My first exposure to Mark Hart was when our youth ministry and director of religious education (who I’ll just call “Kelly” for short) started talking about him a few years ago. I first saw Mark Hart in action last year during our summer Confirmation Boot Camp (which I co-teach), when …

Editor’s Note: Today, we welcome a guest article from Marisa Pereira,  founder of the Michaela-Noel clothing brand. I hope you will check out her wonderful website at www.Michaela-Noel.com. Modesty — Our Role as Parents Several weeks ago at church, I noticed a group of high-schoolers who were getting ready for …

Internet, cell phones, TV, and movies all have their definite advantages. However the potential for harm multiplies exponentially when put in the hands of unsupervised youngsters. Although, we Catholic parents did have choices. Just as we preached to our children that they had choices, we had choices. Did we choose …

I love everything about Advent. I love the preparations. I love the colors. I love the devotions and traditions. And, most of all, I love the waiting, the pondering, the plea to Our Dear Lord to “prepare our hearts and make straight our paths” that He may come and we …

Today, I’m pleased to share a video of a wonderful recent presentation by my friend Brandon Vogt, author of the amazing book The Church and New Media. This video was taken at a recent presentation Brandon gave at the Saint Joseph Educational Center. Here’s a brief overview of Brandon’s presentation: …

Lady Gaga is known for her penchant for appearing bizarre both in costume and in music video’s.  This past week Lady Gaga showed up at the Grammy’s in an egg.  Yup, an egg.  When her publicist was interviewed on the red carpet about what statement Lady Gaga was making by …

In high school, I ran cross-country—the only girl on the boys’ cross-country team. Running made me happy and I was good it. But with no girls’ team at my high school, I churned up the hills with the boys’ team. The miles I’d run with my dad and brothers over …