Documentary Which Aired on ABC and Narrated By Martin Sheen Also to Air on CatholicTV- Producer To Discuss on CatholicTV Talk Show

On March 11th, Claire Rung will be interviewed on the CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”. Claire will discuss the documentary “Proving Holiness”, which aired on ABC and was narrated by Martin Sheen. Proving Holiness explores and explains the path to sainthood for four different people, including St. Faustina Kowalska of the Divine Mercy.

Proving Holiness is produced by Daybreak TV (Daybreak) where Claire Rung works as Executive Director.
This is the Day airs at 10:30 a.m. ET at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable outlets. The show is rebroadcast at 7:30 p.m. and other times during the week.
Proving Holiness will air at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV during the week of April 25th at the following times: Monday noon Wednesday 5 a.m. Friday 8 a.m.

For expert information, Daybreak’s crew traveled to the Vatican and interviewed members of the congregation for the Cause of Saints and the postulators of the individual causes.

Daybreak also traveled to The Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Krakow, Poland where interviews and footage were videotaped regarding the life of Saint Faustina. The crew also traveled to the U. S. National Shrine of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts to follow the story of how the veneration of Saint Faustina and The Divine Mercy Message has spread worldwide.

More information about Daybreak TV can be found at http://daybreaktv.org/

Monsignor Charles Murphy will also be interviewed on This is the Day. He is the author of the book “The Spirituality of Fasting”. His book draws on sources ancient and current—from Augustine to Michael Pollan—to consider how fasting informs the relationships between creator/creature, body/soul, and rich/poor.

Pope Benedict had urged that the value and meaning of fasting needed to be "rediscovered and encouraged again in our day," The Spirituality of Fasting is meant for average Catholics and also for small groups, parish retreats, homily preparation, and recommended Lenten reading lists.

Monsignor Charles M. Murphy is the director of the Permanent Diaconate for the Diocese of Portland, Maine. Previously he served his diocese as director of education and has pastored four different parishes. He was rector of the North American College in Rome and holds a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University there. He is the author of several scholarly articles and books, including Belonging to God: A Personal Training Guide for the Deeper Catholic Spiritual Life.

More information about The Spirituality of Fasting can be found at https://www.avemariapress.com/product/1-59471-243-3/The-Spirituality-of-Fasting/

Canonization Cause For Priest Who Prayed With Hollywood Stars To Be Discussed on CatholicTV Talk Show

On Friday, October 29th, the canonization cause for Servant of God Patrick Peyton, CSC will be discussed on the CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”.
Fr. Peyton was internationally known as the “Rosary Priest”. Fr. David Marcham, CSC, Vice-Postulator for the cause for the canonization of Fr. Peyton, will appear on This is the Day to talk about Fr. Peyton’s cause.

A recent article in the Catholic Herald (Arlington, VA) wrote that “Father Marcham said Father Peyton is one who has “given countless people around the world a reason for hope.” Including Father Marcham himself.

After suffering a head injury a few years ago, he [Fr. Marcham] was restored physically and recharged spiritually after hearing Father Peyton’s story.”
This is the Day airs at 10:30AM ET at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable outlets. The show is rebroadcast at 7:30PM and other times during the week.

Fr. Peyton was well known for his Rosary rallies, during which he promoted family prayer, especially the rosary. Fr. Peyton’s rosary rallies were attended by millions of people through the years. It was through these rallies that Fr. Peyton became widely known.

Fr. Peyton also used radio, film, and television to promote family prayer. Fr. Peyton also starred in television productions in which he prayed and reflected on the mysteries of the Rosary with celebrities such as Frankie Avalon, Jane Wyatt, and many others.

CatholicTV has aired documentaries about Fr. Peyton including “A Dedicated Man” and “A Most Unusual Man”. CatholicTV has also aired Fr. Peyton’s show Matter of Faith, whose guests have included Archbishop Fulton Sheen and many others.

CatholicTV To Air Canonization Mass of First Australian and Canadian-Born Saints & Four Others

On October 17th, CatholicTV will air the canonization Mass of six new saints, including Blessed Mary MacKillop from Australia and Brother André Bessette from Canada. Pope Benedict XVI will preside at the Mass, which will take place in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City.

The Mass will air at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable outlets at noon (Eastern) and again at 8PM.

In addition, CatholicTV will air a documentary on Blessed Mary MacKillop, “Mary MacKillop: Australia's First Saint”, at 11AM and again immediately following the second broadcast of the Mass at 8PM. As part of its commitment to vocations, CatholicTV features a program on the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, Blessed Father Basil Moreau, in which Blessed André is prominently featured.

