Catholic Roundup

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Catholic 100 Podcast Club Promo

Catholic Blog Picks for Blog Day 2009

I am now a monthly columnist on Glorify-God.com based in Mumbai, India.

Baby Report:

Tanya and Chris Weitzel of the Life on Fire podcast have a baby boy, Linus.

Hooray– After a long Hiatus, The life on fire podcast is producing episodes again.

Interview with John Machado from catholictuner.com

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New Catholic Podcasts:  Catholic Casa Congratulations to Valerie & David Calvillo on the occasion of having their marriage blessed in the Catholic church.

Congratulations to Father Leo Patalinghug from Grace Before Meals for defeating  renowned chef Bobby Flay in a Fusion Fajita cook-off on the Food Network show, Throwdown with Bobby Flay.

I missed a 100th Catholic podcast announcement from The King’s Men

Podcast promos-   the Among Women podcast,  The Catholic Foodie, and In Between Sundays,  Catholic Book Club, Life on Fire, Catholic Vitamins, Reverent Scout Radio, How Can I Keep From Singing

and the upcoming Life Meets Faith podcast.

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2. Theme Song: Lost in Christ (©) Bryan Murdaugh

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Our Sunday Mass experience and Social Media Ministry

Neil MacCarthy   Archdiocese of Toronto Blog:  Has a 5 part blog series commenting on the new Encyclical, Caritas in Veritate.

Feedback from Deacon Tom and Dee.

Promo for Catholic Vitamins Podcast

Interview with Michael O’Rourke from Apostolate for Family Consecration (Familyland.org)

Promo For My Audio Journal from Mary in Minnesota

Celebrations Bumper–

Catholic 100 Podcast Club at Catholic Roundup

Forgot to mention on the show:  The Fresh Air Fund which provides summer camp and vacation opportunities to disadvantaged NYC children is looking for Host Families in the Eastern Seaboard of the US and Ontario in Canada.

LOLSaints Ipod Contest entries must be in by August 15.

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On this episode of the Catholic Roundup, we continue to discuss our vacation/pilgrimage to Catholic Familyland and share a bunch of great interviews.  Enjoy.

Interview with Dave Orsborn- Celebrating Saints.

Song: Deacon Chuck Stevens: Blessing

LOLSaints picture– Saint Seraphim and the bear

Interview with Father Seraphim Beshoner- Catholic Under the Hood.

LOLSaints Contest Promo:   Go over to LOLsaints.com to see how you can submit a saint picture to win an Ipod touch or other nifty prizes.

Interview with Jeff Geerling from LOLsaints.com , OpensourceCatholic.com and lifeisaprayer.com

New Podcasts by Barb in Nebraska and Mary in Minnesota.

AudioBoo– Father Roderick has a high opinion.  Simple podcasting website from an iphone or ipod touch.

Deacon Tom Feedback about CNMC song. Deacon Moments song. Just For A Moment song by Sean McGaughey.

Catholic Roundup Big Question:   Have you ever been on a pilgrimage? Do you take time during your vacation to recharge and enrich your spiritual life? Tell us about it. Send your responses to (catholicroundup@gmail.com) catholicroundup (at) gmail (dot) com or call 206-337-0611.

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Celebrations

This weekend our daughter celebrated her first confession and first communion.

Father Bill Kessler, the Technopriest posted Episode 100 of Technochurch,  his video podcast of his Sunday mass services. Congratulations Father Bill

Promo: Among Women Podcast

Interview with Justin Stroh .  (If you are typing the url, don’t forget the hyphen between his first and last name.  http://justin-stroh.blogspot.com/

Song: Justin Stroh I Like Being a Catholic

Baby Report: Javier and Aneesa from the Hands and Feet Podcast are expecting their second son within the next month.

Song: Justin Stroh Face of Christ

First Communion Stories blog sponsored by Aquinas and More:  Catholic bookstore and blog.  They had a contest asking people to give their first communion stories but it closed last month.  

