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.
Lenten Scripture Challenge by EWTN
EWTN is launching a brand new app to help you prepare for Lent –
and it’s available now! If you download our free app and take our “Daily Lenten
Scripture Reading Challenge,” at the end of Lent, you will able to say that you
read all four Gospels! It’s easier than you think!
You can download EWTN’s free app at www.ewtnapps.com/challenge
or get it directly from iTunes, Google Play or Amazon apps for Kindle
Fire. If you already have the EWTN app, the Scripture Challenge is included with
the update.
To access the Challenge, simply open the app and click on the Bible
icon, which will take you to your free RSV-CE Bible. From inside the Bible,
click or tap on the menu (the three white bars on the top left hand corner of
the screen), and from the resulting drop down menu, choose “Playlists” and then
“The Four Gospels During Lent” to begin your Challenge.
In addition to the daily reading challenge, we’ve included a free
audio version of the Gospel of Mark, which is read by world-renowned actors and
contains realistic sound effects! (To find it, go to the menu, as above, click
on “contents,” then “New Testament,” and then “Mark”, where you will be able to
click on “download.") If you choose, you can purchase audio for the entire Bible
for $19.99. This will not only enhance your experience, but help support your
favorite Network!
Note: If this is your first time inside the EWTN app, don’t miss
all the other great features. With this one app, you will be able to watch
what’s on EWTN anywhere in the world, view all our program schedules,
enjoy video or audio on demand, and stay up-to-date with EWTN
News.
Insider secret! By the way, look for another new app featuring
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, coming soon! EWTN traveled to the New York office of
Cardinal Dolan to tape a series of one-minute reflections, which will air on the
Network every day during Lent. You do not want to miss these fabulous bits of
inspiration and encouragement – and, with our soon-to-be-released app – “EWTN
Daily Lenten Reflections with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan” – you will be able to
get them directly on your iOS or Android device! You’ll even get a reminder to
watch them! Keep checking EWTN’s home page, www.ewtn.com, for the
announcement!
These are just two more (free!) ways EWTN is planning to help make
2014 your best Lent ever! Please spread the word!
EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 33rd 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.
Lent at Ephesus: No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Overall Music Chart
Lent at Ephesus
from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles debuted at No. 1 on Billboard magazine’s Classical Overall Music Chart and Classical Traditional Music Chart this week. The album also earned the No. 49 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart, the No. 2 spot on the Contemporary Christian Chart and the No. 3 spot on the Christian Gospel and Internet charts.
The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles bested albums from prominent classical music articles such as Andrea Bocelli, the Piano Guys and Il Divo, among others.
The Sisters’ second album, ANGELS AND SAINTS AT EPHESUS, skyrocketed back up the Billboard charts, earning the No. 4 spot on the Classical Overall Chart, the No. 23 spot on the Contemporary Christian and Christian Gospel charts, and the No. 35 spot on the Internet chart.
“We are amazed and humbled by the undeniable role of Divine Providence in the success story behind the ethereal music from the monastic Benedictines of Mary,” said Monica Fitzgibbons, co-founder of De Montfort Music. “Even more remarkable is the sentiment which resounds throughout their faithful life which is this: It is wonderful to do great things for God but even more wonderful to be something great for God. We congratulate the Sisters on their collective FIAT and extend our gratitude to all who have made possible this uplifting chart-topping success!”
LENT AT EPHESUS is a stunning compilation of poignant chants, elaborate harmonies and inspiring hymns of glory and redemption produced by Grammy Award-winning classical producer Blanton Alspaugh.
Founded in 1995, The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles are a young, monastic order of Sisters. The Sisters sing together eight times a day as they chant the Divine Office in Latin.
‘Heaven is for Real’ Comes to Film Soon
Many Catholics have long wondered, “What is Heaven like? Is it peaceful? Whom will I see?” Now Catholics have an opportunity to see a captivating story from someone who has claimed they have experienced heaven. From the international bestseller, and with an impressive Hollywood creative team and cast, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL — the spellbinding story of 4-year-old Colton Burpo’s trip to Heaven . . . and back — comes to theaters April 16, 2014.
Based on the No. 1 New York Times bestselling book of the same name, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL brings to the screen the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son’s extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world.
Kathie Lee Gifford, co-host of the Today Show, says HEAVEN IS FOR REAL is “a perfect family movie.”
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ewaCVARtM.
Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® winner Greg Kinnear (AS GOOD AS IT
GETS, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, WE WERE SOLDIERS) stars as Todd Burpo.
“What appealed to me most at the end of the day is that Randy (director and co-writer Randall Wallace) had tackled this very human story and the eternal question everyone has about what comes after,” said Kinnear. “Whatever your feelings on the afterlife—even in your current life, right here, right now — there is this beauty all around you that’s been nicely captured for this film through the eyes of a little boy. If you don’t have any personal inspiration, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL will give you some.”
“What do you do when your 4-year-old son looks at you and says, ‘I went to Heaven and this is what it’s like,’ . . . and you’re a pastor? That, for me, is the stuff of drama,” said Director/Co-writer Randall Wallace. Alongside producers Joe Roth and T.D. Jakes, Wallace considers heaven from a boy’s-eye view, and from the here and now.
“Todd grounds the story in day-to-day reality, the way it really unfolded,” Wallace said. “Colton doesn’t just blurt it all out. It comes out in little bits and pieces in the course of everyday life.”
