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This weekend I delivered a speech at the Catholic New Media Celebration in Boston. As promised, I am publishing the speech (broken into 10 easy sections) for those who heard it and asked for the text, and for thoughtful reading by my faithful papist readers.

The video of my presentation is available here on the SQPN website. I’ve also embedded it below:

 Here is the text of the speech….

Catholic Activism

I have also included (which I did not get to in my original speech), 5 Conversations/Goals for Catholic Activism. I believe we need to begin a national conversation about….

1. the responsibility to vote Catholic, and the responsibility of Catholic politicians to act Catholic in office
2. the fact that being truly Catholic means holding and believing everything the Church teaches with authority 
3. the fact that the Church is an uncompromising defender of life, and that Catholics provide concrete support to women who are tempted to seek an abortion
4. the fact that the Church is not anti-gay, that it loves persons with homosexual inclinations so much that it will not stand by as they ruin their lives and endanger their soul
5. the importance of the family, that the family is the fundamental building block of society and that government must protect and provide for the traditional family

I look forward to reading and hearing your reactions!

The tech-savvy folks at the Catholic New Media Celebration in Boston (where I will be spending the weekend) have setup a Ustream so you can watch the speakers and events online, live! You can view the schedule here.

I will be presenting at 10:30 AM tomorrow EST (Saturday) on Catholic Activism, and participating in a bloggers’ panel discussion at 2:45 PM.

Appropriately, I’ll also be actively tweeting my experiences on the official AmP twitter feed.

I hope to see you in Boston!

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be attending this year’s Catholic New Media Celebration in Boston, August 6-7th.

I will be hosting a section at CNMC’s new feature this year: the blogging track. Other notable presenters include Lino Rulli, Fr. Roderick Vonhogen (of European podcasting fame), Mac and Katherine Barron (Catholic in a Small Town), Lisa Hendey and well, the list goes on and on. I’m especially excited for a panel discussion I will be having along with Jimmy Akin and Mark Shea. We will also receive remarks from the Archdiocese of Boston’s Sean Cardinal O’Malley.

Registration is full but sponsorships are still available. CatholicVote is a proud sponsor of CNMC 2010. If you are unable to attend you may follow the events on the CNMC Ustream and join the live chat room here (what else would you expect from a group of web-savvy papists?). Get your twitter decks ready, too!

I look forward to seeing you in Boston!

This evening I will be on EWTN’s The World Over with Raymond Arroyo at 8PM EST, discussing the final stages of the health care debate, and possibly mentioning themes I wrote on this morning in my commentary post: “Catholic Politicians Face a Clear Choice in Health Care Debate.“

You may watch or listen to the interview live at www.ewtn.com/audiovideo/index.asp

Do tune in as well for Raymond’s exclusive interview with Rep. Bart Stupak – the last best chance we have for ensuring that this health care legislation does not radically expand abortion funding and access.

My previous posts on the health care debate are archived here.

update – thank you to all the AmP readers who tuned in! I think the segment went very well. The show will encore Sunday at 4PM and Monday at 10am and 11PM, at this link.

My recent speech for the Archdiocese of Denver’s very active theology on tap series has been covered by the Denver Catholic Register:

“Theology on Tap welcomed Thomas Peters, blogger for American Papist: Not Your Average Catholic! to speak on the Catholic perspective of health care reform at Braun�s Bar and Grill at 1055 Auraria Parkway on Friday, Oct. 9.

There�s no doubt the popularity of social media is on the rise. Peters� blog speaks to, �the JPII generation about Catholic views of pop culture and politics.� He started it in 2005 because he wanted to establish a forum for the topics that mattered to his generation, presented from a perspective congruent with Catholic morals.

[Read the full article here.]

I’m happy to provide media background and interviews on the topic of Catholic involvement in the current health care debate. My personal email is [thomas at americanpapist dot com] and I check it regularly.

At the invitation of the Archdiocese of Denver Youth and Young Adult Ministry, I’ll be presenting a Theology on Tap talk for them on the topic “Catholic Principles of Health Care Reform” on October 9th. I’ll also be appearing in Fort Collins on October 8th.

Here is the flyer:

Other speakers in the Fall Series include Fr. Thomas Loya, Mark Shea, and Dr. Christian Brugger.

So mark your calendars and bring your Catechisms! See you in CO!

The tech wizards at Ave Maria Radio have the segment up in blogger-friendly embeddable format:

I’ll be in studio with Al Kresta this afternoon around 5:40PM EDT, discussing – well, whatever he feels like. Kresta in the Afternoon is a production of Ave Maria Radio.

update: watch live!

http://www.justin.tv/widgets/live_embed_player.swfWatch live video from Kresta In The Afternoon’s channel on Justin.tv

Last Friday I did a segment on “Faith and New Media” for Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau OP’s “Word to Life” program on Sirius XM Radio’s The Catholic Channel (Sirius 159 and XM 117), live from the Sirius’ studios in New York City.

Later, I found out that Sirius has a camera in their studio, which is cool because that means you can listen to the audio and see me “in action” (relatively speaking, of course – radio isn’t exactly a full-contact sport!).

Today at 1PM EST I’ll be doing a segment on “Faith and New Media” for Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau OP’s “Word to Life” program on Sirius XM Radio’s The Catholic Channel (Sirius 159 and XM 117), live from the Sirius’ studios in New York City!

This Friday at 1PM EST I’ll be doing a segment on “Faith and New Media” for Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau OP’s “Word to Life” program on Sirius XM Radio’s The Catholic Channel (Sirius 159 and XM 117), live from the Sirius’ studios in New York City!

You can listen to their archived shows, for instance, here, here and here.

Those Dominicans have a big internet (and now,�digital�radio) footprint.

… and yes, I will be in NYC for a couple days. Hopefully I can hear Mass said by Archbishop Dolan!

That is, if he would get around to answering my calls.