TV Picks 08.19.18

Chaplain docudrama is an EWTN must-see.

(photo: Campbell Miller Films/EWTN)

SUNDAY, Aug. 19, 1:30pm

Bravery Under Fire

EWTN This original EWTN docudrama presents the life and ministry of Jesuit Father Willie Doyle, an Irish priest serving as a chaplain in the British Army who was killed in action during World War I. TV-14.

 

SUNDAY, Aug. 19, 2pm

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

INSP Fess Parker is the frontiersman Davy Crockett (1786-1836) and Jeff York is his rival, keelboat captain Mike Fink (1770/80-1823), in this 1956 Western from Walt Disney. Advisory: Stylized violence. A-1.

 

MONDAY, Aug. 20, 4pm

Global Family Eucharistic Holy Hour

EWTN In this Holy Hour, children in the United States and around the world pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy in English, Spanish, Polish, Vietnamese and Khasi.

 

MONDAY, Aug. 20, 8pm, 1am

Journey Home

EWTN Convert Austin Ruse directs the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam), a pro-life, pro-family watchdog group at the U.N.

He tells host Marcus Grodi what brought him to the Catholic Church from Methodism. Re-airs 2pm Thursday.

 

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, Aug. 25-26, live

Apostolic Trip of His Holiness Francis to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families

EWTN On Saturday, Pope Francis will be welcomed at Dublin’s airport, meet with President Michael Higgins at his official residence, meet with authorities, civil servants and diplomats at Dublin Castle, visit St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, privately visit a reception center for homeless families, and give an address to the “Festival of Families” at Croke Park Stadium.

On Sunday, the Holy Father will fly to Knock Airport in County Mayo, visit Knock Shrine and lead the Angelus, return to Dublin for lunch, say Mass before a throng in Phoenix Park, meet with and address Ireland’s bishops, and bid farewell to Ireland in a ceremony at Dublin’s airport.

For times, see EWTN.com closer to the dates.

 

SATURDAYS, Aug. 25, Sept. 1, 5:30pm

Beauty, Truth, Goodness: The Fundamentals of Catholicism With Father Robert Altier

EWTN In these new episodes, Father Robert Altier of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis defines grace (Aug. 25) and explains the vital link between grace and final perseverance (Sept. 1).

Episodes re-air 5am Sundays and 9:30am Mondays.

 

SUNDAY, Aug. 26, 10pm

Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: The Faces of Fantasy

EWTN Host Joseph Pearce sees Catholicism’s deepest truths presented in the works of Catholic novelist J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). Re-airs 5am Thursday.

 

MONDAY-FRIDAY, Aug. 27-31, 5:30pm, 2:30am

Be a Man

EWTN In this series, Father Larry Richards of the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, draws on his 2009 book, Be a Man! Becoming the Man God Created You to Be, as he urges Catholic men to become heroes by having a wholehearted relationship with Jesus, the embodiment of manhood.

Dan Engler writes from
Santa Barbara, California.