The first story comes from an Oct. 30 edition and the second story comes from the Nov. 6 edition in the L.A. archdiocese’s Angelus News.
Tidings
The Tidings will be undergoing a restructuring that will regretfully include staff reductions from its editorial and business operations.
Those reductions include beloved members of our award-winning staff: Mike Nelson, editor; Paula Doyle, staff writer; Hermine Lees, former editor of the directory; Jorge Infante, designer; and accountants Alejandra Hernandez and Theresa Goldner.
Changes in the print industry have challenged newspapers across the country, and The Tidings is no exception. The restructuring aims to confront these challenges while adapting to the evolving media landscape.
The Tidings will continue to serve the local Church, providing news and information in print and online.
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Immaculate Heart Radio
An ex-prostitute sat stuck in Bay Area rush-hour traffic. She was overwhelmed by debt. It was impossible to repay now that she’d given up the life.
The pressure led to her attempted suicide.
Her car idled.
Looking up, she read “Immaculate Heart Radio” on a car’s bumper sticker. She thought of the few times her father had taken her to Mass as a little girl. Her curiosity piqued, she tuned in.
She heard the voice of renowned Catholic apologist and thinker Patrick Madrid guiding a lively discussion on his show, Right Here, Right Now.
This San Francisco woman shared her story with Madrid a few months ago — how she disentangled herself from the morass of her self-destructive lifestyle and flung herself into the arms of the Catholic Church, receiving both baptism and confirmation.
She credited Right Here, Right Now for clearing the path to her conversion.
Immaculate Heart Radio (AM 930 in Los Angeles), which produces and airs Right Here, Right Now — With Patrick Madrid, will be broadcast for the first time in Los Angeles on Nov. 17. The hour-long show will air live on weekdays at 1 p.m.
According to Madrid, the aim of the show is to “engage people in meaningful discussion about things that really matter: life, family, faith, why we’re here, and where we’re going….”
Right Here, Right Now has just celebrated its second anniversary, but Madrid’s work in Catholic thought and media extends much further back. He has authored or edited over 20 books on or pertaining to the Catholic faith, including Pope Fiction (1998), Search and Rescue (2001) and the Surprised by Truth series (2002).
Jesse Romero, a local Catholic radio host whose show, The Terry Barber and Jesse Romero Show, also airs on Immaculate Heart Radio, lauds Madrid as “a gift to the Catholic Church.”
Romero, who considers Madrid to be both a friend and an inspiration, feels that Southern California could especially benefit from Madrid’s program.
“California Catholics have been getting popcorn and potato chips for too long,” Romero said. “[With Madrid] We’re going to start getting some T-bone steaks.”
Madrid was born, baptized, and spent most of his life in Los Angeles County and considers himself an Angeleno.
“I’m thrilled to be able to get back to my roots. Religion is a big deal in Southern California,” Madrid said. “I can just imagine how amped up the radio program is going to be with the contribution from our L.A. listeners.”
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As much as I’m against lay-offs in general, most of the Catholic media don’t ask the hard questions anyway. For instance, when was the archbishop asked about gay priests in the archdiocese, the brazenly anti-Catholic lecturers that are usually found at the Religious Ed. Congress, not imposing Canon 915 on any CINO politicians or the scandal caused by the actions of LMU, to name but a few?
These are the questions the laity wants answered, these are apparently the questions that can never be asked.
Bob, a little help here, please. I keep hearing, mostly on this site, that the REC is so anti-Catholic. Yet, nobody will list the speakers that are anti-Catholic, what they say that is anti-Catholic, etc. I have reviewed the programs for a few years to look for anti-Catholic material, but none of the program descriptions are detailed enough to point to anything specific. I have watched the videos of the REC and everything seems ok, but again, not specific. I know scores of people who have gone to REC for years, and they all sing its praises. Specifically which programs should we refer to the Archbishop for review, or which speakers? Thanks.
