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November 2017

November 29, 2017

Doubt, Demoralization, and the Company You Keep

More and more of my Catholic friends are struggling to stay Catholic. They are demoralized...

November 16, 2017

Evangelization and Discipleship for the Boys & Girls Who Live At Your House

Up that Register: 11 Ways to Prepare Your Boy to be a Great Priest.* I've never...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Why Does the Ascension Matter?

Jesus isn’t just a warm feeling before we slip into eternal nothing. Heaven is no...

February 2017

February 07, 2017

10 Minutes to Summarize American Culture

If you want to understand where America stands, pay attention to the Super Bowl half-time show....

February 03, 2017

For Your Next Film, Sound, Photography or Design Project . . .

. . . consider calling Sean O'Halloran. I rarely blog about it, but a few...

February 02, 2017

Is Your Catholic School Any Good?

The other week a friend was sharing in a private discussion group about how her...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Behind the Scenes in Catholic Blogging

It is no surprise, given the violence and destruction the enemy is wreaking in the...

April 2016

April 10, 2016

So You Want to Bring Your Kids Back to the Catholic Church?

I spent this weekend with as fine a portion of the Knights of Columbus and...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Easter, Better Late than Never

I would like to tell you something interesting that happened for my Easter present. It...

March 07, 2016

The John 4 Lenten Faith Check

Every Lent we come around to the reading of the royal official whose son was...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

On the Forming of Young Christians

The plan, if all my paperworking comes to fruition, is for 4/4ths of my children...

February 08, 2016

Lent in the School for Evangelization

We Catholics like our programs. Love our programs. So here's this program we have starting...

February 01, 2016

Doing Something Right, Priest Edition

This past week a priest in our region died, suddenly and unexpectedly. He was not...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

The Beautiful Magazine for Sane Women – It’s Out!!!

I am so stinking proud of Elizabeth Scalia for launching Aleteia's new magazine For Her....

December 2015

December 14, 2015

Good Things Priests Do, Episode #328,345,798 . . .

I could spend a very long time listing all the good things I've seen priests...

November 2015

November 15, 2015

Paris and the Battle for the World

In the wake of the attacks on the city of Paris, I was glued to...

November 12, 2015

Return by Brandon Vogt – When Your Child Has Left the Faith, or Before

I had a chance earlier this fall to preview Return by Brandon Vogt. I haven't...

November 01, 2015

Catholic Life Hacks: Truly Last Minute Saint Costume

If you have a group of children who need a saint costume, stat, ask if...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

How to Teach Kids about the “Straw Man” Fallacy

Point them to the internet. In class this morning, the kids got their formal introduction...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Non-Cantankerous Evangelization with St. Jerome and Team

My top two picks for St. Jerome posts today are Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was...

September 27, 2015

Getting Past a 2nd-Grade Faith with Pope Francis

One of my pleasures lately has been the privilege of getting to watch bunches of...

September 15, 2015

Religious Ed Parents Who Don’t Come to Mass – What to Say?

A catechist wrote to me privately asking for ideas on how to invite parents to...

September 01, 2015

Why I Love Facebook and the #1 Secret to Radio Success

This Saturday (Sept 5th) I'll be on Outside the Walls with Timothy Putnam talking about parish...

August 2015

August 23, 2015

Is Your Parish Your Community? Or Not So Much?

The topic of loneliness and exclusion from parish life came up recently, and I threw...

August 19, 2015

Easy, Effective, No-Cost and Low-Cost Catechist Training

It's the time of year when desperate directors of religious education drag parishioners out of...

August 14, 2015

Resources for Small Groups: Life After Sunday

I've written before about the importance of discipleship and the ease with which you can...

July 2015

July 16, 2015

Where Are You Going, Catholic Church?

Patheos is hosting a symposium on "The Future of Faith in America" and you can read...

July 14, 2015

Good Cause: Support Local Catholic Radio – Updated

UPDATE: Here's the link to the Quick Give form (hosted by OSV), where you can...

July 14, 2015

Confederates and Conversion

H/T to Joe Long for the link to this history of the conversion of Nathan...

July 03, 2015

Why Do We Evangelize?

When I wrote on evangelization and discipleship yesterday, an old question came to my attention:...