At the Service of Truth
I recently had the pleasure of attending Sean McAfee’s class on the Social Media Magisterium. Among the readings was Pope Paul VI’s 1972 Message for the World Social…
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Parish Bulletins with a Purpose
Is the bulletin something we just do in Catholic parishes? Or something we do with a mission, a sense of purpose, a strategy? It’s not a stretch to…
The Luckiest Man in the Bible
In our all too self-centered society, the attraction of “personal drama” and “woe is me” thinking is pervasive. Every public figure and celeb has some mega-emotional story of…
Making the Gospel Sticky
He [Jesus] spoke to them another parable. “The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flouruntil the whole batch…
Let the Cross Do the Talking
Have you ever been given the perfect opportunity to share your faith but could not think of the right words to say? Later, the right words come to…
Getting Others to Listen to the Gospel
The Gospel is the Good News. So why does it seem so often like people do not want to hear it? Have you ever tried to teach a…
The Pope Wrote Us a Letter!
The Pope wrote me a letter. Yes, you read that correctly. I received a personal, emotional, instructive and wise missive from my Holy Father. It came in the…
Fielding Hot Potatoes: Mothers as Evangelists
The time: A weekday morning The place: A parish church The scene: A young mother, holding her baby and leading several older children, is leaving the church after…
Gracious Communication in the Internet Age
Today was going along just fine — productive, happy, and relatively stress free — until a certain email crossed my desk. The name and subject of the email…
Just Talk to Me
Just a short walk from my home is a cozy cafe that I visit daily. Many evenings I can be found sipping a great Fair Trade blend of…