10/13-10/19 Highlights

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This week:
(all times Eastern)

Daily Mass:  Celebrate Mass each weekday with one of our beloved Boston priests.
Watch: LIVE 9:30am, rebroadcasts at 7pm and 11:30pm

Christian Witness: New. Drs Angela and David Franks talk with people who work to build a culture of love and life rooted in the New Evangelization. Guest: Andy LaVallee on living out Catholic Social Teaching.
Watch: Sun 4am, Wed 10:30am, Thurs 8:30pm, Sat 4pm

We've Got To Talk: New. Fr Dan continues CatholicTV's longest running studio series. This week's topic- "Be Careful - Your Life is His Gift".
Watch: Sun 6:30am, Mon 2pm, Wed 9am, Fri 8:30pm, Sat 12:30pm

One Billion Stories: New. Join Seth DeMoor as he continues sharing the stories of Catholics around the world. This week we hear stories about the Eucharist
Watch: Mon 4:30pm, Tues 12am and 9pm, Fri 6pm, Sat 12pm and 11pm

Spotlight: Encore. The film fathers talk about documentaries in this episode of Spotlight, CatholicTV's movie review show.
Watch: Mon 6pm, Tues 8:30pm, Wed 4am, Fri 4:30pm, Sat 10:30am and 10:30pm

WOW: The CatholicTV Challenge: New. Father Robert Reed tests 3rd graders' knowledge in the 9th season of WOW. This week's "Wudabout": Anointing of the Sick.
Watch: Mon 7:30pm, Tues 5pm, Wed 8:30am, Thurs 1am, Fri 6:30am

This is the Day: New.

Tuesday 10/15- Father John Anglin, author of The Wandering Friar, in which he offers a positive picture of the Catholic Church through the lived experiences of its members.
Watch: LIVE Tues 10:30am ET, Tue 7:30pm, Wed 4:30am and 5:30pm, Thurs 12am.

Friday 10/18- Monsignor Paul Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications at the Vatican.
Watch: LIVE Fri 10:30am ET, Fri 7:30pm, Sat 4:30am and 5:30pm, Mon 12am.

The Gist: New. Rachel, Danielle, and Carolee host another great episode of The Gist. Our guest is Lizzie Velasquez, and the topic of the show is Bullying.
Watch: Tue 11am and 8pm, Wed 5 am and 6pm, Thurs 12:30am

CatholicTV Presents: Presenting features from our programming partners.
This week- Love is a Choice from our friends at Salt+Light in Canada. This documentary tells the story of St Gianna Beretta Molla, patron saint of preborn children.
Watch: Mon 10:30pm, Thurs 5pm, Sat 3:30am.

CatholicTV Kids' Saints and Heroes: This children's programming block presents special programs from the CCC of America teaching the Catholic faith through Saints, historical fig
ures, and biblical characters.
This week- Patrick, Brave Shepherd to the Emerald Isle
Watch: Sat 7:30.

Knights of Columbus Re-Dedication to Mary: The Re-Dedication to Mary took place in September as part of the KofC Year of Faith pilgrimage to the National Basilica.
Watch: Fri 9:30pm, Sat 1pm.

Beauty Revealed | Musings from Rome

Hello to all my blog friends following our adventures in Rome!

Today Tim and I traveled to St Peter's square for an early morning interview. You'll be able to watch a video soon so stay tuned.

I love St. Peter's square. It is a blend of so many different people from around the world. By the time I left the square, the line to get into the Basilica stretched all the way around the colonnade to the other side. I felt like telling the pilgrims they had a LONG wait to get through to the metal detectors and security.

There are statues of the saints lining the colonnade. In the past few years the structures and statues have been cleaned due to the generosity of the Knights of Columbus. They look brand new. The Basilica had gotten so dirty over the centuries that it looked black instead of white and hid the beauty.

In fact, when they cleaned the area where the newly elected pope will walk out it revealed beautiful marble red columns and green marble above the door and on the side. At first people were outraged because they thought that the Vatican had painted those areas. What they did not know was that those were the original colors, and that they had been hidden by the grime over the centuries. Look to see if you notice it during coverage by CatholicTV!

That is all from Roma (that is my Italian).

Your friend,

Jay

The CatholicTV® Network to Provide Live Coverage of the Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention

The Knights of Columbus will hold its 130th annual Supreme Convention in Anaheim, CA from August 7-9, 2012. The CatholicTV Network will provide live coverage of the event on Tuesday, August 7, 2012.

CatholicTV will broadcast the Opening Mass (12:30 PM ET), Opening Session (4 PM ET) and States Dinner (10:30 PM ET) live from the Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention site in Anaheim, CA.

Visit CatholicTV.com/Knights-of-Columbus, where videos of this year’s events will be added to the archive of past Supreme Conventions and where celebrations of feast days and other special events and documentaries can be found. President of the CatholicTV Network, Father Robert Reed, and host Kevin Nelson will offer live event commentary on Tuesday.

The Knights of Columbus was formed to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works.

