The Dispatch
Catholic. And Charismatic.
Readings: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 Psa. 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Rev. 21:10-14, 22-23 Jn. 14:23-29 What is the largest body of charismatic Christians in the world? [...]
At a Secular University: Does God Talk to People?
Features
Is it possible to detect the “tiny whispering sound” even at a secular university? Consider the story and influence of a particular Dominican priest, a convert whose evangelical spirit was a life ring at a [...]
New Vision book tells the inspiring story of Fr. Michael McGivney
Books
The Vision series of lives of the saints chapter books has been inspiring young people for decades now. The original series was published in the middle of the 20th century, featuring saints including Joan of Arc, Dominic, Kateri [...]
Features
Napa Institute’s Summer Conference based around “Doers of the Word” theme
The Napa Institute will present its 15th annual Summer Conference at The Meritage Resort and Spa, 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa, California, from July 23 to 27, 2025. The conference features presentations by prominent Catholic speakers, [...]
Analysis
Where Catholics marry in the United States: A look at the numbers
According to data published in the most recent (2024) edition of The Official Catholic Directory, 107,051 marriages took place in the previous year in the Latin-rite dioceses of the United States. The Directory classified 85,171 of them as [...]
Analysis
Catholic Fundamentalism and the Search for Truth
On April 2, 2025, several progressive academics joined together in a symposium to celebrate the new book, Catholic Fundamentalism in America (Oxford University Press, 2025), by Father Mark S. Massa, SJ. (Two historians and an [...]
Essay
Death and Life in the Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed invites us to die. Indeed, it requires it. This probably sounds rather dramatic, especially to those of us who recite the Creed each week without much serious concern. Readers of this website [...]
Books
The Christian Criticism of T.S. Eliot
I For the young to understand the esteem in which T.S. Eliot (1882-1965) was held from the 1920s to the 1980s, they would need to exercise a degree of historical imagination that most of them [...]
Features
Retrieving the best of the past in order to serve the future: An interview with Jason C. Paone
Jason C. Paone, PhD, is the editor of Word on Fire Academic and a Managing Editor of The New Ressourcement journal. He studied the classics and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, receiving [...]
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Much ink has already been spilled on the topic of Pope Leo XIV, and I have no great insights to offer on how he will guide the Church. I am reminded of a conversation a [...] -
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The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...] -
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Patrick A. Schmiedeler:
Years ago, in 1995, we attended a Mass in London. It was in English but very bland. Like a grade…
Edward J Baker:
No, I'm referring to a few very long established "conservative" and "traditional" Catholic voices, including those who I believe are…
Elias Galy:
But but but but George! Anybody can be like that on bad day! It isn’t necessarily the result of having…