Naturally Bob One, you would see nothing wrong with such speakers as Fr. Richard Sparks who at the 2001 REC blasphemed the Holy Family, Fr. Richard Rohr who was actually reprimanded by his liberal Archbishop for presiding over a lesbian wedding farce, I could go on and on, but I know you really don’t give a damn so I don’t intend to waste my time. As I have said before, Our Lord and His Mother could personally tell you that you are endangering your eternal soul, and you would probably tell Them that They don’t know what They are talking about!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts!
May God have mercy on an amoral Amerika and His Church!
Viva Cristo Rey!
Kenneth M. Fisher, Founding Director
Concerned Roman Catholics of America, Inc.
Kenneth gave you a few names and if you look at youtube, you’ll find some of the “masses” that are just plain disgraceful.
It is important to realize that not every single lecture was bad. I had to attend these congresses for over a decade, as it is commonly required by principals/dioceses (though a few years ago, at least, there was a computer conference in the desert that the principal chose to go to instead). I walked out of a few of these classes, though I had thought I had chosen them wisely – if you’ve never heard of the person before, you never know.
One instance of walking out should also serve as a warning of what you might discover if you do. After one of the congresses, the staff met and discussed who and what we had heard. I mentioned walking out of one where the priest had created more of a Baptist revival meeting than a balanced discussion of whatever the subject was. The principal knew of this person and defended him and his ideas, some in direct contrast to Catholic teaching. This said a lot about the principal and it also put the staff on notice about the radical ideas the principal had. Error can be contagious.
Thank you Jesse, Patrick and Terry for your ministry. This is a great story. We need more like this.
How wonderful that Southern CA will have a Catholic Radio Station at last! I have a lapsed Catholic cousin in Hollywood and I would love her to tune into the faith she so long ago abandoned. Catholic Radio is one of the best evangelization tools and investing our time and treasure in its success is a wonderful way to reach out to the public with the good news of Jesus Christ! I am so overjoyed that we are finally going to “take back” CA station by station and let the people know that our faith has much to offer that the government in our beautiful state has attempted to suppress and ignore. Yes! FIAT!
OneoftheSheep–
I agree with you…You might also try to get your lapsed cousin to check out EWTN-TV..They actually teach the Faith clearly …
cjo-my “lapsed cousin” works on “The Amazing Race” television show. You know that those folks are far from presenting a true picture of humanity. I don’t think she would ever watch EWTN but the radio show might penetrate her without the pictures. She once worked on a comedy radio show out of Chicago so she may have an affinity for radio in her heart. Pray for MP.
I get the local Diocese ‘News’ Paper, and although they take up a collection to support it I don’g really consider it worthy of doing so. Lots of fluff pieces – but a definite leftist lean towards the same biases and Censorship favored by the controllers of ‘our’ bought and paid for ‘free press’ that our lamesteam media has become.
They seem unwilling to admit the existence of controversy, let alone report accurately about it. When I attended a ‘social justice’ conference at Holy Names College in Oakland, the school president welcomed us with citations to his role model at this ‘catholic’ (very small ‘c’) college – Saul Alinsky.
No ‘divisive’ mentions of that Jesus guy, and in breakout meetings you could just see the faint fade marks around where the Crosses used to hang in the classrooms – and maybe some spackle in the nail holes.
