Moving Home!

Hello,

This is the last post on this blog at this web address – because I’m moving home!  From now on, the Just A Catholic Dad blog will be hosted on my website – so if you want to read or contribute to the blog, just go along to www.justacatholicdad.com and there the blog will be!  I’ll be keeping this page active as an archive and a reserve should I ever need to move back, but all the posts up to the previous one can be found on the new site.

Thank you for popping by and see you there!

Sean

Just A Catholic Dad 27 – Princess Lovelocks

In this episode – Holiday Planning – Sean stylee, Matters of Life and Death, 60 Second Saint and oodles of great feedback.

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Billy Newton’s Blogs:

http://theblogofthecourtier.blogspot.com

http://catholicbarcelona.blogspot.com

 Christopher West’s Theology of The Body Resources:

 http://www.ascensionpress.com/shop/Scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=73

http://www.catholicity.com/cds/downloads/mp3.html

60 Second Saint – St Monica, kindly supplied by Tom Brodell

End Music ‘Hope Is Born’ by Desmond Pringle, available through Music Alley

 Please send your feedback to feedback@justacatholicdad.com!  I love to hear from you.

God Bless

Sean

Just A Catholic Dad 26 – Don’t Mess With Poles!

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Hello Again!

In this episode, Caitie has a birthday and I have a close encounter with a pole.  Some thoughts also about how society deals with the loss of an unborn baby.

60 Second Saint this week is St John Fisher, kindly recorded by Pat Denning. 

End Music ‘Jesus’ by Cindy Kelly, available through www.musicalley.com

I’d love to hear your feedback, so please drop me a line at feedback@justacatholicdad.com.  You can send me some MP3 feedback there too (hint!).  Find me on Facebook at Just A Catholic Dad or ‘Sean McCarney’, or follow me on Twitter (seanmccarney).

Thanks for listening!

God Bless

Sean

Just A Catholic Dad 25 – So Long, Santa

Hi Guys, sorry about the late posting of this episode – I’ll explain all in JACD 26!

In this episode: The McCarney Christmas Story; Dan does a brilliant 60 Second Saint; lots of feedback, Caitie’s latest princess tale and my thoughts on Holy Days of Obligation.

Music ‘A Savior Is Born’ by Charlie Catura, available through Music Alley.

Send your feedback (please!) to feedback@justacatholicdad.com.

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/justacatholicdad/Just_A_Catholic_Dad_25_-_So_Long_Santa.mp3

Just A Catholic Dad 24 – Oil Be Back!

Hi Guys! On the road again for this episode of JACD, so please excuse the odd edit fumble, the sound being not so good and the general sense of being disorganised! This ep, it’s the Great McCarney Oil Crisis of 2010, seeking refuge in a church, Mary vs the Angels, some more on Ep 23’s subject (OK for kids this time though!), some great feedback including my first MP3 – Yay! Also, a 60 Second Saint from Tom Brodell. Some Catholic News and that’s about it…

Contact me at feedback@justacatholicdad.com. I love gettiung feedback!

End music ‘The Holy Light’ by Brian Magnum.  You can find his music at www.musicalley.com

Have a Happy New Year

Sean

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Merry Christmas!

To You Is Born This Day in the City of David a Saviour

I was very wary of doing a ‘Christmas Blog Post’, mainly because I’ve been to Mass, I’ve watched some rubbish Christmas TV, I’ve had a beer or two, we’ve carefully arranged all the presents under the tree and all is ready for an already very excited Caitie to wake up in the morning to that particular kind of excitement that only children can experience on Christmas Day morning and I feel that what I write will probably only end up being trite or sentimental or just plain boring. 

All I will say therefore and notwithstanding what I’ve just written is that, as you’ve probably guessed, I didn’t manage to get a Just A Catholic Dad episode recorded and prepped and published in time for Christmas, so I’m sorry and will try to do better over the following week or two!  I did record something, but realised that by spending the time attached to my PC editing it and preparing it, I wasn’t actually going to be spending the time leading up to Christmas with the two people about whom the podcast is actually about.  So, somewhat reluctantly I admit, I decided to give it a miss, but I will get back in the saddle as soon as I can! I miss podcasting when I don’t do it – I think that it’s cathartic!

