How has COVID affected young Catholics, what trends are we seeing amongst Catholic youth today? Today, Fr. Conrad is joined by Dr. Josh Packard, Executive Director of Springtide Institute, to discuss what trends we are seeing in the rise and declines of church...
How many of the people that you know, who contracted COVID, are grateful that they got it? I know of no one, other than myself. I contracted COVID-19 and went on an intense and crazy journey. Watch this video interview of my discussion with Drew and Katie Taylor to...
I remember the first Mass I attended after COVID-19 caused lockdowns countrywide and cut off access to the sacraments. I hadn’t been to Mass in more than two months, and I craved the Eucharist more than anything else I’d lost during the pandemic. The Mass was going to...
Summarizing 2020? How can I possibly summarize the year 2020 A.D.? It has been a painful, interesting, exciting, and terrifying year for almost everyone on the planet. I have tried to keep things global in this list, but, as an American, I am simply more aware of what...
Do you remember this past Lent, when we all had that “can-do” spirit to celebrate Holy Week and Easter in the best way possible given our lockdown reality? The bursts of creativity, the flurry of activity on social media, the daily Zoom lessons we learned. ...
We are living in unprecedented times. The tension has become palpable. You can see it on our roads, in stores, even within our churches – people are stressed beyond belief. We live with the media shouting their respective agendas at us 24/7 – pandemic, civil unrest,...
Let’s face it, 2020 has been a year like no other. If you’re anything like me, sometimes you wake up in the morning with a real “what the heck is going on” attitude. But, if you’re anything like me, you might also wake up in the...
