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February 2022

February 03, 2022

The Catholic Thought of Fr. Matthew P. Schneider LC

Let's face it. Social media is a regular part of our everyday lives. It helps...

January 2022

January 17, 2022

BCCT: Some Internet Writing Advice

THE COMMENT I got this comment recently from a reader. Well, from someone who should...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

BCCT- A Taste of Newer Patheos Catholic

If anyone is a regular reader of this blog, you might have noticed that I...

October 2021

October 22, 2021

Biblical Evidence for Dave Armstrong

Before we dive into Dave Armstrong's blog of infinite biblical apologetics, lets take a look...

October 21, 2021

Scott Eric Alt Gives A Defence

These sacraments are permanent and unrepeatable, and no sin cancels them: baptism, initiation, marriage, and...

September 2021

September 24, 2021

BCCT: What is Your Calling to Creativity?

Back in the last millennium, St. Pope John Paul 2 crafted his letter to artists....

September 10, 2021

BCCT Assigned to this Place and Time

Collecting Spiritual Quotes What follows is going to be relatively long, so those who do...

July 2021

July 14, 2021

Some Catholic Hot Takes

A Broad Chorus of Catholic Thinkers The diversity of thought within Catholic teaching, like variety...

July 01, 2021

Listing to a Broad Chorus of Catholic Thinkers in June 2021

Modern Christianity in its cheerier forms, consists in a broad chorus of Catholic thinkers, who want...

June 2021

June 23, 2021

The Spirituality of Fr. James Martin

A Prayer of Welcome Loving God, Open our hearts to those most in need: The...

May 2021

May 28, 2021

The Wisdom of Steve Skojec

Sometimes the road to God is long, hard and dark. You hope that God will...

February 2021

February 04, 2021

In Defense of Fr. Casey Cole

Recently a video appeared in social media feeds by a youngish looking Catholic Franciscan priest...

January 2021

January 16, 2021

Meet the Speakers of A Better Discourse

In a previous post I talked about the Good Discourse Conference January 22 - 24,...

December 2020

December 18, 2020

Christmas Thoughts During Advent

There is more to Christmas than just Christ’s birth. It serves as the beginning of...

November 2020

November 13, 2020

A Non-Political Post about Encouraging Positive Catholics

This post may not be successful as it is being posted on Friday the 13th. ...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

Patheos Catholic Advice

Here is some good Catholic spiritual advice. Give Everything Back to God Be a Witness...

October 18, 2020

The TBG of Catholic Speculative Fiction Writers

I believe that all human beings have quirks. Some harmless and meaningless and some detrimental...

October 16, 2020

A Tribute to Thomas Howard

Of your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Thomas Howard, to...

October 13, 2020

Knowing and Loving God: A Mediation in Quotes

The more we learn about our Catholic faith the more we will learn about the...

October 10, 2020

100 Posts and 100 Years Ago…

This Post 100 Posts and 100 Years Ago… This Year… 2020 This is the year...

September 2020

September 27, 2020

21 Catholic Voices

In our posts 50 Years of Catholic History During My Life: The First 25 and...

September 23, 2020

12 Interesting Fascinating Catholics and Christians

Our Catholic world is filled with interesting and fantastic stories of ordinary and extraordinary people,...

September 02, 2020

Catholic Thoughts of Patheos Catholic

I got into a FB conversation with an individual I'll call Joe Trad. Joe Trad...

August 2020

August 22, 2020

The Wisdom of Catholic Rigorous Vortex

Just what is the Catholic Rigorous Vortex? The Rigorous Catholics often declare something sinful where...

August 17, 2020

Church Militant’s Better Doppelganger

In a previous post I talked about Not Not Listening To Our Doppelganger. The chief way...

August 04, 2020

New Media Catholics

Books. Radio. TV. Blogs. Podcasts. Youtube Videos. These are the media apparatuses used by talented...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

The Society of Ignatius Press

Several interesting things happen in the last year of the 70's, 1979. The Bishop of...

July 22, 2020

My Badass Post of Feminine Genius

When I wrote my blog, post entitled 12 Catholics I Admire, someone commented Looking forward...

July 10, 2020

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious Interview

Our World is Chock Full of Mysteries. Mysterious (mist·ris), a. [f. L. mysterium MYSTERY1 +...

July 08, 2020

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious Poem

The Glories of the Past Ancient Egypt was a unique culture whose magic reaches down...