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TELEVISION NETWORK (EWTN)
is America's largest religious cable network. EWTN provides 24 hours of
family-oriented, spiritual growth programming featuring top-notch talk
shows, weekly series and exciting documentaries.
On this page
you will
find EWTN
programs where Fr.
Shannon M. Collins has
hosted or was a
guest.
The programs are from the EWTN Audio Library
and have much value in learning the Catholic
Faith.
 Fr. Shannon Michael Collins, C.P.M,
was born in 1964 and is a native of Cohasset, MA.
After
undergraduate and graduate work in history and education, he
taught in Catholic schools for a number of years.
Fr. Collins became
a member of the Congregation of the Fathers of Mercy in August
of 1994, which was founded in 1808, originally under the title of the
"Missionaries of France."
The
primary apostolate of the Fathers
of Mercy
now
is re-evangelizing the American
community and preaching of parish
missions and retreats throughout the
country.
Having completed
his seminary training at St. Philip Neri Seminary in
Toronto, Ontario, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 10, 2000.
Fr. Collins serves
on the mission band of the Fathers of Mercy and has
been speaking at several home schooling conferences.
Most
recently Fr.
Collins was chaplain for the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of
the Angels Monastery, "Mother
Angelica's place"
and
where
he gave many wonderful talks to the pilgrims, he
will be missed
greatly by all.
Click the links below
to
listen to these treasures.
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Does the Church Still Teach That?
 "You've no
doubt heard that Vatican II changed many important teachings of the
Church? What's more you've noticed the conspicuous absence of many
crucial Catholic concepts in Sunday sermons and in the religious
education of your children or grandchildren. Perhaps you've wondered
whatever happened to familiar beliefs like Limbo or Purgatory? "
Now, in this eye-opening new three CD (or cassette) audio series
or an EWTN video
series.
Does the Church Still
Teach That?
Fr. Shannon Collins, CPM takes on three of the most misunderstood
and unjustly overlooked teachings of today. The Church
- The meaning of the "law of prayer is the
law of belief"
- Why Purgatory is not a "second chance"
- The perfect answer to the charge "You sound
pre-Vatican II"
- Where to find the mark of Predestination
- Why every victory belongs to God and every
fall to us
- Why devotion to the Blessed Mother is a
sign of Predestination
- Why Limbo is not merely a "left-over" from
the middle ages
- What the New Catechism and the Catechism of
the Council of Trent have in common regarding Limbo
- How Christ "took captivity captive"
- How human beings are the only creatures
created for an end that they cannot reach on their own
- What really happens to the victims of
abortion
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Does
the Church Still Teach That?
Date Produced: December 2nd 2004
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Fr.
Shannon has appeared as a guest on various EWTN LIVE shows and here are
audio archives of some of these shows from the EWTN
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| 12/12/2004 |
Benediction
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Fr.
Shannon Collins' final Benediction
At Our Lady of the Angels Monastery,
Hanceville, Alabama
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| 3/5/2003 |
EWTN
Live
VHS
Tape
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Fr.
Mitch Pacwa, S.J.
w/ Fr. Shannon Collins, CPM
Ash Wednesday and Lent
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| 10/1/2003 |
EWTN
Live
VHS
Tape
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Deacon
Bill Steltemeier
Fr. Shannon Collins,
C.P.M., Fathers of Mercy
Special Edition: Priestly Celibacy
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1/2/2003
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Life on the
Rock #290
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Fr. Francis Mary w/ Fr. Wade Menezes, CPM & Fr.
Shannon Collins, CPM
Vocations to the Priesthood;
New Year’s Resolutions for 2003
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10/14/2004
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Life
on the Rock #381
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Fr.
Francis Mary w/ Fr. Shannon Collins, Fr. Miguel Marie, Fr. Alex
Valladares
Eucharistic Special
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10/15/2004
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Today's
Homily |
Today's
Homily
Fr. Shannon Collins, CPM
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11/21/2004
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Today's
Homily |
Sunday's
Homily November 21, 2004
Fr. Shannon Collins, CPM
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Wonderful and
easy to understand recorded
talks on DVD or cassette by Fr. Shannon Collins.
More
media from St. Joseph
Firestorm
of Faith
Scandal, Conscience and Evangelization
by FR SHANNON COLLINS
This has
been a difficult year to be a member of the Church of Rome.
Scandal in the Church has placed an obstacle in way of faith.
Evangelization has been hurt. And the usual retinue of false prophets
and pseudo-theologians continue to claim that the only solution is
changing the Church's teachings to adapt to the standards of the
secular world. How are we to face the
future and prepare the next
generation of the faithful for what lies ahead?
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Topics Include
- Why scandals
should never
surprise us
- How customs
become laws
- Why
dissenters always
consider the "case still
open," even after the Church has spoken
- How a
married priesthood is
actually an
innovation
- Why chastity
is for everyone
- How the
well-formed
conscience actually works
- Why
"academic freedom" is no
excuse for scandal
- How you can
become a
flamethrower for the Faith
- Why we
should "Ache in our
hearts" for those
who do not know the Gospel
- How to
overcome the current
"winter of
unbelief"
- And so
much more!
