CatholicTV to Air Ordination Mass Live From Boston

On January 22, CatholicTV will air the transitional deaconate ordination Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts.

This ordination Mass will air live at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable at 10 a.m. ET. The Mass will also be rebroadcast at 8 p.m. the same day.

Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, will consecrate the new deacons who plan to be ordained priests later this year.

The following men will be ordained to transitional deaconate:

Br. Thomas Eugene Cannon, OMV
Br. Seán Patrick Hurley, FPO
John Anthony D’Arpino
Michael Joseph Farrell
Andrew Taegon Kwang Hyun Lee (goes by Kwang)
Mark William Murphy
Carlos David Suarez

Footage of other major events in the American Catholic Church and the Vatican can be viewed at http://www.CatholicTV.com/catholic-television.aspx.

Mass From America’s Largest Church in Washington Now Airing on CatholicTV

CatholicTV now airs the Mass from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

Mass can be viewed via live webstream at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable. The Mass from the Basilica airs every Saturday at 7 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. (Eastern).

Each Mass is also archived at http://www.CatholicTV.com/National-Shrine-Mass and can be viewed at any time without charge or obligation.

Each week’s Mass airs from the crypt of the Basilica, the very place where Pope Benedict XVI addressed the American bishops during his apostolic visit to the U.S. in 2008.
According to Wikipedia, the National Shrine "is the largest Catholic church in the United States, the eighth largest religious structure in the world, and the tallest building in Washington, D.C."

The basilica houses an incredible 70 chapels honoring Mary. The main seating area of the Basilica is surrounded by chapels which have images of well-known Marian apparitions such as Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, and many others. These chapels in the main seating area all contain beautiful mosaics which are rarely seen in the modern churches in the United States.

More information about the Basilica is available at http://www.nationalshrine.com/

New CatholicTV Series Takes Viewers On A Historical Tour of Rome

CatholicTV is now airing a 30-part series of short videos called “Viaggio a Roma” (trip to Rome) which takes viewers on a tour of the eternal city.

Each video, which lasts about 3-5 minutes, features Fr. Robert Reed discussing the history and significance of such sites as St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican Gardens, Church of St. Peter in Chains, the Roman Coliseum, and more.

CatholicTV will add several new videos each week to its website at www.CatholicTV.com/Viaggio-a-Roma and will also air these 3-5 minutes clips throughout the week.

Below is a list of the various sites featured on Viaggio a Roma:

Via Della Concilizione, St. Peter’s Square, Castel San Angelo, Nave of St. Peter’s, St. Peter’s Basilica, tomb of Pope John Paul II, Vatican Gardens, Scavi Office, Swiss Guard Barracks, Piazza della Minerva, Piazza del Pantheone, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, Coliseum, Arch of Constantine, Roman Forum, Piazza Venezia, Campidoglio, The Capuchini Bone Chapel, Column of Marcus Aurelius, North American College, Boca della Verita, Circus Maximus, Church of St. Peter in Chains, Tiber River, Trastevere, Church of Santa Maria (in Trastevere).

Some of these clips will also be featured on CatholicTV’s signature talk show, This is the Day (http://www.CatholicTV.com/this-is-the-day).

CatholicTV To Air Live Coverage of March For Life Mass and Youth Rally In Washington

On January 24th, CatholicTV will air live coverage of the Mass For Life from the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. at 10 a.m. ET.

CatholicTV will also air the Youth Rally For Life at the Verizon Center. This rally will include musical performances by Steve Angrisano, Ike Ndolo, Maddie Curtis, and an audience of thousands of young Catholics from around the country. The rally will air immediately after Mass. Both events will be rebroadcast at 8 p.m. the same day.

Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington will preside over the Mass For Life. Due to overwhelming attendance at this event in the past years, a second Youth Rally and Mass for Life will also take place at the DC Armory and will allow an additional 10,000 youth to attend.

The 2010 March For Life was reported as having the highest attendance ever and hundreds of thousands attended.

CatholicTV Wins Four Awards For Graphics and Effects

CatholicTV has been awarded four Gold Pixie Awards for its game show “WOW: The CatholicTV Challenge”(WOW), and its program “The Gospel of Matthew”.

The Pixie Awards honors outstanding work in the fast-growing area of the moving pixels industry, including motion graphics, effects, and animation. The Pixie Awards is sponsored by the American Pixel Academy.

WOW won two Gold Pixies for Motion Graphics and Opening Title Effects, while The Gospel of Matthew won two Gold Pixies for Logo Effects and Opening Title Effects.

WOW was also awarded two Telly Awards in 2010 in the categories of educational programming and religious/spiritual programming.

Television Campaign Which Brought Back 200,000 Catholics To Church Will Be Discussed on Live CatholicTV Talk Show

On January 14th, “Catholics Come Home” will be discussed on the live CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”.

Catholics Come Home (CCH) is an organization which uses television advertisements and its website to invite fallen-away Catholics and non-Catholics to return to the Catholic Church.

David Thorp, Director of the CCH initiative in the Archdiocese of Boston will be interviewed on This is the Day.

The CCH initiative in the Archdiocese of Boston during Lent of 2011 will include television commercials, and parish outreach. This outreach will include “welcome by which Catholics reach out with a more personal invitation to friends, neighbors, and family members and parishes provide opportunities to help people establish or re-establish a relationship with Jesus Christ.”

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.

According to Catholic News Service, parishes in the Diocese of Phoenix reported a 12 percent increase in weekly Mass attendance that still continues long after the commercials aired. “The CatholicsComeHome.org television initiative and web site were directly responsible for bringing nearly 100,000 inactive Catholics and converts home to the Church during Lent 2008.”

