Pope Francis Gives TED Talk
Pope Francis offers a TED talk on solidarity, hope, and tenderness and how each person (“Tu!”) can bring a lit candle to a dark world. The talk is approximately 18 minutes in length.
Entertaining Angels: A Film on the Life of Dorothy Day
Entertaining Angels, a 1996 film on the life of Dorothy Day, is available online free of charge. The film runs 1:51:31. The film traces Dorothy’s spiritual and religious development as she leaves her career in journalism to live a bohemian…
Seat Warming Activity on Marriage
Last week was National Marriage Week. As a seat warming activity, have your students write answers to the following questions about marriage. The first set of questions is objective questions with the answers to be summarized from the Catechism of…
Sharing News about a Religious Vocation
The discernment of a religious vocation for a young man or young woman is accompanied by prayer, questioning, and finally a decision. At some point the person tells his or her family of the choice to further prepare for the priesthood or religious…
Get In the Game!
With the World Series near, football in full swing, and basketball and hockey seasons just kicking off, sports certainly is in the forefront.Use the reference of sports to remind your students to “get in the game” of life, to always do…
Canonization of Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa of Calcutta is to be canonized a saint in the Catholic Church on Monday, September 4, 2016, in Rome.
Catholic Olympians 2016
Several current Olympians on the 2016 United States of America team have publicly witnessed to their Catholic faith while in Rio de Janeiro. Three of the most prominent are gymnast Simon Boles, swimmer Katie Ledecky, and…
Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza Shares His Catholic Faith
In July 2016, former major league catcher Mike Piazza, was inducted to the baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York. In his induction speech, Piazza thanked many people who inspired him along the way, including both his father and his mother.
A Nice Story about Courtship and Marriage (featuring one of our authors)
Barbara Jane Sloan, currently a doctoral student in theology at Marquette University, and formerly a Catholic high school theology teacher AND former poster in the Engaging Faith blog was featured this week in the New York Times with…
Kentucky Derby Winner Featured in Ave Maria Press Textbook
It’s not often that a Kentucky Derby champion trainer and his wife make it into an Ave Maria Press high school theology textbook. But that’s the case with Doug O’Neill, trainer of 2016 champion Nyquist (and 2012…