Letters

EWTN (letter)

Jacqueline Donohue

Contents - Nov 2002 - Buy a copy now Editorial: The essential role of saints in the Church - Michael Gilchrist Independent inquiry exonerates Archbishop George Pell - Peter Westmore News: The Church Around the World - AD2000 Father Fessio: real US crisis is 'spiritual abuse' - Karl Maurer Australian Bishops' 'complaints protocol' used to uphold orthodoxy - Richard Egan Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva canonised at Papal Mass in Rome - AD2000 Report Sydney Archdiocese courses on 'Catechism' - Fr John Flader Catholic schools: restoring a sense of sin - Br John Moylan CFC Australian apologist Raymond de Souza's successful overseas lecture tour - AD2000 Report Events: The Fellowship of St Arnou to hold function in Melbourne Letters: Media war declared (letter) - Fr M. Shadbolt PP Letters: Embryo experimentation (letter) - Brian A. Coman Letters: Radical feminism (letter) - Gordon Southern Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter) - J.F. Nolan Letters: Anglican Church (letter) - Fr James Grant SSC Letters: Office of Bishop (letter) - Fr Brendan T. Walters MSC Letters: Headline (letter) - Michael Starr Letters: Birth control (letter) - Kevin Tighe Letters: Insulting TV program (letter) - K.L. Hanrahan Letters: Tough teachings (letter) - Mrs Maureen Federico Letters: Offertory prayers (letter) - John Mulholland Letters: Exorcists (letter) - Monica J. Hart Letters: EWTN (letter) - Jacqueline Donohue Letters: Anonymity (letter) - Narelle Mullins Books: The New Faithful: Why Young Adults are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: Scripture Diary 2003 Books: Bernard Of Clairvaux: Essential Writings - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: A Generation Betrayed: Deconstructing Catholic Education, by Eamonn Keane - John Young (reviewer) Books: Ideal Christmas Gifts from AD Books Reflection: St Maria Goretti's 'perfect Christian death' - Mary Kenny

Some six months ago I invested in a 2.4 metre satellite dish and a receiver box in order to tune into Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). All up the installation cost was $1,800 and there are no ongoing charges such as apply to cable TV services. This has proved to be the very best $1,800 I have ever spent.

Thanks to modern communications technology, reception is very good. EWTN transmits high quality programs, both content-wise and technically, 24 hours a day, with regular features covering evangelisation, Scripture, theology, apologetics, marriage and family, Catholic writers, sacred music and lives of the saints.

The Mass, Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet are broadcast daily while a good current affairs program covers Vatican and Church-related news the world over. EWTN also provides attractive programs for teens and young children.

Special programming provides state-of-the-art coverage of the big events from Rome and elsewhere, such as canonisations, World Youth Days and the Holy Father's overseas visits.

Twenty years after its inception, EWTN is a global network reaching most of the earth via satellite and an increasing portion of it via cable.

Further information is available on the EWTN website. I can be contacted on (02) 6251-3950.

JACQUELINE DONOHUE
Cook, ACT

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 15 No 10 (November 2002), p. 15