National Geographic Reveals “The Secret Lives of Mexican Nuns”
“When I began this project, I thought of nuns as always dour and serious.” So says Marcela Taboada in her beautiful photo-story “the Secret Lives of Mexican Nuns”. She quickly proves this wrong with...
View ArticleDivorced and Remarried? 5 Tips For Living out Your Catholic Faith
With today’s post, we would like to offer some tools to help those who would find themselves in a difficult situation, yet desire to draw closer to the Church and renew their relationship with God....
View ArticlePriesthood Sunday: A day to promote vocations and honor those who have...
In the United States, this Sunday, October 30th, we celebrate Priesthood Sunday. Hopefully, your parish has something planned that will raise awareness of vocations to the priesthood. It is important...
View Article10 Issues You Should Discuss Before You Get Married (otherwise your marriage...
When I read that Pope Francis said “most marriages today are invalid” I almost fell over backward. I’ve had the same hypothesis for so long! Working in family counseling, when we interview marriages in...
View ArticleA Seminarian Shares the Incredible Joy Felt After His Diaconate Ordination
Wow. I just finished perusing my diaconate ordination pictures. At first glance, my thought was: Who is that guy? I mean, of course, I knew it was me, but I felt like I had pulled off one of the best...
View ArticleHow to Encourage Your Child’s Religious Vocation? 8 Essential Tips
Events like World Youth Day or a young saint’s canonization (recently, Saint José Sanchez del Río), tend to spawn a boom in vocations to the consecrated life like fungi after a storm. It’s only...
View ArticleIs God Calling Me? 7 Tips to Discern If God is Calling You to Consecrated Life
When I talk about vocation, many get scared at just the though of it. The first things that come to their mind are religious habits, endless prayers, people living in the same house, having to live far...
View ArticleThe 9 Bible Verses That Will Help You Discern God’s Will for Your Life in 2017
The new year is only a few hours away and with it comes the setting of goals and resolution lists. Whether it’s switching jobs, choosing what colleges you want to apply to, deciding if you’re ready to...
View ArticleThese 7 Young Men Have Heard “The Call” and Their Passion is Beyond Inspiring
Have you ever been on Facebook and suddenly found yourself looking at wedding pictures of someone you’ve never even met? I’ll admit, it’s happened to me more than once. There’s something about the joy...
View ArticleNo, NFP is NOT “Catholic Birth Control”
If the pope had his own grocery store, the aisle labelled “family planning” wouldn’t contain pills or condoms or other contraceptives like most do. It would contain thermometers and charts. Likewise,...
View Article“Canvas of My Life”– A Journey From Wild Youth to Anchored Manhood
The following is a companion piece to Part 3 of our Masculinity Series, “Becoming More Manly.” The glory of God is man fully alive. – St Iranaeus Jason Momoa’s short film Canvas of my Life is an...
View Article4 Important Points in Pope Francis’ Letter to Young People
On January 13, 2017, the Holy See’s Press Office published Pope Francis’ Letter to Young People and held a press conference to present the Preparatory Document for the 15th Ordinary General Assembly of...
View ArticleActor David Henrie Engaged to Catholic, Pro-Life, Chastity Speaker Maria Cahill
We don’t do much celebrity gossip reporting here at Catholic-Link, but here’s one love story worth covering. David Henrie has been a familiar face to many young adults since his days on “Wizards of...
View ArticleThese Nuns Rock… Literally
It’s not what you would typically expect, but this unique group of nuns found a way to use their gifts to evangelize through music. When they realized that so many of them were musically talented, they...
View ArticleHow Real (Catholic-Link) People Spend Valentine’s Day
Social media tends to give the false perception that Valentine’s Day is the day of the year in which every person on earth enjoys the most romantic date night ever with the person of his or her dreams....
View ArticleDo Seminarians Celebrate Valentine’s Day?
I may be a seminarian, but I’m a huge fan of romantic tales. I like movies with happy endings when the boy gets the girl. I enjoy hearing stories about how couples met or what they did on their...
View ArticleOnline Conference: “Dating Detox: The 4 Toxic Beliefs Keeping You From Real...
“To one extent or another we’ve all been poisoned by the culture’s false idea of love, dating and sexuality. No one is unscathed, and we could all use a good detox.” ~ Jason and Crystalina Evert in the...
View ArticleDoes the Person You’re in Love With Have These 10 Qualities?
There is no feeling quite like being in love. It’s a time in life when you are truly overwhelmed with joy, happiness, and exuberance. Life feels fresh and exciting. You spend time daydreaming and...
View ArticleShould You Do a Dating Fast for Lent? (Personality Quiz)
Our culture sends us so many messages about who we should date, how we should date, and why we should date that it can be difficult to find the truth for ourselves. Once we enter the dating scene, we...
View ArticleThis Short from Pixar Perfectly Captures How Parents Feel When Kids Start Dating
I’m hoping that I have at least a few years until my kids enter the world of dating. My older boys (thankfully!) still turn shades of red at the thought of liking a girl, but my first grader is a...
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