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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.
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Christendom College’s Institute for Liturgical Formation begins first classes this summer

May 13, 2025 Paul Senz 4

The Graduate School of Theology at Christendom College recently announced the launch of the Institute for Liturgical Formation, which will begin offering summer courses on the liturgy this summer. Co-founded by Christopher Carstens and Dr. […]

The Dispatch

Cardinal Marc Ouellet discusses the risks and opportunities of a synodal Church

May 6, 2025 Paul Senz 16

Editor’s note: This interview was conducted in March, prior to the death of Pope Francis. A new book from Cardinal Marc Ouellet entitled Word, Sacrament, Charism: The Risks and Opportunities of a Synodal Church (Ignatius Press, 2025), is an […]

Books

Musings on a Starry Night is a constellation of brilliant essays by Thomas Howard

April 25, 2025 Paul Senz 2

Thomas Howard was a fascinating figure and a tremendously prolific author. He died in 2020 at the age of 85, after a long and successful career as an English professor, writer, critic, and apologist of […]

Books

Prayers for Catholic Men aims to help men deepen their relationship with God

April 14, 2025 Paul Senz 7

What does it mean to be a man? How are Catholic men supposed to navigate the tumultuous world we live in today? And what role does prayer play in that challenging task? The Catholic tradition […]

Books

Solving crimes and saving souls: Fiorella de Maria discusses the Father Gabriel mysteries

April 7, 2025 Paul Senz 0

Detective stories have been a popular and fascinating genre of fiction for decades, going back to the mid-nineteenth century. From Sherlock Holmes to Father Brown, from Miss Marple to Hercule Poirot, from Nero Wolfe to The Maltese […]

Books

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 […]

Books

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 […]

Books

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. […]

Books

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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