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Articles by Paul Senz

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.
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New book recounts Jesuit formation, missionary work during The Sixties

March 20, 2025 Paul Senz 10

The history of the Church is replete with spiritual autobiographies, many of them written by saints, and many more written by priests, religious, and laity who have not been raised to the altars. Many Catholics […]

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Persevering in faithfulness to Christ’s Church during ecclesial uncertainty

February 16, 2025 Paul Senz 7

The Church, throughout her long history, has faced many terrible trials, united her in a deep and real way with the sufferings of Jesus. How can we be the saints the Church needs today, during […]

The Dispatch

Viewing the world and faith in Christ from the mountaintop

January 21, 2025 Paul Senz 2

Father John Nepil has accomplished something that few others—priests or otherwise—have accomplished: he has summited all 54 of Colorado’s mountain peaks higher than 14,000 feet—twice. In the summer of 2022, he set out to traverse […]

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A conversation with Joseph Pearce about Ignatius Critical Editions

December 29, 2024 Paul Senz 8

There are many problems with the education system in the United States and throughout Western society. These are problems in society as a whole, which have infected the education system. Literature studies are not immune. […]

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Book on holy Irish men and women was inspired by Pope Benedict XVI

December 18, 2024 Paul Senz 7

The Catholic Church in Ireland is in trouble. Seminaries are nearly empty, as are many churches, and a nation turning its back on its Catholic roots by legalizing and promoting abortion, divorce, and more. But […]

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New biography details the larger-than-life figure and faith of Cardinal Pell

November 24, 2024 Paul Senz 6

Cardinal George Pell was a larger-than-life figure in the recent history of the Catholic Church. This is, of course, a figurative and even literal statement: he physically towered over his fellow cardinals, and had a […]

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The Hermit is the powerful story of “a priest who showed no fear”

October 30, 2024 Paul Senz 5

Priests are indispensable in the life of the Church. It is through our priests that we are reconciled with God, fed through the Holy Eucharist, brought into the Body of Christ through baptism, and much […]

The Dispatch

The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible is complete: A conversation with Scott Hahn

October 25, 2024 Paul Senz 6

After nearly 25 years of work, and the publication of dozens of individual volumes, the complete Ignatius Catholic Study Bible has finally arrived. St. Jerome famously wrote “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ,” and […]

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From the Messianic Movement to Catholicism: An interview with Matthew Wiseman

October 24, 2024 Paul Senz 8

In recent years, there has been a wider recognition and appreciation of the Jewish roots of the Catholic faith. Scholars and other authors have written numerous books and articles exploring this topic: Brant Pitre (Jesus […]

The Dispatch

New book guides readers in making a daily offering of their lives

October 14, 2024 Paul Senz 0

Catholics are a deeply liturgical people, and the Church’s liturgies and our lives have natural rhythms as their organizing principle: liturgical seasons, the hours throughout the day, sunrise and sunset, and on and on. Each […]

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