VARIOUS

New Series in September

EWTN In Catholic Lives (11 a.m. Mondays, 10:30 p.m. Thursdays), Joanna Bogle interviews Catholics worldwide. In Crossing the Goal (6:30 p.m. Sundays, 2 a.m. Thursdays), ex-football star Danny Abramowicz encourages Catholic men to live for Christ. In Discovering Our Glorious Faith (5:30 p.m. Mondays, 11 a.m. Thursdays), Daphne McLeod tells how to help kids love the faith. In Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life (3:30 a.m. Mondays, 5:30 p.m. Fridays), Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer gives counsel. In The Footprints of God (2:30 p.m. Mondays, 10:30 p.m. Fridays), Steve Ray visits sites central to salvation history. In A Widow’s Walk … With Christ (10 a.m. Thursdays, 6 p.m. Fridays), Rhonda Chervin and Anne Lassiter offer a Catholic view of widowhood.

MONDAY-THURSDAY

Republican Presidential

Convention

ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC, PBS Beneath the convention hoopla, Catholic viewers will want to review the anti-abortion bona fides of the GOP nominees and platform.

WEDNESDAY, 8 p.m.

Inside America’s Military Academies

MILITARY CHANNEL In three 60-minute segments, this documentary profiles training, traditions, instructors and students in our military academies, emphasizing physical requirements, the educational regimen and high moral standards. Topics: “Surviving the First Year,” “No Time Off for Summer” and “Making of an Officer.” Advisory: TV-PG.

WEDNESDAY, 8 p.m., 11 p.m.

Equator: Paradox of the Andes

SCIENCE CHANNEL In Ecuador’s Andes region, grasslands adjoin glaciers. The result: Local animals and plants must endure weather extremes.

FRIDAY, various

Blessed Mother Teresa

Programs

FAMILYLAND TV “There is a terrible hunger for love. ... The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them,” said Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who died at age 87 on this date in 1997. Tune in at 2 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for shows about her, the Missionaries of Charity and “Christ in distressing disguise,” as she called those she and her sisters love, serve and sanctify.

FRIDAY, 10 p.m.

An Ice Cream Show

PBS In this hour-long documentary, Rick Sebak travels around the country from Florida to California to Hawaii. He visits ice cream makers, shops, customers and even university labs to showcase ice cream’s place in American life. A re-air from 1996.

SATURDAY, 12:30 p.m.

Notre Dame Football

NBC The San Diego State Aztecs challenge the Fighting Irish in Notre Dame’s season- and home-opener. Both teams were 3-9 last season and plan on bouncing back strong. Quarterback Jimmy Clausen will lead the Irish, and Ryan Lindley is likely to be the Aztec’s signal-caller.

Dan Engler writes from
Santa Barbara, California.