St. Gianna was born in Magenta (Milan) on October 4, 1922. A mother, wife, doctor, and an ardent lover of the Catholic faith in all areas of her life, she was a living witness of an authentic joie de vivre, passionate love of nature, and a spirit of charity and...
This six-minute video that comes as part of the Sacraments 101 Series by Busted Halo excellently presents a basic catechesis on the Sacrament of Baptism. During my transitional diaconate, I had the wonderful opportunity to serve the Filipino Community in Rome at Santa...
or our 10th Advent Avalanche we bring you an excellent production by “Soul Pancake”. From the first time we saw this video, we decided to use it on Catholic-link as preparation material for Christmas. We really liked it! Whilst it isn't...
It has been extremely difficult to find videos which cover contraception and family planning from a Catholic perspective. However, it seems that we at Catholic-Link are not the only people to have noticed the lack of resources in this area, and this short video was...
“Life ain't about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can GET hit, and keep movin' forward." In this scene from Rocky Balboa, we see Robert Balboa (Rocky's son) struggling to climb the corporate ladder, and feeling dwarfed by his father's shadow. He is...
Nicholas Petron's grandfather, Rocco Galasso, moved to New York City from Italy with the hopes of making a better life. For eighteen years, Rocco served as owner and superintendent of an apartment building where much of his family resided--until the day they were...
Today’s video, produced by ESPN, tells the story of Heath White, the man whose perfect life didn’t turn out the way he expected. An overachiever, he excelled at everything he did: in school, on the athletics track, as a pilot. He married Jennifer, his high school...
A few months ago I began to watch a series in my community called "Blue Bloods". The series follows an Irish-American family of police officers in the NYPD, called the "Reagan." Justice, integrity, a tight-knit family, and explicit Catholic values are all whipped up...
Here is an excellent video for those doing apostolate with married couples or those preparing for marriage. It leaves us with an impactful and real testimony of what it means to be authentically committed to loving one another in marriage. What is marriage? I once had...
The fact that this music video has 22,000,000 visits speaks of its caliber. Chris Medina (singer) released this song the day after his elimination on American Idol. It voices the trauma suffered by his fiancée, who suffered a brain injury as the result of a car...
"I spent more time planning my wedding than I spent happily married,” she sobbed. Most disheartening to Jennifer was that she’d tried to do everything right. “My parents got married young so, of course, they got divorced. We lived together! How did this happen?”...
A story of a father's love for his daughter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v66VMFBPq8E
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Catholic-link.com - This is a trailer of a great movie for talking about the meaning of our lives and the need to value those things that really last: love, friendship, faithfulness, faith... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWL7Ab4iHMg
his Thai commercial is brilliant. The means of communication that technology provides us with are precisely that, means. They aren't ends in themselves. But if they are for us, that means we have forgotten the importance of living in reality. This...
Catholic-link.com - "Think Family" is a Korean project looking to raise awareness of how important family values are. The video shows the importance of the love between parents and children seen through the eyes of a boy. It makes for a good moment to look again at...