Joe is a husband and father, and with his family has recently moved from Alaska to Michigan. He works "in politics" currently as a Michigan legislative communications staff member. He has also worked as a consultant, a campaign Communications and Press Director, and did a short stint during the 2012 election cycle with CatholicVote. Joe graduated from Ave Maria School of Law a few years ago and has since then been working in politics. He loves outdoor adventures and tackling the path God has placed before him, alongside his family.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Archbishop Allen Vigneron made comments about supporters of “Gay-marriage” and their reception of Communion. The story originally broke in the Detroit Free Press, and was rather sketchy on quotes and sources, but the money-line was in there – supporters of “Gay-marriage” should not receive Communion. The original Free [...]
This was not the post that I was going to publish today. When I realized a few weeks ago that my “posting day” might fall during the first days of the Conclave I knew what I would write about. I would write about my “reversion” to the Catholic Church 7 years ago. I would explain [...]
This fall I have been working at CatholicVote.org. While we do a lot of different things, one of the things we are best known for are the videos we put out. Starting in 2008 we have launched several videos about politics, voting, cultural issues, and the Catholic Church. This year, we wanted to produce a [...]
Before you click away to Pinterest or Facebook because you just can’t handle another anything political, give this post a chance. Give it a chance because it really is our future at stake, and even more grave – the Catholic faith in America as we know it. This election is a big deal. I am not [...]
You’ve signed the petitions, read (and possibly written) the posts, and even changed your Facebook picture to show the Obama Administration how upset you are with their attack on your religious liberty. So there, now they know exactly where you stand. You won’t take this nonsense, to you the Constitution means something, and for that matter, [...]
Desire to be despised, rebuked, calumniated, forgotten, ridiculed, wronged, and suspected. Fear being esteemed, loved, extolled, honored, praised, preferred to others, consulted, and approved. There are no typos. You should desire some and fear others – this is quite opposite of what the world tells you, and frankly what many Catholic blogs tell you. In fact [...]
I will be honest, a week ago I was really scared. It was my wife’s “Due Date” with our second child, and I realized that I was about to double the amount of children I had. Our first, our daughter, was awesome. She was born 6 months after we moved to Alaska, 9 months after [...]
Recently, I have taken up a new pursuit: fur trapping. Knowing this is an emotionally charged topic, I will not to make it a focal point of my post, but I mention it for analogy reasons. You see, as someone new to art, and trust me it is an art, I am starting with basic [...]
Life is hard, and there are going to be days where it seems that your world is caving in around you. For most of us, those days usually involve death, failure, sin, or some other monumental event. Then there are the days where we feel almost as bad due to some big disappointment, but to [...]
The problem with pleasure isn’t that it exists. In other words, it isn’t the same thing as the problem of evil. The problem isn’t that pleasure exists, no, it is how we seek it and what we seek it from that is the problem. I was discussing this with a friend the other night and I [...]
I want to #occupyyourheart for a few minutes. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) We can’t turn around without hearing about the economic woes of the world. Everywhere we look there is a story about market crashes, foreclosures, bailouts, failures, greed, or a general belief that there is a systematic collapse of financial institutions occurring. People have [...]
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. This I command you, to love one another. “If the world hates you, know [...]
If you are reading this, well then you read blogs. Chances are you probably write one, or have, or will. We all love our faith, no doubt about it. We all think we have something important to say about it too, and many of us do. But few of us will ever grow up to [...]
“Who is like God?” This is the translated meaning of ‘Michael’. The Captain of the Heavenly Hosts, the Angelic Warrior that cast Lucifer from Heaven for eternity, Guardian of Paradise. The question is as haunting as it is triumphant. “Who is like God?” It is mostly rhetorical, but it seems to call for an answer, [...]
No one said this would be easy. Living as a Catholic in the world, but not being of the world – yeah, it is hard. And if you don’t think it is hard, either give me your secret or quit lying to yourself. God told us that we would be hated, that some of us [...]
Hi…I am a little nervous writing here which is kind of weird for me, since I don’t really get nervous. But when I was asked to write for this awesome new site, I was completely surprised. First, I am on the older end of the spectrum of “Young” at 32 years old. Second, I am [...]
Q. How do you pronounce “ignitum”? A. Well, you have some options. The Romans would have said ig-NEE-toom. In church, we’d say “in-YEE-toom.”
Why?
If you are interested in contributing at IGNITUM TODAY, and you are a young adult between the ages of 14-39 who is faithful to the Magisterium, please tell us a little about yourself.
Click here.
Connect
Connect with us on the following social media platforms.