We are in the process of ordering a run of our first ever Hands and Feet Show T-shirt. While you can’t order yet (coming soon), you can start salivating today! Check out the hot design…

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We want to go to Australia to provide the best podcast coverage of World Youth Day on the planet. But we need your help to get us there! We plan on sending Javier, Jose, G, Aneesa, and Father Garza (our pastor) to Australia for 10 days of coverage.We have selected a package provider associated with the local diocese and we need approximately $2000 per person. This will be for all accommodations, airfare, and fees associated with the trip.If you would like to hear great coverage of the largest gathering of Catholic youth in the world, please consider making a small donation.

All proceeds from this drive will be put towards this trip and not the podcast in general.Don’t know how much to give? Would you like to sponsor a whole day for us? How about an hour? Take a look at this handy chart to give you an idea:

Cost of One Day = $1,000
Cost of One Hour = $42.00

Keep reading to see how you can sponsor individual days or hours:

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Kaylakrunk, one of the very cool people of the Hands and Feet forums, has crafted a wonderful honorary Podcast Award, considering that were nominated (sweet!) but didn’t win (oh well) for the Religious Inspiration category of the People’s Choice Podcast Awards.

It’s with great honor that we accept this award and we want to thank all of you who have supported us. We promise to continue making the show fun, entertaining, and informative. Kaylakrunk, you have our warmest and heartfelt thanks for putting this together, we’re honored that you’re listening.

Congratulations to the other shows that won an award, especially George Leite’s Catholic Rockers. The fact that a Catholic show won in this category only shows that Catholic music is gaining more popularity than ever. Thanks George for your commitment to this show.

Voting is NOW OPEN for our Hands and Feet Idol contest from our special episode, Hands and Feet on the Street at the San Isidro Festival! Listen to this episode and then go here to vote! Our contestants include:

• Krystal – In Syc
• Andy – I could sing of your love
• The Jamaican ladies – Magesty
• Faviola – spanish song
• Denise – spanish chicken song
• Aneesa – Every rose has its thorn
• Maggie – Me and Bobbie McGee

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 I love to hear stories of Christians returning to the Catholic faith. I picked up this article on Google News and what surprised me the most was the really negative backlash that Francis Beckwith received from other Protestants.

“This is a sad day for all true sons and daughters of the Protestant Reformation, for all who lived and died for its truths”
Douglas Groothuis

Rather, it’s a happy day when another one of God’s children is able to embrace the fullness of our faith!

“He said he was persuaded to return to Catholicism after a friend suggested he read the Early Church Fathers and Catholic works on justification, about how sinners are transformed to a state of holiness.”
Forbes

I would really love to hear about his conversion. Not only was he a strong evanglelical, but also a highly public one.

Our Sunday Visitor, one of the largest Catholic newspapers in the country, has featured the Hands and Feet Podcast, as well as some of the other great podcasts on SQPN in an article.

Check out the PDF file.