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  • Fr. Roderick 5:02 pm on February 7, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    7 Years of Verbum Domini 

    “On February 7th of 2005, I plugged a microphone into the side of my notebook and began reading the Scriptures for the day. Seven years later, Verbum Domini is the longest-running Catholic Podcast on the Net.”

    Click here to read the rest of Brian Noe’s article on the seventh anniversary of the podcast ‘Verbum Domini’

    Click here to subscribe to Verbum Domini in iTunes!
    Click here to subscribe via the website of Verbum Domini

     
  • Fr. Roderick 4:38 pm on February 7, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Hair Today 

    In the newest episode of ‘Just A Catholic Dad’ there are some hair-raising exploits at the McCarney house, Sean shows why he doesn’t do drains, and there’s a question about how you come back to the church if you feel like an outsider. There’s also a slightly mad cyclist and a plea from a Canadian listener! The 60 Second Saint is back and there’s some more ‘Holy Homework’ to while away the winter evenings……

    Click here to listen and to subscribe!

     
  • Fr. Roderick 4:56 pm on February 4, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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    Movie Panel Oscar Month: Titanic 

    This month is Oscar Month, and the member of the SQPN Movie Panel will watch or rewatch the blockbuster ‘Titanic’ as the first movie of the month.

    Why do you think the movie was such a huge success? What did you like, what didn’t you like? What was the most memorable scene? Are you going to watch the 3D rerelease when it hits theaters this year?

    Post your thoughts and reviews in the comments!

     
  • Fr. Roderick 4:28 pm on February 4, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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    Join the SQPN Movie Panel! 

    Who doesn’t like to cuddle up on the couch during cold winter nights and watch a good movie? And isn’t it fun to chat with friends about a movie you just saw?

    Starting today, you can do both by joining the SQPN Movie Panel! Every week, we will pick another movie to watch, and chat about it on Twitter and on the SQPN website.

    Each month will have its own theme (‘Shark Month’, ‘Disaster Month’, ‘Spy Month’, ‘Magical Month’), and Februari is ‘Oscar Month’. We will watch the four movies that won the most Academy Awards in history: Titanic, Ben Hur, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and West Side Story.

    This is how it works: make sure you follow @moviepanel on Twitter to chat and to talk about the movie of the week, and follow SQPN on Facebook and on this website to post your comments on each movie.

    We might actually get together in other ways in the future for an even more lively discussion, but we want to start as simple as possible.

    The movie to watch this week is the one with the current all-time record in terms of Academy Awards: Titanic! Looking forward to hear your reviews and thoughts about this movie!

    Click here to go to the @moviepanel Twitter feed and subscribe!

     
    • Nick Senger 6:32 pm on February 4, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Great film choices for the first month. Count me in! Looking forward to some great film discussion.

    • ariadna 4:53 pm on February 4, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Also looking forward to discussing!! Although I have to disagree: Ben Hur, Titanic and The Return of the King had 11 Oscars each, ROTK being the only one which won in every category it was nominated. Ben Hur, on the other hand, won things none of the other two did: Best Picture and Best Actor.

      • Fr. Roderick 5:11 pm on February 4, 2012 Permalink | Reply

        If you add up the total amount of nominations + amount of Academy Awards, Titanic is #1 with 11 Oscars and 14 nominations..

        • ariadna 6:01 pm on February 4, 2012 Permalink | Reply

          You make an excellent point.

      • ariadna 5:15 pm on February 4, 2012 Permalink | Reply

        SORRY!! Best Actor; Best Picture they obviously won…

    • Daniel 4:43 pm on February 4, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Looking forward to the movie panel and the conversation that comes forth from the movies we watch.

  • Fr. Roderick 6:45 pm on February 2, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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    An Enchanted Podcast! 


    The team of ‘Secrets of Disney’ is back with a new podcast episode, this time analyzing the Disney movie ‘Enchanted’! Click here to listen and to subscribe:

    Enchanted – Part 1

     
  • Fr. Roderick 12:10 pm on February 2, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Every Day is Your Own Groundhog Day 

    On her blog ‘Another Cup of Coffee’, Catholic Weekend co-host Maria Johnson wrote a review of the classic movie Groundhog Day:

    I woke up to a number of faux-concerned Tweets about hearing Sonny and Cher’s I Got You, Babe. Thanks, Bill Murray, for this iconic film, but I could really care less about the little rodent…and his Southern counterpart, General Beauregard Lee. I just usually send the weather dog outside in the morning. If she comes back wet, it’s raining. If she won’t go out, it’s cold. I’m good with that.

    But I do love the film. It’s funny, in that way that Bill Murray could issue a death sentence and it would sound funny. Maybe it’s the smirk. Delivery is everything in comedy, no?

    Naturally there’s more to it than that. Murray’s character is a giant ball of ego. His arrogance is beyond off-putting; it clearly has made him a miserable person, disliked by his colleagues, and cause for his punishment to live groundhog day over and over again.

    However, according to Maria, “this punishment is really no punishment at all…” Click here to read why!

     
  • Fr. Roderick 6:38 pm on January 25, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Little Jesus Cups 

    In their latest episode of ‘Catholic in a Small Town’, Mac and Katherine debate the Pros and Cons of getting an iPhone, their boys lose Pinewood derby with really great looking cars, Mac’s iPod disappears, Rise of the Apes underwhelms, Justin Bieber wears his heart on his sleeve, they bemoan a lack of the sacred in little Jesus cups, and ask you to keep an eye out for Chick Tracks.

    Click here to listen!

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  • Fr. Roderick 6:34 pm on January 25, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Saint Thomas Aquinas and Snow White 

    In the latest episode of ‘Secrets of Once Upon a Time’, Deborah, Lisa, David and Fr. Roderick talk about the biblical and moral themes in the episode “7:15 A.M.” of the ABC Hit series Once Upon a Time.

    Is true love about following your feelings or is there more to love? What would Thomas Aquinas advice the fairy tale characters in this episode? And which Old Testament story inspired the portrayal of Prince Charming and Princess Abigail?

    Click here to listen!

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  • Fr. Roderick 5:51 pm on January 24, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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    Pope Benedict about Social Networks and Silence 

    Pope Benedict XVIth has released his message for the 46th World Day of Social Communications which falls on May 20th. The theme he has chosen this year is “Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization”.

    Our friends over at Vatican Radio have the full text!

     
  • Fr. Roderick 1:22 pm on January 21, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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    Why I Love Religion AND Love Jesus! 

    On today’s episode of Catholic Weekend, Sarah Reinhard, Steve Nelson, Fr. Jay and Fr. Roderick talk about the YouTube video “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” (viewed over 15 million times) and about some of the best Catholic reactions to it, like this one:

    Click here to listen to Catholic Weekend 105, “Texting Toddlers”!

     
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