The First Television Evangelist

While some might think of Bishop Sheen as a sort of “Catholic Billy Graham,”  it was Graham who once referred to Sheen as “the greatest communicator of the twentieth century.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawing 30 million viewers to his weekly show Bishop Fulton Sheen was America’s first televangelist. After appearing in Time magazine’s April 1952 cover, Sheen went on to beat out comedian Milton Berle for the 1953 Emmy for Most Outstanding Personality. emmy award

“He’s got better writers,” Berle famously responded. “Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.”

Watch and listen to Bishop Sheen incredible explanation of the Mass

 

 

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