Catholic Media Journal

In this edition of the Catholic Media Journal Podcast we look ahead to Pope Benedict XVI’s U.S. visit, hearing from Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Dr. Alan Schreck with some thoughts about Pope Benedict and authentic Church Renewal. (5:45)
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The interview with Alan Schreck is an excerpt from an episode of Spirit and Life: The Franciscan Conferences [...]

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The National Catholic Register’s website posted some comments by Fr. Owen Kerns, LC, Publisher of the Register, about some of the New Media work they’re doing - and mentioned some things we did in our Church & Media class last week in connection with Tim Drake’s Pope2008.com blog:
But here’s the most unusual attention [we've received about the blog]: Professor [...]

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One year ago today, March 14, 2007, I was in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans with 8 Franciscan University of Steubenville students. We were on a Spring Break “Media Mission” to the areas hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Although a year and a half had gone by and much recovery and rebuilding [...]

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During our 2005 Spring Break, 25 Franciscan University of Steubenville students and four faculty members traveled to United Nations headquarters in New York and spent the week at the UN’s “Beijing Plus 10″ conference on the Status of Women. Working with the talents of the Communications students and staff, that week we inaugurated Franciscan University’s [...]

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