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We REALLY wanted to be at the Catholic New Media Celebration in San Antonio this weekend but it was just not possible for us to go this year. Instead We participated by watching the ustream, and participating on plurk and twitter. I interviewed a number of people both at the CNMC and those who could not make it. More detailed show notes will follow later.

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Continuing on my theme of the spiritual importance of place and sacred spaces, today I’m going to highlight just a few podcasts where priests are sharing their pilgrimages through their podcasts.

First up is Father Bill Kessler, who hosts the Technopriest and Technochurch podcasts. In November, Father Bill went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with members of his parish and his family. He shared his experiences in a short series of video podcasts from the Holy Land.

TechnoChurch#33: Technopriest in Israel Day 1
TechnoChurch#38: Technopriest in Israel Day 2
TechnoChurch#41: Technopriest in Israel, Day 3
TechnoChurch#43: Technopriest in Israel, Day 4

Father Bill Holzinger of the
St. Anthony’s Podcast and Fr. Geek’s Video Podcast has been submitting regular audio and blog reports of his parish pilgrimage to the Holy land as well. In one of Father Bill Holzinger’s podcasts from Jerusalem, one of his parishoners remarked how she was overawed to stand in the same place where Mary was visited by the angel in the annunciation. That is truly a place of great spiritual significance.

PilgrimCast #1

PilgrimCast #2

Father Jay Finelli, the Ipadre, has produced both audio and video podcasts of his travels to Medugorje and Assisi.

Finally there’s Father Roderick, who pioneered the idea of a soundseeing tour in a podcast in The Catholic Insider. He now also produces a videocast of his travels called Godspeed.  For over 3 years Father Roderick has shared a Catholic perspective on the places he has travelled including, Rome, Ireland, Georgia, Lourdes, and even my own country of Canada.

There are many other people producing sightseeing and soundseeing tours of their travels throughout the world. I think this speaks to the need for people to make pilgrimages, and of the great spiritual importance we put on places.

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. Join him and the Ustream irregulars for the festivities here.

You can also check out his scale model railroad page at steamingpriest.com.