Next week, on September 8th, the Church will celebrate a feast that is strange to most Christians. The feast is called the Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary. In other words, it’s Mary’s birthday. Bear with me for a quick second.
Today is Reformation Day, the day that in 1517 Fr. Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of Wittenburg Castle Church in Germany,
Healing Wounds Begins With Radical Love It’s a beautiful Autumn Sunday morning at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The homily is over, the Creed has been
The continuous setbacks and attacks on religious liberty that plague men and women of faith in the United States and across the world require responses and actions
Imagine the setup: 27 year-old guy, home alone on a Friday night, 9:30pm and heading to bed. That was me a few weeks ago. Am
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
Why would a successful producer with 16 years of high-level experience and an offer to become the lead production manager for one of the most
I’m one of those guys that, for the most part, tends to brush off ‘sensationalist’ comments about the culture. You know what I’m talking about,
Join a live discussion tonight, August 13, 2013 at 8pm on the topic: “A Practical Discussion about Leaving the Convent.” The panel is a diverse
Let’s get two things out there: I am a terrible lover, and I’m not known for being an extraordinarily loving either. A terrible lover –
Music fans everywhere now invited to become patrons of ‘good music’ NASHVILLE, TN – The Love Good Music campaign officially launched today with a web-based
One of the fruits of the Council and the New Evangelization as a whole is the lay apostolate: lay men and women discerning and identifying
Christmas is almost here! There’s only one thing that might worry you more than making it to Midnight Mass on time or keeping off the
In January of 2006, just short of my 20th birthday, I stood in front a priest, my friends, and 2,000 people at a parish and
Greg and Jennifer Willits, co-hosts of the Catholics Next Door, formerly on the Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Catholic Channel, announced the re-launch of their podcast program
There”s a lot of great ways to engage in the Year of Faith. One of them is reading. Often times, folks don”t know where to
Last week I published a post called “5 Tips That Will Change The Way You Think About Confession.” Overall it had great reviews. It resonated
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
Dear Fathers, We are writing this letter to you today because we have some things we want to say to you. Some things are easier
Catholic nuns. When you think of them, you may harken back to grade school, or your great aunt Sister Mary, or maybe even Sally Field
For the average practicing Catholic, dating can be really fun. After all, you’re young, ready to discern marriage, and maybe even ready to start a family of your own. But when it comes to the questions…