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Sacrament Most
Holy
The Urgent Message
of Ecclesia de Eucharistia
by FR SHANNON COLLINS
Join the Holy Father and “Banish the Dark Clouds” of Unacceptable
Eucharistic Doctrine and Practice!
In April 2003,
Pope John Paul II issued his new encyclical on the Blessed Sacrament,
Ecclesia de Eucharistia (Church of the Eucharist).
Perhaps the most powerful document of his entire
papacy, it’s an awesome spiritual treasury of teaching on the “central
mystery” of our Faith—the Holy Eucharist!
Why would the highest-ranking
prelate in the world find it necessary to compose an official document
of the Church devoted to teachings that every Catholic should already
believe, know and love?
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Topics Include
- Why the Eucharist is “a
sacrifice in the strict
sense”
- How the Mass is like a time
machine
- How Eucharistic Adoration “is
of inestimable
value”
- Why The Eucharist, celebrated
by a priest, is
“a gift that radically transcends the power of the assembly”
- How doctrine and practice go
together
- Why the use of “altar girls”
was a bad decision
- How celebrating Mass facing
the people is not
an ancient practice
- Why extraordinary ministers
should not be used
in ordinary circumstances
- How liturgical abuses have
been
institutionalized
- Why it is “unthinkable” to
substitute
“ecumenical celebrations” for Sunday Mass
- Why The Mass is “too
important and precious” to
compromise by “innovative” practices
- And much, much more…
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The Necessity of Marian Devotion
by FR SHANNON COLLINS
According to
famed Christian apologist CS Lewis, the Blessed Virgin Mary was too
controversial to be included in his vision of "Mere Christianity". But
is Mary really a source of division in the body of Christ? Or is she an
essential part of God's plan and therefore essential to Jesus' work of
redemption? In a word, is devotion to Mary necessary for salvation?
In Gate of Heaven: The Necessity of Marian
Devotion you'll rediscover the great importance of devotion to Our Lady
and what it means to your own spiritual life.
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Topics Include
- Why Mary is essential to
Christianity
- How every new beginning
requires a "fiat"
- Why Mary had to be in the
upper room on
Pentecost
- Mary's special relationship
with the Blessed
Trinity
- How Vatican II said more
about Mary than any
other council
- Why Mary plus the Holy Spirit
always equals
Jesus Christ
- How Mary makes the Holy
Spirit "fruitful"
- Why Satan fears Mary even
more than he fears
God
- The meaning of divine
"recapitulation"
- Why God's plan calls for
Marian devotion
- How every Christian is a
"co-redeemer"
- Why Mary is our Sorrowful and
Joyful Mother
- And much more
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 Enduring the Winter of Unbelief
by FR SHANNON COLLINS
Ever since Vatican II the faithful have been told that the Church is
experiencing a “New Springtime.” But if this is true why has the number
of Catholics that attend Holy Mass steadily decreased until it is fewer
than twenty percent in some American dioceses?
Why are Catholic schools closing and Catholic hospitals becoming
secularized? Why has there been a 90 percent drop in the seminary
population and an 80 percent decrease in ordinations since the 1960s?
Why do so many modern heresies go uncorrected? Is the Church really
enjoying a “New Springtime” or is she suffering an unprecedented
“Winter of Unbelief”?
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Topics Include
- How one man and God make an army
- What horrible consequences follow when a
priest
treats the liturgy as his own private property
- How false optimism overlooks evil
- Why the work of redemption requires
uniting our
sufferings with the cross of Our Lord
- What St. Pio of Pietrelcina identified as
the
greatest problem affecting the Church today and what to do about it!
- Why constant changes in the liturgy lead
to
confusion among the faithful and uncertainty in matters of doctrine
- How Holy Communion is not a “reward” but a
“remedy”
- Why “formation is everything” in raising
Catholic children
- Why using natural weapons has not worked
in the
battle for saving souls
- How to be mindful of others without
forgetting
yourself
- And much more
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 Spiritual Boot Camp-Becoming A Soldier For
Christ
by FR SHANNON COLLINS
When we
receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, we are given a specific
mission-to become an effective solider for Christ. According to the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, this is a "sign that Jesus Christ has
marked a Christian with the seal of his Spirit by clothing him with
power from on high so that he may be his witness" (CCC, no. 1304).
Unfortunately Confirmation is probably the least appreciated of all the
Sacraments. Because of this, most of us lose out on special graces that
would allow us to publicly and effectively witness to Christ-even in
the face of fierce opposition. What is this power from on high that we
receive? How does it help us to "fight the good fight" and "run the
good race"?
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Topics Include
- Why the Catholic Church on
earth is called the
"Church Militant"
- How sports is a new religion
and why stadiums
are modern cathedrals
- Why all believers are called
to be soldiers and
take up the Cross of Christ as our weapon
- How grace is an intimate
sharing in the divine
life
- Why sin is our greatest
obstacle to union with
God
- Why the Church has at its
disposal the entire
merits of Jesus Christ won upon Calvary to be distributed in the form
of indulgences
- Why there is no salvation
outside Christ and
His Church
- Why the Eucharist is not
something, but someone.
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