After 18 Years of Youth Ministry and Travel, Is It Worth It? Youth Ministry Vet Will Discuss on Live CatholicTV Talk Show

On March 1st, Christopher Kraker will be interviewed on the live CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”.

Christopher is Associate Director at NET Ministries, which is best known for sending teams of young evangelists all over the country to give retreats to high school and middle-school-aged students.

During a recent training session for youth ministry, Kraker talked about how he and his wife had to make so many sacrifices for the sake of youth ministry, yet in the end, he felt that it was worth it.

Robert Allard will also be interviewed on This is the Day. Allard is the Director of Apostles of Divine Mercy, an organization whose purpose is “to spread Our Lord’s message of Divine Mercy.”

Allard has written for national magazines and newspapers and has appeared many times on radio and television. He and his wife Linda travel with one of the largest displays of Divine Mercy items and books.

Allard, who founded the Apostles of Divine Mercy, had a dramatic awakening in 1993 after being away from the faith for twenty-five years. He was then led to obtain and read the diary of St. Faustina. After finally going to Confession after about a 28-year absence and celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday for the first time, he experienced an outpouring of an ocean of graces like Jesus has promised to those who turn to His Mercy on that day.

Divine Mercy Sunday will be on May 1, 2011. This will also the date of the beatification of Pope John Paul II. CatholicTV will air this beatification Mass.

Young, Travelling Catholic Evangelists Giving 120-150 Retreats A Year? Director of NET Ministries To Be Interviewed on Live CatholicTV Talk Show

On February 22nd, NET Ministries will be discussed on the live CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”.

Mark Berchem, Executive Director of NET Ministries will be interviewed on This is the Day.

NET Ministries is best known for its travelling teams of young evangelizers who go from town to town giving retreats to young people. Travelling teams typically lead from 120-150 retreats each year. These young adults travel in a van, living with host families with only one suitcase and one backpack of personal effects. NET retreats are offered for youth from grades 7 to 12. Volunteer contacts within each diocese or parish work with the NET office to book teams for retreats and select retreat themes and formats.
Author Fr. Andrew Gawrych will also be interviewed on This is the Day. Fr Andrew is the co-author of the book “You Have Redeemed the World: Praying the Stations in the Holy Cross Tradition”.
This new book is a collection of Lenten meditations meant for parishes, schools, campus ministries, and other institutions seeking fresh forms of devotions and prayer. The fourteen traditional Stations of the Cross are presented through depictions of contemporary human lives as witnessed by members of Holy Cross religious communities in ministry around the world.

Levitating Saints, Prophecies, and Other Miracles To Be Discussed on CatholicTV Talk Show

On June 22^nd, miracles related to the Catholic faith will be discussed on the live CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”.

According to a recent study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life , 79 percent of Americans believe in miracles.

According to Catholic author Elizabeth Ficocelli, “in all times and places [God] has exercised his power on earth in extraordinary ways: to teach, correct, warn, and inspire His people according to the needs of the age.” Elizabeth will be interviewed on This is the Day on June 22^nd.

Elizabeth Ficocelli is the author of the book “Bleeding Hands, Weeping Stone” which examines miracles related to the Catholic faith. Some of these miracles include, communion hosts turning into real flesh, the miraculous appearances of images, miraculous wounds, and more. Learn more about Elizabeth’s work at the following website: http://www.elizabethficocelli.com

This is the Day airs at 10:30AM ET at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV. The show is rebroadcast at 7:30PM.

A unique Catholic leadership program for high school students will also be discussed on This is the Day on June 22^nd. The week-long program is called “Witness to Truth” and will take place from July 12-16^th. The program is designed for young practicing Catholics who want to “grow in holiness and become saints”, according to Stephen Colella, Assistant Director of the Office of the New Evangelization (ONE) for the Archdiocese of Boston. To register or to learn about this great session and the other events of the ONE office visit http://www.oymboston.org

Lylah Fitzgerald, a student who attended last year’s high school leadership program will discuss her experience on This is the Day. Stephen Colella will also join Lylah on the set of This is the Day.

Superior General of Sisters of Life to be Featured in Interview on CatholicTV

On Tuesday, September 1st, the Superior General of the Sisters of Life, Mother Agnes Mary Donovan will be featured in a live interview on the CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”. Mother Agnes is a licensed clinical psychologist and a certified school psychologist. Mother Agnes has a PhD in psychology from the University of North Carolina. She will discuss the book she co-authored called “The Foundations of Religious Life: Revisiting the Vision”. George Weigel, author of “Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II” called Mother Agnes’ book “essential reading for all those, whatever their vocation, who take seriously the universal call to holiness.”

The Sisters of Life is a contemplative / active religious community of women founded in 1991 by John Cardinal O’Connor for the protection and enhancement of the sacredness of every human life. In addition to the three traditional vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Sisters of Life are also consecrated under a special, fourth vow to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life.

The book “The Foundations of Religious Life: Revisiting the Vision” consists of essays written by six religious sisters representing five different orders. The topics they address are: religious consecration, the spousal bond, the threefold response to the vows, communion in community, and mission.

Also on the talk show “This is the Day” on September 1st will be Matthew Boerke, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah. Matthew recently worked at a large Catholic youth camp in Brighton, UT. “The purpose of the camp was to build Catholic community,” said Matthew in an interview with “Intermountain Catholic”.

These guests can be seen on Tuesday, September 1st live at 10:30AM (EST) on CatholicTV where available (rebroadcast at 8PM). The show will also be streamed simultaneously at www.CatholicTV.com and will be available on the site’s archives starting Tuesday night. All videos at the website are viewable in full-screen. Paste this URL into your browser in order to access the “This is the Day” video archives. http://www.CatholicTV.org/shows/default.aspx?seriesID=72