“No creative marketing team could possibly yield these miraculous results,” President of CCH, Tom Peterson said. “This is truly an apostolic movement designed and directed by the Holy Spirit. Our invitation is simple: ‘We are Catholic.Welcome Home’.”

More information about Catholics Come Home, may be found at http://www.catholicscomehome.org/

During this episode of This is the Day, a member of the military will also be interviewed via satellite.

CatholicTV Network Gives Viewers Exclusive Vatican Access with Never Before Seen Footage of Pope Benedict’s Daily Life

CATHOLICTV NETWORK, the nation’s leader in family-positive religious programming, is going inside the walls of the Vatican, into Pope Benedict XVI’s private residence and capturing intimate details of his daily life.

This must-see program airs as a special one-hour edition of House+Home on January 12, 2011 at 9:00 PM (Eastern).

Join Father Robert Reed as he serves as a tour guide on the ultimate insider excursion. Stand feet away as The Holy Father vests and celebrates private morning Mass, sense the joy as he creates new bishops for the Church, sit at the table in the pope’s private dining room, accompany the pope as he meets with Heads of State, be escorted by Swiss guards inside restricted areas and catch the pope’s private moments right before his most public encounters.

Each year, millions of people jam St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus blessing of Pope Benedict. But none of them have ever been inside the pope’s private study the minutes before he steps up to his study window to address the masses.

Until now.

Be a part of this unique moment – the energy, the excitement and Pope Benedict’s surprising calm.

“There was so much unbelievable footage, the show could easily be twice as long. We crammed the most riveting, impactful and impressive moments in this fast-paced hour,” said Reed. “It is a true honor for us at the CatholicTV Network to be able to share the Pope’s daily life with our audience. Oftentimes, a show is just titled ‘a special,’ this one really is.”

This House+Home special event kicks off a whole month focused on Rome. From January 1 to January 31, CatholicTV Network debuts Viaggio a Roma, a thirty-part original series on ancient and Christian Rome.

CatholicTV To Air Three Masses and Vespers with Pope in January

During the month of January, CatholicTV will air three Masses from the Vatican as well as Vespers service.

Masses and Vespers will air at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable outlets. After they are broadcast, these programs will also be archived at CatholcTV.com for viewing anytime.

The broadcast schedule for January is as follows (all times Eastern):

January 1st, 8 p.m.: Solemnity of the Mother of God -World Day of Peace Papal Mass

January 6th, noon & 8 p.m.: Solemnity of the Epiphany of The Lord Papal Mass

January 9th, noon & 8 p.m.: Baptism of the Lord Papal Mass

January 25th, 8 p.m.: Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle Vespers

Million-Dollar Pro-Life Pregnancy Center Complete With Tabernacle To Be Discussed on Live CatholicTV Talk Show

Jim Kolar

On December 31st, a unique crisis pregnancy center in West Palm Beach, Florida will be discussed on the live CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”.

Miracle House has a special story which began with the prayers and extraordinary generosity of donors. The building’s cost was $1 million and renovation costs were estimated to be $500,000.

The Miracle House Center in West Palm Beach has a chapel, and currently provides counseling to pregnant women and also is a place to go for people interested in volunteering and learning more about pro-life ministry. The unique center also will soon provide sonograms and pregnancy testing as well.

A tabernacle is currently being made for the chapel, where Masses will be offered. The building itself is less than one block from a large abortion provider which performs 6.500 abortions per year at the location in West Palm Beach.

Jim Kolar, President of Miracle House will be interviewed on This is the Day. In a June 2010 interview with Florida Catholic, Jim said, “We will have an education center, and we are going to have a chapel with the Blessed Sacrament. That is the key to the building — the Blessed Sacrament. The tabernacle will be aimed right at the Presidential Women’s Center (abortion provider) so we have the body, blood, soul and divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ here.”

Miracle House is a not for profit 501c3 organization and is located at 3115 45th Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33410. They can be reached at 561-267-3541

CatholicTV Will Air Installation Mass of New Orlando Bishop John Noonan

On December 22nd, CatholicTV will air the Installation Mass of the Diocese of Orlando’s new Bishop, John Noonan. This Installation Mass will air at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV cable outlets at noon and 8 p.m. Eastern.

Bishop Noonan was installed as Bishop of The Diocese of Orlando on December 16th, 2010. In his first homily as Bishop of Orlando, Noonan said, “From the lowest to the highest, we must become aware and listen to the voices of the silent and forgotten among us," he said, with his Irish accent. "We cannot continue to divide — divide in such a way that we do not understand that love is what unites us. God is the foundation of all hope."

Information about Bishop John Noonan:

Born: Limerick, Ireland, Feb. 26, 1951
Ordained:
• To the priesthood, Sept. 23, 1983, for the Archdiocese of Miami, at St. Paul of the Cross Church, North Palm Beach
• Appointed chaplain to His Holiness, with the title of Monsignor, Oct. 22, 2001
• Named Auxiliary Bishop of Miami, June 21, 2005
• Ordained to the episcopacy, Aug. 24, 2005, Cathedral of St. Mary, Miami
• Appointed Bishop of Orlando, October 23, 2010
Education:
• Bachelor of Arts, St. John Vianney College Seminary, Miami (1977-1979)
• Master of Divinity, St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Boynton Beach, Fla. (1979-1983)
• Master of Education, Boston College, Boston, Mass. (1993-1996)
• Languages spoken, understood: Spanish
More information about Bishop Noonan is available at: http://www.orlandodiocese.org/en/about-the-diocese/leadership/bishop

Footage of other major events in the American Catholic Church and the Vatican can be viewed at http://www.CatholicTV.com/catholic-television.aspx.