Partnership brings yet another powerhouse ministry into publisher group
Contact: Brian O'Neel, Catholic Word, 608-565-2020
NECEDAH, Wis., Jan. 18, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Catholic Word Publisher Group announced today it has added world-renowned evangelist Fr. Robert Barron and his Word On Fire Catholic Ministries to its growing roster of powerhouse members. Word On Fire is a global media organization that supports Catholic evangelical preaching, particularly that of Fr. Barron, and reaches millions of people to draw them into or back to the Catholic faith. (see WordOnFire.org)
Many are doing just that through Father's seven books and soul-moving formation programs such as Conversion, The Eucharist, The Seven Deadly Sins & Seven Lively Virtues, and Untold Blessings, as well as the CD sets John Henry Newman: A Prophet for Our Time and Faith Clips.
Ordained in 1986, Fr. Barron is a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Francis Cardinal George Professor of Faith and Culture at the archdiocesan seminary at Mundelein, Ill. He is the first priest to have a show on a national secular television network (WGN America) since the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in the 1950s. His powerful preaching is also seen by over 44 million people worldwide on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and the Relevant Radio network, which is in 12 states and some of the nation's top markets.
Additionally, he is creator and host of the forthcoming and highly anticipated CATHOLICISM series and study program, which New York Times bestselling author George Weigel believes "could well become one of the most significant efforts ever to advance what John Paul II called 'the New Evangelization.'" CATHOLICISM will be ready in time for churches and Bible studies to use this Fall as an adult faith formation program.
Fr. Barron says CATHOLICISM is essentially an attempt to tell the story of the Catholic faith "in the right way. Catholicism is smart, Catholicism is beautiful, Catholicism is colorful, it's textured. It engages the mind and the heart and the body." Not only does CATHOLICISM demonstrate this, says Father, but it also shows that "Christianity always has this explosive power if we let it be itself. It always has this transformative power."
"Fr. Barron is doing incredible things to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to millions who desperately need it, and that makes his mission is a perfect fit with ours," said President Carolyn Klika. "Catholic Word is delighted to have Word On Fire Catholic Ministries as the newest member of its family."
Catholic Word is a publisher group of over 20 Catholic publishers and music producers with the mission of bringing souls closer to Christ through the Catholic Church. A few of their best-selling authors include Jeff Cavins, Fr. Donald Calloway, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Matthew Pinto, Fr. John Bartunek, and Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle. For more information, go to www.CatholicWord.com.
