In my last few podcast review posts, I shared with you information, reviews and recommendations on various podcasts related to Catholic media, theology, apologetics, music, prayer, devotion and worship. But I’m sure most of you have to a agree, a typical day in the life of an ordinary Catholic isn’t just about getting caught up in such hardcore religious topics. Despite what most people think, most Catholics DO have a life.
Many Catholics have now chosen to share their life with the rest of the world via podcasting. With the success of podcasts such as Catholic Insider, Daily Breakfast & Rosary Army, there has been a significant increase in the number of podcasts produced by Catholic clergy and/or lay individuals, friends and families, and non-profit organizations. Their topics of interest range anything from family life, technological gadgetry, movies, music and popular literature. Of course, there’s no running away from sharing their faith too. Today, I’ll like to share with you some of these new, up and coming Catholic podcasts.
The BustedHalo Cast is produced by the people behind BustedHalo.com, an online magazine for spiritual seekers in their 20s and 30s, and is hosted by Mike Hayes and Paulist Father Dave Dwyer. If you like learning the faith in a light-hearted, humorous way, the BustedHalo Cast is the way to go.You can also find some of Fr. Dave’s homilies in Father Dave Preaches, as well as a selection of segments and interviews from Fr. Dave’s Sirius Satellite Radio show in The Busted Halo Show with Father Dave Dwyer.
Catholic Exchange is a non-profit media organization that seeks to bring the good news of Jesus Christ as proclaimed by the Catholic Church to the world through the modern tools of mass communication. Catholic Exchange also carries 2 podcasts, Catholic Exchange’s Rock Solid with Mark Shea, as well as Catholic Exchange Today with John Morales
The Catholic Moments Podcast is produced by Lisa Hendey from CatholicMom.com, a website dedicated to sharing and learning about parenting and faith. The podcast contains news and chats with several of CatholicMom.com’s authors, columnists and musicians. If you are a Catholic mom, you’re sure to find the resources at CatholicMom.com useful and interesting.
On the topic of Catholic family living, another podcast worth checking out is Monster Cookies. Produced by Jon and Amber McInnis, a young couple from Canada, Monster Cookies is a little of everything. Daniel and Joshua , Jon and Amber’s older 2 sons have a regular segment in podcast as well, Andrew their youngest, occasionally “chips in”.
The Tupelo Catholic Podcast is another podcast hosted by a young Catholic couple, Rob and Kristen Williams from Tupelo, Mississippi. Rob and Kristen share their everyday lives and their comments on things happening around them.
Catholic Spotlight is produced by the The Catholic Company, and hosted by Chris Cash. It features interviews with various Catholic authors like Scott Hahn, Jeff Cavins, Teresa Tomeo, etc. If you enjoy reading the brilliant works of these geniuses, you’ll definitely enjoy listening to these interviews.
The iPadre Catholic Podcast is produced by Father Jay Finelli. Fr. Jay shares his insights on things happening around him, as well as some of his homilies, and “sound-seeing” tours of places of interest while on religious pilgrimages. Fr. Jay also produces the iPadre Catholic Videocast, the ChantCast and the Voice of Mary podcast.
With the recent Motu Propio from Pope Benedict XVI, reinstating the common use of the traditional Latin mass, Latin has become almost everyone’s “must learn” language. LatinCast.org provides an online resource for learning, practicing and discussing Latin language. They even have a podcast which you can subscribe and listen to on your computer or portable MP3 player.
For more podcasts by Catholics, for Catholic or about Catholics, please check out the following podcast directories:
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