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Last updated on: May 10, 2026 at 6:14 am by Mark Wilson

Meet the Catholic Bards 2026-05-10T06:14:39-05:00 Mark Wilson

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I have gotten a good response from various authors wanting to share thoughts on writing and what it means to be a good Catholic writer. So, I decided that My wife and I should also participate in my own interview so readers and writers can get to know us as we get to know the people who let us in on the inner workings of their creative writing life. This is being published on the 6th anniversary of the Catholic Bard. It was first published on Mother’s Day 2020. 2026 also happens to land on Mother’s Day. I want to say I love my mom Louise Wilson in heaven along with my heavenly mother Mary and my mother in-law on earth Kathy Nealon who looks after my wife and I. I love you moms.

So Intertwined with the 2026 interview is our shorter interview taken from Getting to Know Patheos Writers Part 1
(Sunday June 28, 2020). We’ve got a lot to say so now you get to..

Meet the Catholic Bards

1. Tell something interesting about yourself.

Mark: I seemed to have always been around or worked in a Catholic environment.

I’ve worked in a Catholic bookstore located in a mall with a chapel next door run by the Carmelites.

I have a master’s in theology from Franciscan University and have worked as the program director at CatholicTV.

I’ve also worked in a Catholic nursing home and now a secularized Episcopal nursing home.

Some of the most significant people in my life have been Catholic in some way shape or form.

I had a very Catholic father married to my wonderful Methodist mother and have a very Catholic wife. Our adopted daughter became Catholic but no longer practices. But she was sponsor to her ex-boyfriend when he became Catholic and is now in a cloistered Marinate monastery. My closest friend Marshall became Catholic after persecuting me for being Catholic. He’s now a professional counselor having gotten a master’s from Franciscan like I did, but in a different field. He’s also a Knight of Columbus, which I signed up to be one when I went to the R.I. Men of St. Josephs conference recently. Kristin and Marshall, I both meet while attending Fitchburg State College as well as my good friend Dave Patten, Dave Dube and several others.

There is a lot more, but that’s enough for now.

Kristin: I am a twin, a Secular Carmelite (ocds), a Certified Spiritual Director. I am also a person who has seizures, suffers from depression, learning disabilities, and can’t keep organized. Is that interesting? It’s me in the mirror. I am also a child of a loving and merciful God. That is the most important thing to be.

2. What makes a good Catholic writer?

Mark: Someone who knows how to write well about Catholic things. You can have a good Catholic but a bad writer. You can have a good writer but a bad Catholic. A bad Catholic or a non-Catholic can still be a good Catholic writer. The non-Catholic Robert Bolt wrote the Faithful A Man for All Seasons.

Kristin: God! God makes good Catholic writers! He gives them the gift’s they need, the life experiences, tools and imagination.

3. What do you like about being a Catholic/Christian Writer?

Mark: Being Catholic is my identity as a person. Writing is a gift that has been granted to me by God. He has even given me a platform where I can use that gift on a regular basis. I can combine my gifts as a writer with my identity as a person. What a sweet deal.

Kristin: I like when poetry comes spewing out of my pen faster than I can write. When holy words and holy ideas just land right in front of me. It has not happened like that in quite sometime. It will again if I listen for the voice of a silent loud God. If He will it and I pay attention it will happen again.

3.1 What do you like about being a Catholic Patheos Writer? (2020)

Mark: I get to finally do something cool with my creativity and college degree. I actually feel inspired and motivated to actually write something worth publishing instead of just browsing Facebook and making book and movie lists.

Kristin: I like writing and I like being a secular Carmelite. When I can bring those two together along with my day to day spiritual life and ordinary everyday life it then becomes a perfect mixture of who I am and who I want to become.

4. What is the Main focus of your particular Writing or what do you like to write about?

Mark: The main focus of my writing is my blog. I write about Catholic things. I also write about entertainment, history, current events and highlight other Catholic writers.

Kristin: When I do write it is usually about my faith, about life and love, suffering and hope. My poetry is about the depth of God’s love for us. I like to write poetry and spiritual reflections. I like to combine the two.

4.1 What is the Main focus of your particular blog? (2020)

Mark: I share this blog with my wife. Her focus and my focus are a little bit different. My focus is to highlight the work of other Catholics, such as what I’m doing with this particular post. I also will focus on reflections and reviews of movies, tv shows, books, interesting things, possible current events, short creative fiction, Catholic spirituality and catechesis and everyday life living with my spouse and the various people in my life, family, friends, etc.

