Introducing The Catholic New Media Roundup
By Sean | July 14, 2008
Welcome to Episode 1 of the Catholic New Media Roundup. For a while, I have been pondering and planning a podcast which would celebrate the best in Catholic New Media. Catholics all over the world are using computers and the new media tools to create amazing blogs, books, websites, videos, music and most of all community. It is my plan and hope to introduce bloggers, podcasters and others in Catholic new media and provide a place for promotion and celebration in this community.
The show begins with a social media introduction. I “met up” with of the Theotokos Podcast on Catholic social networking site 4marks.com. Within a few minutes we were talking on Skype and he was sitting in as Co-Host of the show.
My other podcasts: For the Sake of the Song: Conversations with Song , A Catholic Canadian My Catholic blog and the home of the Catholic New Media Roundup
Why do a Catholic New Media Roundup?
- To Celebrate the what’s going on in the world of Catholic Social Media.
- To Foster Community among creators of Catholic new Media. Blogs, Music, Video, Podcasts, web resources.
- The Bloggers are unaware of what the podcasters are doing, or the small publishers etc… ie) When I hosted the Catholic Blog Carnival I also podcasted it, and that was seen as novel.
- To celebrate significant events in the Catholic new media community (ie 100th show, 1000th blog post, bloggers recognized in traditional media, etc…)
- To showcase Catholic Resources on the web, the people who create it and how to find it.
- To encourage others to join in the new evangelization and produce their own new media.
- To grow in our own faith by exploring these new media resources ourselves and teaching the lovely Nancy how to use them.
- To provide a venue for promos and news from around the Catholic interwebs. I invite podcasters and bloggers to send us promos of their sites//ministries, musicians to let us know about their upcoming concerts, CD releases etc…leave feedback on the blog at cc.ductapeguy.net by email at catholicroundup (at) gmail (dot) com or by calling 206-337-0611.
Musical Break # 1. Karl Kohlhase:The Simple Life k4communications.com
In the news:
1) The controversy over Henry Morgenthaler receiving the Order of Canada.
- Archbishop Collin’s pastoral letter-news release about the Morgenthaler order of Canada. http://www.archtoronto.org/events_news/morentaler.html
- So far 5 members of the order of Canada have returned the honor in protest: including Madonna House, Frank Chauvin and several priests.
2) World Youth Day in Australia. Grapevine Online has coverage of WYD provided by WYD performer Noelle Garcia.
Sonitus Sanctus: Free Catholic MP3 Links
Adam the Catholic’s Pick for World Youth Day Coverage: H2Onews.org
3) Send us news from your parish or diocese that you would like to share.
SQPN.COM The home of many Catholic Podcasts:The Daily Breakfast, The Rosary Army, The Catholic Hack, Catholic in A Small Town, The Saintcast
Musical Break #2: Something by Bryan Murdaugh We Need The Cross from the CD: With Everything I Know, It’s A Long Way Home.
Spotlight on
Blog: Stuff Catholics Like
Directories: SQPN.com
On the Blog Carnival this week:
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What is the blog carnival, St. Blogs parish
- This weeks Carnival is hosted by Frank, in a Sense & Mirth (frankinasenseandmirth.blogspot.com/).
Podcast Promo: The Catholic Hack
Podcast Tip: Naming Podcast files
Podcast Promo: The ManlyCatholic Podcast
20 questions with Zina Gomez Liss from Catholic City with Zina and Secrets of Battlestar Galactica.
Zina’s Favorite Catholic Website: Catholicmom.com
Zina’s Favorite Catholic Blog: The Curt Jester
Zina’s Favorite Catholic Podcast: Catholic in A Small Town
Things to Celebrate:
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Catholic New Media Celebration: We loved watching Catholic New Media Celebration - Fr. Leo Patalinghug Keynote on Vimeo. It was funny, dynamic, and inspiring.
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Father Roderick’s 500th Daily Breakfast.
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Monster Cookies celebrates the arrival of their new daughter, Claire and one year of podcasting.
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We are going to Podcamp Boston and to meet several people we’ve become acquainted with over the net.
Send your feedback, podcast, blog and website promos ideas etc… on the blog at http://cc.ductapeguy.net by email at catholicroundup (at) gmail (dot) com or by calling 206-337-0611.
I’m going to tag links on the show on delicious.com using the tag catholicroundup and the date of the show ie) July15 so people can find the links we mention.
