Every week I have an hour's journey round to Wonersh on Sunday night and an hour back on Monday. Quite often I have a journey of a similar length to Parkminster. Some time ago I realised that this time could be well used in listening to good talks that have been recorded. For a while, I had one of those radio transmitter mp3 thingies which don't work very well because an FM frequency that is free at Blackfen becomes busy at some stage along the M25. So I recently got Halfords to fit me a new but reasonably cheap car radio which has a phono socket and a USB socket, enabling me to plug in any mp3 player direct to the sound system. No more Radio 4 - bliss! It also has lots of very mod looking flashing and whirly blue lights and something called "Zap" (IIRC) which might even give me some street cred. Nice to hear Hamish Fraser and Michael Davies coming through that kit :-)
For some time, I have been downloading lectures from Keep the Faith. Their audio downloads are reasonably priced at $1.50 (and they kindly make them free for priests.) Fr Ray Blake has just given a heads-up to the Institute of Catholic Culture which has a large selection of lectures for free download (you can also donate some money to help them.) I'll be collecting some of those.
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"It also has lots of very mod looking flashing and whirly blue lights and something called "Zap" (IIRC) which might even give me some street cred."
Dear Fr. Tim. You will be pleased to hear that the "Zap" (IIRC) is an "automatic overload prevention device that scrambles incoming cross-frequency FM signals" should Eddie Grundy (from "The Archers" radio programme on Radio 4) ever try to be heard speaking on your fab new bit of audio kit.
Dear Father, There are also lots of free MP3 files on Daphne McLeod's Pro Ecclesia et Pontifica website, www.proecclesia.com
Speakers include Fr Hugh Thwaites SJ, Michael Davies and Archbishop Sheen.
There are free for down load lectures at the Association of Hebrew Catholics website...www.hebrewcatholic.org
The lectures by Dr Lawrence Feingold of Ave Maria University are very good. The Mystery of Israel and the Church is a good place to start. Dr Feingold spoke at the Hebrew Catholic Conference in St. Louis, Missouri October 1-3, 2010.
The Institute of Catholic Culture does wonderful work. I am blessed to live in the Diocese of Arlington where they are located.
They are having a lecture on homosexuality called "Speaking the Truth in Love" in a few weeks. You should check it out when they post it because Fr. Scalia does an amazing job articulating how to speak about and respond to the issue. I'll definitely be attending! :)
There are also quite a few good free MP3 talks on the Pro Ecclesia website www.proecclesia.com
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