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SUNDAY, Aug. 24, 10 a.m., 3 p.m., live

Little League Baseball World Series

ESPN2, ABC The weeks-long competition concludes with the 3rd-Place Game today on ESPN2 at 10 a.m. and the U.S.-international Championship Game on ABC at 3 p.m.

 

MONDAY, Aug. 25, 8 p.m.

The Journey Home

EWTN JonMarc Grodi’s guest, Father Michael Nixon of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, describes his journey from being born into a Hare Krishna family to his eventual following of Jesus’ call to the priesthood. (Re-airs at 1 a.m.)

 

THURSDAY, Aug. 28, 12:10 p.m., live

The Catholic University of America: Mass of the Holy Spirit

EWTN With this Mass in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in our nation’s capital, The Catholic University of America inaugurates its fall semester 2025.

EWTN to Air Closing Mass for the Cause of the Five Shreveport Martyrs Who Stayed When Others Fled, Plus Related Film

By Michelle Laque Johnson

EWTN is airing the Mass celebrating the Closing Session for the Cause of the Five Shreveport Martyrs at 6:30 p.m. ET, Thursday, Aug. 28. You can also watch the EWTN docudrama entitled The Five Priests at 3 p.m. ET the same day.

Viewers of this gripping drama will learn that when yellow fever hit the prosperous but derelict river town of Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1873, most fled in terror. By the end of the epidemic, which was destined to become the third largest in U.S. history, one-fourth of the town’s population, approximately 1,200 people, would lie dead, and the character of the town’s inhabitants would be tested. 

However, many more would have died or died without the sacraments if not for the heroics of five priests, who came to the aid of the sick and dying, even though they knew their service was a death sentence. As one priest fell ill, another would come to take his place, arriving just in time to administer the last rites to the resident priest. 

Viewers quickly learn why the citizens of Shreveport were so afraid of contracting yellow fever. 

Before this scourge hits Shreveport, the program flashes back to an earlier time when the state of Louisiana was split into two dioceses, and the bishop of the new diocese was tasked with journeying to France to recruit the priests who would become such an important part of this diocese’s history. The pitch he made at the seminary was guaranteed to ward off all but the most heroic: “We offer you no salary, no recompense, no holiday or pension, but much hard work, a poor dwelling, few consolations, many disappointments, frequent sickness, a violent or lonely death, and an unknown grave.” Unbelievably, eight men rose to the challenge. 

Upon arrival in Louisiana, these priests were scattered throughout the diocese. It was hard for them to fit in. One who did well from the start was Father Jean Pierre, a highly educated, multilingual priest, who started Shreveport’s first library. He used the money earned from tutoring the wealthier citizens to build Church of the Holy Trinity, the first Catholic church in Shreveport. 

As the city grew, Father Jean asked the bishop for help. The bishop sent him Father Isidore Quémerais, one of the men who had come from France. He would become the associate pastor, but he became ill from something other than yellow fever and was sent to convalesce at another parish. 

But when the epidemic began, Father Quémerais was asked to return. He did so, despite the danger and his own poor health, but lasted only four days before contracting the disease.

Father Pierre had already contacted Father Jean-Marie Biler, chaplain for the Daughters of the Cross Convent at Fairfield, another of the French priests, asking for help. He arrived in Shreveport in time to give the sacraments to Father Quémerais and Father Pierre before their deaths. Father Biler carried on.

When Father Biler requested help, the bishop was forced to send his two best priests from the five he had brought over from France into the breach: Father Louis Gergaud, pastor of St. Matthew’s Church in Monroe, and Father Francois Le Vezouet, a priest of Natchitoches. 

These heroic priests were designated “Servants of God” on Dec. 8, 2020. 

 

FRIDAY, Aug. 29, 8 p.m.

National Eucharistic Revival Documentary

EWTN Watch the highlights of our national walk with Christ.

FRIDAY, Aug. 29, 9 p.m.

Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2025

PBS Filmed this past June 13 on the grounds of Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace, conductor Tugan Sokhiev and opera singer Piotr Beczała guested in a program largely of opera and operetta melodies. For the first time, the Vienna Boys Choir will take part.

SATURDAY, Aug. 30, 7:30 p.m., live

Notre Dame vs. Miami (Florida)

ABC “Wake up the echoes cheering her name,” Notre Dame’s Fight Song advises. The Fighting Irish open their 138th football season with a visit to the Miami Hurricanes.

SUNDAY, Aug. 31, 10 a.m.

EWTN Bookmark 

EWTN Father Joseph Mary Wolfe introduces a new book for every Catholic who cherishes Mother Angelica’s wit and wisdom on the often-messy, nitty-gritty of family life, faith and forgiveness. Mother Angelica Talks It Over is available at EWTN Religious Catalogue. (Re-airs Sept. 1 at 5 a.m. and 5 p.m.)

 

TUESDAY, Sept. 2, 2 p.m., 10 p.m.

Scripture & Tradition With Father Mitch Pacwa

EWTN Fluent in five ancient and eight modern languages, Jesuit Father Mitch Pacwa underlines the scriptural basis of Catholic doctrine and tradition. (Re-airs 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.)

 

THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 5:30 a.m.

Going My Way

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES Always worth watching, this 1944 musical comedy from Catholic director Leo McCarey stars Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald and Risë Stevens in a story of a young Irish American priest and his kindness to the unknowing elderly Irish pastor he will be succeeding. This film won seven Oscars back when the movie industry favored the Church.

 

Thursday, Sept. 4, 6:30 p.m., live

Father Capodanno Memorial Mass

EWTN Maryknoll Father and Navy chaplain Lt. Vincent Capodanno gave his life for his young Marines in the Republic of Vietnam on Sept. 4, 1967. He received a posthumous Medal of Honor and is a “Servant of God.” Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, will celebrate this annual Mass in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington, D.C.

 

Upcoming

SUNDAY, Sept. 7, 4 a.m., live

Holy Mass With Canonizations

EWTN Pope Leo XIV will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Square and canonize the young Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1925) and Carlo Acutis (1991-2006).