A Much Needed Voice

There are few problems as insidious as porn in today's culture. It's available on every smart phone and piped into every TV. Click here to see the stats. Folks like Matt Fradd are fighting the good fight and deserve your support. He writes:

My name is Matt Fradd, I'm the founder of a Catholic website called www.theporneffect.com which is the most comprehensive anti-porn site for Catholics. I wanted to point you to two of my talks which you are welcome to use.

http://theporneffect.com/who-does-it-hurt/about-us

I have a talk on porn giving my own testimony, a talk on Mary called "my mother is a virgin" and an interview on porn I did with Catholic Answers Live.

Let me know what you think.

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Matt Fradd
www.netministries.ie
www.theporneffect.com

Check it thou out!

Christopher West - TOB

Christopher West is a well known speaker and author on the Theology of the Body. Recently he's received some criticisms about his teachings from some rather notable folks and he's taken some time off to reflect. Nonetheless, he's a guy trying to faithfully teach what the Church teaches.

SO! All those disclaimers in place, here are some free talks of his hosted by The Gift Foundation. From the site:

FREE Download
Naked Without Shame
A Crash Course in the Theology of the Body with Christopher West
8 talks totaling almost 12 hours, plus a 9th Bonus Talk

To download the entire Naked Without Shame Crash Course in MP3 format for use on your iPod or MP3 player click on either link below.


Click here to download Naked Without Shame High Quality Recording MP3, Size: 712 MB

or

Click here to download Naked Without Shame Lower Quality Recording MP3 Size: 188 MB

Fr Faulkner -- YOUNG PRIESTS RULE!

Got the following tip in the ol' e-mail interwebz thingy:

There are some good mp3s from the assistant pastor at our parish at http://www.4shared.com/u/qqkggkz/7e071de5/Fr_Faulkner.html

He has a series there for mothers, a series on marriage (from his marriage preparation series to which all married parishioners were invited) and some of his homilies.

Thanks again for putting together this website.

Cindy

So, naturally, I gave the first talk a listen. In short -- awesome. I was listening to the Marriage and Sexuality Series, and if you don't know the Theology of the Body at all then this is the talk for you. If you DO know the TOB, this is a good refresher and there are a few analogies I'll bet you haven't heard. Lots of borrowing from Christopher West and Janet Smith, who get it all from JPII (who gets it from Tradition), but some good original stuff, too.

Do yourself a favor and check it out -- oh, and don't forget the Power Point!

Catechesis

Found at the Catholic Answers Forums:

These talks are part of a lecture series delivered by Fr. Joseph Shetler, STL, the associate pastor of St. Joseph Cathedral, and Mr. Spencer Allen, the principal of the parish school. These talks present an overview of the various teachings and practices of the Catholic faith.

1. Scripture and Tradition (Mr. Allen)
   Where the Bible comes from and how we know it's true, and the other way God has revealed Himself to mankind.
   
   
2. Basics of Catholic Theology (Fr. Shetler)
   How Catholics talk about faith and morals, theological terms and categories, what theology is and what its sources are.
   
   
3. Infallibility of the Church and Papacy (Mr. Allen and Fr. Shetler)
   What it means and what it doesn't mean to be infallible, who is infallible, when, and how.
   
   
4. Responding to Scandal (Mr. Allen and Fr. Shetler)
   The Crusades, the Inquisition, the Galileo case, and Pius XII and the Nazis; how to respond to challenges like these.
   
   
5. Original Sin and Original Justice (Mr. Allen and Fr. Shetler)
   How our first parents were created, what the fall means, and how it affects all of us.
   
   
6. Priesthood (Fr. Shetler)
   What priesthood is in general, the nature of the Christian priesthood, and why it is reserved to men.
   
   
7. Baptism and Salvation (Mr. Allen and Fr. Shetler)
   What Baptism is, where it comes from, what it accomplishes, and why it is necessary.
   
   
8. Grace, Faith and Works, and Salvation (Mr. Allen)
   How Protestants and Catholics believe very different things about how we are saved and what being saved really means.
   
   
9. Theology of the Body (Mr. Allen)
   How our understanding our understanding of how God created us can bring us to a greater understanding of God, himself, as well as help us to connect more fully with the body of Christ.
   
   
10. Eucharist and the Sacrifice of the Mass (Mr. Allen and Fr. Shetler)
    What transubstantiation is, why its important, and how to understand it properly.
    
    
11. Basics of Morality and Sexual Ethics (Mr. Allen and Fr. Shetler)
    What constitutes the morality of a human act, different kinds of sin, and how sexual ethics fits into these basics of Catholic moral thought.
    
    
12. Penance, Confession, and Indulgences (Mr. Allen)
    Why confession to a priest is necessary for the remission of sins, and how penance helps to prepare us for eternal glory.
    
    
13. Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory (Mr. Allen and Fr. Shetler)
    What happens when we die: death, the particular jugdment, heaven, hell, purgatory, and the general judgment.

Steve Kellmeyer

I really liked a pro-life talk of his I found, so here are some more for you good folks (and me) to enjoy:

The Inquisition

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Theology on Tap talk discussing the myths and realities of the Spanish Inquisition.
http://www.bridegroompress.com/podcasts/inquisition.mp3 [19 KB]

The Crime of Galileo Talk given to Los Alamos physicists on Galileo's trial. http://www.bridegroompress.com/podcasts/galileo.mp3 [19 KB]

Sex and the Sacred City Discover how we can live out the life of God in our own bodies. http://www.bridegroompress.com/podcasts/ssc.mp3 [18 KB]

Effectively Teaching the Faith

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The four elements necessary in effective Faith instruction
http://www.bridegroompress.com/podcasts/ETeach.mp3 [18 KB]

Effective Habits of the Five People You Meet in Heaven How does Mitch Albom's best-selling novel re-tell the New Testament? http://www.bridegroompress.com/podcasts/eHabits.mp3 [18 KB]

Harmonizing Religion and Science Talk given to Los Alamos physicists on the correspondances between religion and science. http://www.bridegroompress.com/podcasts/harmony1.mp3 [19 KB]

The Family

Another set of talks from St. Martha's in Kingwood, TX -- this one on the Family.

