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About Paul Senz
Paul Senz has an undergraduate degree from the University of Portland in music and theology and earned a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from the same university. He has contributed to Catholic World Report, Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly, The Priest Magazine, National Catholic Register, Catholic Herald, and other outlets. Paul lives in Elk City, OK, with his wife and their four children.
The Dispatch

Lessons from St. Mary Magdalene, the Prophetess of Eucharistic Love

July 22, 2026 Paul Senz 10

Editor’s note: This interview was first posted on the CWR on April 23, 2017. St. Mary Magdalene has long been a figure surrounded by controversy, curiosity, and a bit of confusion. In recent years, Dan […]

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“Everything we do in our homes will echo in the halls of God’s own home, forever.”

June 23, 2026 Paul Senz 0

John A. Cuddeback, Ph.D., has been a professor of philosophy at Christendom College for thirty years. He lectures and writes on how to live the good life today, on topics including virtue, fatherhood, friendship, and […]

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Becoming men who seek God with every breath, in every way

June 16, 2026 Paul Senz 3

Modern life has all but quenched man’s heroic spirit, smothering it with lame distractions, from fantasy sports to petty internet debates, or killing it with evils like pornography. But men are called to so much […]

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To be deep in history is to cease to be Mormon

June 9, 2026 Paul Senz 38

Editor’s note: This interview was first posted on December 6, 2022, and is re-posted in light of ongoing social media debates about whether or not Mormons are Christian. There is something remarkably engaging about conversion […]

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“My missionary life was an adventure of the heart”: An interview with Fr. Barry Martinson, S.J.

June 3, 2026 Paul Senz 0

The work of a missionary is often trying, but the missionaries themselves are usually the first to tell you what a tremendous blessing it is. Father Barry Martinson, S.J., is one such missionary. He has […]

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New book presents Hans urs von Balthasar’s insights on vocation, discernment

June 1, 2026 Paul Senz 16

Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) was a major and influential figure in the Church in the 20th century. He was a prolific author, a theologian whose thought has been admired and commended by St. Pope […]

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Blue Miles: A Monastic Novel introduces the monastic life to 21st-century readers

May 3, 2026 Paul Senz 1

Our culture has a strange fascination with monks. Perhaps there is something about a man being willing to reject the world and enter religious life, or the mysterious, almost secrecy of the cloister, or the […]

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The perennial brilliance and Catholic vision of William Shakespeare

April 23, 2026 Paul Senz 15

Editor’s note: This essay was first posted on April 23, 2021. William Shakespeare, widely considered the greatest writer the English language has ever produced, died on April 23, 1616—and there is some evidence suggesting he […]

Books

“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”

April 22, 2026 Paul Senz 4

The medical profession naturally involves encountering people at their most vulnerable and dealing with some of the most profound suffering that humans face. But it can also be an experience of profound joy, as when […]

Books

A unique fairy tale meant to give “Escape and Consolation”

March 9, 2026 Paul Senz 4

Author E.P. Cowley is a retired homeschooling mother living in southern British Columbia, Canada, who holds a master’s degree in English literature from Portland State University. Her novel, Tales from Wakken Wood, recently published by […]

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