May I wish all of you – especially the wonderful people who download Just A Catholic Dad, those who have befriended me on Twitter and Facebook, and especially to those great people who have taken the time and effort to write to or contact me – a very Happy and Holy Christmas.  God Bless, Sean.

60 Second Saint – Go On, Go On, Go On…!

Hi Everybody!  Hope that your Advent is leading very nicely through Office Parties and into Christmas!  Pat Denny wisely pointed out that if I wanted people to have a go at writing or recording a 60 Second Saint, a list of those saints already covered was probably a good idea!  So, so far, we’ve had….

St Seraphia, St Rosalia, St Laurence Justinian, St Wilfrida of Wilton, St Hubert, St Albert Magnus, St John of The Cross, St John of Damascus and St Lucy.  Remember – 230 words is about a minute at Sean Warp Factor 10 reading speed!  So, either send me a ‘script’ or, even better, an MP3!  Don’t worry about the music or if it’s a little over or under 60 seconds – I can use the magic of modern computery wizardness to fix that!

I’m going to try to record a Just A Catholic Dad tomorrow morning, but time is against me, so wish me luck!

God Bless

Sean

Just A Catholic Dad 23 – Not For The Kids

In #23, Caitie and the Christmas Crib, and I wobble on about Sex Ed UK Stylee – CAUTION, this is not suitable for young children – PLEASE exercise discretion.  Lots of feedback from some great JCD listeners and the 60 Second Saint is St Lucy. 

End Music ‘Hallelujah’ by Bill Tucker, available through www.musicalley.com 

I love to get your feedback – please drop me a line at feedback@justacatholicdad.com.

 Hot Links: 

The Theology of The Body at Ian Maxfield’s Catholic Laboratory Podcast, http://www.catholiclab.netThe Catholic New Media Advent Calendar at http://www.cc.ductapeguy.net/advent-calendar/ 

In the event of my not getting another podcast done before Christmas – HAPPY CHRISTMAS! 

God Bless 

Sean 

PS I’m not an SQPN podcaster, but please support the SQPN Fund Drive!  Great content, great Catholics and great podcasts!

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Just A Catholic Dad 22 – Mary’s Alternative Family

In this episode: It Happened Today, Caitie’s version of Mary’s family, feedback from Trese about taking children to Mass, Victim Catholics, Catholic News and more.

The 60 Second Saint, St John of Damascus.

End Music ‘O Come O Come Emmanuel’ by Fisher. http://www.fishertheband.com

I love to get your feedback!  You can contact me at feedback@justacatholicdad.com via email or why not leave an MP3?! 

Alternatively, leave a comment at my blog, http://www.justacatholicdad@wordpress.com

Thanks for listening,

God Bless

Sean

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Just A Catholic Dad 21 – Spirit of England

This podcast was produced with yet another stinking cold, runny nose and hacking cough and brought to you only by the relief given by Wychwood Goliath Beer.

In this episode:  It Happened Today, No Longer A Governor, Deanery Magazine Issues.  The Church Of England – The Spirit of The Nation? and more feedback.

 60 Second Saint – St John of The Cross

 Nimrod from Elgar’s Variations played by the Band of Davis High School 2008.

 You can find Dan Smrokowski and The Special Chronicles Podcast at www.dansmrokowski.com.

 Daniele Rossi’s podcast and other resources can be found at www.stutteringiscool.com

 Many, many thanks to Daniel, Pat, Neil, Daniele and Trese for their feedback.  Please send your comments, ideas, criticisms and general tomfoolery to feedback@justacatholicdad.com, or leave a comment at justacatholicdad.wordpress.com.

 End Music Name Above All by Simply Praise, available through www.musicalley.com

 Many thanks for listening,

 God Bless

 Sean

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