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Fr. Barron's review of the Coen Brothers movie,
A Serious Man is featured on iiBloom.com. You may view it on
iibloom.com, or read and comment on the piece here on Word On Fire by
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Fr. Robert Barron and Word On Fire are featured in the
Legatus Magazine article, "20 years into the New Evangelization". Read the article on
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This is a list of TV stations that are broadcasting various programs by Fr. Robert Barron and Word On Fire.
Click here to see the list for March.
Fr. Barron's explains in
National Catholic Register how priests should use to internet to evangelize. Read the article on
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Fr. Barron's video commentary on the film, "The Book of Eli", was listed as a "favorite Catholic viral video" by Tim Drake of
National Catholic Register. You can view it on
ncregister.com, or view and comment on the piece here on Word On Fire by
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This is a list of TV stations that are broadcasting various programs by Fr. Robert Barron and Word On Fire.
Click here to see the list for February.
Fr. Robert Barron filmed Colleen Carroll Campbell's EWTN show, "Faith and Culture" in St. Louis on February 11. Air date will be sometime in Spring.
Click here to see a photo from the taping.
Fr. Barron was interviewed by The Fresno Bee about Social Media etiquette. You can view it on
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"All Tech Considered", NPR's tech blog, recommends viewing WordOnFire.org in their post about the Pope urging priest to blog. You can view it on
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Fr. Barron was interviewed for Salt and Light TV, Canada's Catholic "Channel of Hope". You can view his appearance from Tuesday, January 26 by
clicking here. He is featured at the 1:55 mark.
Fr. Barron will be the guest on
EWTN Live, Wednesday, December 9 at 8pm Eastern. Encore showings will air Thursday, December 10 at 1am and 9am (eastern), and Sunday, December 13 at 4am. For more information on EWTN, you can
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Fr. Barron's video commentary on Michael Moore's film, "Capitalism: A Love Story", is featured on Insight Scoop, Ignatius Press' blog. You may view it on
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Fr. Barron's video commentary on vampires is featured on Insight Scoop, Ignatius Press' blog. You may view it on
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Fr. Barron's video commentary on vampires is featured on the Creative Minority Report website. You can view it on
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Fr. Barron's video commentary on the Vatican's investigation of Women Religious on Insight Scoop, Ignatius Press' blog. You may view it on
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It was a Monday morning after a long holiday weekend. I was preparing for my daily radio program and noticed something interesting that provided a great deal of encouragement just when I needed it. As I studied the line-up of guests on this particular day there was a certain theme that was coming through that pertained to positive use of new media: the Internet, podcasting, video sites, social gathering sites, etc.
America's leading priest online tells Andrew M. Brown that Catholics must do more to show the beauty of the faith.
Fr. Barron's video commentary on Protestantism and Authority featured on Insight Scoop, Ignatius Press' blog. You may view it on
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Fr. Barron's video commentary on religion is featured on Insight Scoop, Ignatius Press' blog. You may view it on
Insightscoop.typepad.com or view and comment on the piece here on Word On Fire by
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Whether it's on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, television, or even over the plain old radio airwaves, Rev. Robert Barron is always willing to make a case for God.
Fr. Barron's video commentary on Sen. Edward Kennedy is featured on Mark Shea's blog and on Ignatius Press' blog. You may view the commentary by clicking on
MarkSheablogspot.com or
InsightScoop.typepad.com.
Fr. Barron's review of "District 9" is featured on America, The National Catholic Weekly website. You may read it on
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Fr. Barron's video commentary on Sen. Edward Kennedy is featured on the Creative Minority Report website. You may view it on
creativeminorityreport.com or view and comment on the piece here on Word On Fire by
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Fr. Barron's commentary:
America Needs You, Thomas Aquinas is featured in the Chicago Daily Observer. You may view it on
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All individuals and institutions are, to some degree, marked by inconsistency. Not all of our ducks -- conceptual and behavioral -- are ever quite in a row. But sometimes, an inconsistency is so sharp, so jarring, that it crosses the line into hypocrisy.
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It’s not often that a priest gets to one-up the pope, but Father Robert Barron inadvertently did by founding Word on Fire, a popular evangelical website, ten years ago.
While the Holy Father just recently started taking advantage of such Internet-based technology as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube via his own website, www.pope2you.net, Father Barron had the foresight to see the benefits of reaching out to greater numbers of Catholics through the world wide web a decade earlier.
Fr. Barron's commentary on "The Stoning of Soraya M." speaks to the brilliant film and the contemporary horrors that occur in today's religious realm.
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Fr. Barron's Article Youtube Heresies, On today's virtual Areopagus will be featured in the May 25, 2009 issue of America | The National Catholic Weekly.
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Father Barron's commentary on "Angels and Demons" was noted on The Ignatius Press Blog.
Fr. Barron's Commentary:
A case for celibacy for priests is featured on CNN.COM. You may view it on
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Father Robert Barron's 10-part documentary aims to reveal power and truth of the faith using art, architecture, literature and music
Father Robert Barron likes to dream big. Consider the documentary series on the Catholic faith he is working on.
The budget is big -- $2.5 million. The backdrops for filming locations are big -- New York City; Kraków, Poland; Mexico City; Rome; and Jerusalem, just to name a few. The goal for the series? It's really big.
"My aim is to convert the world to Catholicism," said Father Barron, who is a priest from the Archdiocese of Chicago. "I say that only half-facetiously."
Father Barron's Commentary has been posted on The American Orthodox Institute (AOI) Blog
WOF Survey Trends In US Religion — Who are the “Nones”?
A blog post about The Catholicism Project made on the Catholic Media Review website.
Anyone who reads about the Catholic Church in the mainstream media knows that we are in serious need of a public relations expert. God knows this, and He has a plan. Enter Fr Robert Barron...
Father Robert Barron Tackles ‘The Catholicism Project’
Illinois priest Father Robert Barron calls his current undertaking “The Catholicism Project,” and with a name like that, you know it’s got to have some heft and depth. Father Barron’s monumental made-for-TV series covers the faith in all its 2,000-plus years.
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While traveling in Cologne, Germany, Fr. Barron and Denis McNamara met with Patrick Archbold who happened to be there at the same time. The following is Patrick’s blog post about the evening as posted on
Creative Minority Report.
Fr. Barron's article A Cover Up at Georgetown has been featured on the Chicago Daily Observer.
Fr. Barron's lecture from Christendom College is noted on The Ignatius Press Blog.
“All my life I’ve heard spirited advocacy for the dialogue between the Church and the wider culture, but this call has come, almost exclusively, from the Church and not from the culture,” Fr. Robert Barron said in his talk entitled “From Correlation to Assimilation: A New Model for the Church-Culture Dialogue” given to the students and faculty of Christendom College on April 20.
Celebrated speaker on the spiritual life Fr. Robert Barron will deliver a lecture entitled Dialogue between Church and Culture: Moving from Accommodation to Assimilation at Christendom College on Monday, April 20, 2009, at 6:30 p.m.
Fr. Barron is interviewed about the Catholicism Project by Pete from ChristLife.
Father Barron was a speaker at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE) on Saturday March 28, for the 17th Annual Spirituality Convocation, sponsored by the Center for Theological and Spiritual Development (Center).
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Fr. Roderick comments on Fr. Barrons YouTube commentary on Bill Maher's "Religulous".
Fr. Barron's Article Playing at Atheism has been featured on CatholicExchange.com.
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