If you travel in Catholic circles for long enough, you’ll encounter those people at some point. You know, the aunt who only goes to Mass on
Armies everywhere used to march into battle with their standard bearer (the guy with the flag) right up front. He was the visual proclamation of
I cried so hard on the drive home. I probably should have pulled over. Or figured out a way to hold back the tears. But
In the final weeks leading up to our wedding, my fiance and I are working on the last details of our wedding mass. We will
Yesterday the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, a lovable little saint whose example of
There are endless resources online about confession that you can find with a simple search. So because of this, I don’t need to write about
Who was the greatest Catholic evangelist of the twentieth century? To me it’s no contest: Venerable Fulton J. Sheen. Some might argue for Pope John
As I was on leave over the last few weeks I spent a lot of time back home on the family farm, helping with projects
As some of you know St. Therese’s Feast day is today. St. Therese, known as the Little Flower was known for a simple life lived
One of the main reasons why I love the youth, especially Catholic youth, is because I am one. My heart is always on fire to
For an overview of the research study “What Catholic women think about faith. conscience, and contraception“, see my previous post “What the Church needs to
Fiscal managers from around the country converged this week on Houston, Texas for the forty-third Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference (DFMC). The event is both a
As a youth minister one of the number one questions teens ask me is, “Why do people suffer?” It is a fair question, and one
Ever since I’ve learned about the Camino de Santiago – a centuries-old pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela, where the cathedral housing the remains of
Why do people pray the rosary: to obtain special graces? to connect with God? as Christian meditation? in reparation for one’s sins and the sins
Fall is in the air in southern Minnesota. Farmers are beginning their harvest and the first frost has fallen. There is a beautiful chill in
Like many, I was deeply saddened and disturbed by the murders of our ambassador and other Americans last week. The brutal pictures showing him being
In his Last Supper discourse Jesus told his apostles, “If you know me you will also know my Father. From now on you do know
As my one-year master’s degree program in Pamplona, Spain closes, memories of my first days here flood back. I remember with fondness and embarrassment my
Many of the pro-abstinence, anti-contraception types (mostly Catholics) will say that the “Don’t have sex, but if you do, use contraception” approach to reducing teen
Scott Hahn in his book “First Comes Love” cites the monumental work of Harvard University Professor, Carle C. Zimmerman’s entitled “Family and Civilization” which citation, I