Wallace and Christopher Parker adapted their screenplay from HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, written by Colton’s father, Todd Burpo, with Lynn Vincent, which spent 64 weeks at No. 1 on the New York Times best sellers list. The book remains on the Times’ best-seller list after more than three years, with nearly 8 million copies sold, and has been translated into 25 languages.
Wallace is the Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter of BRAVEHEART; among others, he directed WE WERE SOLDIERS and SECRETARIAT. Roth is a TV and film veteran whose 60 movies and television programs include MALEFICENT, Anger Management, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL and SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. Jakes–pastor, author, entrepreneur, producer–is known to movie audiences for WOMAN, THOU ART LOOSED, SPARKLE, JUMPING THE BROOM, and BLACK NATIVITY.
In addition to Kinnear, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL’s top cast includes Kelly Reilly (SHERLOCK HOLMES, FLIGHT) as Colton’s mom, Sonja and newcomer Connor Corum as Colton Burpo. The film also features Emmy® winner Margo Martindale (Justified) and Academy Award® nominee Thomas Haden Church (SIDEWAYS, Wings).
“A lot of things in this story appealed to me, and one was Todd’s conflict. Should he stir up the townspeople with his son’s story or put it aside?” Roth said. “And he did the unsafe thing. He backed his son’s vision, though it could cost him his job and make him quite unpopular in town.”
“The great gift of HEAVEN IS FOR REAL is the possibility of the impossible, the touchability of the abstract — so powerful that we feel as if we are one with something we just can't touch,” Jakes said. “That’s what faith is.”
“But the faith in this film is far from simplistic,” Jakes adds. “It's no quick solution, nothing magical. It's a struggling, stumbling, groping, grasping faith, reaching through dark fear and confusion to solidify the abstractions of life. And it's appropriate that a little child teaches adults how to believe again, how to trust again.”
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL is directed by Randall Wallace. The screenplay is by Randall Wallace and Christopher Parker based on the book by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. The movie is produced by Joe Roth and T.D. Jakes.
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL was filmed in Winnipeg, Canada, and is being released and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Based on the No. 1 New York Times bestselling book of the same name, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL brings to the screen the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son’s extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world.
Kathie Lee Gifford, co-host of the Today Show, says HEAVEN IS FOR REAL is “a perfect family movie.”
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ewaCVARtM.
Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® winner Greg Kinnear (AS GOOD AS IT
GETS, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, WE WERE SOLDIERS) stars as Todd Burpo.
“What appealed to me most at the end of the day is that Randy (director and co-writer Randall Wallace) had tackled this very human story and the eternal question everyone has about what comes after,” said Kinnear. “Whatever your feelings on the afterlife—even in your current life, right here, right now — there is this beauty all around you that’s been nicely captured for this film through the eyes of a little boy. If you don’t have any personal inspiration, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL will give you some.”
“What do you do when your 4-year-old son looks at you and says, ‘I went to Heaven and this is what it’s like,’ . . . and you’re a pastor? That, for me, is the stuff of drama,” said Director/Co-writer Randall Wallace. Alongside producers Joe Roth and T.D. Jakes, Wallace considers heaven from a boy’s-eye view, and from the here and now.
“Todd grounds the story in day-to-day reality, the way it really unfolded,” Wallace said. “Colton doesn’t just blurt it all out. It comes out in little bits and pieces in the course of everyday life.”
Wallace and Christopher Parker adapted their screenplay from HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, written by Colton’s father, Todd Burpo, with Lynn Vincent, which spent 64 weeks at No. 1 on the New York Times best sellers list. The book remains on the Times’ best-seller list after more than three years, with nearly 8 million copies sold, and has been translated into 25 languages.
Wallace is the Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter of BRAVEHEART; among others, he directed WE WERE SOLDIERS and SECRETARIAT. Roth is a TV and film veteran whose 60 movies and television programs include MALEFICENT, Anger Management, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL and SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. Jakes–pastor, author, entrepreneur, producer–is known to movie audiences for WOMAN, THOU ART LOOSED, SPARKLE, JUMPING THE BROOM, and BLACK NATIVITY.
In addition to Kinnear, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL’s top cast includes Kelly Reilly (SHERLOCK HOLMES, FLIGHT) as Colton’s mom, Sonja and newcomer Connor Corum as Colton Burpo. The film also features Emmy® winner Margo Martindale (Justified) and Academy Award® nominee Thomas Haden Church (SIDEWAYS, Wings).
“A lot of things in this story appealed to me, and one was Todd’s conflict. Should he stir up the townspeople with his son’s story or put it aside?” Roth said. “And he did the unsafe thing. He backed his son’s vision, though it could cost him his job and make him quite unpopular in town.”
“The great gift of HEAVEN IS FOR REAL is the possibility of the impossible, the touchability of the abstract — so powerful that we feel as if we are one with something we just can't touch,” Jakes said. “That’s what faith is.”
“But the faith in this film is far from simplistic,” Jakes adds. “It's no quick solution, nothing magical. It's a struggling, stumbling, groping, grasping faith, reaching through dark fear and confusion to solidify the abstractions of life. And it's appropriate that a little child teaches adults how to believe again, how to trust again.”
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL is directed by Randall Wallace. The screenplay is by Randall Wallace and Christopher Parker based on the book by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. The movie is produced by Joe Roth and T.D. Jakes.
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL was filmed in Winnipeg, Canada, and is being released and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.
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