Dostoevsky once wrote that “beauty will save the world”, and in our visual age that’s more likely than ever. Here’s Fr. Robert Barron, live from Austraila, explaining how YouTube is today’s great artistic mission field. Thus Catholics need to go there and use stories, imagery, and beauty to convert the world–just as our evangelistic predecessors …
This past weekend I was on NPR’s “Interfaith Voices” radio show, discussing the Pope, Twitter, Lent, and Catholic social media. Listen or download the below: NPR InterviewDownload the mp3 here (9 minutes) Topics Discussed:0:55 – Why is the Pope on Twitter?1:21 – Is the Pope’s social media use surprising?2:10 – What kind of tweets does Pope …
Today we continue our regular series here at The Thin Veil called “Learning from the Saints”. Our guide is saint-expert Bert Ghezzi, a dear friend of mine and the author of numerous books including Voices of the Saints, Saints at Heart, and Adventures In Daily Prayer. His newest book is Discover Christ: Developing a Personal Relationship with …
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“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” – St. Augustine Because I’ve built up a large collection of duplicate books and resources, each week I giving away one or more items, absolutely free, no strings attached. You can enter anytime during …
This morning marked the end of our mega Catholicism series giveaway, and the response was phenomenal. We had more than 350 entries including 243 blog comments, 83 tweets, and 26 Facebook posts. I used a random generator to select the six winners and here they are: Catholicism DVD Series – sousquatch (Twitter) Catholicism Study Guide – Linda …
