Via the the closest person the Catholic Blogosphere has to G.K. Chesterton, both in wit, insight and beloved girth, the Great and Powerful Mastermind Mark Shea:

Scott Hahn and Fr. Robert Barron on, well, a Bunch of Stuff

I think the world of both of these guys, so it's wonderful that they have made these conversations available. Good stuff! And there's a bunch more at the YouTube site!

Agreed, Mark. Keep up the good work and how 'bout some more pics of Her Imperial Cuteness.

May God richly bless Fr. Corapi in this age and in the age to come.

From American Papist:

While we're on a Dominican theme (with today's photo caption call), I figured this would also be of interest to readers: "Fr. Augustine DiNoia, OP, interviewed on both the nature of his position in the Curia and the role of the Dominican House of Studies at this stage of the Order’s history."

Via the Dominican Friars blog.

Father Leo Patalinghug has some good meatless recipes for you for Lent. Here's one:

Eggplant Companata

Resolve to eat healthier in 2009? Fr. Leo makes it easy to stay on track with this new series of webisodes focusing on healthy, veggie based dishes. Webisode 3 of 3.

Watch the video.

Then go get the rest!

Got this in the ol' inbox:

After last week's successful album launch party for "Anthology: Chants and Polyphony from St. Michael's Abbey", we have created short video clips.

Feel free to share them with friends and colleagues and help us spread the word. We also have high quality video files, if you would like to post them on your web site.

Enjoy!

The history of St. Michael's Abbey - a page out of a spy thriller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5NbWERR55k

Need to Relocate - the Abbey is sliding down the hill!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkdSV7Sl1k8

Everyone has to sing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROk9YIl--4

Recording the Albums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-2dOwyZyVA

Daily Life at the Abbey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21CtNVwJ37M

St. Michael's Abbey (full-length version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp5v2APxXxM

Regards,
Stefan

Just because I liked it:

From a modern Saint and an otherwise brilliant man:

I've blogged about the Grassroots Films folks before -- they're absolutely, without a doubt, the single best religious film production folks out there. If you don't believe me, just check out their most recent video, The Catholic Vote:

Fr. Frank Pavone from Priests for Life has made the following videos which are quite instructive as to what happens in an abortion. This is a must watch for anyone who talks about "lumps of tissue" or "not human until X". It's one thing when you're abstractly philosophizing, and something else when you see what's actually going on.

WARNING: While not bloody or gruesome, the following videos DO describe what happens in an abortion.


HT: A Faithful Rebel

For those who are interested in watching YouTube videos, do check out AnthonyBuono's videos. Quite an impressive compilation.

WARNING: Some of the videos linked in this post contain offensive language.

This the point of this post is to link to the funniest YouTube video I've seen since JibJab first did their thing. It's especially relevant given the pending release of Expelled, the new Ben Stein movie about Darwinists and their control of academia -- not that I necessarily disagree with evolution (I don't), but their totalitarian thought control is antithetical to the "academic freedom" that has foisted the Vagina Monologues and Gay Rights rallies on Catholic campuses nationwide.

In any case, below I'm posting two videos. The first is the trailer for Ben Stein's movie Expelled - if you haven't seen the trailer, give it a watch. The second video is a hysterical JibJab-ish take on the New Athiests (or "Brights" as they laughably call themselves), including Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and others, as well as their prophet Charles Darwin. If you don't know who they are, you might click on the "Atheism" tab at the bottom of this post -- I've linked to all the debates of theirs I can find.

In any case, I hope you enjoy this as much as I did...



*HT to Karen at Some Have Hats

Video Information

Length:

• 30 minutes

In this programme, Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, a United Nations Messenger of Peace, travels to Sierra Leone in an attempt to reunite the country's child soldiers with their families.

Following the long and brutal civil war, in which children were tortured, drugged and manipulated into becoming combatants, the UN brokered a peace agreement that guaranteed the release of Sierra Leone's child soldiers.

As a result, kids put down their guns, streamed out of the bush, and were told to go home. Sadly, most of them no longer knew where home was.

During his trip, Michael Douglas befriends a former child soldier who had been separated from his family during the war. The young boy, Abu, has been so emotionally devastated and detached that no one has been able to break through to him; that is until Michael spontaneously sings him a simple song.

The star's rendition of the Frank Loesser classic, I love you a Bushel and a Peck, proves to be the key that unlocks Abu's memories and eventually help the UN to reunite him with is family after a long and painful 10-year absence.

Download for video iPod here.

So yeah, I really love this priest. He baptized my firstborn son, renewed my faith in the orthodoxy of young priests and instilled in me a great love for the Exultet (about which you already know if you come here often). His name is Dan Scheidt, and I'm firmly convinced he's a modern day saint -- may God keep and preserve him.

This past Holy Week, he returned to my parish (where he was formerly associate pastor and has since left to shepherd a flock of his own) and delivered a wonderful meditation on the Exultet. Please do give it a listen through GodTube:

Whatever you're doing, stop it and take 8 minutes to watch the following movie trailer. Then embed it in your blog.

That bastion of orthodoxy, Fr. Euteneuer, has been busy. There's now a new site out there called Humanae Vitae Priests.org which looks fairly promising. Here are a couple of videos showing some of the stuff they've been up to. If you get a chance, do browse their site.

Dawn Eden posted a link to a presentation she gave recently at an Indiana parish. I'm posting that talk below, but only after a video of a recent appearance on the Today show.

Dawn Eden's Presentation

click here

If you're a Catholic male age 8-55, you simply have to watch this video. It was commissioned by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and produced by a Catholic production network, Grass Roots Films, and it's not like any Catholic media you've seen before. If you're not a Catholic male age 8-55, please watch the video so that you know who to pray for.



For more videos, please go to Grass Roots Films' website and take a look at an important part of the New Evangelization.

There's a new site out there, www.CatholicsComeHome.org, that has some rather exceptional videos. Please take a moment and check them out, then perhaps recommend them to a lapsed Catholic you know if you see fit.

Epic

Movie

Testimonials

In case you missed this nice bit of funny:

Here's a video I watched today about the objectification of women in advertising. Since it's a human topic, it's also a Catholic topic (even if it's not given as such). I think it's one worth watching.



Video iPod:
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How to get videos onto the iPod or PSP.