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HOLY WEEK

Rome's Hidden Churches: A Lenten Pilgrimage

EWTN, 9:45 p.m. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Come along with EWTN on Lenten procession to many of Rome's station churches, following in the footsteps of popes and pilgrims through the centuries.

SUNDAY, APRIL 8

The Ten Commandments

ABC, 7 p.m.

Watching this almost five-hour presentation of Cecil B. DeMille's remarkable 1956 epic about God's delivery of the Israelites from Egypt is a reminder of the entertainment greatness that filmmakers achieved in Hollywood's golden age, when the Decency Code held sway.

MONDAY, APRIL 9

American Writers: A Journey Through History

C-SPAN, 9 a.m.

This ambitious series runs through Dec. 17, each week illustrating the life, work and influence of an American writer or writers. This episode features Jefferson and Madison. Some future topics: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Whittaker Chambers, Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley, Jr. To be rebroadcast Friday, April 13, at 8 p.m.

MONDAY, APRIL 9

The Ultimate Guide: House Cats

Discovery, 3 p.m.

An intriguing look at the traits that make domestic cats such fun and endearing pets.

MON.-TUES., APRIL 9-10

Angel Force

EWTN, 5 p.m.

The children of the Angel Force Kids’ Club tell their little friends about the mysteries of the Faith. Monday's topic is “Who Is God?” and Tuesday's is “What Is Mass?”

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11

The True Story of Braveheart

History Channel, 8 p.m.

Scots patriot William Wallace rallied his countrymen to fight English oppressors in the 1290's and paid for it on the scaffold around 1305. Randolph Wallace, writer of the screenplay for Mel Gibson's Oscarwinning film Braveheart (1995), says in this interesting presentation that his fleshing out of the historical record is faithful to Wallace's moral greatness. (Repeat.)

THURS.-SAT., APRIL 12-14

The Triduum

EWTN

From the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, follow the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday at 6 p.m., the Commemoration of the Passion on Good Friday at 3 p.m. and the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday at 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13

The Seven Last Words of Christ

EWTN, 5:30 p.m.

Capuchin Father Benedict Groeschel, one of the Church's most riveting preachers, speaks in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13

Solemn Way of the Cross

EWTN, 8 p.m.

Accompany Pope John Paul II along the Way of the Cross in the Colosseum in Rome. To be rebroadcast Saturday, April 14, at 12 midnight.

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.