Ewtn and Eastern Catholicism

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I know EWTN has a Eastern Byzantine Rite show called Light of the east, and once in a while it comes on, but how come there’s not as much Eastern Programs on as Western Aka Roman Catholic programs?

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I speculate that the reason that they have less Eastern Catholic programming is because they are stationed in Alabama and have a greater following of RC viewers.
 
CharitableFaith said:
I know EWTN has a Eastern Byzantine Rite show called Light of the east, and once in a while it comes on, but how come there’s not as much Eastern Programs on as Western Aka Roman Catholic programs?

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Prob because they’re a minority? I haven’t see that in a long time. Did they ever explain the divine liturgy? I attend DL frequently and love it, the sacredness and reverence, but there’s a lot to learn it seems.
 
The network was founded by a Latin Rite Catholic nun and is under the jurisdiction of a Latin Rite Bishop. I don’t think the mission was ever (or should be) to be an outreach to all varieties of Catholics but rather to bring Catholicism into our homes.
 
I respectfully disagree - to bring Catholicism into our homes also means to bring the variety of liturgical and canonical expressions of Catholicism into our homes and to make Latin Catholics aware of them since so many are so woefully ignorant of them. Otherwise, we make what is Rome’s historical error in equating Latin theology with “Catholicism” which surely has a universal quality.

I think EWTN’s mission would be greatly enhanced if they had more emphasis on things like icons, the Jesus Prayer, Eastern Saints and the mystical Divine Liturgies - don’t you?

Alex
 
Alexander_Roman said:
I respectfully disagree - to bring Catholicism into our homes also means to bring the variety of liturgical and canonical expressions of Catholicism into our homes and to make Latin Catholics aware of them since so many are so woefully ignorant of them. Otherwise, we make what is Rome’s historical error in equating Latin theology with “Catholicism” which surely has a universal quality.

I think EWTN’s mission would be greatly enhanced if they had more emphasis on things like icons, the Jesus Prayer, Eastern Saints and the mystical Divine Liturgies - don’t you?

Alex
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No, I don’t. I don’t think that’s the mission of EWTN. I think **individual Catholics **and communities would be greatly enhanced by exposure to those things but EWTN is already stretching it’s mission thin as it is. EWTN isn’t a Church-run organization that has a duty to represent all Catholics. Nor do I think they have the expertise to expand to programming for Eastern Catholics.
 
Alexander_Roman said:
I respectfully disagree - to bring Catholicism into our homes also means to bring the variety of liturgical and canonical expressions of Catholicism into our homes and to make Latin Catholics aware of them since so many are so woefully ignorant of them. Otherwise, we make what is Rome’s historical error in equating Latin theology with “Catholicism” which surely has a universal quality.

I think EWTN’s mission would be greatly enhanced if they had more emphasis on things like icons, the Jesus Prayer, Eastern Saints and the mystical Divine Liturgies - don’t you?

Alex
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I agree completely!
 
It would be nice if EWTN had more EC programming. It seems they have less programming for ECs than a few years ago.
 
Alexander_Roman said:
I respectfully disagree - to bring Catholicism into our homes also means to bring the variety of liturgical and canonical expressions of Catholicism into our homes and to make Latin Catholics aware of them since so many are so woefully ignorant of them. Otherwise, we make what is Rome’s historical error in equating Latin theology with “Catholicism” which surely has a universal quality.

I think EWTN’s mission would be greatly enhanced if they had more emphasis on things like icons, the Jesus Prayer, Eastern Saints and the mystical Divine Liturgies - don’t you?

Alex
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I agree that would be great.

To be fair, EWTN’s online Q&A did a good work with their Eastern Catholic subsection – first with Dr. Anthony Dragani and later with Fr. Thomas J. Loya.
 
EWTN still has programs about Eastern Catholics and has for some time. I’ve even seem them advertised in EC Church bulletins on occasion.
 
