Patrick Lencioni, who is perhaps best known for books that teach fundamental principles of leadership and management through novel-like stories filled with bad examples, has turned his sights to America’s Catholic parishes. The Catholic author of books with such titles as The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Death by Meeting, and The Five Temptations of […]
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By John Burger Joan Sheen Cunningham is the niece of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, the pioneering television priest whose body was recently moved from New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral to the cathedral of Peoria, Illinois. As the Catholic world awaits Sheen’s beatification, Cunningham has published a delightful memoir of her getting to know Sheen, who arranged for […]
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by Daniel P. Smith Sr. Helen Prejean’s words come fast, carrying the sharp Louisiana twang engrained in her DNA and fueled by a purpose that rumbles in her soul. A complex and often controversial figure as one of the nation’s foremost critics of the death penalty, Sr. Prejean first entered the nation’s consciousness in 1994. […]
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By Kevin T. DiCamillo Fr. Peter Vasko, O.F.M. is president of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land. Catholic Digest is pleased to offer this recent conversation about the Franciscans’ ministry and mission in the Holy Land. Question 1: How did the Franciscans become the custodians of The Holy Land? Fr. Peter Vasko, O.F.M.: It […]
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By Steve Givens Chris Stefanick believes we often fail in our efforts to evangelize for one simple reason: We don’t speak clearly enough about the power of Jesus to transform lives. “To be really effective in evangelization, you have to make clear what Jesus made clear,” he said in a recent interview with Catholic Digest. […]
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by Steve Givens Bestselling author and popular business and leadership consultant Patrick Lencioni believes in the power of a good story. “Certainly, Jesus is the greatest teacher of all time, and he did it through stories often,” he said in a recent interview with Catholic Digest. “It’s one thing to say, ‘Hey, your father will […]
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by Susie Lloyd Audrey Assad is more than a vocalist; she is a voice. Her music expresses a search for God that is at once inspiring and confounding. One moment ethereal and delicate as a butterfly born aloft on a gentle wind, and the next blown about by rushing winds as it struggles to continue […]
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St. Patrick’s Day is here once again and people all over the world are getting ready to celebrate with festivities and parades. But why is it that St. Patrick’s Day has become such a huge celebratory event? And did he really drive all the snakes from Ireland? Msgr. Fachtna Joseph Harte helps to shed light […]
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by Trent Beattie Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC, is well known —not only for his speaking presentations on Divine Mercy, but for his written ones, as well. The 43-year-old priest from the Marians of the Immaculate Conception has a list of bestsellers that includes Consoling the Heart of Jesus, The ‘One Thing’ Is Three, and 33 […]
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Teresa Tomeo is a well-known Catholic radio and TV personality. She and her husband, Deacon Dominick Pastore, have been speaking together for some time about marriage. Now they have co-authored a book, Intimate Graces: How Practicing the Works of Mercy Brings Out the Best in Marriage, published by Ave Maria Press. Catholic Digest spoke to […]
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