Kristin: My blog reflects my faith and my everyday life.

5. How does your Catholic Faith influence your writing?

Mark: Because my main identity is being Catholic, that is also my worldview in which I look at the world. My worldview shapes everything I do, or should anyway. My reflections on life, entertainment, history, social issues, and current events I hope are shaped by my Catholic worldview.

Kristin: I use my poetry to write about faith and love, about suffering and hope. I reflect on life and death on meaning and purpose. I use it as a form of prayer. My writing is because of my faith.

6, What’s your favorite article/Post/book/story you have written?

This post on how our marriage works is a good one.

Our relationship has lasted because we each picked..

Someone we enjoyed being around.
Someone we loved talking to.
Someone we could laugh with.
Someone who had the same goals.
Someone we wanted to come home to.
Someone we had built memories with over a period of time.
Someone we wanted to keep making memories with.
Someone we were dedicated to serving.
Some we loved unconditionally.

The Secret To Long Lasting Relationships

After witnessing the many online disputes between writers that I like, arguing and calling each other names, I thought, ‘Hey we should all try to get along for the sake of unity in Christ.” Afterall were planning on spending eternity together and will probably be in purgatory till we learn how to love the person we least like. I honestly believe that we will spend time in being purged until we all learn to play nice with the people we exchange sharp jabs with online. So we all better try to get along NOW. This series of thoughts made me want to forgive my wife and not be mad at her anymore, and to ask for forgiveness in return for carrying on about what I was upset about as opposed to offering it up and adjusting.

Here is one on how to get along with fellow Christians.

Learn To Get Along Here, Or In Purgatory | Mark Wilson

Mark: I really enjoyed my 1889 series.

Notable People Alive In 1889 | A Link List To The Catholic Bard Series On Those Alive In 1889 Series.

I liked my post about the Immaculate Conception and history.

Around 70 posts ago, The Catholic Bard first began its mission to provide the world with more uplifting and engaging Catholic relevant spiritual content.

70 years ago, the dogma of Assumption of Mary was first promulgated by Ven. Pius XII
The Same Year St. Mother Teresa Founded the Missionaries of Charities.
The Same Year St. Maria Goretti was canonized a saint.
The Same Year ‘The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe’ is first published.
The Same Year Evelyn Waugh publishes Helena. This book follows the quest of Helena of Constantinople to find the relics of the cross on which Christ was crucified. Helena, a Christian, was the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine I. Much like Mary is the Mother of Christ who was crucified and who looks for her lost children.

The Immaculate Connections | Mark Wilson

I currently like my Meet The Catholic Writers | A Link List To The Catholic Bard’s Meet The Writer Series

I enjoy making timelines and writing about history.

What I Love And How I Write About History | Mark Wilson

I also like my personal posts, posts about writing and when I write about other writers. Search the blog out and you’ll find some good stuff.

What type(of )writer are you?

I think that depends on what type (of) reader you are.

That question reminds me of this quote.

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”― Stephen King

If your someone like me who is constantly skimming their way through mostly online articles and blogs and grabbing bits and chunks of them, you’ll end up writing posts with lots of other people’s quotes. If your constantly browsing and surfing and catching titles and synopsis of things you’ll end up like me by making lists of books, movies, music, and other people with perhaps links and videos of them in your blog post.

I guess that is what type of writer I am.

What Type(of)Writer Are You? | Kristin Wilson

Kristin: One of my favorite poems by me is about giving blood.

Blood

See the source image

Dying baby receives blood
Grateful for ten strangers love
Healthy I grew and came to say
It is finally my turn to give blood away.

I try to donate but they say “NO!”
I can never give blood they tell me so.
So sad was I when I hung up the phone
Just lay down to cry alone.

Then I turned my thoughts to prayer
Knowing that my God would care
For there is blood more precious than mine,
True gift from our Brother Divine.

Now I hand out His holy cup at Mass.
Such an honor to give Blood at last!

6.1 What’s your favorite article/Post you have written? (2020)

Mark: I’m not sure. But I should pick one. The love letter to my wife about how we meet. It’s personal, heartfelt and will make my wife go Awww. Making her happy is very dear and important to me. Love Trumps Surprises

After the PC party I drove Kris back to her condo in Warwick. It had been another fun night together. I was gonna leave but we starting mutually kissing. I hadn’t planned on it, but the moment just happen. We have a history of dating and not dating.