Thanks for listening to the Catholic New Media Roundup.
Theme Song: Lost in Christ (c) Bryan Murdaugh
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Catholic New Media Celebration
By Sean | May 25, 2008
I won’t be able to go the the Catholic New Media Celebration in Atlanta on June 22, 2008, but that doesn’t mean I can’t help promote it. Here is a video and downloadable mp3 of the CNMC Blues.
Enjoy
Sean aka ductapeguy
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Please Don’t Adjust your Sets
By Sean | May 1, 2008
I’m having some trouble with an overzealous indexing bot repeatedly scraping the media files on my site thousands of times. I’ve temporarily restricted access to all the podcast files of For the Sake of the Songwhile I straighten this out. I should have things back up tomorrow or Saturday. Thanks for your patience.
UPDATE: May 2. It turns out it was an overzealous indexing bot but there was no significant impact to the site. I’ve turned all the podcast episodes back on and everything should be working properly. Sorry for the one day break in the availability of my podcasts.
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Too many Conferences, Too much distance, Too little time
By Sean | April 24, 2008
Rosary Army and SQPN are hosting the Catholic New Media Celebration on June 22 in Atlanta. Unfortunately that’s still the school year for me and it’s just too far to go for a weekend. If it were even one week later, my family would be there. I need to be with my online community to meet all of you face to face.
Even if I could be in Atlanta on June 22, I am registered for Podcasters Across Borders in Kingston, Ontario that weekend. PAB is the premier gathering for the Canadian and American Podcasting communities to meet and mingle. Last year it was a highlight of my year and I’m sure it will be again this year.
But, there’s still part of me that wants to be both places and be with all my podcasting acquaintances. Alas, it’s not possible. If you are within travel distance of either conference, I highly recommend that you try to attend one of them.
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To Join or Not to Join?– Social Media is inspiring people to join old fashioned community groups
By Sean | April 23, 2008
About 5 months ago Scott Maentz posted, To Join or Not to Join? on his blog about joining the Knights of Columbus. To paraphrase his article:
One may have many reasons not to join the Knights, but the Knights of Columbus is a fraternal group of men who grow and share in their faith, are deeply devoted to Mary and the Eucharist, and who are dedicated to doing charitable works, particularly within one’s own community.
When put in those terms, I can’t see a down side. Today I attended my 1st degree initiation meeting into the Knights of Columbus. I’m not alone. Along with Scott, as mentioned above, I know of 3 or 4 other men in the Catholic community on the web who have joined the Knights of Columbus this year.
When I started to get involved in podcasting I thought it was all about listening and producing our own shows. I came to realize that in fact podcasting (and blogging, and social media) were an invitation into a world-wide community. My family has also experienced a deepening of our faith as we participate in the online Catholic community. The fruit of this online Catholic community is that myself and many others are now feeling called to participate more deeply in older community building activities in their local parish (such as the knights)?
How is your experience of Social Media helping you to build real community within your home town, among your friends, and in your church? Let me know in the comments.
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Hiatus is over. It’s time to communitize.
By Sean | April 22, 2008
After posting about 50 daily posts for my 40 Days of Catholic Media project, I thought I would take a couple days off before I got back to posting here. Well, it’s been 3 weeks and here I am. I originally started this blog as a way to explore the intersection between social media communities and faith communities. I am still very interested in questions of how one grows within a community and helps a community to grow.
A few weeks ago I drove down to a podcaster meetup in Toronto. During one of the lively discussions someone remarked that it was quite refreshing to be at a podcaster gathering now that most of the get rich quick, “How do I monetize podcasting?” crowd has drifted away. Katherine Matthews of the Purl Diving podcast commented that we should not be concerned with how we monetize our podcasts but how we communitize them. As an independent, DIY kind of guy and a proud hobbyist, this rang true for me.
As a participant in the Catholic blogging and podcasting communities I feel that we are in the early days of a new way to share and grow faith communities using modern social media tools. Over the next while on this blog I’m going to continue to link to wonderful Catholic media and explore other ways to communitize what we are doing here.
You can hear some of the discussion from the Toronto Podcaster meetup on the Canadian Podcast Buffet Episode 99 and on Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 137.
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Catholic Carnival #166: Mercy, Love, Parents, et Cetera
By Sean | April 1, 2008
This week’s Catholic Carnival is hosted by blogger and musician extraordinaire,Bryan Murdaugh .
