My wife and I were heading to a pub to meet some friends. Kate was bringing her acquaintance Bill, a self-proclaimed atheist. Her goal was
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
When the topic arises, some people ask why we should consider consecrating ourselves to St. Joseph. Father Donald Calloway’s new book, Consecration to St. Joseph, answers this, and
If you’re looking for new spiritual reading this Lent, I highly recommend Bathe Seven Times, a contemplative look at the seven capital sins, written by
These days, if you want to record a program on TV, you can simply press a button to make it happen. Not so in the
Like most converts, becoming Catholic was the last thing on my mind. The first church I ever attended was Sunset Wesleyan Church in La Puente,
Somewhere between Norway and the North Pole, in a remote, permafrost-covered area of the Arctic called Svalbard, lies a vault. Named the “Global Seed Vault”,
Off the Shelf 166 – Dan Burke This week on Off the Shelf Dan Burke joins me to discuss a powerful and much needed topic……the
Goth is passé. Although the goth subculture has shown more staying power than did the “flower children” of the 1960s, its “counterculture” largely shows up
Consider this: We should not think that holiness is only meant for a select few. We are all called to be holy, but how many
In January, over at the National Schismatic Reporter (as Fr. John Zuhlsdorf calls it, AKA Fishwrap), one of its ace reporters was not happy. He
Like most people, I learn from experience. When I’m told not to touch the hot stove because it is hot and will burn me, I
Although some Catholics may know of St. Maurus, the blessing of St. Maurus appears to be something of a well-kept secret. It seems that few
The humility God has shown to humanity never ceases to astound me. The Incarnation of the Lord is the poignant foundation stone of that spirit
There is a deep and abiding beauty to the journey of Lent that many in our modern era have forgotten. For some, Lent has been
Off the Shelf 165 – Joseph Pronechen This week we spend some time focusing on the messages given to us at Fatima by our Mother Mary.
This is part two of my healing from addiction to marijuana through my consecration to Jesus through Mary and the miracle on the Feast of
They say that every family needs somebody like me. Your family probably even has someone like me. I am ‘The Careful One.’ I am the
Parenting today is tough. It used to be that all we had to worry about was keeping our lids away from the bad group of
There are many takes on what Jesus meant when He told His listeners, “I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone
The challenge of how to fix the Church in the 21st century is both material and spiritual, as St. Francis of Assisi discovered when he
Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Melancholic or sanguine? Thinker or Feeler? Should you explored the Enneagram, or leave that one alone? Have personality