The history of the Order shows how the foresight of Father Michael J. McGivney, whose cause for sainthood is being investigated by the Vatican, brought about what has become the world's foremost Catholic fraternal benefit society. The Order has helped families obtain economic security and stability through its life insurance, annuity and long-term care programs, and has contributed time and energy worldwide to service in communities.

The Knights of Columbus has grown from several members in one council to more than 14,000 councils and 1.8 million members throughout the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Poland, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guatemala, Guam and Saipan.

Tune in to CatholicTV and join the Knights and their families for this annual international gathering of fraternity and faith on Tuesday, August 7, 2012.

Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention to Be Televised on CatholicTV

CatholicTV will air events occurring during the Knights of Columbus 128th Supreme Council Annual Meeting, from Washington, D.C. on August 3rd.

Broadcasts begin with the Concelebrated Opening Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at 10:30 a.m (all times Eastern). The broadcast will continue with the Opening Session at 1 p.m. and will end with coverage of the State’s Dinner at 7:30 p.m.

To honor and recognize the contributions of the Knights of Columbus, CatholicTV will broadcast special presentations featuring the Knights and productions which the Knights have supported. These programs will include the documentaries “Men of Faith Who Made a Difference”, and “People of Life” which will be broadcasted during the day.

The convention brings together Knights from all over the nation. The annual meeting agenda includes the Opening Business session with an address by Supreme Knight Carl Anderson with a report of activities in which the Knights have been engaged in throughout the year.
After the broadcast, video from CatholicTV’s coverage of the convention will be available on demand at CatholicTV.com/Knights-of-Columbus.

Commentary will be provided by CatholicTV Network President, Father Robert Reed and Senior Producer Kevin Nelson, who will be on site at the convention. They will be joined by Knights of Columbus Director of Public Relations, Peter Sonski.

A Legacy of Courageous Love: 10th Anniversary Mass for Cardinal O'Connor

May we all join in prayer and humble gratidude for the life and ministry of John Cardinal O'Connor of New York.

On May 3rd, 10 years ago today, Cardinal O'Connor passed away. He will be remembered today with a Conference and Mass taking place at St. Patrick's Cathedral," A Legacy of Courageous Love " as the Sisters of Life celebrate their Founder’s entrance into Eternal Life.

His Excellency Timothy M. Dolan
Archbishop of New York Dolan is the principal celebrant and homilist, Cardinal Egan will preside, Archbishop O'Brien, many other bishops and priests will concelebrate.

National Prayer for Life Campaign will be launched during this 10th anniversary Mass of Cardinal O'Connor's death. Join with Archbishop Timothy Dolan, the Sisters of Life and the Knights of Columbus in raising up a great prayer for life across our Nation.

Join your prayers with those of many more people in support of the great gift of Life:


Eternal Father, Source of Life,strengthen us with your Holy Spirit to receive the abundance of life you have promised.Open our hearts to see and desire the beauty of your plan for life and love.Make our love generous and self-giving so that we may be blessed with joy.Grant us great trust in your mercy.Forgive us for not receiving your gift of lifeand heal us from the effects of the culture of death.Instill in us and all people reverence for every human life.Inspire and protect our efforts on behalf of those most vulnerable,especially the unborn, the sick and the elderly. We ask this in the Name of Jesus, who by His Cross makes all things new.

Amen.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us.

Programming to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe feast

On December 12th, CatholicTV celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, and protector of children. To begin the feast day Mass is celebrated at 9:30am. Father Robert Reed Director of the CatholicTV Network has a beautiful homily prepared about Our Lady of Guadalupe, defender of life, and a true Advent blessing.

Our Blessed Mother appeared to a convert to the faith, Juan Diego in 1531. Juan shared this vision with the Bishop of Mexico City. Juan asked that the Bishop comply with Our Lady's request to have a church built. As Father Reed shares in his homily, the bishop was skeptical and asked Juan for proof of the apparition. Juan explained his plight to Our Lady and she asked him to have faith to gather flowers and bring them to the Bishop. Juan did so and carried the flowers in his cloak, which is called a tilma. When Juan Diego opened his tilma, everyone present fell to their knees before the image of Our Lady, which had appeared on the rough cloth. A church was built on the site of apparitions, which houses the tilma which pilgrims flock to each year, miracles continue to be attributed to the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

CatholicTV also will air some wonderful productions from the 127th Annual Convention of the Knights of Columbus which took place in Phoenix Arizona. The conference was followed by the First International Marian Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe. It was during these events that Supreme Knight, Carl Anderson and Monsignor Chávez presented their book on Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is on the New York Time best sellers list.

On the feast day, CatholicTV will air the Guadalupe Festival and the International Rosary at noon and 8pm (ET).

In March CatholicTV will air the presentations which took place at the Congress including speakers Msgr. Eduardo Chávez, postulator of the cause for the canonization of now-St. Juan Diego, rector of the Institute for Guadalupan Studies and a canon of the Basilica of Guadalupe.He co-authored a book on Our Lady of Guadalupe with Supreme Knight Carl Anderson.

