“Joy is a choice, just like love. We can either chase the feeling or choose the reality.” Joy comes from the fact that you know that God is here and that you are known and loved by Him. In Fr. Mike Schmitz’s keynote address, he shares profound insights on joy. The Christian life is a pursuit of the One who loved us first, the One in whom we find our true joy.
Read moreTo Make Our Households Holy →
Marriage and family are the foundation of a strong, healthy society. Where marriages break up and families collapse, communities suffer the effects of instability through maladies such as crime, poverty, drug use and malaise.
Read moreHow Does a Christian Respond in Times of Social Crisis? →
The current political, moral, societal and economic environment appears for some to be a barren wasteland. Things we used to take for granted-faith, marriage, family, morality, truth-appear to be relics of the past. Even within the Church we constantly hear about the crisis of vocations, the growing number of unaffiliated Catholics and the general lull in people who are practicing the faith. … What is the role of the Church amidst such erosion? What is our task in a world torn by violence, hedonism and strife?
Read moreA Primer on Biblical Masculinity - Bishop Robert Barron →
In this 46-minute video, Bishop Barron is interviewed on a podcast on masculinity. He discusses Biblical masculinity using King David extensively as an example and explaining what these Biblical stories have to say to us as Christian men today. What is it to be a man, especially a Christian man? Watch to the end to get Bishop Barron’s take.
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