An Epic Series: Catholicism

I was ecstatic (well, that might be overstating it a bit :) to find out today that Loyola's Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage has obtained Fr. Barron's epic new series Catholicism, which is being shown on PBS in some areas.  You have to check this out!  10 DVD's of showing the broad sweep of Catholicism across the world.

This is undoubtedly the best media re-presentation of the Catholic Faith in history (and that's NOT an over-statement) by our generation's Archbishop Fulton Sheen.  This is yet another example of how even during dark times, when the Church is assaulted from within and without, God is ever-renewing her so that she might be "the universal sacrament of salvation" to which she is called and for which she was formed by Christ.  Praise God!

Extended Preview of Catholicism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXz7CiIovJ8

Main Website for Catholicism:
http://www.catholicismseries.com/watch

Edgar Allen Poe and the Jesuits

A little late for Halloween, here is an article about the connections between Edgar Allen Poe and the Jesuits whom he esteemed:

http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Edgar-Allan-Poe-and-the-Jesuits-Pat-McNamara-11-01-2011.html

Remembering a Heroic Jesuit Who Faced the Nazis

Fr. Mayer from http://www.fordham.edu

Here is the story of a Bl. Rupert Mayer, a Jesuit who heroically faced the Nazis, whom the Church celebrates today:

http://www.apostleship-prayer.org/stq4/stRupMay.htm

Video on Saintliness

Here is a great short video for the Feast of All Saints, from Fr. Robert Barron:

http://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-TV/Commentaries-New/Fr-Barron-comments-on-All-Saints-Day.aspx

                                                    The Conversion of St. Paul, by Caravaggio

A Remarkable New Saint

Happy All Saints Day!  It's a Holy Day of Obligation!

St. Gianna Beretta Molla: a modern wife, doctor, mother, and the last saint to be canonized by Bl. John Paul II.  Read about her truly remarkable story and see the beautiful icon of her:

http://saltandlighttv.org/blog/saints-and-blesseds/the-call-to-holiness-excludes-no-one

For All Saints Day, here is an article on the Holy Father's words about the universal call to holiness:

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/everyone-is-called-to-be-holy-pope-says-on-all-saints-day/