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CatholicTV Network to Air Lenten Retreat Guides

The CatholicTV Network will air Retreat Guides from Regnum Christi Spirituality Center with Father John Bartunek.

The Regnum Christi Spirituality Center creates and produces life changing Catholic formation materials in many different media formats. The RC Spirituality Center serves clergy and laity, individuals, groups, and parishes. More information can be found at www.rcspirituality.org.

Fr. John Bartunek, LC, S.Th.D, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and baseball coach. He then spent a year as a professional actor in Chicago before entering the religious Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ in 1993. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003 and earned his doctorate in moral theology in 2010. He provided spiritual support on the set of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ while researching the 2005 Catholic best seller, Inside the Passion, the only authorized, behind-the-scene explanation of the film.

The RC Spirituality Center Retreat Guides with Father John Bartunek will air during Lent on Mondays at 10:30PM ET and Thursdays at 5PM ET on CatholicTV and CatholicTV.com.

The CatholicTV Network Launches New Website

The CatholicTV Network launches its new website, on January 15, 2014. The website has been designed using the latest technology with the user experience in mind.

The CatholicTV Network invites viewers to explore the new enhanced website with improved functionality, offering viewers worldwide a broad range of faith based programming available online as well as a 24/7 live stream.

“After two years of thought and work, the new web presence for The CatholicTV Network is live, said the network President, Father Robert Reed. “The site has been designed to target our growing viewership online and projects a clean and professional appearance which is dynamically elegant. Our focus is on image and video, telling the story of individual Catholics and the Church Universal.”

CatholicTV.com is designed to become the premier destination for Catholics, keeping viewers up-to-date with Vatican events and programming from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and parishes nationwide. The CatholicTV Network broadcasts programming relevant to Catholic viewers, including live religious services, talk shows, devotional programs, educational programming, entertainment, and children's programs.

New content is added to CatholicTV.com daily. The CatholicTV Network is also available on all mobile devices for iOS and Android.

EWTN Files New Suit Against Contraception Mandate

EWTN Global Catholic Network filed a new lawsuit October 28 in Federal Court against the Department of Health & Human Services, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and other federal agencies seeking to stop the government from imposing the HHS contraception mandate as well as asking the court to find that it is unconstitutional. The State of Alabama, through its Attorney General Luther Strange, has joined EWTN as a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit.

“EWTN has no other option but to continue our legal challenge to the mandate,” said EWTN Chairman and CEO Michael P. Warsaw. “The revised rules, published by the government in July, have done nothing to address the serious issues of conscience and religious freedom that EWTN has been raising since the mandate was first published last year. The government has decided that EWTN is apparently not religious enough to be exempt from the rule.It has still placed us in a situation where we are forced to offer contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs as part of our employee health plan or to offer our employees and their families no insurance at all. Neither of these options is acceptable. The mission of EWTN is not negotiable.”

EWTN’s original lawsuit opposing the mandate was filed Feb. 9, 2012, but was dismissed by Federal Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn on March 25, 2013. In her order dismissing the original suit, Judge Blackburn noted that the government had promised to implement a new rule addressing the issues raised by EWTN. Blackburn’s opinion stated that “common sense weighs in favor of withholding judicial review until new regulations are created and finalized. At that point, if EWTN still has objections, it may then file suit.”

The Department of Health and Human Services issued a new set of rules on July 23, 2013 which Secretary Sebelius claimed addressed the concerns of EWTN and other similar organizations.
“When the government opened up a period for public comment earlier this year in advance of publishing its revised rules, EWTN submitted extensive remarks and an explanation of its moral objections to the mandate,” Warsaw continued. “We sincerely hoped that our concerns would be addressed. Instead, the government ignored our comments entirely and pressed forward with a rule that changed nothing. We are in the same position today as we were when the mandate was first published.

“As an organization that was founded to uphold the teachings of the Catholic Church, we do not believe that contraception, voluntary sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs constitute health care. We simply cannot facilitate these immoral practices,” said Warsaw.

"Version 2.0 of the mandate is just as bad as version 1.0,” said Lori Windham, Senior Counsel at the Becket Fund, which filed both the original and new lawsuits on EWTN’s behalf. “It would still force the world’s preeminent Catholic network to betray publicly the very teachings it was founded to promote, and which it promotes on a daily basis.”

In 2012, shortly after the first EWTN lawsuit was filed, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange petitioned the court to join the EWTN complaint. In this new lawsuit, the State of Alabama has joined EWTN as a co-plaintiff from the start.

Commenting on this new lawsuit, Attorney General Strange said, “I am proud to stand with EWTN to oppose this unconscionable mandate. … The freedom of religion, and to believe as one sees fit, is our ‘first freedom’ under the United States Constitution. The people of Alabama have recognized the importance of this freedom and have enshrined it in their Constitution as well. Alabama law does not allow anyone to be forced to offer a product that is against his or her religious beliefs or conscience.”
“EWTN is extremely grateful to Attorney General Strange for his support on this important issue. The Attorney General clearly understands what is at stake here, not just for EWTN, but for all people who feel that government cannot take away the right to religious freedom,” said Warsaw.

EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 32nd year, is available in over 230 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com, electronic and print news services, and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world.

