Carlo Acutis is the perfect saint for the modern person. Though he lived before the arrival of the smart phone, Carlo grew up with the internet, Pokémon, and Spider-Man. He enjoyed watching TV with his family, playing video games, and … Continue reading
Recently, I’ve been reading Servant of God Dorothy Day’s autobiography, The Long Loneliness, and I came across a quote that I would consider very applicable to the current state of the Catholic Church. Reflecting on the hypocrisy found within the … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I read an article on the LifeSite News website regarding a retreat being held for gay priests, bishops, brothers, and deacons, as well as the response issued by Fr. James Martin. As you can imagine, homosexuality … Continue reading
As you can imagine, we spend a lot of time in class talking about marriage. And family. And love. And the human person. But back to marriage. Many of our classes touch on the nature of marriage, and this vocation … Continue reading
Natural Family Planning (AKA NFP)- it’s one of the Catholic Church’s largest internal controversies. There are very few other doctrines of the Church that are surrounded by so much mystery and shrouded with so much misunderstanding. Depending on who you … Continue reading
Apparently a lot of people were able to sympathize with my initial relationship with the Catholic Church, as was evidenced by the significant increase in viewers when my post “Loving Christ and Hating His Church: A Conversion Confession” was published … Continue reading
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt rejected upon walking into a church. Sure, people continue to stare when I show up for daily Mass, but I know why. It’s not because they don’t want me there, but because … Continue reading
I remember back when I was in college, one of my professors shared a joke with our class that ended up being very sad, but true. I don’t remember the content of the joke, but the point was this: there … Continue reading
A few weeks back, I posted a blog about catechesis throughout the Church’s history, which posed the question of why religious education programs have largely failed our children over the past few decades. The answer, as it was posited at … Continue reading
Hi everyone! So you may or may not have noticed, the past few blog posts have revolved around evangelization, as inspired by my reading of Matthew Kelly’s book The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic and my DRE orientation a … Continue reading
Love in the Little Things 