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) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The interview with Alan Schreck is an excerpt from an episode of Spirit and Life: The [...]

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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]: [...]

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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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Through the magic of Internet communications, Tim Drake, Senior Writer for the National Catholic Register, was our Guest in the March 12 Church & Media class at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Tim talked with us about Catholic journalism, New Media, his experience blogging from 2005 World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, and his new blog, [...]

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One of the many Catholic podcasts we enjoy is “The Catholic Underground – the podcast about the meeting place between our Catholic Faith and New Media.” It’s lively, enjoyable, informative – and “random” as some people say. They broke from their regular format for an episode last October in which the hosts were interviewed online [...]

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