These blog posts go a little more in depth into Catholic theology and why the Church teaches what they do. If you have questions about why Catholics believe the things they do, this is the place for you! Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions you have on these topics.
I come to Jesus, tired and worn. The little day-to-day stressors and to-do lists have piled up until I feel drained and empty—I have nothing left to give. I come…
I remember the first Christmas I found out Santa wasn’t real. My little brother was still young enough to believe and I suddenly found myself confused on how to react…
Catholics have a lot of feast days and celebrations. Seriously—Anyone who says Catholics don’t like to party have obviously never looked at our liturgical calendar… The Church celebrates a certain…
The truth is that I am really afraid of being disliked and forgotten. There is an endless chorus in my heart underneath everything else that whispers: I just want you…
What we do in this life echoes in eternity. That is the famous line of an all-time favorite movie character of mine, Maximus Decimus Meridius, from Gladiator. These words contain…
I recently attended a large Catholic funeral where many people present were either not practicing Catholics or were not Catholic at all. I knew the friends sitting beside me were…
As an online graduate student at the Augustine Institute, being able to visit Colorado and actually sit in the physical lecture hall I had previously only seen in recorded videos…
There are about 51 million Catholics in the U.S., amounting to roughly 1 in 5 Americans. A 2014 survey found that only 39 percent of these Catholics reported attending Mass…
THE ADVICE THAT CHANGED THE MASS FOR ME It was Good Friday and there I was crying in the confessional to some random priest who had the joy of hearing…
HOW TO LIVE OUT THE NEW COMMANDMENT Fact: I have never liked the idea of bending the rules. I actually relish in rules and guidelines. I’m the student who loves…