Thanks Bryan.
Here is Gonna Struggle, which he posted as a tribute to his late father at the end of the carnival.
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More Ps– Pictures and a Podcast of Portageurs on Pilgrimage
By Sean | March 29, 2008
Yes folks, this is another of my posts riddled with p’s, and I’m not even mentioning Popple this time (oops– too late).
What I do have is pictures and a podcast from Easter Sunday when my daughter and I joined the Portageurs who are making a pilgrimage with the Ark of the New Covenant from Midland to Quebec City for the International Eucharistic Congress in June.
The music throughout the podcast is the Theme Song of the International Eucharistic Congress, God’s Gift.
You can follow the progress of the portageurs on their blog.
You can see media coverage of the pilgrimage in midland from AChannel Barrie, and on Salt and Light TV.
My daughter and I took lots of pictures. Here is an overview of the afternoon.
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Catholic Carnival #168: An Easter Carnival/ podcast simulcast
By Sean | March 24, 2008
I started my 40 Days of Catholic Media blog/ podcasting project on Ash Wednesday to explore the intersection between new media and faith communities. I did not make a distinction between blogging, podcasting, or video in this project. I just set out to explore the great variety of Catholic blogs, podcasts, musicians and resources on the internet. I also conducted about 20 interviews with podcasters, priests, musicians and ordinary folks about how they enrich their spiritual lives during Lent, about places of spiritual significance and of how they use the new media to find Catholic community.
I am blogging and podcasting this carnival simultaneously in the hope that it will foster some crossover between the Catholic blogging and podcasting communities I have become a part of. The blog carnival entries are all listed in this post and I have added some comments within the podcast. I apologize for the untidiness of the links below but I worked on a fabulous blog post all weekend which vanished into the internet in a tragic cut and paste mishap.
Anyways, here we go for Take 2 of the Easter edition of the Catholic Blog Carnival.
Bah-da bah-da-da-da
Bah-da bah-da-da-da
Bah-da bah-da-da-daMaundy, Maundy, so good to me
Maundy mornin’, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Maundy mornin’, Maundy mornin’ couldn’t guarantee
That Maundy evenin’ you would still be here with me
Over at Play the Dad? No, be the Dad!,Matthew S presents Maundy, Maundy, a reflection on Holy Thursday which includes a rewrite of the Mamas and the Papa’s classic song.
Shamelle presents It Doesn’t Cost Much To Consult With God posted at Enhance Life.
Denise Hunnell presents A New License For Teens–And It Is Not For Driving! posted at Catholic Matriarch in my Domestic Church aka Catholic Mom.
Kate Wicker presents Why I Nurse at the Mall and at Mass posted at Kate Wicker.
Catholic musician and lay minister, Bryan Murdaugh presents Why is the Cross So Important?, a theme he explored earlier on his song, We Need the Cross, which is on his album, ‘with everything i know its a long way home’.
Jay at Deo Omnis Gloria offers some thoughts on Reinventing Christianity in Your Own Image, just a post pondering those who use Christianity to push a theologythat looks nothing like Christian Truth.
Mary DeTurris Poust presents So Much for Free Thought posted at Not Strictly Spiritual.
Jason presents 1796: Mastro Titta’s first execution of many posted at Executed Today. I had trouble finding where to fit this post in the Catholic carnival because it is a historical biography of the executioner for the Papal States in the 19th century. We must not forget the historical failings of even people high up in the church. This is a reminder that individuals and the church as a whole must always strive to live out the whole of the gospel and respect human life at all its stages.
Mary’s Aggies have a timely post called Attacks on Human Life Getting Bolder in which they discuss the Incarnation, Easter, The Dignity of the Human Person and the fight for human life in all of its forms.
On Easter Sunday, at from the field of blue children Cathy Adamkiewicz wrote and posted a lovely poem entitled, In Your Shadow.
Fred presents sola fides sufficit posted at Deep Furrows.
Ian presents Top Ten Favorite Quotes from John Milton?s Paradise Lost posted at Musings from a Catholic Bookstore.
E.L. Core at The Blog from the Core continues an Easter custom by presenting Newman for Easter: a list of Ven. John Henry Newman’s Easter-related sermons.
Fellow Canadian, Steven R. McEvoy at Book Reviews and More has an essay about Cursillo 50 Years of Challenge In North America.
