Catholic Living Podcast

We’ve washed the ashes from our foreheads.  The fun part is over, and it’s a long ways off until Easter.  Faced with a Lenten season, and a Lenten promise, it’s easy to

In preparation for the annual March for Life in Washington, DC, Tom Hoopes reflects on the transformative power of the pro-life movement. Loving the unborn, and fighting for the right to life,

Adoration, Blessings, Contrition, and Supplication. These are The ABCs of Prayer. This week, Tom Hoopes takes us step by step through this guide to daily prayer, which expresses how a real relationship

Community, Faith, and Scholarship are the virtues employed by the Order of St. Benedict.  They transformed Europe, and they are transforming culture in America, through the efforts of Benedictine College and Ex

On this first Sunday of the Christmas Season, Tom Hoopes reflects on each person of the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph — and how to stay close to each. Also, click

Five days out from Christmas, and Tom Hoopes is getting a little impatient.  Chances are, you are too.  All this build up and we’re still waiting?  Why wait?  Why not just pour

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!” — Philippians 4:4 A few weeks ago, Tom Hoopes set out to give us ten signs of hope for Christianity in the

This week on Catholic Living, Tom Hoopes finds the Christian virtues of secular Christmas.

It’s hard to enter into Advent in America, where Christmas is blaring from every speaker. But Advent can be a time to remember the Christ-haunted time before Jesus came — and the

Thanksgiving is only a few days away, so this week, on Catholic Living, Tom Hoopes is counting his blessings.  First on the long list of things to be thankful for: Thanksgiving itself.