Title	mp3 Links	Speaker	Date
Why Sons Need Fathers to Lead Them to Christ	mp3	Marty Matulia	01/22/06
What Teens Need	mp3	Shannon Deitz	06/03/08
Talking to Teens about Sexuality	mp3	Mark Ciesielski	06/10/08
Talking About Cohabitation.	mp3	Sara & Francis Fontana	06/17/08
How Much is Too Much	mp3	Marty Matulia	06/24/08
Teens and Media	mp3	Brian Johnson	07/01/08

Free from Bridegroom Press

Just FYI, there are some free e-books and MP3s up over at Bridegroom Press on some rather diverse topics. Presently, they have a few on Islam, a couple on the Da Vinci Code and several Theology of the Body lectures.

That is all.

What is the Catholic Gospel? A Talk by Aimee Milburn

Found this important sounding talk over at Mark Shea's site:

As some of you may know, for the past year I've been working on an evangelization training project as my master's thesis at the Augustine Institute, where I just graduated from. Along with developing a door-to-door model, I've also developed an extended, more fleshed-out presentation which I've been giving to Catholic groups, as part of the New Evangelization, to ensure Catholics themselves hear and understand their own gospel message.

I just made an mp3 recording of the current extended talk, about an hour long, and uploaded it onto my blog. It is based on the fruit of a ton of research, and I think it's a beautiful, unusual and compelling presentation of our faith. The shorter versions we've done door to door and the talks I've given have really captured people's attention, and I'm really interested in getting this longer version out there and getting feedback on it. I was hoping some of you would like to link to it, so your readers know about it and can listen to it if they want to!

An hour is long, and I know you're all busy, but if you have time to hear it I'd love your feedback too! Here's the link.

Make sure to give her some good feedback in her blog's combox, would ya' folks?

Theology of the Body

Here are some talks on the Theology of the Body, along with some e-printed materials, hosted by R.J. Grigaitis, S.F.O.:

Sex and the Sacred City

The following book by Steve Kellmeyer can be downloaded for free:

• Sex and the Sacred City PDF 387 KB
• Sex and the Sacred City HTML

A printed version of Sex and the Sacred City can be order on the following website:
http://bridegroompress.com

The following talks by Steve Kellmeyer can be downloaded for free:

• Sex and the Sacred City MP3 16.1MB
• Theology of the Body - Aurora MP3 16.5MB
• Theology of the Body (radio quality) MP3 55.5MB
• Theology of the Body (CD quality) MP3 190.5MB

Naked Without Shame

The following talks by Christopher West can be downloaded for free:

• Naked Without Shame (radio quality) MP3 156.5MB
• Naked Without Shame (CD quality) MP3 690.0MB

These MP3s are organised for playback on computers and MP3 players, and are organised optimally for burning to CDs. A set of 10 audio CDs can be purchased for only $4.90 US on the following website:
http://nakedwithoutshame.com

The Intrepid Dawn Eden...

I'm really looking forward to this. If you like what you hear, be sure to check out her blog, The Dawn Patrol.

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Sex can bring pleasure -- but does it bring joy? Why would a 31-year old unmarried rock journalist in New York City embrace chastity? Dawn was a columnist for Salon, Billboard, and Mojo, and she is now the deputy news editor at the New York Daily News. After a dramatic conversion to Christian faith in 1999, Dawn traded the incessant pursuit of gratification for the thrill of chastity. For Dawn, chastity is not simply a ?no? to sex, but a ?yes? to living out all the graces one has been given by God as a human being made in God?s image. Dawn is the author of The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On (2007). She will speak, followed by a question and answer period.

Theology of the Body - Fr. John Riccardo

Here's a series on the Theology of the Body by Fr. John Riccardo:

Theology of the Body-Session 4 From November of 2004 through January of 2005, Fr. Riccardo presented a series of talks at St. Anastasia Catholic Church on Pope John Paul II's lectures on The Theology of the Body. These talks are being republished at this site in an effort to consolidate Fr. John's talks at a single Internet site. This is session 4 of 4. Direct download: Theology_of_the_Body_4.mp3

Theology of the Body-Session 3 From November of 2004 through January of 2005, Fr. Riccardo presented a series of talks at St. Anastasia Catholic Church on Pope John Paul II's lectures on The Theology of the Body. These talks are being republished at this site in an effort to consolidate Fr. John's talks at a single Internet site. This is session 3 of 4. Direct download: Theology_of_the_Body_3.mp3

Theology of the Body-Session 2 From November of 2004 through January of 2005, Fr. Riccardo presented a series of talks at St. Anastasia Catholic Church on Pope John Paul II's lectures on The Theology of the Body. These talks are being republished at this site in an effort to consolidate Fr. John's talks at a single Internet site. This is session 2 of 4. Direct download: Theology_of_the_Body_2.mp3

Theology of the Body-Session 1 From November of 2004 through January of 2005, Fr. Riccardo presented a series of talks at St. Anastasia Catholic Church on Pope John Paul II's lectures on The Theology of the Body. These talks are being republished at this site in an effort to consolidate Fr. John's talks at a single Internet site. This is session 1 of 4. Direct download: Theology_of_the_Body_1.mp3

The Intrepid, Redoubtable Dawn Eden

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