Are Your Kids Being Taught the Real Catholic Faith? President of Catholic Parents Online Will Discuss in Live Interview on CatholicTV

On September 21st, Colleen Perfect, President of Catholic Parents Online (CPO) will be interviewed on the live CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”.

CPO is concerned with helping parents, teachers, and students find education and resources which are faithful to Catholic teaching. CPO does this by helping Catholics with networking, online educating, and other means.

Catholicculture.org wrote that CPO “does an excellent job in pointing out good catechetical resources as well as exposing the ones to be avoided.”

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. Thomas Schmitt will also be interviewed on This is the Day. Fr. Schmitt is the Dean of Seminarians at Blessed John XXIII National Seminary. Blessed John is a seminary for candidates between 30 and 60 years of age. Located in Weston, Massachusetts Blessed John is the only American seminary for older candidates administered by diocesan priests. For more than four decades, candidates have been accepted from various professional backgrounds; such as law, medicine, business, teaching, sales, banking, social work and military service.

More information about Blessed John XXIII National Seminary can be found at http://www.blessedjohnxxiii.edu/

More information about Catholic Parents Online is available at http://catholicparents.org/index.htm

New Series on CatholicTV Stars 9-Time Emmy Award-Winning Broadcaster

A new series on CatholicTV called “Living Your Faith” will air starting in June 2010 on CatholicTV. Living Your Faith is hosted by Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Jane Hanson.

This new series (starts June 2010) takes a look at basic Catholic doctrine (using the Compendium of the Catholic Church) and shows practical ways the faith can be lived. Additionally, the series takes a look at the Order of Malta’s mission work with the poor and sick as an example of living out the Catholic faith by serving others.

Living Your Faith is produced by the Order of Malta, American Association Education/Defense of the Faith Committee. The Order of Malta is one of the most ancient lay religious organizations of the Catholic Church.

Living Your Faith covers key doctrinal themes of The Compendium in the light of four of the literally hundreds of charitable missions of the Order of Malta worldwide. The series features panelists from the Catholic University of America (CUA) School of Moral Theology and Religious Studies.

Starting in June, Living Your Faith can be seen at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV at the following times: (Eastern) Monday 10:30 AM & Friday 8:00 PM

“School of Faith” to premiere in March on CatholicTV

Starting in March, CatholicTV will air a new series called “School of Faith”. The new show revolves around different dimensions of faith including vision, purpose, community, and surrender.

School of Faith is hosted by Frank DeVito. Frank currently works in education and studied philosophy and social science at Saint John’s Seminary College. He attended Gregorian University in Rome, Italy where he studied theology.

In each episode of School of Faith, DeVito shows how believers can allow God to transform their hearts and minds using vision, purpose, community, and surrender. Since Frank’s background is in education, the show is set in a virtual classroom to teach how to deepen viewers’ understanding of God’s calling in their lives. Frank does this by following the model of Jesus; using cultural stories and symbols of the day to communicate the nature of faith.

Starting in March, School of Faith will air each week at the following times (Eastern) at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV: Tuesday 3:30 a.m., 8 p.m., Wednesday 3:30 p.m., Friday 12:30 p.m.& 11 p.m., and Sunday 10 p.m.

More on Frank Devito

Frank has extensive experience in public education. He co-founded two innovative high schools for at-risk students that utilized project-based curricula and assessments that were linked to professional internships (local hospitals, universities, law offices, and community/government agencies). As both a teacher and a school leader, he inspired Chelsea, Massachusetts students to graduate and move on to post-secondary education.

Frank also pursued doctoral studies in bilingual education (specializing in culture, language, and administration) at Boston University.

School of Faith- A CatholicTV Production in the Making

Footage of "School of Faith" which is currently in production starring Frank DeVito in front of a blue screen (graphics will be visible in actual broadcast). Frank mentions the call to sainthood and mentions an instance where a beggar approached him in this video

College Students Explore the Catholic Faith on “Cool” TV Show

CatholicTV is now airing a series called “In Your Faith”. It is an upbeat show where young hosts show how “cool” the Catholic faith is. CatholicTV is a nationally-broadcasted television station headquartered near Boston.

“In Your Faith” showcases the Catholic faith in practical terms so that viewers both young and old can easily understand. Hosts of the show include Byron who says that “positivity is my way of life” and who enjoys playing basketball. Another host, Chantal Elie playfully admits that she “grew up amongst the cows in a small town”. As a graduate in theatre, she livens up the show with her sense of humor and antics.

The show is full of energetic music, interviews, and attempts to answer real-world questions such as:

-Why do bad things happen?

-Why be Catholic?

-Why doesn’t the Church get with the times?

-Where do I fit into the world?

The show’s intended audience is high-school aged, but that makes the show even more effective at evangelizing adults since the language and themes are simple and go straight to the point.

“In Your Faith” airs each at week at these times (EST): Monday- 5:30AM; Tuesday- 4:30PM; Thursday- 4:30AM; Friday- 8AM; Saturday- 9:30PM; Sunday 12:30AM.