Join Mary Jane Fox and Sarah Stravitsch,  the Catholic Women’s Conference Chairperson as they speak about the importance of discovering ”true feminism” and the beauty of womanhood on “Catholicism Live!” this week. Their guests will be two of the speakers scheduled to speak at this year’s Conference.    Have YOU attended a Catholic Women’s Conference?  Why not consider sharing what you received by calling in during the program?  The number to call is 210-734-5371.    Register before September 8th for the early registration fee of only $45.00 which includes a Conference Packet and lunch on Saturday.   Register here on this website!

Our Program:  Tune in to Catholicism Live! every Wednesday at 8pm CST.   Watch on TV (via Time Warner Cable Channel 15) or listen on radio (89.7 FM in South TX) or online via the Guadalupe Radio Network.

How you can participate:     Call in live during the program (8pm-9pm) at (210) 734-5371 or email us your questions before or after the show at live@catholic.org

SAINT OF THE WEEK:  Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)Virgin and Martyr.    Feast day:  August 9th – Edith Stein, born in 1891 in Breslau, Poland, was the youngest child of a large Jewish family. She was an outstanding student and was well versed in philosophy with a particular interest in phenomenology. Eventually she became interested in the Catholic Faith, and in 1922, she was baptized in Germany. Eleven years later Edith entered the Carmelite Order. Because of the ramifications of politics in Germany, Edith, whose name in religion n was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was sent to the Carmelite convent in Holland. When the Nazis conquered Holland, Teresa was arrested, and, with her sister Rose, was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. Teresa died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1942 at the age of fifty-one.  She was a great promoter of Women’s Conferences in her time.

Pearl of the Week:   ”A Catholic Woman’s Book of Prayers” by Donna Marie Cooper-O’Boyle.     Due to be released on September 1, 2010, this hard cover, compact and sturdy prayer book is just the right size to stash in your purse, diaper bag, briefcase, or to have handy nearby on the nightstand or coffee table. This prayer book speaks to ALL women: single, married, mothers, and Religious. All women need affirmation, encouragement, and inspiration to aid them on their journeys throughout their busy lives.      BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO OWN ONE OR GIVE ONE AS A GIFT!    Buy yours at the 2010 San Antonio Catholic Women’s Conference!  -$7.95

“Catholicism Live!”  (Wednesday, August 11, 2010)     Guests:  Focolare young adult members.  FOCOLARE – a lay movement known world-wide.  www.focolare.org.  Today we will introduce you to a young woman who died 20 years ago and will be beatified (last step before canonization) in Rome, Italy on Sept 25th, 2010!    She is Chiara Luce Badano from Italy, FOCOLARE’s first “Saint” in the making!    Her last words to her mother:  “Be Happy, because I am happy!”  To view a short video about her go to the Pilgrim Center of Hope BLOG at www.catholicismlive.blogspot.com. 

Saint of the Week - St. Clare of Assisi (Patron of Television) 1194-1253.  She was a follower of St.Francis of Assisi and later founded the Poor Clares dedicated to an austere, contemplative life.  Feast Day: August 11th.

Pearl of the Week:  “Am I Living A Spiritual Life? (Sophia Institute Press) $14.95

Questions or comments on the Catholic Faith?  Suggestions for future topics on “Catholicism Live!”    Contact us:  live@catholic.org. 

Welcome Sister Margaret with the Daugthers of St. Paul and Patricia Davis, Superintendent of Catholic Schools on “Catholicism Live!” .  Hear why the Church is encouraging the new digital media.  Questions such as:  Should every Catholic be media -literate?  What does the Church teach about media? will be answered on the program. 

Websites:  Pauline Family – www.alberione.org  Daughters of St. Paul – www.pauline.org     

To learn about a documentary film on their founder, Father Alberione – go to:  www.alberionefilm.org

Saint of the Week:  St. John Vianney (August 4th) Patron of Priests and Confessors

Pearl of the Week:   Archbishop Charles Chaput’s book “Living the Catholic Faith – Rediscovering the Basics” (Servant Publications, Ann Arbor, MI)

Our Program:  Tune in to Catholicism Live! on Wednesday, July 28 at 8pm CST.   Watch on TV (via Time Warner Cable Channel 15) or listen on radio (89.7 FM in South TX) or online via the Guadalupe Radio Network.

How you can participate:  Call in live during the program at (210) 734-5371 or email us your questions before or after the show at live@catholic.org

This week on our Catholicism Live! program, we follow-up EWTN Live (which proceeds our program) as they interview Terry Polakovic, Executive Director of ENDOW (Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women). Details on that program are below. Join us for our program at 8pm CST with a panel of women discussing the Church’s empowering teaching on the dignity and vocation of women.

