Jeanie Hannaman

By Edward Schaefer, PhD, OnePeterFive - In the fall of 2019, I was invited to a seminary to speak to the seminarians about music in the Church.  While there, it became apparent to me that these young men were being prepared to minister in a declining church.  About this same time, there was a meeting of bishops from North and Central America held in Orlando.  The topic of the meeting was how to manage the decline in the Church’s membership.  The diocese of Pittsburgh was used as a model.  It had reduced parishes under one bishop from about 230 to 188 and was now in the process of reducing parishes to about 45

CatholicVote - The latest podcast by Ascension Press — “The Rosary in a Year” — has made an impressive debut, securing the No. 1 spot on Apple Podcasts across all categories, surpassing popular shows such as “The Joe Rogan Experience” and “Dateline.”... The podcast provides a structured program for listeners to engage with the Rosary over the course of a year.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - ....when we say that an institution is thoroughly corrupt, we do not necessarily mean that the corruption extends to every member of the institution. I used his insight in a comment on corruption in the Catholic hierarchy: In a corrupt police department—as seen in countless action movies—the problem is not simply that some cops take bribes from criminals. The problem is that honest cops cannot clean up the force, because whenever they report one venal colleague, they run into a superior who is also on the Mafia payroll, and will suppress the evidence

By Rick Becker, National Catholic Register - As usual, I’m late to a 7 a.m. weekday Mass, and I sneak into the last pew for the Gospel. It’s the one about God knowing every sparrow and counting all our hairs. I figure he must know, then, that I intended to get to church on time. “The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.” I yawn.