HMS Blog presents LET THERE BE LIGHT: A reflection on the readings for the Easter Vigil Mass, focusing on Christ’s resurrection as the light of the new creation.
A Catholic Mom climbing the Pillars presents A Word about being a Good Catholic Parent in which she offers some thoughts on how to be a good example for our children to carry on the traditions of our faith and keep them Catholic.
In Journey to Jesus, Part 3 at Just another day of Catholic pondering, guest blogger Heather shares how Mary is a very real part of her conversion through an experience with her daughter.
Suzanne presents Friday Poetry: Goodly Fere on Good Friday posted at Adventures in Daily Living . This is part of a weekly Poetry Friday project which is a great way to build up the blogging community.
Over at Catholic Fire Jean is talking about The Feast of Divine Mercy and Its Extraordinary Graces. She presents a brief but detailed description of this grace - filled feast day and God’s promises to us
On Saturday after the Easter vigil, I joined Rob from the Tupelo Catholic Blog and Podcast on Ustream along with a bunch of his other virtual friends as he ended his Lenten fast. In his post he looks at the Week Ahead where he points out that this Wednesday is a starting date for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary and Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday.
A Catholic Mom in Hawaii brings us Sacramentals in the Home: A Catholic Tradition, in which she discusses different kinds of sacramentals to enrich a Catholic home.
I’m going to close my 40 Days of Catholic Media project exactly as I started it, by playing Race You to the Tomb by Karl Kohlhase. Karl Kohlhase is a Contemporary Christian, Catholic songwriter from Minnesota who has released 7 CDs of his original music for free download at his website k4communications.com. He writes:
“You may burn as many copies of the CDs as you like for family and friends. I only ask that you give them away free of charge. Freely you have received, so freely give…“
Update:
I made a newbie Catholic Carnival mistake. I forgot to check my spam folder to check if any submissions got there by mistake and there were five. I’m sorry for the omissions.
Teresa’s Two Cents shares about going to The Easter Vigil with a boy who can’t sit still. I can understand the sentiment. We took our daughter to all of the Triduum services except the vigil. We got a babysitter for that one.
Julie at Adoro te Devote reminds us that we are Pilgrims on a Journey. We are citizens of Heaven, here on a journey. The world is not our home and there is a reason our hearts are restless.
Chris at Catholic Converts reminds us that April 13 is a 24 Hour Rosary: World Day of Prayer for Vocations. In his World Day of Prayer for Vocations message Pope Benedict XVI’s said, “The Church prays everyday to the Holy Spirit for the gift of vocations. Gathered around the Virgin Mary, Queen of the Apostles, as in the beginning, the ecclesial community learns from her how to implore the Lord for a flowering of new apostles, alive with the faith and love that are necessary for the mission.” Catholic Converts invites everyone to join in 24 Hours of the Rosary for Vocations on April 13, 2008. We are asking people to sign up for as little as 30 minutes of continuously praying the Rosary for Vocations.
Over at Apostolate of the Laity David discusses, Judgement, It’s a good thing.
Ho Kai Paulos gives us A light from the shadows shall spring. How is it that last Friday was called “Good”? It seems wrong, somehow, to celebrate that day, when so many evil beings were celebrating - the pharisees, the Romans, the Devil. He discusses briefly, using some poetry from Tolkein, what makes it a good day.
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I was on TV (for 5 seconds)
By Sean | March 24, 2008
I have always been reticent about making a public witness to my faith, preferring to let my actions and my character be a witness to my faith. (I still think this is the best witness).
Over the past couple years, by participating in the online community around Rosary Army and Catholic podcasting, and with this blog and podcast, I’m becoming more comfortable sharing my faith in public.
Yesterday, we had 2 bishops preside over Easter Mass at our parish as part of the opening ceremonies for the pilgrimage of the Ark of the New covenant (see yesterday’s post for more information on that). A reporter from AChannel, the local TV station out of Barrie was there to report on the service and the pilgrimage. After mass, she asked me to explain the significance of Easter. I gave it my best shot. You can see the video on the AChannel site.
