Film Contest To Send Teens To World Youth Day For Free Will Be Discussed on Live CatholicTV Talk Show

On November 19th, Suzanne Haugh will be interviewed on the CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”.

Suzanne is the Director of Goodness Reigns, an organization whose aim is to help Catholics learn their faith through researching and producing short films.

Goodness Reigns has launched a film-making contest which will award 22 youths and adults with all-inclusive travel packages to World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain in 2011. Goodness Reigns will post submitted videos on its website www.goodnessreigns.com in April of 2011.

The Center For Faith and Public Life will also be discussed on This is the Day. This unique center located at Fairfield University in Connecticut, offers a public place to discuss and research issues of faith and politics.

This unique center was funded by an anonymous $2 million donation in 2005, and since then, Fairfield University has invited several Cardinals as guest speakers, a papal bodyguard, renowned business professionals, professors, and more.

Fr. Richard Ryscavage, S.J., Director of the Center For Faith and Public Life will be interviewed on This is the Day. Fr. Ryscavage is also a professor of sociology and international studies at Fairfield University. More information is available at http://www.fairfield.edu/cfpl/index.html

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.

55-Year-Old CatholicTV Now Has 5000 Twitter Followers and 3000 Facebook Fans

As of January 19th, CatholicTV, which turned 55 on January 1st, 2010 has 5084 Twitter followers and 3015 Facebook fans. Both the 5000 and 3000 marks were crossed during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

CatholicTV started using Twitter and Facebook in 2009 and many employees have submitted “tweets”. The tweets keep fans of CatholicTV up to date on the daily happenings at CatholicTV and can range from simple events like “Father Reed is getting ready for Mass” to “CatholicTV just launched an iPhone app!”.

CatholicTV also uses Facebook, not only to announce news and events to “fans” but also to communicate and even receive ideas from fans. For instance, on January 18, 2010 one fan, Jeff Ferguson said “I would love to see this [a CatholicTV application] available for Android phones!”

Fr. Robert Reed, Director of CatholicTV sees CatholicTV and its viewers as a family. He recently said, “The CatholicTV Network is a unique family that stretches across the United States and among many viewers internationally at CatholicTV.com. The CatholicTV family is strengthened and informed by our elaborate and always fresh Facebook page and our very active Twitter account. We really like to keep people informed about what's coming up on CatholicTV.”

CatholicTV’s Twitter account can be found at http://twitter.com/CatholicTV

CatholicTV’s Facebook account can be found at www.Facebook.com/CatholicTV