Father Barron was interviewed by RomeReports.com concerning his evangelical work through the new media. Read the article and watch the video here:
RomeReports.com interview with Father Barron
Continuing the Word on Fire Conversion series, today we feature the story of Heather King, a particularly insightful Catholic writer (author of Parched and Redeemed and moderator of the blog, Shirt of Flame) who is also the newest regular contributor to the Word on Fire blog. Read about her journey below.
My New England mother saw to it that I was baptized and attended Sunday school but at the time, I wasn't much interested. Coming of age in the ‘60s, I read Sartre's No Exit and adopted as my personal creed, "L'enfer, c'est les autres." Hell is other people--it was always the others--and the twenty-year bout with alcoholism that followed, the irresponsibility, sexual license and corrupted moral values, only cemented my view of the universe as cold, random and cruel.
If sin is separation from God, then the disease of alcoholism is sin in its purest form. I became incapable of choosing anything but drink, and the resulting alienation was savagely, pitilessly complete. Deprived of free will, I was not naturally good; I was compelled to choose, over and over, the path that separated me from God, my fellow man and myself. Even after earning a law degree, alcohol kept me chained to waitressing work...
Yesterday evening, Father Barron and the Word on Fire team presented highlights of the
CATHOLICISM series, including the first segment of the comprehensive adult formation program and other supplementary materials, to a group of Bishops at the USCCB Fall General Assembly in Baltimore.
The presentation was well-received, and many of the Bishops present at the reception expressed interest in using
CATHOLICISM as a tool for catechesis and evangelization in their Dioceses. Look for the series and faith formation program at a parish near you next Fall, and please continue to spread the word about Father Barron's unprecedented "new evangelization" project.
Read more for photos of the event.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has gathered for its Fall General Assembly this week. Yesterday, USCCB President Cardinal Francis George, OMI, spoke to the Bishops regarding a recent letter he sent to President Obama, urging him to take measures to protect the persecuted Iraqi Christians.
Al Kresta from Ave Maria Radio's, "Kresta in the Afternoon,"
spoke about the Cardinal's speech to his fellow Bishops at the Fall Assembly. In addition, here is the complete
text of the letter that Cardinal George sent to President Obama.
FInally, yesterday we urged you to visit
this site and to participate in this letter-writing campaign for the families and surviving victims of the brutal atrocity carried out against Christians in Iraq.
Today is the last day to write a letter. Please participate in this effort, uniting with fellow Christians to express our solidarity, our support, and most importantly, our prayers.
Write letters to Christians in Iraq
Thank you for your participation, and please pass this along to friends and family.
Last week,
we posted links with information regarding the recent massacre and martyrdom of Christians at Our Lady of Salvation Cathedral in Baghdad, Iraq. Around the web, bloggers are encouraging fellow Christians to send letters of encouragement to the surviving, yet heavily persecuted, Iraqi Christians.
Elizabeth Scalia, a writer for the
First Things blog, encouraged her readers to visit
this site and to participate in the letter-writing campaign it suggested for the families and surviving victims of the brutal atrocity carried out against Christians in Iraq. Please participate in this effort, uniting with fellow Christians to express our solidarity, our support, and most importantly, our prayers.
Write letters to Christians in Iraq
Thank you for your participation, and please pass this along to friends and family.