This is great news. First the translation, now this! The whole “Catholic, but…” crowd will be reeling upon hearing this news.
Danielle Bean of DanielleBean.com and Faith & Family Live fame is taking over leadership of the Catholic Digest. Catholic Digest is probably the largest, oldest, and best-known Catholic publication in the U.S. They’ve got hundreds of thousands of readers so it’s kind of a big deal.
But what makes it especially awesome is that this is the same publication that once featured the Catholic Mario “personally pro-life” Cuomo on the cover. Yup. This is the same publication that drooled all over its interview with un-Catholic Barack “it’s above my pay grade” Obama. (Do magazines drool?)
But now they put the muy Catholic Danielle “personally and publicly pro-life” Bean in charge. This is seriously great news.
Danielle has done great things over at Faith & Family Live. I read it and I’m a dude. CMR has every confidence in Danielle, because besides everything else, Danielle is Catholic, unadorned and unafraid.
And given that the publication’s readership probably skews towards seniors, hopefully Danielle will be moving the magazine out of the nursing home and into the nursery.
This is a seriously big deal in that a major “Catholic” publication is abandoning the tired old wishy washy “future Church” garbage and putting an authentically Catholic person in charge.
I suspect Danielle’s influence will be felt immediately at the Catholic Digest. This is great news for Catholic media. Now, if Pat and I could just take over the National Catholic Reporter we’d all be set.
November 28, 2011 at 8:52 pm
WOW! THIS IS HUGE!!!!
Awesome, so happy to see this news!
November 28, 2011 at 9:00 pm
This is good news however I hope it's not leaving the nursing home for the nursery. There is soooo much out there for you young folks and your families. Older folks need something good to read too.
November 28, 2011 at 9:01 pm
happy days
November 28, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Awesome. Absolutely awesome!
November 28, 2011 at 9:18 pm
This is great news! I hear that NCR is having financial troubles. Just think what a dose of the Archbold brothers could do for its circulation!
November 28, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Fantastic!!
November 28, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Wonderful news! May it blossom once more as a beacon of light, hope and faith!
November 28, 2011 at 10:05 pm
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November 28, 2011 at 10:33 pm
W00t! Makes me want to submit an article or two…
November 28, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Congrats to Danielle and to the "Catholic Digest" folks who dared to hire her! Bold statement! Faithful Catholics rejoice.
November 29, 2011 at 1:46 am
Someone really should've told Obama "Dude, you do realize you're campaigning to get the highest pay-grade there is? President's commander-in-chief, he outranks even O-10s."
But what do you expect from the guy who thinks Navy medics are "Corpsemen"?
November 29, 2011 at 1:50 am
Congrats, Danielle! Woot!
November 29, 2011 at 2:02 am
This should be very interesting 🙂
November 29, 2011 at 2:14 am
Perhaps you might recall that I wrote about big changes at the NCR back in February.
So Matthew, when you and Pat do take it over, call me.
November 29, 2011 at 9:05 am
Is Bayard still the owner? If so then I am surprized at this. & I wonder how long her being in charge will last if they are.
November 29, 2011 at 11:41 am
Good news indeed! Looks like it will be time to start reading Catholic Digest again.
November 29, 2011 at 11:46 am
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November 29, 2011 at 12:24 pm
"Personally and publicly" Pro-Life people are a big deal, aren't they? This is great news. I am a huge fan of Danielle.
(For the record, I read *this* website too, even though you both are dudes.)
November 29, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Awesome news!
November 29, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Having sampled 'Catholic' media sources and been discourged by many and found encouragment in only a few, one more reliable one with the reach of Catholic Digest is welcome. I am an RCIA catechist for 20 years, dispelling inaccuracy from 'Catholic' sources has taken more time than it deserves.