Our Program:  Tune in to Catholicism Live! on Wednesday, July 28 at 8pm CST to learn more about what the Church really teaches about women, including John Paul II’s Letter to Women. Watch on TV (via Time Warner Cable Channel 15) or listen on radio (89.7 FM in South TX) or online via the Guadalupe Radio Network.

How you can participate:  Call in live during the program at (210) 734-5371 or email us your questions before or after the show at live@catholic.org

Preceeding Program: Tune in to EWTN Live on Wednesday, July 28th at 7pm CST to see a special interview highlighting ENDOW! Both Terry Polakovic, ENDOW’s Executive Director and founder, and Brigid Sweeney, ENDOW’s Youth Program Coordinator will be interviewed for the live taping of the television program EWTN Live. One of EWTN’s longtime favorite hosts, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, interviews a variety of guests on the EWTN Live program seeking to teach and prepare us for evangelization.

How you can participate: Viewing live: Tune into your local EWTN television channel at 7pm CST to invite ENDOW into your living room. Click here to find the EWTN channel in your area. Viewing later: Encores will be run on Thursday, July 28th at 1am and 9am and Sunday, August 1st at 4pm. Also, following the taping, a copy of the show can be purchased here. Listening: Click here to listen to EWTN live from your computer. Calling-in: If you’d like to be part of the program, call EWTN Wednesday at 7pm CST at 1-800-221-9460.

This week’s topic is another interesting one! A Catholic High School teacher and two students speak about their experiences in reading the story of a Palestinian priest who grew up in the Galilee area. His book, Blood Brothers tells about growing up in Galilee and in 1948, at the age of 8, experiencing the tragedy of his poeple – to be evicted, along with his whole village, by the Israeli authorities and become a refugee in his own country. Today, Archbishop Chacour has become an ambassador for non-violence and someone, who not only preaches, but lives the Sermon on the Mount taught by the Lord Jesus. To learn more about Elias Chacour; go to www.pilgrimsofibillin.org.

PEARL OF THE WEEK: “Blood Brothers” by Elias Chacour. Available at the Pilgrim Center of Hope for $10.00. Call us now for your copy! 210-521-3377.
To read more about the Holy Land Christians go to: www.hcef.org.

SAINT OF THE WEEK: Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified (August 23 – Feast Day). : 1846 – 1878 (Feast Day: August 26th)
Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified was born of the Baouardy family, Catholics of the Greek Melchite Rite, Abellin in Galilee in 1846.

In 1867 she entered the Discalced Carmelites at Pau in France and went with the founding group to the Carmel of Mangalore in India where, in 1870, she made her profession.
She return to France in 1872. In 1875 she went to the Holy Land where she built a monastery in Bethlehem and began planning for another at Nazareth.

Noted for her supernatural gifts, especially for humility, for her devotion to the Holy Spirit, and her great love for the Church and the Pope, she died at Bethlehem in 1878.

How do we answer questions our family, friends, co-workers may pose to us on the issues of life?  “Catholicism Live!” on July 7th will give you answers and resources to help you!  Pope John Paul II said,  “all human life is sacred, for it is created in the image and likeness of God.”  The Church’s mission to defend human life applies over the entire course of life, from conception to natural death. 

For additional information on LIFE – ABORTION – and resources: San Antonio Coalition for Life at  www.sacfl.org or call them at 210-737-2235. 

Also look at PROJECT RACHEL – a confidential program for spiritual and emotional healing after abortion.  210-342-HOPE or 1-800-651-HOPE. 

PEARL OF THE WEEK  -  For a tri-fold pamphlet that easily expresses the beauty of life and dignity of the human person titled “WHY YOU MATTER”:    http://www.usccb.org/prolife/programs/rlp/2009/bartunekpamphlet.pdf

SAINT OF THE WEEK   -   St. Maria Goretti (1890-1902).  * Feast Day is July 6th.  She is patron of youth, young women, purity and victims of rape.   Maria refused to submit to an attack on her virginity by 20 year old Alessandro Serenelli.  Not yet 12 years old, she shouted, “No, it’s a sin! I will not do it!”   So Alessandro stabbed her to death. Maria forgave him and became a saint because she loved God above all else. It was, and is, Love’s Bravest Choice.

The beautiful message of purity and forgiveness demonstrated by St. Maria inspires people of all ages, and in any place or time, because it is an ageless story of rare and heroic courage.

Read more about this young saint;  www.mariagoretti.org.