Catholic Café

After a contentious election cycle and along with the ongoing division found in our country, and considering the holidays are right around the corner, let us not run away from our families, but seek shelter and healing within them...even when we do not agree politically, morally, and spiritually.

Too many Catholics avoid utilizing the spiritual benefits of indulgences because they do not fully understand them, think they are no longer a teaching of the Church, or that they overcomplicate our faith lives. Let us endeavor to change this and gain access to a veritable well of grace.

When we go to Mass, we naturally should seek benefits from that experience. But, perhaps we should ask ourselves if we are seeking entertainment and emotional gratification, or if we are seeking spiritual benefits and graces. This same question could be applied to our broader view of our Catholic faith.

So many folks see the role of the deacon as sort of a glorified altar server, or just the guy that runs the parish food pantry. Deacon Jeff and his wife, Bess, talk about all of the blessings unique to the permanent deacon that highlight his proper and important place in the salvific plan of God.

We do not always know what God has planned for us. Meet Char Claxton who grew up in a small rural town in Georgia and went on to become a Magistrate Judge for the US District Court in Tennessee. She always loved Jesus, but never dreamed that God might be calling her to become Catholic.

Deacon Jeff is in the corner booth today talking American Solidarity.

Deacon Jeff is in the corner booth talking about Catholic In The Public Square and what that means for us in our faith.

Deacon Jeff is in the corner booth talking passions in marriage and how to keep the fires burning.

Deacon Jeff is in the corner booth talking marriage and money that can bring us together vs the source of all arguments.

Deacon Jeff is in the corner booth talking the importance of Kids in Mass and the wisdoms parents need to influence their kids in their faith.

Today in the corner booth, Deacon Jeff talks about the Natural Fruit Of Marriage.

This is the twelfth in a series of episodes delving into Holy Matrimony in an effort to rekindle an appreciation of this sacred sacrament of the Church that has fallen out of favor in our modern and worldly culture. In this episode, we discuss the ways in which to manage conflict in the married relationship.

This is the eleventh in a series of episodes delving into Holy Matrimony in an effort to rekindle an appreciation of this sacred sacrament of the Church that has fallen out of favor in our modern and worldly culture. In this episode, we discuss the essential characteristics of authentic communication.

This is the tenth in a series of episodes delving into Holy Matrimony in an effort to rekindle an appreciation of this sacred sacrament of the Church that has fallen out of favor in our modern and worldly culture. In this episode, we answer questions about cohabitation and sex before marriage.

This is the 9th in a series of episodes delving into Holy Matrimony in an effort to rekindle an appreciation of this sacred sacrament of the Church that has fallen out of favor in our modern and worldly culture. In this episode, we discuss the spousal meaning of our bodies and the truth that we were made by God for Marriage.