The Brothers Catholic - Ep. 5: We're back!!

The Brothers Catholic Episode 5 is live! It's been 11 months, but we're back and better than ever! Okay... well maybe not better than ever, but we do discuss topics such as ad orientem, women "priestesses" (ahem), and our mother's sickness (tip: SHE NEEDS PRAYERS!). Thank you to those who are still listening to us, we'll be back regularly!


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VATICAN ANALYST SAYS POPE BENEDICT ON VERGE OF IMPLEMENTING REAL LITURGICAL REFORM

Vatican City, Jun. 30, 2006 (CNA) - Vatican analyst, Sandro Magister, of the online magazine “L’Espresso” says in an article to be published soon that Pope Benedict XVI will implement real liturgical reform in his upcoming Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist.

Magister bases his analysis on an interview with Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, published in the French Catholic daily, “La Croix.”

He says that while the 15 cardinals and archbishops that make up the Synod council have already presented their recommendations, “It’s the Pope who will have the last word.” Magister predicts there will be surprises “from Benedict XVI himself, who has very clear ideas on topics such as the Eucharist and liturgy. And he is very critical of some aspects of the post-conciliar liturgical reform.”

The Brothers Catholic Ep. 4 - Lee's in the Netherlands!

Hello everyone and welcome to The Brothers Catholic Episode 4! Thanks to our beautiful modern Internet technology we are able to bring you this show simultaneously from both sides of the globe! Lee is in Utrecht in The Netherlands and Paul is at home in beautiful southern California. We keep this show short and to the point - topics include Lee's experiences in European churches, the recent meeting of Pope Benedict XVI with the head of the SSPX, and the mending of the recent verbal fued between Isreal and the Vatican.

I warn you, this is the worst produced show to date. Just setting up a time for us to be able to do this being that we're thousands of miles apart was tough enough, and I'd rather get this show out in the open than wait a few days until I have the time to properly edit it, not to mention a couple drop outs out on the trans-continental voice connection. Sorry in advance! We were so rushed we didn't even leave our contact information. For those who want to e-mail us it's thebrotherscatholic@gmail.com

God bless and happy listening!



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The Brothers Catholic Episode 3 - Christian marriage, music and the liturgy, and more...

In The Brothers Catholic episode 3 we are joined by Rachael, The Brother Paul's future wife. We discuss such topics as Christian marriage, music in the liturgy, and a few other topics as Lee prepares for a trip to Europe. We promised to make this under 30 minutes but unfortunately I did not meet the requirement (sorry Fr. Anderson!). Maybe next week! Pax Domini.

The Brothers Catholic Episode 3

A new cast we're doing - the Catholic Resource Cast!

Hey everyone!

Just a quick blog-only post to let everyone know that I (Paul) just started a new podcast, also Catholic themed, called the Catholic Resource Cast. This podcast is in association with St. Joseph Communications and the Catholic Resource Center based in Covina, CA - they're been in business for over 15 years and have built up just an incredible library of Catholic talks on tapes and cd, and they have graciously allowed me to release their products as a podcast once a week! I look forward to providing great Catholic talks from some of the most renowned Catholic speakers, theologians, and apologists of our time. And the best part is that everyone can download them for free!

You can check out the site at http://catholicrc.blogspot.com - and the feed for the podcast is http://feeds.feedburner.com/crc. The first week's cast includes a talk form Fr. Bill Casey titled "The Devil: Father of Lies". If you haven't yet heard Bill Casey speak you really must. I have tried adding it to the iTunes podcast directory but it has yet to be officially accepted and listed on there, but hopefully it will soon. Hope everyone enjoys, and God bless!

-Paul

The Brothers Catholic - Episode #2

In this week's episode The Brothers Catholic take a look at the recent controversy regarding Cardinal Christoph Schönborn's op-ed piece in the New York Times about the theory of evolution and the Catholic Church. We also wonder why there isn't more evening daily masses and confession in Catholic churches and why Holy Days always get bumped up or pushed back to Sunday. Paul tries to wrap his brain around German umlauts and Lee talks about his daily mass going experience. All this and more on The Brothers Catholic Episode 2.

Episode #1

The Brothers Catholic - Episode 1

We've just completed our first podcast! In today's episode The Brothers Catholic talk about various world issues including the upcoming World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, the recent accusations from Israel critical about Pope Benedict XVI's public mentionings about terrorist attacks, Pope John Paul II Day named in Poland, problems that face the Church in China and we look back on Pope Benedict XVI's election just 3 months ago.

Come with us on a fun-filled ride from from the viewpoint of 2 Catholic brothers.

The mp3 is located here. You can subscribe to this podcast also by clicking on the podcast link to the right and inputting our feed, http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebrotherscatholic into your podcast software, such as the latest iTunes. For more information on how to subscribe to our podcast or questions or comments, e-mail us.

How to subscribe to The Brothers Catholic podcast

UPDATE: The Brothers Catholic has now been listed in the iTunes Music Store podcast director! This makes subscribing even easier than before. If you have iTunes already installed, simply click the "iTunes 1Click" button on the right side of our page or browse through the podcast store from within iTunes. We can be found in the Religion & Spirituality > Christianity directory. Also, a simple search for "brothers catholic" from within iTunes will find our show!

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How to subscribe to The Brothers Catholic or any podcast using iTunes 4.9 for PC.

This guide is designed for providing a quick how-to guide for subscribing to our podcast using iTunes 4.9 which recently started supporting podcasts and is the most popular podcast software right now. However, adding our podcast using different software and on the MAC platform will be similar.

Step 1. Download and install iTunes 4.9

You can download the latest version of iTunes from the Apple site here. Save the iTunesSetup.exe file somewhere on your computer and double click it to run the installer. Follow the on-screen steps to install it on your computer. When iTunes is installed it may ask you to restart your computer. Restart if it is required.

Step 2. Subscribe to The Brothers Catholic podcast

Subscribing to our podcast means that episodes will automatically download to your computer as they become available. Once you are subscribed, you don't have to ever visit our web page again, episodes will be on your computer automatically and can be put on your iPod automatically to take with you if you have one. That's the beauty of podcasts!

Here is how you subscribe to The Brothers Catholic.

A. Start the iTunes program by clicking on iTunes on your desktop or quicklaunch bar or pointing to Start Menu > All Programs > iTunes. When you first run iTunes it will ask to search for the music on your computer. You can hit cancel to these windows until it quits bugging you.

B. Click the "Advanced" drop-down menu at the top of the window.

C. Click on "Subscribe to Podcast..."


D. In the Subscribe to Podcast box that appears, type in http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebrotherscatholic and click "OK".

That's it! You are now subscribed to The Brothers Catholic. To view the episodes make sure you click on the "Podcasts" icon on the navigation bar to the left of the iTunes window. You should see episodes appear underneath"The Brothers Catholic" drop down menu to the right. If you don't see any episodes, click the arrow once next to "The Brothers Catholic" and that will show you episodes that are available. At the time of this writing there is only one episode, but episodes will be added weekly. This is what you should see...

Notes: By clicking on Edit > Preferences in iTunes and then clicking on the Podcasts tab you can change settings related to how your copmuter downloads and stores podcasts. Check it out and set it to preferences of your liking. I usually use the check for new episodes every hour option and download all available episodes, keeping the last 10, but it is up to you! Thanks for listening to The Brothers Catholic!

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us at thebrotherscatholic@gmail.com. God bless you and yours!