SUNDAY, Aug. 25

EWTN Family Celebration 2013

EWTN This year’s gathering concludes with a Sunday Morning Session (10am) and addresses by Bob and Penny Lord (1:30pm) and Jesuit Father Mitch Pacwa (4pm).

SUNDAY, Aug. 25, 11am, 3pm, live

Little League Baseball World Series

ESPN, ABC "I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world," the New York Yankee slugger Babe Ruth, a Catholic, once said. The 11- and 12-year-olds in this annual international tournament would surely agree. At 11am, ESPN broadcasts the third-place contest; at 3pm, ABC televises the championship game.

SATURDAY, Aug. 31, live

College Football Kickoff

ESPNEWS, NBC At noon on ESPNEWS, the Boston College Eagles host the Villanova Wildcats. At 3:30pm on NBC, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame host the Temple Owls.

SEPTEMBER, Various

Fall 2013 New Series

EWTN At 5:30am Mondays and 11am Saturdays, the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist present Catechesis: Communion With Jesus Christ. At 4pm Sundays and 5:30pm Thursdays, in Finding God in All Things, Father Timothy Gallagher studies St. Ignatius Loyola’s teaching on daily prayer. At 3am and 6:30am Sundays, Frances Hogan examines St. Luke’s Gospel. At 3:30am Sundays and 11:30pm Saturdays, in Lectio Divina, Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto meditates on the parables of Jesus. At 4:30pm Sundays and 11pm Fridays, Father George Rutler explores The Parables of Christ. At 11pm Mondays and 4am Saturdays, Jesuit Father Bernard McGuckian gives the history of devotion to The Sacred Heart. At 6:30pm Saturdays, in Theology of the Table, Father Mark Mary and Daniel Rabourdin compare dinner-table traditions and the Mass.

WEEKNIGHTS, 6pm, live

EWTN News Nightly With Colleen Carroll Campbell

EWTN From Washington every weeknight beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3, EWTN host and former White House speechwriter Colleen Carroll Campbell provides 30 minutes of news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Re-airs at 9pm and 2am.

TUESDAY, Sept. 3, 8pm

American Experience: Mount Rushmore

PBS This 2002 documentary chronicles the sculpting of the colossal heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota between 1927 and 1941.

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4, 8pm

Earthflight, a Nature Special Presentation: North America

PBS Tiny cameras affixed to trained birds offer spectacular views of scenic spots in North America. The next five Wednesdays’ segments will cover Africa, Europe, South America, Asia-Australia and the making of the series.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, Sept. 5-6, 3am, 6:30pm

Mother Teresa: All for Jesus

EWTN In this six-part interview, Austrian Msgr. Leo Maasburg says that, during his seven years as Blessed Mother Teresa’s spiritual adviser, she always said, "My heart belongs entirely to Jesus," and she always sought to lead everyone to him. The final four episodes air next Monday-Thursday at the same times.

Dan Engler writes from
Santa Barbara, California.