Kristin: I think the posts about Lectio Devina. I hope to do more like that. Blessed Eye-Opening Questions: Lectio Divina Reflection

So now I look at the be-attitudes, how I ought to be, and ask myself what applies to me.

7. What is your favorite topic/subject to write about?

2026:

Mark: My favorite articles exemplify what topics I like to write about.

Kristin: This question for me has the same answer as question 5.

2020: What is your favorite Catholic topic to write about?

Mark: I like making lists of quotes of different wise things people say, because. “I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.” ― Marlene Dietrich

Kristin: Spirituality. Poetry. Life and Death. History. Sadness and Hope. Love and Sacrifice.

8. Favorite scripture verse.

Mark: My favorite scripture verses are found in a passage from the Catechism.

The Church prays that no one should be lost: “Lord, let me never be parted from you.” If it is true that no one can save himself, it is also true that God “desires all men to be saved” (1 Tim 2:4), and that for him “all things are possible” (Mt 19:26). CCC 1058

Kristin: For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end. –Jeremiah 29:11

9, What Are you currently working on?

Mark: My Meet the Writer Series. It is getting close to the end of submissions. I think there will be more on the way. Not sure what I will specifically work on next.

Kristin: Nothing really though I should when it comes to writing. However I am working on getting my prayer life in better order. I’m also trying to eat healthier, become more organized and live safely in spite of my seizures.

10, Name a favorite saint or Catholic or some other figure who inspires you in your life.

Mark: I would say my dad. Harold Wilson. He taught me the importance of faith and what it means to dedicate your life to Christ and others. Especially how to love your wife. What a great role model of a man. My non-Catholic mother is also a model of virtue for me. Everyday I’m inspired by my partner and companion on the journey. Kristin Wilson.

Kristin: Therese of Lisieux

11. Who is your favorite Living Writer?

2026:

Mark: Nothing much has changed since 2020 in terms of my answer.

Kristin: Nothing much has changed since 2020 in terms of my answer.

2020:

Mark: There are so many it’s hard to pick just one. Someone else already said Peter Kreeft. It was his book Fundamentals of the Faith that led me back to being Catholic when I wasn’t.

There are things wrong with the sola scriptura doctrine. First, it separates Church and Scripture. But they are one. They are not two rival horses in the authority race, but one rider (the Church) on one horse (Scripture). The Church as writer, canonizer, and interpreter of Scripture is not another source of revelation but the author and guardian and teacher of the one source, Scripture. We are not taught by a teacher without a book or by a book without a teacher, but by one teacher, with one book, Scripture.
-Peter Kreeft , The Authority of the Bible Catholic Education Resource Center

But I will say on spiritual issues I would say yes their my favorites along with Mark Shea.

For movie reviews, Steven D. Greydanus

“Along with Batman v. Superman and Godzilla vs. Kong, I suppose we’ll get Frankenstein vs. Dracula, and perhaps Transformers vs. G.I. Joe in the HasbroVerse, and Warcraft vs. Angry Birds in the GameVerse — not to be confused with the BoardgameVerse of Battleship vs. Risk and Chutes and Ladders vs. Candy Land.

And eventually all of these shared universes will collide with all of the others, including Alien vs. Predator and Freddy vs. Jason, in a Brobdingnagian rumble pitting Jedi against Pirates of the Caribbean, Terminators against Borg, and Muppets against Smurfs, world without end. Even if for some inexplicable reason that doesn’t happen, the LegoVerse will make it happen”
― Steven D. Greydanus, Kong: Skull Island (2017) Decent Films

For Novels I like the early Dean Koontz

“All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined—those dead, those living, those generations yet to come—that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands. Every hour in every life contains such often-unrecognized potential to affect the world that the great days and thrilling possibilities are combined always in this momentous day.”
― Dean Koontz, From the Corner of His Eye

and I think J.K. Rowling is a great story teller.

“There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.”
― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

My Favorite Novel is ‘A Walk to Remember’. It made me laugh and cry. I think I feel in love with the girl. A friend of ours looks like Mandy Moore who played that character in the movie.

“It wasn’t that long, and it certainly wasn’t the kind of kiss you see in movies these days, but it was wonderful in its own way, and all I can remember about the moment is that when our lips touched, I knew the memory would last forever.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

The type of writer I would try to emulate in my writing is Dave Barry.

