Here are a few Catholic memes to enjoy as the summer winds down, starting with the week at the end of July designated for Natural Family Awareness by the U.S. bishops, and continuing from the Feast of St. Ignatius to the Feast of St. John Vianney, the Curé d’Ars …
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Tom Hoopes
Tom Hoopes, author of The Rosary of Saint John Paul II and The Fatima Family Handbook, is writer in residence at Benedictine College in Kansas and hosts The Extraordinary Story podcast about the life of Christ. A former reporter in the Washington, D.C., area, he served as press secretary of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee Chairman and spent 10 years as executive editor of the National Catholic Register newspaper and Faith & Family magazine. His work frequently appears in Catholic publications such as Aleteia.org and the Register. He and his wife, April, have nine children and live in Atchison, Kansas.