The following comes from a July 31 story on the OCBreeze.com website based on a press release from the diocese of Orange.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange has begun construction of a radio broadcast facility within the iconic Tower of Hope on the Christ Cathedral campus. This facility will be capable of producing live and recorded shows and news coverage to be carried over Immaculate Heart Radio’s extensive broadcast network and locally at AM 1000. As part of this partnership the Diocese will support Immaculate Heart Radio as they boost the power of their radio signal to cover all of Orange County, making Catholic radio available to the more than 1.3 million Catholics within the Diocese.
“As we transform the Christ Cathedral campus into a dynamic and inspirational center of Catholic worship and outreach, we are blessed to continue to build our capacity to touch the hearts of the faithful in new ways. Our partnership with Immaculate Heart Radio will profoundly benefit the mission of the Church and enable Catholics who spend a great deal of time in their cars to spend this time learning, experiencing and celebrating their faith,” said the Most Rev. Kevin Vann, Bishop of Orange.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange acquired the former Crystal Cathedral in November of 2011 and took possession of the property in September of 2013….
Last week the diocese announced a unique partnership with the world’s largest religious media network, EWTN. This network has begun construction of a television studio and production facility that will share stories of faith from the Christ Cathedral with its audience of more than 230 million homes in 140 countries and territories. The new radio broadcast facility will complement the work being done with EWTN….
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…..whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10: 31.
IHRadio is sorely needed in Orange County……I’m happy to see Mother Angelica’s mission continuing to bear fruit. “Many” will have an opportunity to “hear” the Word of Our Lord.
For all you who have issues with Christ Cathedral, remember, WE are the Church. We are the BODY of Christ’s Church…..it’s not about the structure of the building (there are too many empty structures in the world). I attended a very holy, Catholic retreat at Christ’s Cathedral that was organized by Magnificat. It works, it was magnificent……all glory to Our Lord.
I will never like the Crystal Cathedral, now called “Christ Cathedral,”– for Catholic worship. However– it looks like this situation is now turning into an excellent opportunity, for Catholic evangelization, which is wonderful!! Let’s then pray for SUCCESS, for this evangelization opportunity! California, and the whole world– is in desperate need!!
God bless you Linda Maria. Excellent word to help return the people to God. Especially at their own level. I remember when I formed a woman’s bible group in the OF parish,(years back when I was nursing my 3rd child) some did not know their faith, my friend and I had to catechize using the CCC, bible and writings of the early Doctors of the Church. Because of that effort, half of our attendee’s now attend the Tridentine Mass or OF Mass Parishes that are faithful to the GIRM. Catholic Answers was a blessing to me because they had loads of information that I used to help explain better. We also had a priest visit to help edify the teachings of Mother church. Praise God. One person at a time.
If only Immaculate Heart and EWTN programming is going to be used, that will be great. But… it sounds like the D of O will be creating it’s own programming. Remember, in the D of O, all of the same employees that hob-knobbed with the dozens of priests who were arrested/charged in the past decade, all those who protected the homosexual lives of many D of O diocesan priests, (Fr. Rod Stephens comes immediately to mind), all the priests that regularly preach/participate in disgraceful masses (Fr. Fred Baily as Barney the dinosaur, Msgr Art Holquin refusing to give communion to those who are kneeling, B. Brown, who, himself, refused to give communion to a woman who was kneeling to receive the Blessed Sacrament (6 months after having received a letter from the Vatican to stop that practice), Fr. Escobar of St. Norbert’s in the city of Orange CONCELEBRATING A MASS with a PROTESTANT MINISTER who not only distributed the holy eucharist, but also consumed it… or maybe Msgr. Romito who advised a young unmarried couple to use birth control. They are ALL STILL EMPLOYEED BY THIS DIOCESE! Who, in God’s name, will be controlling the content of the D of O programming? –
Truly Catholics,
VERY GOOD QUESTION!
May God have mercy on an amoral Amerika and His Church!
Viva Cristo Rey!
Yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher