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A Joyful Sacrifice: How Men Can Prepare for Marriage
In our vocations crisis, we mostly focus on the priesthood and religious life, but a new dimension of this crisis falls fast upon us....
Jared Staudt
Feb 8, 20244 min read


Educating for what matters most
(Photo: Denver Catholic Staff) January 28 kicks off Catholic Schools Week, timed to coincide with the patron of Catholic education’s...
Jared Staudt
Jan 27, 20243 min read


St. Augustine, Florida: The Catholic Plymouth Rock
Florida, that land fancied by Ponce de Leon as a bouquet of Paschal flowers, stands at the beginning of the Catholic story of the United...
Jared Staudt
Jan 25, 20244 min read


Strangers and Sojourners: Reflecting on Another Move and the Search for Reality
I began the New Year with another move. My wife, Anne, and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary this past year. During this time, we...
Jared Staudt
Jan 11, 20243 min read


The Catholic Way: Lessons from an Imperial Family
Detail from the cover of The Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times by Eduard Habsburg. (Design by Jess LaGreca, Mayfly Design)...
Jared Staudt
Dec 28, 20234 min read


The Eucharistic Gift of Christmas
(Photo: Adobe Stock, edited) Human beings get hungry. It’s part of our biological nature. But, as spiritual beings, we also feel a higher...
Jared Staudt
Dec 14, 20234 min read


The Battle Is Real: A Guide for Spiritual Warfare
For decades, we tried canceling the devil, refraining from talking much about him, or bothering much with him at all. Catholics thought...
Jared Staudt
Nov 23, 20233 min read


The gift of a father: How love leads to vocations
In the beginning is the Father. He is the source and goal of all life. From him flows communion through the gift of his entire life to...
Jared Staudt
Nov 9, 20234 min read


Pope Benedict XVI: The Doctor of the Church for Our Time
The word “doctor” means teacher, not healer, which is why we call certain saints “Doctors of the Church.” They are the great teachers who...
Jared Staudt
Oct 19, 20234 min read


The Rosary: Overcoming Evil and Making Reparation
The Church dedicates the month of October to the rosary, that simple but beautiful prayer filled with holy power. The rosary offers us a...
Jared Staudt
Oct 5, 20234 min read


Return to the Agape Meal: A Practical Step Toward Eucharistic Revival
(Photo: Lightstock) We believe that the Eucharist draws us into communion not only with Jesus, as we receive his body, but also with our...
Jared Staudt
Sep 21, 20233 min read


Good and Bad Reactionaries: Overcoming Ideology
Ideology unsettles not only those pulled into its alternate reality but also those who resist it, for it inspires overreactions against...
Jared Staudt
Sep 7, 20234 min read


A Migrant’s Journey: Exploring the Pope’s Recommended Book
(Photo: Lightstock) On August 10, Pope Francis posted on X: “With sorrow I heard about the news of the shipwreck involving migrants in...
Jared Staudt
Aug 23, 20234 min read


‘Lord, to whom shall we go?’: How the Eucharist changes our life
We eat food in order to live. Jesus offered himself as the “bread of life” so that we could live a different kind of life. We have a hard...
Jared Staudt
Jul 27, 20234 min read


10 Principles for Genuine Catholic Conservatism
Conservatives often receive a bad rap as negative reactionaries who continually complain about the state of society and the Church....
Jared Staudt
Jul 13, 20233 min read


What St. Benedict teaches us about fatherhood
We call St. Benedict of Nursia the father of monks, and his teaching on spiritual fatherhood drew me, in part, to become a Benedictine...
Jared Staudt
Jun 15, 20234 min read


Seeing More: Worshiping Jesus during Mass, Adoration and beyond
What do we see at Mass? Often enough, we encounter a mundane vision of outdated architecture, some empty pews, those who made it there...
Jared Staudt
Jun 8, 20234 min read


His Body, His Choice: Abortion, Politics, and Our Communion Crisis
Choice. It’s a word that expresses the religion of most Americans: one that centers on the self and the freedom to pursue one’s own...
Jared Staudt
May 25, 20234 min read


Come Out of the World: A Fictional Sermon
“If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world,...
Jared Staudt
May 11, 20234 min read


The power of witness: How the early Church evangelized
“Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of...
Jared Staudt
Apr 20, 20234 min read
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