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Church Mass Mobs

Old and struggling houses of worship have adopted the popular flash mob idea to encourage larger numbers of people to attend Mass at a specific church on a given Sunday. Using social media to organize participants, the goal of a Mass mob is to fill empty pews and collection plates, inspire parishioners to return to church, and support houses of worship that have helped define their cities.
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Clip Season 18 Episode 33 Length 08:39 Premiere: 04/16/15

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Season 18 Episodes

Environmental Justice in Mossville; Payday Lenders
S18 E52 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 08/27/15

Hurricane Katrina 10th Anniversary; The Dalai Lama at 80
S18 E51 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 08/21/15

America's Incarcerated; The "T" in LGBT
S18 E50 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 08/14/15

Evangelicals and LGBT Acceptance; Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
S18 E49 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 08/07/15

Religion in Cuba; Women's Mosque of America; Upanayanam
S18 E47 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 07/23/15

A Different Islamic School; Singing in a Chorus; Eid al-Fitr
S18 E46 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 07/17/15

Moving Beyond Confederate Flag; Changing Harlem Congregation
S18 E45 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 07/10/15

Reactions to Same-Sex Marriage; Ethics of Gene Editing
S18 E44 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 07/02/15

Supreme Court Rulings; Healing Moral Wounds of War
S18 E43 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 06/26/15

Faith-Based Activism on Climate Change; Recalling Liberation
S18 E42 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 06/18/15

Birth Control in the Philippines; Rancher Nuns
S18 E41 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 06/12/15

Latino Converts to Islam; John Unger; Shinnyo Lanterns
S18 E40 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 06/05/15

Micro Preemie Ethics; Diminishing Prospects for Pastors
S18 E39 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 05/28/15

Wayne Meisel; Kairos Prison Ministry; Shavuot
S18 E37 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 05/14/15

Anti-Muslim Sentiments; Yale Institute of Sacred Music
S18 E36 Length 26:16 Premiere Date 05/07/15

Making Peace in Baltimore; Same-Sex Marriage Cases
S18 E35 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 05/01/15

Evangelicals and LGBT Acceptance; America's Incarcerated
S18 E34 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 04/23/15

Creating Artificial Intelligence; Church Mass Mobs
S18 E33 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 04/17/15

Christian Persecution; Deaf Church; Holocaust Survivor
S18 E32 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 04/10/15

Finding God in Silicon Valley; Margaret Feinberg on Joy
S18 E31 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 04/03/15

Jim and Jill Kelly; Who Is My Neighbor?; Atul Gawande
S18 E30 Length 25:38 Premiere Date 03/27/15

Selma March 50th Anniversary; Average Mohamed
S18 E29 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 03/20/15

Recruiting Radical Muslims; B Corp Business Ethics
S18 E27 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 03/06/15

Muslim Initiatives Against Extremism; India's Sacred Cows
S18 E26 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 02/27/15

Summit on Extremism; Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; Churches in Pubs
S18 E25 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 02/20/15

Church Economics Prize; Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; Losar
S18 E24 Length 27:28 Premiere Date 02/13/15

Vaccination Debate; Homeless Female Veterans
S18 E23 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 02/06/15

Science for Seminaries; India's Slum Dwellers; Thomas Merton
S18 E22 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 01/30/15

State of the Union; Halki Seminary; Bruce Cockburn
S18 E21 Length 25:52 Premiere Date 01/23/15

Muslims and Paris Attacks; Restoring Community in Ferguson
S18 E20 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 01/16/15

Social Media Ethics; Raising Children in Two Faiths
S18 E19 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 01/09/15

Look Ahead 2015
S18 E18 Length 25:45 Premiere Date 01/02/15

Look Back 2014
S18 E17 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 12/26/14

Syrian Refugees in Turkey; Pictures of Mary; Messiah
S18 E16 Length 25:49 Premiere Date 12/19/14

Churches and Race; War in Colombia; Pilgrimages; Hanukkah
S18 E15 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 12/12/14

Heroin and the Faith Community; Drugs of Last Resort
S18 E14 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 12/05/14

Camden Priest; Inoculation Ethics
S18 E13 Length 25:46 Premiere Date 11/28/14

Pope Trip to Turkey; Recruiting Radicals; Our Lady Guadalupe
S18 E12 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 11/21/14

Muslims Against Extremism; Church Move; Judaism & Homeless
S18 E11 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 11/14/14

Physician-Assisted Death; B Corp Ethics; Kent Nerburn
S18 E9 Length 25:41 Premiere Date 10/30/14

Migrant Minors in Court; Buddhism & Nature; Church Rebuilds
S18 E8 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 10/23/14

Tiny Houses for the Homeless; Joshua Bell; Sukkot
S18 E6 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 10/09/14

Synod on the Family; Prison Beard; Doctors Without Borders
S18 E5 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 10/02/14

Rev. Amy Butler; Conversation on Grateful Living
S18 E4 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 09/25/14

Missing Migrant Project; Depicting Jesus; Beit T’Shuvah
S18 E3 Length 25:48 Premiere Date 09/18/14

Combating ISIS; Boston's Lessons for Ferguson; Stone Circles
S18 E2 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 09/11/14

Heroin and the Faith Community; World Without Hate
S18 E1 Length 25:47 Premiere Date 09/04/14

The Aga Khan
Clip Length 10:28 Premiere Date 07/30/15

The Singing Monks of Norcia
Clip Length 08:38 Premiere Date 07/30/15

Aga Khan Extended Interview
Clip Length 04:19 Premiere Date 07/30/15

Nepal Earthquake Relief
Clip Length 05:13 Premiere Date 05/21/15

Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School
Clip Length 08:47 Premiere Date 05/21/15

Creating Artificial Intelligence
Clip Length 08:56 Premiere Date 04/16/15

Church Mass Mobs
Clip Length 08:39 Premiere Date 04/16/15

Syrian Refugees in Turkey; Millennials and Religion
Clip Length 25:47 Premiere Date 03/13/15

Food Truck Pastor
Clip Length 04:25 Premiere Date 10/16/14

Transgenders and Theology
Clip Length 09:53 Premiere Date 10/16/14

Ethics and Ebola
Clip Length 03:59 Premiere Date 10/16/14

John Lewis
Clip Length 07:43 Premiere Date 01/16/04

Sunni/Shiite Relations in Post-War Iraq
Clip Length 02:44 Premiere Date 04/04/03

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