Detroit Free Press: A sword for the Catholic faith

An article appears in today's Detroit Free Press about Michael Voris and his local television show, the The One True Faith.

A sword for the Catholic faith
Former WJBK-TV reporter explains it all on his syndicated program


July 28, 2007
BY DAVID CRUMM
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

Last week in Ferndale, Michael Voris closed his nationally syndicated Catholic TV show by grasping the hilt of a gleaming gladiator's sword to show the seriousness of his faith. Slowly moving the heavy blade through the air, he warned his audience:

"This life is about spiritual warfare -- every single moment of our lives here. Sometimes the battle is fierce and raging, sometimes it subsides, but we are always -- always -- in spiritual battle."

Continue reading A Sword for the Catholic Faith at the Detroit Free Press

You need to really "mine" The One True Faith website for all that is has in terms of avenues to learning about the Catholic faith. This page may be easiest to load if you are on slower connections.

There are podcasts available for the show for online listening, or downloading to an MP3 player, or to which you can subscribe for regular downloading on iTunes.

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Catholic Podcasts - Not just for iPods or MP3 Players

Podcasts are not just for iPods or MP3 players as you will soon learn.

I once got some really good content to share with you by listening to Teresa Tomeo's Catholic Connection on Ave Maria Radio via Sirius Satellite Radio in the AM, as well as EWTN's Open Line among others. I had decent reception since my desk was near a window. Then, there was a shifting of people and I landed too far into the building to get reception of Sirius. I took the plunge and got an iPod so that I could listen to Catholic podcasts, many of which can be found through places like those listed below. You have to sift through the kind of Catholic content you are interested in as these often cater to a broad audience, some of which is not entirely on my list of rich, orthodox offerings, or style.

It is through my listening of podcasts that I will bring more great content to this blog.


PORTALS OR HUBS
Disciples with Microphones
Catholic Podcasts
SQPN
Catholic Tuner (one of my favorite places to get feeds)
Catholic Podcasting Directory
Podfeed.net (results by "Catholic")
St. Michael's Media (great for learning)

Father Z has a Podcazt category (scroll through the blank areas). It is more narrow in scope, often discussing focusing on the liturgy and patristics. These are of very high quality production.

Then, as I have plugged several times are the online homilies of Fr. Paul Weinberger in Texas. These are not podcasts so you'll need to tune in at SemperFi Catholic Radio online.


DIOCESAN PODCASTS
Many dioceses are starting to provide Podcasts. These include:

Archdiocese of Detroit, my home diocese.
Archdiocese of Denver - Archbishop Chaput (online audio but no apparent podcast)
Archdiocese of Peoria, IL


Even the USCCB has gotten in on the action by providing the Daily Readings.


You pick which programs you want, hook up the iPod and then it synchronizes each time you plug it in if there are updates.


WHAT? NO IPOD? Listen Online!
The good news for those of you without iPod's is that you can listen to many of these things online at your computer. One reader at Fr. Z's blog said that with his dialup connection, he uses the download option, then goes away for a time. It may take 30 minutes to download it on dial-up but if you ever listen to one of his "podcazts" you will see that it is worth the wait even on dial-up


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Excellent Podcast: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Eucharist; Mass in Heaven?

I regret not having time to post more Corpus Christi photos today, but things are hectic at work and at home. Hopefully, I'll be able to post more tomorrow.

In the meanwhile, I would urge everyone to listen to this "Podcazt" by Fr .Z at his site. You don't need an IPOD and can listen to it right on your computer - even if you have dialup. Granted, you will need to download it at a time that you can just let it run - like overnight. They only come out once or twice weekly. Once you download it you could burn it to a CD if you have that capability so you can listen to it in the car while commuting.

I've listened to three thus far while working and th is particular one, I have already listened to twice, and will probably do so a third time with a notebook.

This particular topic and the way in which Fr. Zuhlsdorf covers it is intellectually stimulating while spiritually uplifting. Later in the segment Fr. Z addresses the question of whether we will have Mass in Heaven. The answer may surprise you.

Once you get to his post, you have several options from playing it in a popup window on your computer, to downloading it, or if you have an ipod, I strongly encourage you to subscribe to his "Podcazts"

It runs about 40-45 minutes which makes it perfect to listen to while you are doing something. If you actually have the time to just sit and listen, that is so much better. I've done it while driving with my iPod.

Here is a direct link to his post.




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