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is a non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions. The Becket Fund has a 17-year history of defending religious liberty for people of all faiths. Its attorneys are recognized as experts in the field of church-state law, and they recently won a 9-0 victory against the federal government at the U.S. Supreme Court in Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC.

7 Secrets of the Eucharist


Pope John Paul II referred to the Holy Eucharist as "the greatest treasure of the Church," and yet even many devoted Catholics have a very limited understanding of this powerful sacrament. This book will change all that. The reader will come away with a completely new awareness that the Eucharist is not just about receiving Communion; it's about transforming your daily life. '''' Deeply based on the Scriptures, the writings of the Saints, and the teachings of our two most recent Popes, this profound and remarkably readable book will introduce you to some of the "hidden" truths of the Eucharist " truths that have always been embraced by theologians, saints, and mystics, but have rarely been passed on to the average person in a meaningful way. In 7 Secrets of the Eucharist , these truths are finally made accessible to all, as author Vinny Flynn shows how each reception of Holy Communion can be a life-changing experience. '' No matter how much or how little you already know about the Eucharist, the "secrets" revealed here will bring you to a new, personal "Emmaus" experience, again and again. Perfect for personal devotion, catechesis, study groups, book clubs, and theological studies, 7 Secrets of the Eucharist will rekindle the "Eucharistic amazement" called for by Pope John Paul II.



CatholicTV Begins New Season of Programming

WATERTOWN, MA (September 8, 2011) - The CatholicTV Network’s family-friendly, faith-filled programming featuring Catholics from around the world and around the corner begins a new season this month. Beginning September 5, the station’s 24-hour lineup premieres new shows for several returning series and introduces new CatholicTV original series as well as new programming from the universal church’s television providers.

The station’s longest-running series (besides "Daily Mass" and "The Rosary") is Father Dan O’Connell’s "We’ve Got To Talk", featuring inspiring talks based on finding the holy in everyday life and will air all new shows this season. A different guest priest joins Father Chris Hickey and Father Paul Rouse every week on "Going My Way" for a comedic interview followed by musical performances featuring oldies and spiritual songs. Father Chip Hines and Father Bill Kelly return for a new season of “Spotlight” a program of movie reviews.

Tuesdays and Fridays at 10:30 a.m., CatholicTV’s live talk show "This Is the Day" welcomes prominent Catholics into the CatholicTV living room for interviews about Catholic life. The series is hosted by Father Robert Reed and Jay Fadden with Kevin Nelson providing news and events and rebroadcasts air all week. A favorite segment is a monthly interview with a member of the military. CatholicTV’s "Daily Mass" celebrates its 38th anniversary this month. Celebrated live at 9:30 a.m. weekdays, "Daily Mass" is also rebroadcast at 7:30 p.m. and 11:30p.m.; anytime on CatholciTV.com and CatholicTV’s You Tube channel.

"One Billion Stories" is a new CatholicTV series with Seth J. DeMoor offering his encounters with Catholics on his bike travels from Colorado to Florida. "Waypoints in Church History” is another new series with Dr. Ann Orlando, professor of Patristics and Church History at Saint John Seminary. “Waypoints” serves as an introduction to the history of the Catholic Church using locations along the way to a final destination, to illustrate the development of Catholic, secular, and dogmatic history. These waypoints are where especially important events and people shaped the direction of the Church’s pilgrimage. Rabbi Samuel Chiel begins his fourth original CatholicTV series, "Deuteronomy", examining the first book of the Bible.

CatholicTV continues its mission of bringing viewers the best in Catholic programming from all areas of the US. This season, the station highlights a Catholic production from Nashville, Tennessee called “We Believe” and familiar favorites return with all-new episodes of “Roots of Faith” from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, “Real Faith TV” from Trenton, New Jersey and “Our Daily Bread” from Buffalo, New York. Viewers will see a host of hosts from all over the country and from the universal church. Thanks to national and international programming relationships, CatholicTV brings you to and from dioceses all over the globe, from Vatican City to inner cities.

"Choices We Face" with host Ralph Martin of Renewal Ministries. Each week he leads his guests and viewers on an exploration of some of the most important and inspiring themes of our times. "The CatholicTV Kids Club" features the Saints and Heroes series from CCC of America productions: The Day the Sun Danced – The True Story of Fatima, Francis the Knight of Assisi, Nicholas – The Boy Who Became Santa, Bernadette – The Princess of Lourdes, Columbus – Adventures to the Edge of the World, Ben Hur – A Race to Glory, Odyssey – A Journey Back Home, Xavier – Francis Xavier and the Samurai’s Lost Treasure, Patrick – Brave Shepherd of the Emerald Isle, My Secret Friend – A Guardian Angel Story, Juan Diego – Messenger of Guadalupe

The September issue of the CatholicTV Monthly magazine offers detailed information on the station’s new season of programming including a 24-hour programming grid. In addition, this month’s issue features information about the station’s coverage of the Papal journey to Germany. The magazine is free of charge and anyone may request a copy online at www.CatholicTV.com.

About CatholicTV:
CatholicTV® is a 24-hour cable television station and an international broadband network. The station provides family-friendly, religious, news, and educational programming. Founded over 50 years ago, CatholicTV is available in over 10 million homes on cable in selected areas in the US and Canada; and online via a live stream anytime, everywhere at CatholicTV.com, where archived programs are on-demand. Father Robert Reed, a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston, is the President of the CatholicTV Network.