Corki said:
No, I don’t. I don’t think that’s the mission of EWTN. I think **individual Catholics **and communities would be greatly enhanced by exposure to those things but EWTN is already stretching it’s mission thin as it is. EWTN isn’t a Church-run organization that has a duty to represent all Catholics. Nor do I think they have the expertise to expand to programming for Eastern Catholics.
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I could be wrong but the statement that they have the duty to represent “All Catholics” sugggests “Latin Catholics” since you don’t believe it’s the mission of the EWTN to have programming for Eastern Catholics. That’s fine - but for EC’s it is “same old, same old” from the Latin Catholic Church that we have heard for a few hundred years and indicates a crying need for greater exposure to the Eastern Churches.

As for expertise, they only need contact the Eastern Churches who would gladly help them out free of charge.

Alex
 
Seamus_L said:
EWTN still has programs about Eastern Catholics and has for some time. I’ve even seem them advertised in EC Church bulletins on occasion.
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Of course they do - but should these be expanded? I believe they should and the EC’s would assist EWTN free of charge.

Alex
 
Alexander_Roman said:
Of course they do - but should these be expanded? I believe they should and the EC’s would assist EWTN free of charge.

Alex
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I still ask, on what basis do you think they “should”? It would be nice to have but EWTN makes programming decisions based on a number of factors. Some are business related; they need to have a viewership that jutifies their placement on cable and sattelite line ups, for example. And some are related to its mission and outreach.

If it was flipped around, and the network was founded and run by Eastern Catholics, would you say they should have more Latin programming?

I think a lot of people think EWTN is some kind of official part of the Church and has an obligation to be all thngs to all people. It isn’t. It’s a television network founded by Latin Catholics, under the supervision of a Latin Bishop and primarily aimed at Latin Catholics. There is nothing wrong with that mission.

It’s a little like saying that a Latin Rite cathedral shoud have Divine Liturgy instead of Mass on a regular basis. That’s not its role or mission.
 
Alexander_Roman said:
I could be wrong but the statement that they have the duty to represent “All Catholics” sugggests “Latin Catholics” since you don’t believe it’s the mission of the EWTN to have programming for Eastern Catholics. That’s fine - but for EC’s it is “same old, same old” from the Latin Catholic Church that we have heard for a few hundred years and indicates a crying need for greater exposure to the Eastern Churches.

As for expertise, they only need contact the Eastern Churches who would gladly help them out free of charge.

Alex
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Duty? EWTN is **not **the “Latin Catholic Church” any more than the local religious book store is. It’s a business, founded and run by a group of Catholics who decided to try something new and get Catholic programming on TV and radio.
 
It is truly a Latin Catholic station promoting Catholicism largely from within a Latin Catholic perspective.

I disagree that Catholicism can be distinct from particular ritual-ecclesial expressions. If EWTN itself believes that, then it needs more EC programming.

Alex
 
Alexander_Roman said:
It is truly a Latin Catholic station promoting Catholicism largely from within a Latin Catholic perspective.

I disagree that Catholicism can be distinct from particular ritual-ecclesial expressions. If EWTN itself believes that, then it needs more EC programming.

Alex
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I don’t disagree that it would be nice to have more EC programming. But when you use words like “should” or “needs to” or “duy” there has to be an origin to that perceived obligation. As a business, I just don’t see that as an obligation of EWTN’s. EWTN is not Catholicism itself. It’s a Catholic company.
 
OK sir. I myself am a regular viewer of EWTN and enjoy it immensely.

Alex
 
FWIW - I watch EWTN and listen to EWTN radio often. As we have a late morning Divine Liturgy at our parish, we’ll listen to the Sunday Mass on EWTN radio on the long drive to our own Divine Liturgy. I personally feel it is just as important for the Eastern Catholics to appreciate and experience the Latin Catholic Church as for Latin Catholics to experience the Light of the East.

Also, I do think EWTN does a very fair job of representing the Eastern Catholic community, all things considered. While the programming is less frequent than some would like, and often at odd hours, I personally have found the quality of this programming to be very sound, thoughtful and inspiring. As such, I offer my personal support of EWTN as often as possible.

May Mother Angelica and her entire ministry continue to serve the Lord with love, and may God grant them many happy, healthy and blessed years!
 
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