{"id":1354,"date":"2011-04-22T06:51:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T13:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisrestlesspilgrim.wordpress.com\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2015-03-19T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T20:49:08","slug":"fr-robert-barron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/22\/fr-robert-barron\/","title":{"rendered":"Favourite People: Fr. Robert Barron"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In a\u00a0previous post<\/a>\u00a0I spoke about one of my favourite people, Archbishop Fulton Sheen. I spoke about how I came to discover him, his sermons and writings, as well as try and describe something of the impact he had upon me.<\/p>\n

I think it is appropriate therefore, that in this next entry, I’ve chosen to talk about someone whom I’ve often heard referred to by other people as “The Next<\/span>\u00a0Fulton Sheen”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This person is Fr. Robert Barron.<\/p>\n

If Sheen Had YouTube…<\/h3>\n

Fr. Robert is a priest who lives near Chicago in the United States. I first came across him on YouTube while I was still living in England. \u00a0He is a published author (I finished his book\u00a0“The Eucharist”<\/a>\u00a0this week), but he\u00a0has also\u00a0embraced the new media<\/a>\u00a0and is using it to extend the reach of his ministry. It is in this sense that he is like Fulton Sheen – he’s a superb communicator and uses all means available to proclaim the faith, although in terms of style he and Archbishop Sheen are very different.<\/p>\n


\nOn his YouTube channel he offers commentary on recently released films and uses these movies as a springboard to talk about some theological, philosophical or life issue. Previous reviews have included\u00a0Hereafter<\/a>,\u00a0Inception<\/a>,\u00a0The\u00a0Adjustment\u00a0Bureau<\/a>,\u00a0True Grit<\/a>,\u00a0Eat, Pray, Love<\/a>\u00a0…. I like this approach as it combines two things I love – faith and films \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n