“You can put suspenders on a salamander, but it still won’t make waffles. See what I mean? That sentence makes absolutely no sense, but I got paid to write it. It’s printed right here in a published book!”
― Dave Barry, Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster): Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry

The writer I have the most intimate relationship of course is my fellow partner in Catholic Bard. My Wife.

Dark and cramped, the occupants of Anna’s womb agreed that it was time to break free from their fleshly confines and see the real world whether she was ready or not. The girl who would be known later as the risk taker among risk takers gave her adopting mother quite the sudden kick as she searched for a way out.
Kristin Wilson, Welcome to 100 Years Ago: Born into a Secret Society of Time Travelers (The Angleus Demension)

Kristin: My favorite living writer is my husband is because he is my best friend.

The bed zoomed by the river of mattress at approximately mach. 20 and the bed was just in second gear. The super slick highly powered beanbag chairs continued in hot pursuit. KABOOM!, went a pile of mattress as a big fat missile rocketed past the bed and embedded into them. Getting shot at in some surreal part of the universe was just another casual day for Raymond and his gang of high-spirited cross-dimensional travelers.
Mark Wilson, Untitled Action/Adventure/Mystery/Comedy/Romantic/ Story/ High School Creative Writing Project.

12, If you could have lunch with any deceased writer who would it be, what would you eat and what would you talk about?

2026:

Mark: How about lunch with Mark Twain author of Tom Sawyer, J.M. Barrie author of Peter Pan, Kenneth Graham author of Wind in the Willows and Lucy Maud Montgomery author of Anne of Green Gables. We would meet in a section of Canada and eat Ice Cream strolling along in a local zoo and talk about our stories and story ideas which involve children and animals and fantasy worlds.

Kristin: (My answer is below Mark’s list of writers and it is a good answer, I think anyway. Thinking about it further I would like to have lunch with St. Therese of Lisieux. We would go to a place with French baguettes and we would drink Orangina. We would talk about her life as a child and her life in the convent.

2020:

Mark: Fr. Benedict Groeshel. We would talk about spirituality and I would ask him all my scrupulous questions about the Catholic faith. I think having lunch at Bertucci’s would be good because they give you those free rolls and it has good ambiance.

I think divine illumination operates in our spiritual lives in somewhat the same way as a single candle. God promises to shine his light on our pathway, but usually only a few steps ahead at a time. Although on rare occasions a floodlight may break through our fleshly fog, we tend to complain that we’ve been given only flashlights—with batteries that seem to go dead right
Fr. Benedict Groeschel, Quiet Moments: With Benedict Groeschel, 120 Daily Readings

I think I would also like St. Pope John Paul 2 to be there also to give his insights also. Maybe also Fulton Sheen. We could also pray together after.

“Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to give you a few ideas. When you put them down, they never get mad; when you take them up again, they seem to enrich you all the more.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life is Worth Living

But I would also say L. Frank Baum and C.S. Lewis.

Having heard old Mombi pronounce the magic words, and having also succeeded in bringing the Saw-Horse to life, Tip did not hesitate an instant in speaking the three cabalistic words, each accompanied by the peculiar gesture of the hands.

It was a grave and impressive ceremony.

As he finished the incantation the Thing shuddered throughout its huge bulk, the Gump gave the screeching cry that is familiar to those animals, and then the four wings began flopping furiously.

Tip managed to grasp a chimney, else he would have been blown off the roof by the terrible breeze raised by the wings. The Scarecrow, being light in weight, was caught up bodily and borne through the air until Tip luckily seized him by one leg and held him fast. The Woggle-Bug lay flat upon the roof and so escaped harm, and the Tin Woodman, whose weight of tin anchored him firmly, threw both arms around Jack Pumpkinhead and managed to save him. The Saw-Horse toppled over upon his back and lay with his legs waving helplessly above him.

And now, while all were struggling to recover themselves, the Thing rose slowly from the roof and mounted into the air.
L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz

We could talk about the art of writing fantasy and creativity. I think there are a lot of places that you could go in that wood between the worlds.