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A Pilgrimage Close to Home
By Sean | March 23, 2008
This year marks the 125th anniversary of my home Parish of St. Margaret’s. Today on Easter Sunday we are hosting the Pilgrimage of The Ark of the New Covenant which is on a walking pilgrimage from the Canadian Martyr’s Shrine to The International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City in June. There will be an Easter mass concelebrated by Auxilliary Bishops from Toronto and Quebec City, followed by a walking pilgrimage about 7 miles to the Canadian Martyr’s shrine. It will be a very special celebration for our parish. The Eucharistic Congress has a wonderful website and there is ongoing coverage of the pilgrimage and the congress at ECDQ.tv, the new media portal fro the diocese of Quebec. This diocese is doing exciting things with blogs, audio and video on the net to spread the good news. Unfortunately for me, most of the media is in French but it is still an amazing example of what a local diocese can do with new media tools.
I hope to post pictures, and maybe interviews of the event over the next few days.
From http://www.cei2008.ca/en/32
1000 km on foot to Quebec City for the International Eucharistic Congress
The 2008 International Eucharistic Congress invites all media, as well as the public, to join in launching the final pilgrimage of the Ark of the New Covenant. A dozen “portageurs” will begin the 1000 km pilgrimage on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 in Midland, Ontario. The pilgrimage will take them to Quebec City in preparation for the most important religious celebration during the city’s 400th anniversary, the 49th International Eucharistic Congress.
All those interested are cordially invited to join the “portageurs” (those following the Ark) on Easter day. A Eucharistic celebration will take place at St. Margaret Church in Midland, ON, where the Ark’s pilgrimage will start towards the Canadian Martyrs’ Shrine. Once this 5.5 km distance will be covered, there will be a blessing with the relics of the Martyrs in memory of the first Jesuits.
Following is the detailed schedule of activities for Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 in Midland, Ontario:
- 10:30 a.m. – Arrival of the portageurs and the Ark of the New Covenant at St. Margaret Church, Midland, ON.
- 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon – Easter Eucharistic celebration with Bishop Peter Hundt, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Toronto & Bishop Pierre-André Fournier, Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Quebec at St. Margaret Church.
- 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Lunch. All are invited to join the portageurs for their meal; however, lunch is not provided.
- 1:00 p.m. – Departure on foot from St. Margaret Church.
- 3:00 p.m. – Arrival at the Martyrs’ Shrine, Blessing and Departure Ceremony.
This historic pilgrimage enhances the liturgical Easter season and the foundation of the Church in Canada. The International Eucharistic Congress website at www.cei2008.ca will allow for people to follow the pilgrimage step by step. After a 64-day journey, the Ark will arrive in Quebec City May 25, 2008 for the Feast of Corpus Christi.
Follow the portageurs online
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Easter is Here! The 40 Days are Over.
By Sean | March 23, 2008
Many years ago, I was able to spend Easter at Madonna House. Several of us stayed up all night after the Easter Vigil, then made a pre-dawn hike up a mountainous hill to get to Ascension Rock– a large outcropping overlooking the Madawaska River Valley for sunrise. We made a slight miscalculation. The cliff faces west, so we saw the sun rise over the trees we had just hiked through. Nonetheless, at dawn one of our group proclaimed, “Christ has Risen”, and we responded boisterously with the ancient response, “Truly He has risen!”
Sunrise. Such an ordinary event. It happens every day. But any time I’ve taken time to notice and take in a sunrise I’ve always been overcome with awe at the peace and beauty of the moment. It is commonplace and ordinary but always miraculous.
So too is this miracle we celebrate today. Jesus Christ has died and he is risen. He has died for us all, and overcome death to give us the same gift. Miraculous indeed. The Greatest of Miracles. But we commemorate this miracle every Easter, every Sunday. We must be every mindful that we never take this miracle for granted, and treat it as commonplace.
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Day 46: Waiting is Over- Time for Popple!
By Sean | March 22, 2008
Today is a day of preparation and waiting. The 40 days of Lent is almost over. We wait with the church as Christ waited in the tomb. At the Easter Vigil tonight we will celebrate the risen Christ.
But you have all waited enough for me. The podcast file today is an early listen to my For the Sake of the Song episode with Kyle Heimann from Popple. I will not be releasing it on For the Sake of the Song until April 20.
Enjoy
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Day 45: Good Friday
By Sean | March 21, 2008
The Crucifixtion: Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431 – September 13, 1506). Andrea Mantegna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Day 44 with Rob and Kristen Williams of Tupelocatholic.com
By Sean | March 20, 2008
Today I talk with Rob and Kristen Williams from the Tupelo Catholic Podcast. I had a brief 1 min interview with Rob at the beginning of Lent, but we thought we would have a longer conversation.
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