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Wow!  Has it really been a month since our last podcast and post?  It has been quite hectic around here with work, family, colds, and preparations for Podcamp Toronto.  We are continuing to plan for an online lenten virtual day of reflection via ustream and talkshoe for anybody interested in Catholic New Media we are tentatively aiming for March 28, 2008.   I hope to post more details over the next week or so.  We also hope to produce a podcast this weekend because there have been tons of great things happening all over the Catholic innertubes in the past month.

In the meantime, enjoy the audio from a panel I was on at Podcamp Toronto called  First Church of Facebook: an exploration of Faith and Social Media – with  Colin Carmichael & Aaron McCarroll-Gallegos.

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Time to register for Cana Colony at Madonna House this Summer.

I was thrilled when Deacon Tom Fox mentioned  Madonna House in his 12 Days of Christmas contribution the other Day.  Madonna House is a very special place for our family.  Every other summer we go to Cana Colony, a kind of summer camp/ family retreat for Catholic Families.  At Cana Colony, families stay in simple wooden cabins and cook their meals in a communal cookhouse.  Every day there is Mass, family rosary and one formal retreat session for the parents run by a Madonna House Priest.  For the kids there are many other kids to play with, a lake for swimming, canoes, campfires and great family times.  Cana Colony is in Combermere in Eastern Ontario.  We encourage any Catholic families who live close enough (Ontario, Quebec or the northeastern United States) to try to get to Cana Colony.  It has been an incredible way for us to grow in our faith as a family.

It is important to register early as they only run for 6 weeks in the summertime.  You can find out more information on how to register at http://madonnahouse.org/programs/cana.html.

For an application to Cana Colony, please write to:

Cana Colony
Madonna House Apostolate
2888 Dafoe Rd
Combermere ON   K0J 1L0
Canada

Phone: 613-756-3713

E-mail: combermere@madonnahouse.org

Note: If you send an e-mail to Madonna House, please remember to include your full name and complete postal mailing address.

Join us tomorrow for more reflections produced by great Catholic New Media personalities as we journey through the 12 Days of Christmas.

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Today, we are pleased to bring you a Christmas reflection from Father Leo from Grace Before Meals.  Through his cooking videos, books, speaking engagements, and his website, Father Leo reminds families how important it is that families share meals together.  Here is an excerpt from Father Leo’s Christmas ‘Email Blast’.

A Home for Jesus

It’s that time of the year again when we decorate the Christmas tree and the house takes on a winter wonderland feel.  Christmas decorations can be helpful in putting us in a “Holy day” mood.

Did you know the Christmas tree (the ever green) was used to encourage pagans to see how the pointy tree top gives us a direction to the truth – God in Heaven.  The Christmas star, tinsel, and Christmas cards all have deep spiritual and religious significance.

Despite the expensive, and at times frustrating, task of putting up decorations, the best way that we can prepare for Christmas is by making sure we are preparing our home for Jesus as the guest of honor.  Preparing our homes for Christ requires us to prepare our hearts for Him.

In this holiday season, we have to ask ourselves if we let church and personal prayer take a back seat to Christmas preparations.  When considering your preparations for Christmas, be sure to take a cue from those who celebrated Christmas for the first time.  Consider how the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph prepared for the miracle of birth.  Meditate and pray about how you prepare your home for Christmas and you may see that Christ prefers the humble stable of Bethlehem to tinsel and light decorations.  Take time and celebrate the seasonal liturgies with sincere faith and you’ll hear how a silent night is preferred over the din of overplayed Santa songs.  And, if you really take St. Nicholas seriously by praying with that saint, you’ll understand how through prayer we can become like saints.

As you and your family prepare your home for Christmas, don’t start with a tree or tinsel.  Start with the most important home you can offer Jesus: your pure heart.

Be sure to come back to catholicroundup.com tomorrow and every day in December for more reflections produced by great Catholic New Media personalities during our Catholic New Media 12 Days of Christmas.

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Today, Mac and Katherine from the Catholic in a Small Town podcast bring us breaking news of a religious conspiracy that claims to know the “true meaning” of Christmas.  Greg Willits from The Catholics Next Door on Sirius Satellite Radio, The Catholic Channel, makes a guest appearance as the ACLU rep, Mr. Cankorface.

Join us tomorrow and every day in December for more reflections produced by great Catholic New Media personalities.

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