Father Robert Reed, a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston, is the Director of CatholicTV. CatholicTV provides family-friendly religious, news, and educational programming 24 hours daily. Founded over fifty years ago, CatholicTV’s programming is available on selected cable systems including Comcast, RCN, Sky Angel IPTV, and Verizon FiOS.
Father Robert Reed has long entertained a keen interest in the full use of television and new media for an effective, entertaining and truthful sharing of Catholic Faith and life. A priest of the Archdiocese of Boston and the President of the CatholicTV® Network, Father Reed was born in Boston and currently lives in the historic West End of the city. He was educated at St. John’s Preparatory School and he prepared for the priesthood at St. John Seminary College and the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Father Reed also studied Broadcast Administration at Boston University’s School of Communication.
After having been ordained a Catholic priest in 1985, Father Reed served in parishes in Malden, Norwood, Dorchester, Haverhill and most recently as pastor of Holy Ghost Parish in Whitman, Massachusetts. He was appointed director of the CatholicTV Network in May, 2005. He now hangs his hat most hours of the day and night at the national headquarters of the network, the Monsignor Frank McFarland Center. Reed oversees the production, acquisition and broadcast of increasingly-diverse and high-quality Catholic programs from across the nation and internationally. In addition, the CatholicTV Network also boasts of one of the finest network television websites with a 24-hour live stream and over 2,500 full-length television episodes available for viewing and embedding: Your Catholic Broadband Network, CatholicTV.com.
In addition to his administrative responsibilities at America’s Catholic Television Network®, Father Reed is also host of the game show WOW: The CatholicTV Challenge; the reality series House+Home; he prays The Rosary with the television audience three times daily from various locations around the world; co-hosts the network’s signature talk show, This is the Day; and celebrates Daily Mass many times throughout the month. Father Reed also provides commentary for various national and international events from installations, ordinations and papal liturgies.
Father Reed is also the Director of Radio Programming for the Archdiocese of Boston and assists on weekends at the Church of the Holy Family in Rockland, MA and the Church of Saint Bonaventure in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Greg Willits
Greg Willits is a media creator, radio host, podcaster, Catholic New Media trailblazer, co-author of The Catholics Next Door: Adventures in Imperfect Living and author of The New Evangelization and You: Be Not Afraid (Servant, 2013). He is the founder of New Evangelizers and the former Chief Operations Officer of the Star Quest Production Network and spends his time between tech development and Catholic Media Leadership and Productions. Greg currently serves the Archdiocese of Denver as Director of Evangelization and Family Life Ministries. He and his wife, Jennifer, have been married since 1995 and have four boys and a daughter.
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