CatholicTV Widget Now on 154 Different Websites Including Websites of 33 U.S. Dioceses

In November 2009, CatholicTV launched its widget “CatholicTVjr”. Currently 154 different website owners have reported adding the widget to their websites. It’s so easy to add that many agencies and parishes add the standard player to their websites.

The widget is a video player which can be embedded onto any website and allows website visitors to instantly watch over 30 different television programs by CatholicTV without charge. CatholicTV is a non-profit corporation.

Of the 154 websites which have added the widget, 33 are the websites of various dioceses across the United States including the Dioceses/Archdioceses of Miami, New Orleans, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Boston, Omaha, Gallup (TX), and many others.

CatholicTVjr has also been added to the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the websites of several chapters of the Knights of Columbus.

The offering of so much free television programming on the widget is unprecedented. All 4 major national television networks offer widgets, but only CatholicTV offers full-length programs for free. The President of the CatholicTV Network, Fr. Robert Reed came up with the idea because he had “the desire to share CatholicTV’s content with dioceses, parishes, schools, and anyone who has a website. It’s the world’s first Catholic television widget”, said Reed.

CatholicTVjr can be added to any website by visiting www.CatholicTVjr.com. This URL offers the code that can be easily pasted into any website in about as much time as it takes to say a “Hail Mary”. In addition, CatholicTV invites interested parties to request a customized version of CatholicTVjr which will only include the shows requested. CatholicTVjr is also available in 3 different sizes.

Most available programs are original CatholicTV programs and these include the Catholic movie review show “Spotlight”, the Catholic reality-television series “House+Home”, Vatican programming, the Catholic game show “WOW: The CatholicTV Challenge”, Catholic news, Catholic Spanish programming and more.

CatholicTV also invites anyone who has professional quality video that exhibits the life of the Church in their local area to send it to CatholicTV where it just might be featured on CatholicTVjr around the globe.

Denver and Rockford, Illinois Dioceses as Well as Others Add CatholicTV Widget To Their Websites

The CatholicTV widget has been added to Denver’s Archdiocesan website, the Rockford, Illinois Diocesan website, and many other sites as word continues to spread about the widget.

The CatholicTV widget (called CatholicTVjr) is a video player with over 30 different television programs each with as many as 27 full episodes of Catholic programming. The widget can be added to any website. CatholicTV offers a customizable version of this widget for any website at no charge. CatholicTV is a non-profit corporation.

News of the widget immediately intrigued journalists. Stories about CatholicTVjr were written by the Associated Press, the Boston Globe website, and many others.

The CatholicTV widget was originally designed with parish and diocesan websites in mind, but the widget has been added to many different types of sites. Some of the sites which have added the widget include:

Catholic Mountain the Catholic Website For Men www.Catholicmountain.com

The Denver Archdiocese Website http://www.archden.org

The Rockford, IL Diocese Website http://www.rockforddiocese.org/
CatholicMom.com http://new.catholicmom.com/faith/catholic-news/

The Life Teen and Edge Website of Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Rocklin, CA http://edge-sspeter-paul-net.ecatholicchurches.com/index.cfm?load=page&page=936

The Website of Holy Spirit Church in Atlanta, GA http://www.hsccatl.com/CatholicTV.aspx

The Website of Sacred Heart Parish in Middleboro, MA http://www.sacredheart-middleboro.org/news-events.html

The Catholic Blog by Fr. Austin Fleming http://concordpastor.blogspot.com

The Parish Website of St. Mary’s in Winchester, MA http://www.stmary-winchester.org/parish_info-2.html

Archdiocese of Pondicherry in Pondicherry, India: http://www.archdiocesepondicherry.com/catholic.html

More information including how to add the CatholicTV widget CatholicTVjr to any website can be found at www.CatholicTVjr.com.

Liturgical Publications and CatholicTV® to Join Forces to Help Catholics Learn More About Their Local Parish and Their Catholic Faith

Liturgical Publications’ website SeekandFind.com, which helps Catholics discover more about their local parish, will be adding television programming from the CatholicTV Network onto the SeekandFind.com website, giving Catholics not only local parish information, but also television programming which inspires, entertains and educates.

Liturgical Publications (LPi) will be adding Catholic television programming to its website by utilizing the new CatholicTV widget affectionately called “CatholicTVjr.” CatholicTVjr is an ingenious and easy to use video player which can be embedded in any website free of charge. CatholicTVjr is unique in that it offers full-length episodes of CatholicTV programming. CatholicTVjr offers over 30 different television programs each with as many as 27 full episodes. The offering of so much free television programming is unprecedented. All the major national television networks offer widgets, but only CatholicTVjr offers full-length programs. More information can be found at www.CatholicTVjr.com.

Father Reed, Director of the CatholicTV Network is pleased to have the opportunity to work closely with Liturgical Publications. “Our mission at CatholicTV is to assist people at the diocesan and parish level and to encourage a more active participation in the life and mission of the Church. I have a deep respect for the established and sophisticated ways that LPi supports the local Church. A partnership between LPi and CatholicTV seems quite natural and beneficial for Catholics and those who serve them,” Reed said.

"Liturgical Publications is excited about bringing this technology to churches as part of our parish communications strategy" said Tim Potrikus, Vice President at LPi. "SeekAndFind was created to connect the community of parish and parishioner, and offering high quality Catholic content is ideal for this platform."