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By Steve Givens Chris Stefanick believes we often fail in our efforts to evangelize for one simple reason: We don’t speak clearly enough about the power of Jesus to transform lives. “To be really effective in evangelization, you have to…
A conversation about ministry and mission in the Holy Land
By Kevin T. DiCamillo Fr. Peter Vasko, O.F.M. is president of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land. Catholic Digest is pleased to offer this recent conversation about the Franciscans’ ministry and mission in the Holy Land. Question…
Standing up for inmates on death row
by Daniel P. Smith Sr. Helen Prejean’s words come fast, carrying the sharp Louisiana twang engrained in her DNA and fueled by a purpose that rumbles in her soul. A complex and often controversial figure as one of the nation’s foremost…
My Uncle Fulton Sheen: A conversation with author Joan Sheen Cunningham
By John Burger Joan Sheen Cunningham is the niece of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, the pioneering television priest whose body was recently moved from New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral to the cathedral of Peoria, Illinois. As the Catholic…
Leadership guru Patrick Lencioni wants to make parishes ‘Amazing’ places
Patrick Lencioni, who is perhaps best known for books that teach fundamental principles of leadership and management through novel-like stories filled with bad examples, has turned his sights to America’s Catholic parishes. The Catholic…
Actor John Rhys-Davies on playing ‘one of the great giants of western civilization’
A docudrama about the patron saint of Ireland called I Am Patrick will be shown only March 17-18 in select theaters nationwide. The feature-length film features a re-enactment of St. Patrick's life using his writings, including his…
Discovering a holy treasure
Catholic writer Tim Drake’s debut children’s book, The Attic Saint (Emmaus Road Publishing, 2019) — illustrated by Catholic Digest’s Theodore Schluenderfritz — is about a little boy named Leo who moves into an old home and discovers a…
Sarah Hart, the ‘accidental artist’
In Catholic circles, when you’ve performed for the pope, you’ve made it big. In 2013, Sarah Hart from Nashville, Tennessee, had the honor of sharing her talent with Pope Francis and a crowd of 150,000 people at the World Meeting of Families…
A Christian in Hollywood
The Star is an animated Nativity story from the perspective of a donkey named Bo. Its producer, DeVon Franklin, has distinguished himself in Hollywood by being true to his Christian ideals. Best known for producing Miracles from Heaven,…
Short film examines Ven. Augustus Tolton
Across: The Father Tolton Movie takes audiences back to Ven. Tolton’s boyhood in Missouri in 1863. The 36-minute short film will air exclusively at 10 p.m. Eastern Dec. 18 on EWTN. Written and directed by Nashville, Tennessee, filmmaker…