The Diocese paper mentioned none of this – or the many issues raised regularly on CCD (a great service – Thank You) – despite being central to the Health of a Church that has seen its Treasure taken from good works and handed to attorneys to pay for pederast infiltrators…
And Most Treasured of All – its’ Children (mainly adolescent boys) subjected to such Evil as to avoid publication in Church News – Although the same Lamesteam Media that completely Censored the Larry Brink Racist Pederast Toddler Rape-Porn ring out of the ‘in-human–rignts’ commission in Friso…
Delights in reporting about ‘priests’ who rebel or abuse – so long as their own Gaystapo is not implicated – like in the Brinkin Coverup
SEE
San Francisco’s Gay Icon Larry Brinkin Guilty of Felony Child Porn Possession: https://cnsnews.com/node/757449
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Frankly, I’m not real surprised at what happened to the Tidings. As a long-time reader stretching back to the mid to late ‘fifties, I’ve seen a lot happen to it. It would appear that it might have started out to be an Orthodox Catholic weekly publication when it started up, I believe, sometime in the ‘thirties (am really not sure), but I DO remember that when I read it in the ‘fifties there were two columnists writing who were ALWAYS superb. One was Erik Von Kuehnelt Leddihn, the other was Louis Budenz. Leddihn was a rightist Catholic scholar from Austria with an incredible knowledge of all things leftist, who taught at Fordham and Georgetown University, and his articles were deeply knowledgeable about all brands of socialism in Europe, deeply insightful. He would always visit America once a year and lecture @ various venues. Budenz was the former managing director of the Daily World, the Communist publication centered in New York, who was personally converted to Catholicism by Bl. Fulton Sheen. After his conversion he became very valuable to groups like HCUA and the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in Washington, D.C. He was invaluable in helping the F.B.I., etc., in rooting out Communist subversion. Imagine both of these very erudite people in one Catholic newspaper, week after week, imparting valuable wisdom into the ‘sixties. No more. They’ve both passed away now, and the legacy they left has been forgotten. The Tidings for quite awhile now has been a bastion of “Catholic” liberalism, with it’s review of current movies out is sometimes LOL in it’s fawning sycophancy. God Bless all
I do not know very much about the Tidings, but I do like to listen to Patrick Madrid on the Immaculate Heart radio when I can. He has soooo much more patience than I do that I admire him for that. His answers seem very orthodox and thorough. I might disagree with him slightly on the nogotiables, such as immigration, but I have never heard him call anyone bad names over any issue.
I have listened some times to Jessie Romero and like him as a person and have learned some things from him, but he seems to be more into the charismatic movement than I am. I used to go to some charismatic Masses with a friend, but they never really were “my cup of tea”. I am a little more reserved by nature. My friend does not go to them anymore either as the music is just too loud for her.
As far as the other people mentioned, I do not know much about them.
Anne T., this is the Doctrine of the Faith regarding immigration –
anyone who deviates from this is wrong –
CCC: ” 2241 The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin.
Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him.
Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions,
especially with regard to the immigrants’ duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are OBLIGED to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them,
to OBEY ITS LAWS (this does not exempt immigration laws)
and to assist in carrying civic burdens. ”
The USA has special laws to quickly admit those who are being persecuted and their lives are in danger – for their religious or political views under asylum.
Those who are starving and homeless through no fault of their own must be helped by sending needed supplies to them not forcing leave their own Country.
Sacred Scripture is the Speech of God (CCC 81).
The “Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition” contains the Doctrine of the Faith.
These are the two most important books in the Catholic Faith.
No one should be involved in media if they deviate from them.
The USA is no longer prosperous.
We are now $17.9 Trillion Dollars in national debt. This does not include individual State debt, and local debt.
There are not enough jobs for many Americans and legal immigrants.
ILLEGAL immigration has got to stop.
Those who purposely break the law should not be rewarded, over those who are legally waiting to gain entry into this Country.
Luke, as I have said before, I have never taken anyone or anything illegally across the border into another country, nor have I ever brought anyone or anything illegally into this one, nor have I ever used or dealt in any way with illegal drugs, including marijuana.
I am not really sure what Patrick Madrid’s full stand on immigration is; that is why I used the term “probably” in my first post.
Anne T., that is why Luke answered you the way he did.
He gave you the truth of the Church teaching so you will be able to discern the Truth when listening to Madrid or anyone else.
Many Bishops including Cardinal O’Malley, Bishop Kacanis, etc do not teach the truth but their own political machinations.
Those who think they always get accuracy from all Clergy, all Nuns, and/or all Catholic radio commentators are mistaken.
The CCC is the best !