Watch reflections, plus feast-day programs about Sts. Patrick and Joseph.
*All Times Eastern; check EWTN.com for latest listings.
SUNDAY, March 8, 8 a.m.
The Food that Built America
HISTORY This episode chronicles the introduction and rise of convenience stores. TV-PG.
SUNDAYS IN LENT, 3:30 p.m.
Lenten Reflections
EWTN In the Slipper Chapel at the Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk, England, priests call the faithful to prayer, conversion and reparation. (Re-airs 11:30 p.m. Wednesdays.)
MONDAY-FRIDAY, March 9-13, 5:30 p.m., 2:30 a.m.
Our Catholic Way of Life
EWTN This five-part series respectively covers Catholics’ sacramental worldview, the liturgical year and devotions to Jesus, Our Lady and the saints and angels.
MONDAY-TUESDAY, March 16-17
St. Patrick’s Day
EWTN At 4:30 p.m. Monday, the Saints and Heroes series’ animated Patrick, Brave Shepherd of the Emerald Isle tells St. Patrick’s story. At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the Explore With the Miracle Hunter episode “St. Patrick’s Ireland” traces Patrick’s travels. At 11:30 a.m. at Knock Shrine in County Mayo is St. Patrick’s Day Mass From Knock. At 4 p.m., the docudrama St. Patrick: The Hidden Years explores the saint’s early years. TV-PG. (Re-airs 10 p.m. Sunday.)
MONDAY-FRIDAY, March 16-20, 5:30 p.m., 2:30 a.m.
St. Joseph
EWTN In this series, five priests illuminate St. Joseph’s virtues and roles.
TUESDAY, March 17, 9:45 a.m.
The Rising of the Moon
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES In this 1957 trilogy, Catholic director John Ford (b. John Feeney) captures the Irish people’s doggedness, love of conversation and resourcefulness. TV-PG.
TUESDAY, March 17, 8 p.m.
World Baseball Classic Championship
FOX, FOX Deportes This two-week competition between national teams from around the world ends today in Miami and heralds Major League Baseball’s March 25 Opening Day.
THURSDAY, March 19, 9:30 a.m.
21st Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
EWTN This conference will focus on prayer for our country, in observance of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Tape-delayed. (Re-airs 2 p.m. Saturday.)
THURSDAY, March 19
St. Joseph’s Day
EWTN At 2 p.m., Apparition of St. Joseph in France: A Role Model for All Parents tells of the time St. Joseph spoke to shepherd Gaspard Ricard in Cotignac, Provence, France, in 1660. At 3 p.m., live, will be Holy Mass for the Solemnity of St. Joseph in Nazareth, celebrated by Franciscan Father Francesco Ielpo, Custos of the Holy Land.
Upcoming
SUNDAY, March 22, 1:30 p.m.
Smiles From Heaven: The Little Angels of Bethlehem Home
EWTN In Kingston, Jamaica, the Missionaries of the Poor help abandoned children. TV-PG.
