A Shrine and a Network? What's the Connection?

If you are unfamiliar with the beginnings of the Eternal Word Television Network, you may be wondering how EWTN and the Shrine are related. The answer lies in the founding of both places - or more appropriately, the foundress of both places - Mother Angelica!

This Poor Clare Nun of Perpetual Adoration, through the workings of Divine Providence, on August 15th, 1981, started what would become the world's largest global Catholic media network - EWTN. The prayers of Mother and the nuns have always been key to the success of the Network, so even after Mother and the sisters moved to their new home - Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, located at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, approximately an hour away from EWTN - the mission of the two remain ever intertwined: the Network to feed the mind, and the Shrine to feed the heart and soul.

The History of EWTN 

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