More information on those being canonized on Oct 17th:

Blessed Stanislaw Soltys, called Kazimierczyk, professed priest of the Canons Regular of the Lateran, born Sept. 27, 1433 in Kazimierz (Poland) and died in the same place May 3, 1489;

Blessed André Bessette (born Alfred), religious of the Congregation of the Holy Cross; born in Saint-Grégoire d'Iberville, Canada, Aug. 9, 1845, and died in Montreal, Canada, Jan. 6, 1937;

Blessed Candida Maria of Jesus, baptized Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola, founder of the Congregation of Daughters of Jesus, born in the hamlet of Berrospe, Andoain (Guipuzcoa), Spain, on May 31, 1845 and died on August 9, 1912.

Blessed Mary of the Cross MacKillop (baptized Mary Helen), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart; born on January 15, 1842 in Fitzroy, Australia, and died on August 8, 1909 in Sydney, Australia;

Blessed Giulia Salzano, founder of the Congregation of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart; born Oct. 13, 1846, in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy, and died May 17, 1929, in Casoria, Italy;

Blessed Camilla Battista da Varano, sister of the Poor Clares and founder of the monastery of St. Clare in Camerino; born April 9, 1458, in Camerino, Italy, and died in the same city May 31, 1524.

CatholicTV Will Air Papal Visit of Rome Synagogue Amidst Controversy over Pope Pius XII

Synagogue of Rome

On January 17th, CatholicTV will air coverage of Pope Benedict’s visit to the Synagogue of Rome. CatholicTV will also air the Mass of the Baptism of the Lord from the Sistine Chapel on January 10th.

These events will both be viewable at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV where available at noon and rebroadcast at 8PM (Eastern). CatholicTV broadcasts across the US on Sky Angel channel 142 and select cable outlets. Information about where to watch CatholicTV in your area is available at http://www.CatholicTV.com/schedule/where-to-watch.aspx.

The Pope’s visit of the Synagogue of Rome has generated significant interest from the media and from Jewish and Catholic groups due to the Pope’s recent declaration of Pope Pius XII as Venerable.

On December 23rd, Catholic News Service reported that “Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, said in a statement Dec. 23. Given Pope Benedict's respect for Jews, his signing of a decree of the "heroic virtues" of Pope Pius "should in no way be seen as a hostile act against the Jewish people," it said.”

Venerable Pope Pius XII

CatholicTV recently aired a documentary on Pope Pius XII called “A Hand of Peace: Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust” which details the papacy of Venerable Pope Pius XII.

Additionally, CatholicTV will broadcast “In Spite of Darkness”, a film by Father Christof Wolf S.J., of Loyola Productions Munich, Germany. The film, winner of the Redemptive Storyteller Award 2008 , shares the experience of an interfaith retreat which is held at the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in Poland, where more than 1 million people, nearly all of them European Jews, were exterminated by the Nazis. The retreat participants include, a Rabbi, an atheist, and a Catholic priest—and how they come face to face not only with their own vulnerabilities and complicity but with new strength, peace, and glimmers of hope.

CatholicTV regularly airs Papal and Vatican events: More information can be found at http://www.CatholicTV.com/shows/default.aspx?seriesID=57

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Canonization of the Blesseds and Mass of Thanksgiving

CANONIZATION OF BLESSED DAMIEN DE VEUSTER, JEANNE JUGAN AND OTHER BLESSEDS from St. Peter's Square on October 11th
Canonization of Blesseds:
Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski,
Francesc Coll y Guitart,
Jozef Damien de Veuster,
Rafael Arnaiz Baron,
and Mary of the Cross (Jeanne) Jugan.


MASS OF THANKSGIVING FOR CANONIZATION OF JEANNE JUGAN Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor on October 25th
CatholicTV will air the Mass of Thanksgiving from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass is offered in thanksgiving for the Canonization of Jeanne Jugan.

Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos documentary to air on CatholicTV

Thanks to Myke for the information on the church where Blessed Seelos was baptized.

Blessed Seelos was born Füssen,Bavaria and baptized at St. Mang Basilica on the day of his birth. CatholicTV will be airing a documentary about the life of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos called the Tireless Intercessor beginning the week of October 5th in our Catholic Saints and Lay People block.

His Holiness Pope John Paul II, proclaimed Father Seelos Blessed in St. Peter's Square on April 9th of the Solemn Jubilee Year 2000. The Seelos Shrine is located in New Orleans. Blessed Seelos Feast Day is October 5.