Last night at 11:32pm, my wife heroically delivered little Augustine Xavier Vogt. Both were champs. Kathleen gave birth to the 9 lb, 20.5 inch saint without medicine, and Augustine survived a scary moment when he emerged with the umbilical cord wrapped twice around his neck. But God and his Mother carried us through, and everyone …
Carl Olson has a very unique background. Raised in a Fundamentalist home in Montana, he attended an Evangelical Bible college in Saskatchewan, Canada. After years of wrestling with the claims of Catholicism, Carl and his wife then entered the Catholic Church in 1997. (Their conversion story appears in the book, Surprised By Truth 3.) After …
Interview with Carl Olson (1 of 2) – On Writing, Reading, and Fr. Barron’s "Catholicism" Read More »
Today’s the due date for our third child, little Augustine Xavier Vogt. But apparently he didn’t get the memo. He’s still holding out. My wife awoke today with these words on her lips: “Late have I birthed you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I birthed you! You were within me, but I …
Imagine a different kind of icon: a living, breathing image for the digital age. Gary Gasse is the director of the new Multitude film series which aims to bring the saints to life like never before. Some of the stories he plans to tell are those of St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Edith Stein, Bl. Bartolome Blanco …
The Multitude: "Modern Icons" for the Digital Age Read More »
From today’s Gospel, John 15:12-15, which is also the Gospel this Sunday: “This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I no longer call you slaves, because …
