Catholic Radio coming to Cleveland in April 2015

Oh yeah, man! I've been meaning to post this. Some really good guys put this together and made it happen; I know one of them personally. EWTN Programming and a 24/7 Catholic talk radio station. So congratulations to them, and hurray for us!

Here's the programming philosophy:

St. Peter the Rock Media is a lay apostolate that declares absolute faithfulness to the Holy Father and the Bishops. We are bound to accurately and fully transmit the Faith as proposed by the Teaching Authority of the Church. We bind our broadcasting message to the standard of Holy Scripture and Catechism of the Catholic Church, the vehicles Christ has given us for knowledge, content and clarity. This commitment shapes our service to the faithful in the diocese in which we serve as well as our obedience to our local bishop, and our assistance to local priests and religious.

We are committed to the conviction that our programming must be primarily catechetical, devotional, and inspirational. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality Catholic programming that is upbeat, positive and inspires conversion of heart and a deepening of the faith, with humility, charity and respect, while offering an enriching message from our Catholic heritage for all believers and non-believers.

St. Peter the Rock Media seeks to connect and serve the people, parishes, schools, and lay apostolates within the communities we serve by spreading goodwill and providing the platform for sharing news, events, and stories that show how the Holy Spirit is working within our community.

Bishop Lennon is in full support--here's his letter.

Yay!!

Cleveland gets the GOP convention.

Okay, Cleveland, don't screw this up.

Maybe I'll gate-crash it.

We are so there

It's Tuesday. It's been one of those days. I have five kids under 10 years of age. Kids eat free at Bearden's on Tuesdays. Orders at the counter equals no waitresses, no tips. Ergo, we are so there.

Mustang Sally, baby.

Photos from the Filming of Captain America 2

I am so awesome that Marvel decided to shoot scenes from the upcoming Captain America 2: Winter Soldier movie just a block from my house. The Lorain Road Bridge--better known as the "Green Awesome Bridge" in my family--is the scene of some heavy stuff. But I couldn't stand around all day, and the place was filling up with whiners, for lack of a better word. I did get some shots of a dude on a motorcycle dressed like Captain America, but I assume it was a stunt double and not Chris Evans. Still, sort of cool shots. I had to be about 200 feet or more back and I used a 300mm zoom for these.

UPDATE: More awesomeness!

Chris Evans did show up later around 7:00pm, and my kids having camped out for almost 2 hours got some autographs. Here he is signing my son Gideon's hand.

Chris Evans seems like a really nice guy. He had come over to sign a bunch of autographs earlier, so I cynically thought "He's done, he's not coming back." But he did, and he signed tons of stuff. The kids were in their glory, even as I was getting a bit bored. Here's an autograph on the back of our copy of The Avengers Blu-ray.

Chris was also signing the back of these Captain America shield pins with a standard Sharpie marker. Kind of an amazing feat I thought, but I guess stars have a lot of practice. Just about everybody had one, even Justin, our 1-year-old.

I liked this, too, it's basically a model of a fighter jet that they were holding against the giant green-screen. Seemed cheesy, but I suppose they'll just edit out the dude's hand.

The good folks from the Emerald Necklace Inn were serving making sure no one dehydrated by setting up a tent and serving water, lemonade, and soft-drinks and were being very generous with parking spaces.

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