Catholic iPod

There are a lot of Catholic podcasts lately on Mother Teresa. Teresa Tomeo’s Catholic Connection as mentioned in my previous post, has in the second hour of 8/24/2007 , guest Ralph Martin who talks about Mother Teresa, who passed away ten years ago this September 5th. Ralph and Teresa discuss how it is possible a person like Mother Teresa could feel such an absence of God in her life. In the first hour of Catholic Connection’s 8/28/2007 episode Teresa talks about the new book coming out on Mother Teresa, which includes her struggle with the dark night of the soul. They play an interview with William Donahue of the Catholic League conducted on CNN Headline News.

Kresta in the Afternoon 8/28/2007, has guest Fr. Matthew Lamb speaking on Mother Teresa’s “Dark Night”. Listen here. You can subscribe and download mp3s from Kresta In The Afternoon podcast.

The 3rd hour of The Drew Mariani Show, 8/27/2007, has Monsignor Soseman on The Dark Night of the Soul. You can download mp3s.

Also listen or download Fr. Benedict Groeschel with Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C. on The Cause of Mother Teresa. Be sure to visit The Mother Teresa Of Calcutta Center Official Site established by the Missionaries of Charity.

Teresa Tomeo hosts Catholic Connection, a daily morning show with news, information, and special guests, all from a Catholic perspective. She discusses social issues, media awareness, and interviews local businesses, youth, families, and community leaders. In this episode guest Barbara Nicolosi, a catholic movie critic and screenwriter talks about the new movie, SuperBad, which she says is “beyond vile.” Other guests include Janet Morana with Priests for Life and the Silent No More Awareness Campaign. They talk about an article linking grapefruit to breast cancer and the cover-up of the link between abortion and breast cancer. Another guest Helen Griffin talks about Decades for 2008, a prayer campaign for the 2008 elections. You can listen to this episode online here.

You can subscribe to Teresa Tomeo’s Catholic Connection, or download the mp3s. Catholic Connections is a two hour show but only the second hour is available in the podcast and mp3s. If someone knows of where the entire two hour show can be downloaded I would appreciate the information. If you want to also hear the first hour you can listen online in these archives or you can listen LIVE online at Ave Maria Radio from 8:00-10:00 EST am Monday -Friday. The dates on these archives seem to be dated a day later than the iTunes podcast download date.

Two videos of Catholic Singer Donna Cori Gibson at St. Mary’s Chapel at The Grotto in Portland, Oregon

SQPN shows have won in three categories of this year’s People’s Choice Podcast Awards. The Daily Breakfast, hosted by Fr. Roderick Vonhögen, won for best religious podcast. Praystation Portable, daily prayers from the Liturgy of the Hours hosted by Jeff Vista, won for best Mobile Phone Formatted podcast, and Catholic Rockers hosted by George Leite, won for Best Podsafe Music podcast.

The awards will be officially presented to the winners during the Podcast and New Media Expo from 28-30 September in Ontario, California. People’s Choice and Best Produced winners will be announced Sept 28th at the Podcast and New Media Expo.

I love Donna Cori Gibson’s music and her songs, Hail Mary, Mother, and Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue. You can hear an interview with her on EWTN’s Catholic Jukebox. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Angelina sings a lovely Hail Mary, Gentle Woman. You can download her song at iTunes. Something different is Aaron Thompson’s Mary, Pray for Me. It is available for download at iTunes and eMusic. All of these songs are available on CD at Catholic Music Network.

Thank you to aeternus for this post on the Lectio Divina podcast and my thanks also to her for my new blog header.

This podcast “CONTEMPLATION WITH FR. THOMAS DUBAY” includes 13 classic programs each approximately 30 minutes long. It is one of EWTN’s Special Monthly Podcasts which are only available for 30 days. UPDATE: I have posted a link to these Mp3s here. You can subscribe to all EWTN Podcasts and it will include the special monthly podcast or you can subscribe individually to each of the EWTN podcasts. You can also download the mp3 or listen online to each of the EWTN programs -

Sunday Night: Live with Fr. Benedict Groeschel, EWTN Live with Fr. Mitch Pacwa, The Journey Home with Marcus Grodi, The World Over with Raymond Arroyo, Mother Angelica Live Classics, OPEN LINE with John Martignoni on Mondays. Tuesdays – Barbara McGuigan, Wednesdays – Fr. Mitch Pacwa, Thursdays – Patrick Madrid and Fridays with Colin Donovan. Threshold Of Hope with Fr. Mitch Pacwa, Life On The Rock, BookMark with Doug Keck, Vatican Insider with Joan Lewis, and the Daily Homilies – Sunday through Saturday. The World Over and Fr. Benedict Groeschel are two of my favorites.

The 2007 Podcast Awards voting is open till Aug 11th. The Catholic Podcast nominations are: For People’s Choice – Catholic Insider, Best Mobile Phone Formated Podcast – Praystation Portable, Cultural/Arts – Secrets of Harry Potter, Health/Fitness – Healthy Catholic, PodSafe Music – Catholic Rockers, there are 5 nominations under Religion Inspiration - Catholic Insider, Daily Breakfast, iPadre, Meditations from Carmel, and The Hands and Feet Show. You can vote each day between July 28 and August 11.