October 2013 – IGNITUM TODAY

Keep Austin Catholic

I recently traveled to Austin for my wife’s Half Ironman. She did great. We had a chance to go to a pre-race confession at St.

J.Q. Tomanek October 30, AD 2013 No Comments

Columnists

Hey Christian: Are You Attracting People Toward Jesus, or Pushing Them Away?

From my pastor’s homily this weekend: “Either a Christian heightens the quality of human life, making it more palatable, more delightfully nourishing, or else he

Ryan Eggenberger October 29, AD 2013 No Comments

The Necessity of Frivolity

One of the things that I often ponder is the relationship between the Christian and wealth. That is, how much wealth should I accumulate, how

Ryan Kraeger October 28, AD 2013 1 Comment

Columnists

Do(n’t) be Like the Saints

A common methodological error of novice apologists is proof-texting (yes, Catholic apologists are just as guilty of this fallacy as our Protestant brethren). Proof-texting can

Elizabeth Hoxie October 28, AD 2013 3 Comments

Inward Eyes

I tend to be a very introspective individual. My spiritual life consists largely in self-examination, and used to be even more so. I would look

Ryan Kraeger October 28, AD 2013 No Comments

Columnists

We are the Church, She Said

I was giving a talk at my home parish on the early Church when a woman came up to me. Pointing at her heart she

Matthew Heinrich October 27, AD 2013 4 Comments

Family

Liturgical Parenting

Liturgy is a lot like parenting. No. Liturgy IS parenting. Jesus Christ is the groom and His Church the bride. Together they have done a

TJ Burdick October 26, AD 2013 1 Comment

Columnists

Pope Francis, Sin & Creepy Fish

In college I went to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. I am not much of a science geek so I

Theresa Noble October 26, AD 2013 7 Comments

The Walking Dead

As Halloween approaches, I hear people commenting on their costumes, debating the perfect way to capture a vampire, make a ghost, or exemplify a

Emma King October 25, AD 2013 3 Comments

Columnists

Lord, Make My Kid Holy!

Children have minds of their own. They do their own thing and love to find ways to become their own person. This makes it difficult

Matthew Higgins October 25, AD 2013 2 Comments

Columnists

What is the Hail Mary?

Well, the Hail Mary is a historical and biblical phrase addressed by an angel of God to a virgin called Mary. This historic event is

Godwin Delali Adadzie October 23, AD 2013 5 Comments

Columnists

A Singular Vocation

When my fiancé and I were still just dating, we approached our priest and spiritual director and asked him how we might discern if we

Emma King October 23, AD 2013 1 Comment

Columnists

His Burthen is Light

My training is in Classics. That kind of nearly obsessive focus on grammar bears some peculiar fruit in my day to day life. For one,

Sean Connolly October 22, AD 2013 No Comments

Columnists

Why I Don’t Pray the Rosary at Mass

The other day I was at daily Mass when I saw a woman praying a rosary throughout the Liturgy. I was upset, but not just with her; I was upset that we don’t pay enough attention to the beauty of the heavenly liturgy.

Jason Theobald October 22, AD 2013 1 Comment