CatholicTV to Air Ordination of Three New Bishops Including America’s Youngest Bishop

On May 5th, CatholicTV will air (live) the episcopal ordination Mass for three new bishops of the Archdiocese of Detroit including: Bishop-designate Donald Hanchon, Bishop-designate Michael Byrnes, and Bishop-designate Arturo Cepeda, who will become the youngest Bishop in the U.S. at age 41.

The Mass will air live at 2 p.m. (Eastern) at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable outlets.

After the live broadcast, the Mass will be added to the CatholicTV.com archives, where it will be viewable (free of charge) anytime at http://www.CatholicTV.com/catholic-television

More information about the Archdiocese of Detroit and the three new bishops is available at http://www.aodonline.org/

Entire Ordination Mass of America’s Two Newest Bishops Now Viewable at CatholicTV.com

Video of the Episcopal Ordination Mass of the Archdiocese of Boston’s Auxiliary bishops Arthur L. Kennedy, Ph.D., and Bishop Peter J. Uglietto, S.T.D., is now viewable in its entirety at CatholicTV.com.

The Mass took place on September 14th, on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts.

Coverage of the Mass includes commentary throughout by the President of the CatholicTV Network, Fr. Robert Reed.

Those in attendance included: Cardinal William Henry Keeler (Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore), many bishops, clergy and religious from across the country and the Archdiocese, Metropolitan Methodios, members of the Ecumenical community, college presidents, and current and former public officials among others.

Bishop Kennedy addressed Cardinal Seán O’Malley after the Mass saying that Cardinal Seán’s support of Saint John’s Seminary (Kennedy is currently the Rector and President there), was “the central reason that we have been able to increase greatly the numbers of seminarians over these few years. I am honored that you considered me as worthy to have some share in your responsibilities in the rebuilding of the Church in the Archdiocese of Boston.”

At the conclusion of the ordination, Bishop Uglietto said, “This ordination is not about honoring individuals but highlighting roles of service. This day is not about Bishop Kennedy and me as much it is about Jesus Christ - that His mission continue. That is why we are ordained – that the Church and its mission bear fruit!”

The Mass can be seen now at the following link: http://www.CatholicTV.com/Bishops-Arthur-Kennedy-Peter-Uglietto-.aspx

CatholicTV to Air Episcopal Ordination Mass of Two New Boston Bishops

On September 14th, CatholicTV will broadcast the Episcopal Ordination Mass of bishops-Elect Arthur Kennedy and Peter Uglietto as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Boston.

The Mass will air in the Boston area on the following channels:
BELD 12
Charter 101
Comcast 268
Full Channel 117
Norwood Light 12
RCN 85
Sky Angel 142
Verizon FiOS 296

The Mass will also air at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable outlets at 2PM ET and rebroadcast at 8PM.

After September 14th, the Mass will be viewable anytime at http://www.CatholicTV.com/catholic-television.aspx

Both men were named Auxiliary Bishops by Pope Benedict XVI in June.

Bishop-Elect Kennedy serves as Rector of Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts. Since 2007, when Kennedy began working as Rector, the size of the seminary community quadrupled from 20 to 80 for the incoming Fall 2010 class. Kennedy has served as Executive Director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, and has worked at numerous parishes. He has a licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) from the Pontifical Gregorian University as well as a Ph.D. from Boston University.

Bishop-Elect Uglietto, 58, has served as Rector & President of Blessed John XXIII National Seminary, Weston, MA since 2005. He earned his Doctor of Sacred
Theology (S.T.D.) and Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) from Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. He was a retreat speaker for the Spiritual Development Office
(1979 -1988) and Adjunct Spiritual Director at St. John Seminary (1985-1988) as well.

More information on Bishops-Elect Kennedy and Uglietto can be found at: http://www.bostoncatholic.org/uploadedFiles/BostonCatholicorg/_Homepage/News-Release_NewAuxiliaryBishops%20_2_.pdf

President of Catholic Relief Services and Bishop Richard Malone To Be Featured on "This is the Day"

On Friday, April 17th, Ken Hackett, President of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will be featured on the CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”. Also featured will be Bishop Richard Malone from Portland, Maine.

As President of CRS, Ken Hackett oversees operations in more than 100 countries, with a global staff of nearly 5,000. Despite a large number of dedicated employees, CRS puts 93% of donated money into programs and spends only 7% of donations on administration, fundraising, and awareness.

Ken Hackett graduated from Boston College in 1968. Upon graduation, he joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to serve in Ghana. Mr. Hackett joined CRS in 1972, starting his career in Sierra Leone. Mr. Hackett has led CRS since 1993. He has received honorary doctorate degrees from several colleges. In 2004, Mr. Hackett was named a Knight Commander of the Papal Order of Saint Gregory the Great, one of the highest Papal honors.

Also featured on “This is the Day” will be Bishop Richard Malone. Bishop Malone is the Bishop of the Diocese of Portland, Maine. He earned a Doctorate in Theology (Th.D.) at Boston University and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) at Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge in 1990. He has been the Boston archdiocesan liaison with the local Jewish community; and has lectured nationally on Catholic education. He has worked in education for years and will discuss faith formation for adolescents on the show.

These guests can be seen on Friday, April 17th live at 10:30AM (rebroadcast at 8PM). The show will also be streamed live at http://www.catholictv.com/ and will be available on the site’s archives starting Friday night.

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CatholicTV at Bishops Conference

We had the great opportunity to attend the Bishops Conference in November. During that meeting the Bishops established key objectives and elected a new Secretary and chairs of five committees.

CatholicTV's Kevin Nelson, conducted some wonderful interviews which you will have the chance to see on future episodes of This is the Day. These interviews included:

Archbishop Wuerl of Washington, DC

Bishop Gettelfinger of Indiana

Bishop Sam Jacobs of Houma Thibodaux

Bishop Tobin, Diocese of Providence

Bill Davies, Chairman of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting

Karey Nobles, producer of a documentary on Eucharistic Adoration entitled "Watch With Me" which will air soon on CatholicTV.

Mark Berchem and Christopher Kraker of National Evangelization Team Ministries.

Bishop Tobin, Diocese of Providence

Cardinal Sean

What a blessing to chat with these great people who shepherd our Church and share the Good News! There were so any others that we met and talked with, you can check our our magazine to see the schedule of the interview dates.