{"id":31008,"date":"2012-12-28T10:55:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T16:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=31008"},"modified":"2012-12-28T10:55:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T16:55:12","slug":"acnm-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/acnm-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"ACNM Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/index.php\/about\/austincatholicmedia\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-32\" alt=\"AustinCatholicMedia\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austincnm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/AustinCatholicMedia.jpg?resize=111%2C166\" width=\"111\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>As the year quickly comes to an end I wanted to use this time to say \u201cthank you\u201d to all of our wonderful contributors and our audience.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve grown a lot over the past year, adding a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/index.php\/blog\/contributors\/\" target=\"_blank\">great contributors<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?cat=13\" target=\"_blank\">syndicated blogs<\/a>. With each contributor we add a new voice and perspective to how we can live out our Catholic faith. It&#8217;s my hope that the uniqueness that each of our contributors brings can speak to everyone out there in a different way. As a community of content creators we are all on our own faith journey and it&#8217;s been a pleasure to have our readers along for the ride this past year. Our readers have contributed so much in the comboxes, on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AustinCNM\">Facebook<\/a> and on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/austincathmedia\"> Twitter<\/a>. These comments are sincerely appreciated and let us know that we are on the right track.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/beauty-of-truth-podcast-episode-1-why-is-the-church-so-bossy\/beautyoftruthpodcastlogo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20082\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-20082\" alt=\"BeautyOfTruthPodcastLogo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austincnm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/BeautyOfTruthPodcastLogo-150x150.jpg?resize=108%2C108\" width=\"108\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a>This year we launched a new podcast called <a title=\"Beauty of Truth Podcast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?cat=878\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBeauty of Truth\u201d<\/a> hosted by Casey Truelove and Cristobal Almanza. \u201cBeauty of\u00a0Truth\u201d has addressed the sometimes tough questions such as \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/beauty-of-truth-podcast-episode-1-why-is-the-church-so-bossy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why is the Church so bossy<\/a>?\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/beauty-of-truth-podcast-ep-13-what-is-the-role-of-sex\/\" target=\"_blank\">What is the Purpose of Sex?<\/a>\u201d. Casey and Cristobal do a great job answering these questions through the lens of our Catholic faith. If you haven&#8217;t gotten a chance to listen to this wonderful show yet, I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/two-guys-a-girl-and-a-catholic-podcast-24-what-do-you-mean-theres-no-award-for-best-horsemaning\/2ggcp-logo2_thumb-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4141\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4141\" alt=\"2GGCP-LOGO2_thumb.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austincnm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/2GGCP-LOGO2_thumb-150x116.jpg?resize=150%2C116\" width=\"150\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a>I also have to thank my two co-host Chris Williston and Cristina Almanza who join me every week for \u201c<a title=\"Two Guys, a Girl and a Catholic Podcast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?cat=28\" target=\"_blank\">Two Guys, a Girl and a Catholic Podcast<\/a>\u201d. I can not tell you how much I look forward to our time together and the laughs we share. God willing we will hit episode 100 this coming year and I&#8217;ve enjoyed every minute of it. A special shout out to all of our guest co-host who have filled in over the past year and I&#8217;m sure will be called upon again in 2013. We also have some of the best listeners in the podcast arena who will be able to join us live via Google+ Hangout On-Air, so stay tuned for that.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least I want to thank Pat Ryan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relevantradio.com\/images\/downloads\/970-grid-926.pdf\">Relevant Radio 970am<\/a> here in Austin for all of his support and the great local content that he provides to us. Including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?cat=6\" target=\"_blank\">daily readings and homily from the pastoral center of the Diocese of Austin<\/a>. Pat goes above and beyond to be a supporter of our mission and we can&#8217;t thank him enough.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to a great 2013 with lots of new content, some great meet-ups and hopefully a few surprises.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks and God bless!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the year quickly comes to an end I wanted to use this time to say \u201cthank you\u201d to all of our wonderful contributors and our audience. We&#8217;ve grown a lot over the past year, adding a number of great contributors and syndicated blogs. With each contributor we add a new voice and perspective to&#8230;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/acnm-year-in-review\/\">[Read&nbsp;More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,90,32,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-blog","category-faith-blog","category-social-media","category-news","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":152433,"url":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/september2015lunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":31008,"position":0},"title":"Austin CNM September Lunch","author":"Rita Suva","date":"September 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Don't have plans tomorrow? 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