“As he rose to his feet he noticed that he was neither dripping nor panting for breath as anyone would expect after being under water. His clothes were perfectly dry. He was standing by the edge of a small pool—not more than ten feet from side to side in a wood. The trees grew close together and were so leafy that he could get no glimpse of the sky. All the light was green light that came through the leaves: but there must have been a very strong sun overhead, for this green daylight was bright and warm. It was the quietest wood you could possibly imagine. There were no birds, no insects, no animals, and no wind. You could almost feel the trees growing. The pool he had just got out of was not the only pool. There were dozens of others—a pool every few yards as far as his eyes could reach. You could almost feel the trees drinking the water up with their roots. This wood was very much alive.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew

Kristin: John the Apostle. We would go to Mass and after that we would eat bread and fish. We would talk about what it was like to know Jesus the way he knew him. Also basic historical facts. Did Mary go to the last supper. If that is your mother and it’s the last supper you would totally invite her, especially if her spouse is dead, as History tells us although I don’t think it’s written anywhere.

When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” John 2: 3-5

The Apostle Saint John Evangelist by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1611)

13. Name a favorite movie/tv show or music you find worth sharing with others.

Mark: The Chosen is the best depiction of the life of Christ I have ever seen. Some of my favorite films consist of Back to the Future, 12 Monkeys, and Memento. I like old time comedy and slapstick with the likes of The Marx Brothers, Abbot and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and The Three Stooges.

I like all types of music. Kristin and I have seen The High Kings, an Irish band in concert two times. A third time is coming up this summer. And I have tickets to see Weird Al’s Bigger and Weirder tour. Looking forward to that.

The current TV shows Kristin and I have watched include the Hallmark time travel show The Way Home and the supernatural comedy Ghosts.

I also like the books The Proud Tree, To Kill a Mockingbird, and A Walk to Remember.

Kristin: The series The Chosen, (or is it just called) Chosen is great. Historically accurate, no but the important parts are. It makes you think about the added information that did not make it into lasting text but was very real in the life of Jesus.

14. Can you see one of your books being made into a movie or tv series?

Mark: I used to make a lot of videos. My bachelor’s is in video production. I can see anything I’ve written turned into a video of some kind. I’ve gotten away from making videos but I do want to venture back into doing it.

Kristin: Highly unlikely. I like to write poetry. Poetry is not usually turned into a movie. I did write a sci-fi time travel book. It was difficult and not high quality and not my usual genre.

15, Favorite Historical event.

Mark: The years 1889, 1925, 1937 and 1977. I’ve written timelines of those years. So many interesting things have happened in all of them. Also I would say Fall 1992. That was the day I was walking into the school cafeteria at Fitchburg State College. I said to the pretty young red head walking up the stairs with me “What’s so great about being straight?”. Thus, a friendship that turned into marriage and is still going to this day was born.

Kristin: The Resurrection of Christ.

The icon of Holy and Great Saturday, portraying the Harrowing of Hades

This interview was published on May 10, 2026

The day these events took place

1869 – The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.

The ceremony for the driving of the “Last Spike” at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869

1908 – Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.

Maternal Admiration, painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

1962 – Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.

Hulk Issue # 1

1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.

Front and side of a blank Sony L-750 Betamax videocassette without label attached.

2020: The first Catholic Bard post was published on Mother’s Day. By The Light Of My Prayer | Mark Wilson

We Are Writers

I am so thankful for this opportunity to write for Patheos
It is all due to my husband
And a woman named Rebecca who I have yet to meet, even via social media
And yet I am thankful for her

We write differently, Mark and I
I’m the poet though not always a rhymer
I like to reflect
Remembering and showing concern for situations

I thank you Rebecca and my dear husband Mark
Thank God for this page online
I hope my writing is welcomed by other readers and writers
Only so that I do not get thrown off the page

Catholic Bard
Kristin Wilson O.C.D.S.

16, What else do you want people to know about anything.

Mark: Love God. Love Your Neighbor. Take Christ seriously. If you don’t know Christ, get to know Him. Embrace his church and if your Catholic Be Catholic. Embrace your talents God gave you and love the people He puts in your path. Don’t be afraid to venture out and love people. Enjoy life with your friends and family. Don’t be afraid to experience sadness, fear, and happiness and joy. Embrace all of life and Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry.

Kristin: I want people to know that the sacraments are the most wonderful thing in all of creation.

BONUS QUESTION (2020)

If you are named a Saint, what would you be named patron saint of?

Mark: Patron Saint of People who have to deal with difficult people you are supposed to love and have patience with. Also creative people who struggle to be creative because they can’t sleep and have ADHD.

Kristin: Patron Saint of Epilepsy, Depression and being a twin.

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