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The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

WOF 077: God and the New Media

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

God, Vogt, Catholicism, Catholic, Faith, Christianity, Barron, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Church

4.95.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Statistics show that more people own a smartphone (4 billion) than own a toothbrush (3.5 billion). In this episode of our new series called The Eight Principles of the Word on Fire Ethos, Bishop Barron discusses how readily available Internet access has made the new media an essential route of evangelization. The listener questions asks how virtue can possibly turn to vice.

Topics Discussed

  • 0:17 - Introduction, Bishop's recent trip to Saint Anselm College
  • 2:30 - What is the power of the new media?
  • 5:19 - Why is the new media effective for evangelization?
  • 7:50 - What's the danger in not using the new media to spread the Gospel?
  • 9:30 - What made Fulton Sheen so effective at using the media of his time?
  • 16:10 - Why are people feeling less connected and more lonely despite the technology advances?
  • 19:35 - How might we cope with internet attacks while sharing the Gospel?
  • 25:00 - How do we become more effective at sharing our faith online?
  • 26:55 - Question from listener: How can virtue possibly turn into vice?

Bonus Resources

Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and, again, be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm your host, Jared Zimmer, and as always, we have

0:10.0

with us Bishop Robert Baron. Bishop, it's so good to chat with you again.

0:14.0

Jared always joined me on with you. How are you?

0:16.8

Doing good. Doing good. Ready for the end of school.

0:21.2

They're all taking over Texas. I bet your kids. Yeah, we've got enough from football team.

0:26.1

Pretty much. You too. Bishop, you recently had an opportunity to go to St. Anselm College

0:33.2

in New Hampshire. What was the reason for the visit?

0:36.0

Well, I've got a great friend there, Father Benedict Gaveon, who is one of the monks at St. Anselm's

0:40.6

Abbey. He and I are in Paris together getting our doctorates many years ago. I've known Benedict

0:45.6

forever. He invited me to receive one of the honorary doctorates this year from St. Anselm.

0:52.6

It was a joy to go see him, first of all, and then to honor this place, which I think is a great

0:58.9

school. People might know it from the presidential debates because every four years,

1:03.4

one of the major debates is hell at St. Anselm's College. Anyway, I went there and that long,

1:09.3

long flight from LA to Boston. It's one of the longest flights you can take in the continental U.S.

1:14.7

But I did that and then was driven up to New Hampshire. It was a joy. It was great.

1:19.5

And met a number of word on fire supporters there, a number of the young students,

1:24.8

many of whom are thinking about priesthood or moving toward priesthood. So it was just a great

1:30.0

pleasure for me. Well, praise God. So how many doctorates is that for you now?

1:35.5

That's four. I've got four honorary doctorates. You're a living example that Catholicism is

1:41.2

intelligent. So in today's episode, we're going to continue our discussion regarding the eight

1:48.3

principles of the word on fire movement. Really, the pillars of the lifestyle and the way of seeing

1:55.3

the world, which we at word on fire, really try to live. In the last two episodes, we discussed

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