De Cura Animarum: Catholicism Project: Fr Robert Barron

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Catholicism Project: Fr Robert Barron

It was very interesting to read that Archbishop Timothy Dolan compared Fr Barron with Archbishop Fulton Sheen. I have been following Fr Barron and his Word on Fire ministry for some time now. In 2011 this programme on Catholicism will be made available and the above video is from the trailer. I look forward to seeing this. Today, Fr Barron is going to begin a TV programme in America on a national station. It is good to see the best of Catholicism getting this public voice in the States. It would be wonderful to see some of this to get streamed into the UK somehow.

Enjoy the trailer and view Archbishop Timothy Dolan here where he compares Fr Barron to Fulton Sheen. This is great for Catholicism and let us pray for Fr Barron.

1 comments:

John said...: May Fulton Sheen soon be raised to the altars!

Here is a fine episode of his television show, on the topic of Angels:

http://www.archive.org/details/LifeIsWorthLiving-Angels

One of the most interesting points is one he makes in passing: the removal of genuine, rich decoration from architecture. He points to this as a sign of our moving our eyes away from the Lord.

This is more obvious now, but it is interesting how early he saw it.

May God continue to Bless you, Mr. Steel. I am very grateful for you blog and the whole of your witness.; 3 October 2010 12:59

Post a Comment

"I was once, five or six years ago, taken by some friends to have dinner with Mary McCarthy and her husband, Mr. Broadwater... She departed the Church at the age of 15 and is a Big Intellectual. We went at eight and at one, I hadn't opened my mouth once, there being nothing for me in such company to say... Having me there was like having a dog present who had been trained to say a few words but overcome with inadequacy had forgotten them. Well, toward morning the conversation turned on the Eucharist, which I, being the Catholic, was obviously supposed to defend. Mrs. Broadwater said when she was a child and received the host, she thought of it as the Holy Ghost, He being the most portable person of the Trinity; now she thought of it as a symbol and implied that it was a pretty good one. I then said, in a very shaky voice, Well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it. That was all the defense I was capable of but I realize now that this is all I will ever be able to say about it, outside of a story, except that it is the center of existence for me; all the rest of life is expendable."

- Flannery O'Connor