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  • You’ll Be Paying For More Human Destruction on Monday

    stemcellx The AP is reporting that President Barack Obama plans to lift restrictions Monday on taxpayer-funded research using embryonic stem cells.  You can read the incredibly biased report here.

    And here’s another incredibly biased report, but one that also points out a lot of stuff the mainstream media in their glee isn’t telling you.

    For example, from the LifeNews.com article: “Expecting the executive order, National Institutes of Health officials indicated last month that they had already started working on the paperwork necessary to begin funneling public funds to projects involving the use of embryonic stem cells.

    Story Landis, who heads NIH’s stem cell task force, says the paperwork is almost ready to go once Obama signs the executive order.

    He added that some of the $10 billion the NIH is getting from the economic stimulus bill could be used to fund embryonic stem cell research.”

    $10,000,000,000?  TEN BILLION?

    In the meantime, if you’re pregnant and want to make a real difference in someone’s life, please consider donating your baby’s umbilical cord blood.  FOR FREE.  Visit here to find out how.

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  • Follow Us on Twitter

    Follow Us on Twitter

    twitterificDo you use Twitter?  We’ve been posting updates on Twitter for over two years now, but there suddenly seems to be a surge in popularity again, particularly among Catholics.

    Here’s how you can “follow” us on Twitter:

    Follow Greg’s Twitter Timeline
    Follow Jennifer’s Twitter Timeline

    Here are a couple of websites where you can find lists of Catholics using Twitter:

    Father Roderick’s list of Catholics on Twitter
    The New TweetCatholic.com website

  • Stations of the Cross and other MP3s for Lent

    stationsA few years ago Jennifer and I recorded an audio version of the Stations of the Cross based on those celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday 1991.

    As we launch into another Lent, we invite you to download and pray along with these stations of the cross.  Here’s the link: Stations of the Cross

    Also, if you’re looking for additional audio reflections and talks for Lent, here are a few more we’ve produced over the years that you may have missed:

    Downloadable Audio Rosaries can be found here

    Audio Talk: Be An Apologist!

    Audio Talk: Prayer in Relationships

    Total Consecration Podcast (all the prayers for St. Louis de Montfort’s Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary)

    If you’d like to invite us to give a talk to your parish or group, be sure to check out our contact info on this link.  Though it’s usually just me that travels to give talks, sometimes both Jennifer and I are able to travel together to give combined talks, as well.

  • Looks Like We Have a New Boss

    archbishop-timothy-dolanSome of you may not know that even though we host a show on Sirius/XM Satellite radio, The Catholic Channel (Sirius 159/XM 117) is actually run by the Archdiocese of New York for Sirius/XM.  So we work closely with both the Archdiocese as well as Sirius/XM.  It’s hard to explain, but it seems to work quite well.

    Anyway, this morning the following press release was sent to us from our bosses at the Archdiocese.  This is big news not only for New York, but also for listeners of The Catholic Channel and Catholics around the world.  Congrats to New York, and a hearty welcome to Archbishop Dolan!

    From the Archdiocese of New York’s Communications Office:

    ARCHBISHOP DOLAN APPOINTED ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK
    RETIREMENT OF CARDINAL EGAN ACCEPTED

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  • Mid-show Doodle

    I’m a doodler. Always have been and always will be.
    Sometimes during the broadcast each day, I draw things that I don’t even remember drawing.

    I’ve had teachers in the past who were amused by my drawing during class and others who would be driven crazy by it.

    I’ve always found that in some situations, doodling helps me to concentrate.

    During today’s show, I suddenly realized I was drawing Jennifer. By the end of the show, I was done.

    Not a spot on drawing, but if our lives were cartoons, I imagine Jennifer would look like this.

    Click through to see the drawing next to the model. 🙂
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  • Footloose: The Autographed Copy

    Last Tuesday Kevin and Michael Bacon (aka The Bacon Brothers) stopped by the program to talk about their newest CD, New Year’s Day.

    If we’d been broadcasting out of the studio in New York, we’d actually have gotten to meet them, which would have been uber cool.

    I admit that I actually saw Footloose – twice – when it was released back in 1984.

    I even had the novelization of the movie.

    What do you want from me? I was in 7th grade.

    Anyway, to my surprise I checked the mail on Saturday and found a package from Sirius. I figured it was a book or something for an upcoming guest.

    Instead, to my complete and total surprise, was the copy of Footloose on DVD that you see in this photo.

    There was a post-it note on the front where our producer, Adam Hamway, had written “Peel This.”

    I peeled away the sticker only to find that the DVD had been autographed by Kevin Bacon himself.

    If you’d told me back in 1984 that someday I’d not only get a chance to host a radio show, but would someday interview Kevin Bacon, his brother, and get an autographed copy of Footloose on something called a “DVD,” I’d tell you that you were crazy.

    38-year-old guys shouldn’t get geeky over stuff like this.

  • Join the New Facebook Group for The Catholics Next Door!

    Join the New Facebook Group for The Catholics Next Door!

    facebooklogo_13Listener Tiffany in Vermont suggested we set up a Facebook group for listeners of the show (and anyone else who wants to join in), so we did!

    If you’re on Facebook, we’d love to have you join in the fun.

    Click here to jump over to the new Facebook Group for The Catholics Next Door!

    And while at your at it, here’s a link to our Facebook profiles:
    Greg’s Facebook Profile
    Jennifer’s Facebook Profile

  • If We Were In New York We’d Be Guilty, Too.

    I gotta say, we have an awesome crew for The Catholics Next Door, our show on The Catholic Channel.

    With today being our last show until the day after Christmas, we’re all in a festive mood, including Jackie (our board operator) and Adam (our producer) up in New York.

    They are SO festive, in fact, that they decided to spread the cheer by wrapping the desk that belongs to Jared, the producer on Lino Rulli’s The Catholic Guy (4PM EST M-F).

    Now at first, my initial reaction was fear of retribution from Rulli. After all, Gus Lloyd (Seize the Day, 6-10AM EST M-F) recently wrote a parody song about Lino, and Lino retaliated with an entire ALBUM of songs poking fun at Gus.

    But then I realized this desk belonged to the same guy that Lino loves to pick on during his show each day, so in fact, The Catholics Next Door were doing him a favor.

    Glad to be of service, Lino. I just wish we’d been in the New York studio to wrap the stapler

    Below is the final masterpiece.

    Merry Christmas, Jarred!

  • Live Eggnog Tasting on CND

    Once I made the discovery that Greg never had eggnog, I knew I had to take advantage of this opportunity. What a perfect time to taste it live on the air.  I made sure he was good and ready.  He knew the history, the flavor choices, etc.

    Here Greg is about to taste his very first sip of eggnog (non-alcoholic) live on the air.

     

    A big thank you to Greg for being a good sport over the whole thing and for giving me a hearty laugh and a great photo op. I’ll need to come up with other live food and drink taste testings for him :).

     

    We did learn that Jody, our dog, had no problem finishing off Greg’s unwanted beverage.


  • Rosaries From Syria

    We’ve been giving away Rosaries lately compliments of our producer Adam Hamway, who went to Syria for a couple of weeks back in October, and brought back a bunch of Rosaries for us to give away on The Catholics Next Door.

    If you’ve been fortunate enough to win one of those Rosaries, here’s Adam (on the left) outside the store where he bought them.

    Its a little shop in Aleppo, Syria that makes all the crafts sold in churches in Aleppo. They are moving to Damascus soon for better business. So these Rosaries are collectors items!

    Even though Adam abandoned us for two weeks to traipse around the middle east, we appreciate the Rosaries.

    🙂