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The Carmelite and the Catechist: Companions on the Journey

Rededicate 250 on the National Mall. The event Freedom 250 Invited All Americans to Come Together in Prayer and Worship Ahead of the Nation's 250th Birthday, which is today July 4, 2026.

In the modern world in which we live, technology, computers and A.I. are here to stay. People of faith would have to become Amish and live off the grid if they wanted to avoid this reality that we all live with in our modern society. 3 Interviews ago

I have several stories, essays and my wife has several poems that we have never professionally published for all the world to sea. Perhaps you have some hidden gems hidden away in a notebook or on your computer that you want to see the light of the printed page. Is it too late for that manuscript sitting in the dusty bin of your brain? No it's not. It took our next writer 50 years before he published a book he started decades earlier. He's published 2 books in his mystery series so far and he already has things mapped out for book 7. Paul D. McDonald is another one of the writers who owns the fictional world that he has created. He knows his characters and what is going on in them.

I love the fact that many Catholic men and women have the gift of assembling words of the English language and constructing them into paragraphs that convey a story or essay reflecting the Catholic faith in some way shape or form. Some of them put these words together in blogs and some in books printed and electronically. Some compose songs, make comics or make Youtube videos or podcasts. I sent out a blog post asking various different catholic authors to answer 16 questions about Catholic writing and their particular writing in general. I got back a lot of talented faithful Catholics who write in a plethora of genres and mediums. Here is a list of those who submitted interviews that I have published and also will publish. Besides these new faces on my blog, I have a link to some older interviews and some contributing Catholic fiction writers who submitted guest articles for the blog.

So far, I've only seen 3 movies in the theaters in 2026. Most of the big movies major studios saw fit to greenlit into the films that have been shown in cinemas this year have turned out to be critical and commercial failures. I saw the pretty OK Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu which didn't thrill or excite me but did leave me a little underwhelmed but not completely let down. This past weekend I went out of my way to gather some friends together to see Toy Story 5. I usually see movie by myself these days. I once got like 15 people together to see The Time Machine (2002). This film and outing turned out to be a success of a get together and a success of a movie. It was a get together of my friends from college. Jodie and Randy Hamila and David Patten, plus Kristin and myself.

Horror continues to be one of the more popular types of genres for Catholic fiction authors to write in. In horror a Catholic writer gets to explore and expose the reality of evil in all its true nastiness. Mr. Gallagher is another author who really combines his love for God with his gift of writing. He also writes in the more modern genre of cyberpunk. So here is another author in which you can learn more about the craft of Catholic fiction writing as you…

One of my goals as a Catholic blogger is to write and publish blog posts that corrosp0nd to a certain specific and particular day when it comes on the calendar every year. Holidays such as Valentine's Day, Holy Days such as the feast of the Assumption of Mary, and personal days such as my wife and sister in-laws birthday. My wife is a twin in case you didn't know. Trying to come up with something new, original and interesting can be challenging. But sometimes challenges stretch our creative mussels to create or share something new. It doesn't always have to be brand new but sometimes an idea or older writing that hasn't been seen in a while can just be rearranged and repackaged as something different than it was before.

While short on words in this interview, Angelina is big on creativity, imagination, her Catholic faith and her commitment to her writing. She loves music and history and writing all types of things even as mundane as grocery lists. She is a true Catholic author emersed in the world of Catholic writers. I hope you will be delighted as you…

Some people you meet in life, just have that glitter of sunshine in their personality. Jessika has bottled that sunshine and put it into her writings. Her writings bring you back to the historical beginning of our country, which is appropriate for the 250th anniversary of our country. She really brings out the color of the times which is displayed on the cover of her books. She can be added to the list of other great Christian authors who have taken the interview. One of the things that makes her shine is her faith in Christ. Like another writer in our series, she has also suffered the loss of a child which has helped shape her life. Her cross has only made her stronger with Jesus carrying it with her. I hope you will be delighted and inspired as you…