World Youth Day 2013 - Catechesis and Mass with Cardinal Dolan

From World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, via Salt + Light TV:



(If there is no sound, please adjust the volume control at the bottom of the video frame. When I first started playing the video, the sound was all the way to zero for some reason.)

The Brothers in Black on the YouCat

I discovered this video via a link on NewAdvent.org. From what I can gather, "The Brothers in Black" appear to be a group of young priests, deacons, and seminarians who have made several YouTube videos. I really like this video in which they talk about the importance of knowing your faith and discussing your faith, and how the YouCat (the church's official youth catechism) is one good resource for learning your faith:



You can find more information about YouCat here, as well as another video about YouCat here. And you can find more videos from "The Brothers in Black" on their YouTube channel. They also have a video series for the Year of Faith, covering the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Now that I have discovered "The Brothers in Black," I will probably be posting more of their videos in the future.

Youcat book trailer

Here is a short video promoting Youcat, the church's new youth catechism. I am planning to use this catechism in my parish's Confirmation preparation class starting this fall. I haven't had a chance to read much of it yet, but so far it looks good.

Catholicism 101

Have you ever thought about taking a college-level class on the Catholic faith? Maybe not, but what if you could watch the class for free on your computer?

Well it seems that the folks at the St. Mary's Catholic Center at Texas A&M University have posted online videos of two non-credit courses that they offer, Catholicism 101 and Catholicism 102. I don't know if many people would take the time to go through all of these videos, but here is the first one:



I won't post the rest of them on the blog, but you can find them here.