Dr. José Aste Tonsmann, a Cornell University graduate of environmental systems engineering, who is now with the Mexican Center of Guadalupan Studies. he will discuss the ophthalmological scientific support behind the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Saint Juan Diego’s tilma.

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson , head of the largest fraternal charitable organization, the Knights of Columbus shares the miracles of faith attributed to the patroness of the Americas , Our Lady of Guadalupe.

CatholicTV to Air Guadalupe Festival With Carl Anderson, Immaculée Ilibagiza, Eduardo Verástegui and Others

On Saturday, December 12th, the Feast of Our Lady Of Guadalupe, CatholicTV will air the Guadalupe Festival which took place in Glendale, Arizona. The festival includes footage of talks by Carl Anderson, music by Mexican pop star Alexander Acha, and a procession featuring the only relic in the U.S. of the actual tilma of Juan Diego.

Carl Anderson is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization, the Knights of Columbus which has more than 1.75 million members. During the Guadalupe Festival, Mr. Anderson announced the release of his newest book, Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love, which he co-authored with Monsignor Eduardo Chávez. The book is Mr. Anderson’s second New York Times bestseller

The Guadalupe festival will stream at www.CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV where available from noon to 3PM & from 8PM to 11PM (EST).

The Guadalupe Festival was produced by Salt and Light Television and the Knights of Columbus and is hosted by Salt and Light Television Director Fr. Tom Rosica.

The festival was attended by more than 22,000 people. The festival video footage includes a talk by Eduardo Verástegui in which he discusses his conversion. He is best known for his star role in the movie “Bella”. “I had everything in my life, but in my heart, I had nothing,” Verástegui said. After feeling called to something greater, he decided that he would never work in anything that would offend his faith, his family or his Latino culture.

Immaculée Ilibagiza also spoke about her reliance on Jesus and Mary after the Rwandan genocide of 1994. She attributed her survival during those days to prayer and praying the rosary which her father gave her.

Great news from the Knights of Columbus!

The cause for sainthood of Father Michael McGivney, a parish priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford and founder of the Knights of Columbus, took a further step forward recently, with the transmittal of a supplemental report on a reported miracle attributed to Father McGivney’s intercession.

Pictured above at a small ceremony in the chapel at the chancery of the archdiocese is Carl Anderson, K of C Supreme Knight, Archbishop Henry Mansell and the postulator of the cause, Dr. Andrea Ambrosi. Photo courtesy of the Knights of Columbus

Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention Now Viewable Online At CatholicTV.com

The original CatholicTV broadcast of the Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention in Phoenix is now available in its entirety at CatholicTV.com. The convention took place on August 4th and was a joint production between CatholicTV and Salt and Light Television, a Canadian Catholic television network.

CatholicTV’s web archives include most of the events during the Knights of Columbus 127th Supreme Convention including the entire opening Mass, the States Dinner, and interviews with commentary throughout. Also included, are talks by several Bishops and Cardinals including Cardinal Francis George of Chicago.
The Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention can be viewed at http://www.catholictv.com/shows/default.aspx?seriesID=136

Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention to Be Televised Live on CatholicTV

CatholicTV will air events occurring during the Knights of Columbus 127th Supreme Convention, live from Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday, Aug. 4. The broadcast will begin with the live Mass at 12:30 p.m (all times Eastern). The broadcast will continue with the live Opening Session at 4 p.m. and will end with the live State’s Dinner at 10:30 p.m. (90 min.). Rebroadcasts will take place. The State’s Dinner will include a keynote presentation by Cardinal Francis George of Chicago.

The liturgy will be celebrated by Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix. As host ordinary, he will also be the homilist. There are typically 70 cardinals/bishops and as many priests who concelebrate the Mass, which should last approximately 90 minutes.


The convention brings together Knights from all over the nation. The convention will include business sessions and the annual report of activities which the Knights have been engaged in throughout the year. Of particular interest is the Fatherhood initiative and program, Fathers for Good, which was announced by Supreme Knight Carl Anderson at last year’s Supreme Convention in Quebec City, Canada. The new program is a 21st Century evolution of the organization's long tradition of building better marriages and stronger families. A special website for the initiative, www.fathersforgood.org was launched one year ago and has provided family, spiritual, and informational guidance to families.

To honor and recognize the contributions of the Knights of Columbus, CatholicTV will broadcast special presentations featuring the Knights and productions which the Knights have supported. These will include “Fishers of Men” and a 5 part award-winning documentary on vocations to marriage, religious life, vocation of the laity, and the priesthood. Also a newly produced program called “Crowning Achievement”- a program that follows the restoration of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, CT, birthplace of the Knights of Columbus will also air on CatholicTV.


All of this can be seen live at CatholicTV.com and also on CatholicTV in available areas.

About the Knights of Columbus:

The Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal organization with 1.75 million members throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland and a number of other countries. Annually, Knights of Columbus donate more than $143 million to charity and volunteer more than 64 million hours to their parishes and communities. The organization was founded in 1882 by the Venerable Servant of God Father Michael J. McGivney, whose cause for sainthood is being considered by the Vatican.