I’ve been talking a lot in this blog about how Catholics should seize the opportunity to join the mainstream media and the new digital-media world and become decision-makers and influencers, and that’s still vitally important. But, at the same time, the era of crowdfunding, coupled with the lowered cost of video production, offers us a chance to go it alone.
A pair of twin brothers who are also consecrated Franciscan Friars of the Renewal are doing just that. From my other home, at CatholicVote …
Having cut their TV teeth on EWTN’s “Sunday Night Prime,” along with the show’s regular host — and CFR founder — the late Father Benedict Groeschel, Brothers Angelus (the one with the glasses above) and Innocent have decided up the ante on Catholic productions.
Speaking to Catholic News Agency (CNA), Angelus said:
Catholic media is really irrelevant right now to a lot of young people. That’s a dramatic statement, but it’s true. So, we wanted to wrestle with that question and wrestle with the reality that Catholic media is irrelevant to a lot of young people today.
He continued:
If it’s not high-quality, young people aren’t going to be interested. They’re used to secular media; they’re used to secular TV shows; they’re used to the Internet. So, we want to tell people’s stories, but we also wanted it to be the highest quality we could, so that people couldn’t write the show off.
To that end, they’re planning to launch “Icons,” a documentary series that profiles young people who, as Angelus told CNA, “are icons in the world. They reveal Christ in their relationships, in their work, in their vocations, in the family, whatever they do.”
Click here to the rest and find out how you can help make Brothers Angelus and Innocent’s dream a reality.
Image: Courtesy IconsTV
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