies. I’m looking forward to hosting the Easter blog carnival next week here on A Catholic Canadian.

• Reflections on 40 Days of Catholic media and ideas for continuing this concept.

• Popple God is Love (Prayer of St. Francis).

Remember, I can still be persuaded to release my interview with Kyle from Popple early. Just leave me comments on the blog, send email to ductapeguy at hotmail dot com or call my K7 voicemail number at 206-337-0611. Remember that K7 numbers are in the Seattle area code so normal long distance charges may apply.

I almost forgot to mention that both a Catholic Canadian and For the Sake of the Song are now available on Itunes.

A Catholic Canadian on the Itunes music Store

For the Sake of the Song on the Itunes music Store

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For ten days in February, Fr. Bill Holtzinger led members of his parish from St. Anthony’s Church in Forest Grove Oregon on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. We talked about his experiences on the pilgrimage and his Pilgrim Cast podcast.

In keeping with the truism that no podcaster produces just one show, here is a listing of Father Bill’s seven podcasts. You can find them all at frbill.org .

• St. Anthony’s Podcast
• Fr. Geek
• Mysteries of the Mass
• Pilgrim Cast
• DaVinci Cast
• Children’s G.I.F.T.
• Camp On Dude

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Today, I talk with Doug Mumphrey of The ManlyCatholic Podcast. Enjoy.

Here we are on day Day 39 of 40 Days of Catholic Media and there is still a whole week left in Lent. What happened?

Well, they say there are 3 kinds of people in the world: people who can do math and people who can’t. I’ve also heard that there are in fact 10 kinds of people: People who get binary, and people who don’t.

Back to Lent: We started on Ash Wednesday and on Day 40, we still have 6 days left. What’s up with that? In fact there is a simple explanation– The six Sundays in Lent don’t count. Sunday is always considered a day of commemoration of the resurrection (like a mini Easter all year long). I knew that going into this blog project, but decided that I would still blog daily during all of Lent, so you can look forward to Day 41 of 40 Days of Catholic Media tomorrow.

Heres a longer explanation about Lent from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lent, in most Christian denominations, is the forty-day liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter.^[1]Jesus spent in the desert, where, according to the Bible, he endured temptation by Satan.^[2] Different churches calculate the forty days differently. The forty days represent the time

The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer—through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial—for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

In Western Christianity, but with the exception of the Archdiocese of Milan which follows the Ambrosian Rite, Lent lasts from Ash Wednesday through to Holy Saturday.^{[3] [1]} The six Sundays in Lent are not counted among the forty days because each Sunday represents a “mini-Easter“, a celebration of Jesus’ victory over sin and death.^[2]

In those churches which follow the Byzantine tradition (e.g. Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics), the forty days of Lent are calculated differently: the fast begins on Clean Monday, Sundays are included in the count, and it ends on the Friday before Palm Sunday. The days of Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week are considered a distinct period of fasting. For more detailed information about the Eastern Christian practice of Lent, see the article Great Lent.

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Over the past 3 years, the Rosary Army Podcast and the Rosary Army as a whole have become a very important part of my family’s growth together in our Catholic Faith. I’ve become known as a bit of a class clown around the Rosary Army for my silly audio comments and sometimes silly parody songs that I send in and that they actually play on the podcast. The beauty of my Zoom h4 recorder is that I can record audio feedback anywhere, so there is often background sounds in my audio feedback. For several months, Jennifer Willits has been teasing me about the background noise in my audio comments. Then on February 21, she seemed hurt that I had interviewed Greg but not her for my 40 days project. I couldn’t resist and produced a virtual audio interview for her, complete with my random responses and all sorts of household interruptions. Jennifer and Greg are great sports and they gamely tried to conduct the interview around my nonsense. Enjoy, and be sure to check out the Rosary Army and That Catholic Show.

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The other day we had a family playdate with the family of my good friend Russ Clayton. Russ recorded and produced my CD and has covered my songs on two of his Children’s CDs. He also has a couple Channels on Youtube: RussTV featuring songs and hand rhymes for pre-schoolers and russy67 for his more adult oriented songwriting. (I’ve even appeared on RussTV a couple of times).

In the interview, we talk about Lent, the importance of finding a quiet place to reflect and meditate (like the bathtub). We close the episode with Created and Living, a song Russ co-wrote and produced last year for Catholic Education Week.