EWTN Facebook Posts: 4/19/12

From the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast to
Rebuilding the Faith in the Ukraine


Irondale, AL – It could be the most important program you watch all year – and you can only see it on EWTN! The Eighth Annual “National Prayer Breakfast” will feature three Catholic luminaries talking about the most important subject in the world – worldwide threats to religious freedom! Airs 9 a.m. ET, Friday, April 20 and 1 p.m. ET, Saturday, April 21. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.

More than 70 years of Communist rule made open religious training impossible in the Ukraine. In “Rebuilding the Faith – Ukraine – Lviv Seminary,” you’ll learn what the re-opening of this Seminary means to the people of this embattled country. Airs 3 a.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET, Friday, April 20 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.

Pope Benedict XVI was born in the German village of Marktl. Find out what happened in the village since Jospeh Ratzinger was elected Pope in April 2005 in the upcoming EWTN special, “Marktl: The Small Village and Its Pope.” Airs 1 p.m. ET, Friday, April 20 and 2 a.m. ET, Saturday, April 21 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.

St. Gianna Berretta Molla is a modern saint. Find out more about her through interviews with those who actually knew her as well as from excerpts from letters she exchanged with her husband in “Love is a Choice.” Airs 2 a.m. ET, Sunday, April 22, 10 p.m. ET, Friday, April 27, and 2 p.m. ET, Saturday, April 28 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channefinder.

Love Gregorian chant? Then tune in to “Gregorian Chant from the Choir of the Monks of the Abbey of Solesmes” to hear musical pieces from a Gregorian Mass interspersed with beautiful scenes from different monasteries in Spain. Airs 1:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, April 22 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.

Learn more about the New Roman Missal when EWTN goes on location to the Fourth Fota Liturgical Conference, where the theme was “Benedict XVI and the Roman Missal.” Hear Rev. Dr. Vincent Twomey, SVD and Mark Dooley discuss Verbum Domini: Word and Rite in Ratzigner's Sacramental Theology. This one-hour special airs 10 p.m. ET, Sunday, April 22; 1 p.m. ET, Tuesday, April 24; and 5 a.m. ET, Thursday, April 26 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.

Fr. Werenfried van Straaten became known as ‘The Bacon Priest’ when in 1947 he encouraged the donation of bacon to help feed Rucksack priests ministering to Catholics who had been relocated to exclusively Protestant areas of post-war Germany. Find out more about this amazing cleric in “The Bacon Priest.” Airs 3 a.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET, Monday, April 23 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.

Get to know more about the founders of some of the Church’s greatest orders: the Dominicans, the Benedictines, the Franciscans, the Jesuits, and the Cisterians – in “Founders of Church Orders.” Airs 3 a.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. ET, April 25, 26, 27, 30 and May 1 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.

It’s one of the best movies ever made about the young man who would become Pope John Paul II. Don’t miss this airing of “Karol – A Man Who Became Pope.” Airs 1 p.m. ET, Wednesday, April 25, and 8 p.m. ET, Saturday, April 28 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.

If you missed this the first time it aired, you seriously do NOT want to miss it again. “What Every Catholic Needs To Know About the Bible” is one of the most interesting programs you will ever see on this topic! Tape it, watch it, share it – whatever you do, don’t miss it! It’s only one hour – and it’s an hour well spent! Airs 2 a.m. ET, Sunday, April 29; 10 p.m. ET, Friday, May 4, and 2 p.m. ET, Saturday, May 5 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.

Did you know that people throughout history in every nation on earth awaited the coming of “One” whose sacrifice would mean salvation for all! Get the irrefutable evidence when Dr. Roy Varghese visits Host Doug Keck on the set of EWTN’s “Bookmark.” Airs 9:30 a.m. ET and 11:30 p.m. ET, Sunday, April 22; 5 a.m. ET, Monday, April 23; and 5:30 p.m. ET, Wednesday, April 25 – exclusively on EWTN. Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.