Franciscan Media- A Non-Profit Ministry of the Franciscan Friars
-An excellent resource on saints, devotionals and minute meditations for individuals and families.

Christianity as a way of Being | Bishop Barron and Jordan B Peterson - 10 min. clip

Jordan Peterson is a professor of psychology, University of Toronto, clinical psychologist, and author of three books; Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules for Life, and 12 More Rules for Life. He videos on his Youtube Channel have attracted more the 15 million hits to date.
Peterson obtained bachelor's degrees in political science and psychology from the University of Alberta and a PhD in clinical psychology from McGill University. After teaching and research at Harvard University, he returned to Canada in 1998 to join the faculty of psychology at the University of Toronto.
There are two podcasts of discussions between Bishop Barron and Jordan Peterson, - almost 2 hours each, done in 2018 and 2021.


Distractions and Prayer

-Fr. John Bartunek and Dan Burke talk about the challenge of distractions during prayer, what causes distractions, and how to overcome them. - 5 minutes.

"Offering it Up", - What does that mean ?

-Fr. John Bartunek and Dan Burke talk about how we can join with Christ in the redemption of the world through our suffering.- 5 minutes.

-Bishop Barron on the film "Gran Torino" and how it illustrates the image and message of Christ, the meaning of Good Friday and redemptive suffering in our world.  – 8 minutes

-Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT- Intimacy with God: Receiving the Heart of the One Who Loves Us- Steubenville Conference 


-The Inspiring Stories of Four New Saints 



-Sr. Miriam James Heidland -  Aching for More ? 
Fasten your seatbelt, - 5 minutes with Sr. Miriam

 

Five minutes with Br. Thomas Martin - 

-Brother Thomas Martin grew up Lutheran, and developed an appreciation for St. Augustine in his teenage years.  One Summer while at Philmont Scout Ranch, he found himself profoundly impacted by the experience of a Catholic Mass.  That started him on a journey that eventually led him to pursue religious life with the Dominican Order. 


-Rancher Nuns- PBS - Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

In Virginia Dale, Colorado, a community of Benedictine nuns live a life of prayer and work on a 300-acre cattle ranch. At the Abbey of St. Walburga, situated among grassy meadows and snow-capped mountains, the sisters sing the psalms, pray, and raise cows for the grass-fed organic beef they produce. 


-Bishop Barron on Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master
Bishop Barron talks about the famous Trappist monk / author, one of the leading spiritual writers of the 20th Century. 9 minutes.
 

Contemplatives In Today’s World

-In recent years, there has been a large increase in the number of lay people who want to associate with religious communities.  Correspondent Kate Olson (Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, PBS) visited New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Benedictine community in Big Sur, CA. 

-The Singing Monks of Norcia
A look at the community of Benedictine monks lead by an American in Norcia, Italy.