Catholic Bloggers' Choice for Music, Podcasts, and More....Results
I spent the weekend watching my computer convert my Windows media files to the iPod format. I didn't really realize what a task I was undertaking. From the time I began to have children, I have been committed to having a home library for my children in hopes of encouraging a love of reading and part of my home library includes books on tape. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.) Part of our homeschooling routine includes at least two hours of reading aloud per day. I do an hour's worth and usually there is an hour's worth of reading done by a professional on CD. Over the years, I have managed to develop a pretty nice library of books on tape which I have converted to MP3 files so that my children can listen to them on their MP3 players. All of that to say this....it took about 55 hours to convert my library so that it can be used on my new iPod....yes. I am blushing. As it began to dawn on me just how long it was going to take to convert all of these files, my laptop became absolutely off-limits in case of provoking something that might make a re-boot necessary. So that's what I did with my holiday weekend besides not blogging. (I used my other computer to do an annual update of a database I use at work. bleah.) Anyway, now that I am done with all of that I have these new suggestions from other Catholic Bloggers to load onto my new iPod:
From Lisa Hendey the Catholic Mom herself, go an try out her very well done Catholic Moments podcasts and the wide variety of choices at SQPN. She also recommends the following Catholic artists: Sarah Bauer, Sharmane, Matt Maher, and Popple.
Jen at ConversionDiary "can't get enough of Peter Phillips and the Tallis Scholars singing Dum Transisset Sabbatum (Sister Spitfire's note....they've got some Russian Orthodox recordings that look very interesting as well. Oops! Look what went onto my wishlist and while I am editorializing. Jen? The Tallis Scholars and rap? Aren't you afraid that music like that residing in the same brain might cause a rift or something?)
Soutenus at A Catholic Notebook recommends Michael John Poirier and Lighthouse Catholic Media.
Chris Cash follows Lisa's lead in an act of shameless self-promotion (which btw I heartily endorse!) in sending us over to his podcast at Catholic Spotlight and his wife's newly launched podcast at Home Biz Mom. He also suggests The Catholic Hack and The Rosary Army
Ebeth at A Catholic Mum Climbing the Pillars suggests Two Edge Talk and Abba Pater (which is one of my favorites as well.)
Anne at Kid Sister of Blessed Imelda (go nag her to start blogging again) couldn't find the Scriptural Rosary on CD but I am "The Queen of All Internet Shopping" and I could...here. She also suggests Sublime Chant: The Art of Gregorian, Ambrosian, and Gallican Chant, and More Sublime Chant: Art of Gregorian, Ambrosian, Gallican, and Sarum Chant, Lassus Penitential Psalms, everything by the choir at Mary Queen of the Universe Shrine (call their gift shop at 407-239-4010), and the Divine Mercy Chaplet set to music...all them apparently. I particularly like this one. Robert Kochis - Prayer of St. Francis, Michael Joncas - Mary's Song, Marty Haugen - Canticle of the Sun, John Foley, SJ - Beautiful Mother, Gary Daigle - Canticle of the Turning, Schola Cantorum Dublin - Canticle of the Sun, Dan Schutte - Sing a New Song, David Haas - Send Us Your Spirit, Al Petteway and Amy White – People Look East, Meredith Dean Joseph, and Salvatore Tassone.
From my email:
Sarah of Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering made this fascinating recommendation Baba the Storyteller. She also recommends iPadre.
Heidi Saxton of Mommy Monsters, Behold Your Mother, and Silent Canticle added to Sarah's recommendations with a link to this blog post.
To all of that, I would like to add just a couple.
Cardinal Arinze's podcast/blog.
and Gift of Love by Bradley James. This is the only recording authorized by Blessed Mother Teresa before her death in 1997. Bradley James set to music many of the words and prayer of Mother Teresa. I love this CD because the songs are "catchy" and I find myself singin them long after I am done listening.
From Lisa Hendey the Catholic Mom herself, go an try out her very well done Catholic Moments podcasts and the wide variety of choices at SQPN. She also recommends the following Catholic artists: Sarah Bauer, Sharmane, Matt Maher, and Popple.
Jen at ConversionDiary "can't get enough of Peter Phillips and the Tallis Scholars singing Dum Transisset Sabbatum (Sister Spitfire's note....they've got some Russian Orthodox recordings that look very interesting as well. Oops! Look what went onto my wishlist and while I am editorializing. Jen? The Tallis Scholars and rap? Aren't you afraid that music like that residing in the same brain might cause a rift or something?)
Soutenus at A Catholic Notebook recommends Michael John Poirier and Lighthouse Catholic Media.
Chris Cash follows Lisa's lead in an act of shameless self-promotion (which btw I heartily endorse!) in sending us over to his podcast at Catholic Spotlight and his wife's newly launched podcast at Home Biz Mom. He also suggests The Catholic Hack and The Rosary Army
Ebeth at A Catholic Mum Climbing the Pillars suggests Two Edge Talk and Abba Pater (which is one of my favorites as well.)
Anne at Kid Sister of Blessed Imelda (go nag her to start blogging again) couldn't find the Scriptural Rosary on CD but I am "The Queen of All Internet Shopping" and I could...here. She also suggests Sublime Chant: The Art of Gregorian, Ambrosian, and Gallican Chant, and More Sublime Chant: Art of Gregorian, Ambrosian, Gallican, and Sarum Chant, Lassus Penitential Psalms, everything by the choir at Mary Queen of the Universe Shrine (call their gift shop at 407-239-4010), and the Divine Mercy Chaplet set to music...all them apparently. I particularly like this one. Robert Kochis - Prayer of St. Francis, Michael Joncas - Mary's Song, Marty Haugen - Canticle of the Sun, John Foley, SJ - Beautiful Mother, Gary Daigle - Canticle of the Turning, Schola Cantorum Dublin - Canticle of the Sun, Dan Schutte - Sing a New Song, David Haas - Send Us Your Spirit, Al Petteway and Amy White – People Look East, Meredith Dean Joseph, and Salvatore Tassone.
From my email:
Sarah of Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering made this fascinating recommendation Baba the Storyteller. She also recommends iPadre.
Heidi Saxton of Mommy Monsters, Behold Your Mother, and Silent Canticle added to Sarah's recommendations with a link to this blog post.
To all of that, I would like to add just a couple.
Cardinal Arinze's podcast/blog.
and Gift of Love by Bradley James. This is the only recording authorized by Blessed Mother Teresa before her death in 1997. Bradley James set to music many of the words and prayer of Mother Teresa. I love this CD because the songs are "catchy" and I find myself singin them long after I am done listening.
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