Catholic Café
From the Diocese of Memphis, a popular destination for men to share experiences, strengthen their faith and become better husbands and fathers
2025-08-31
Communing With The Saints: A Cloud Of Witnesses
A lot of folks, even some Catholics, have an erroneous idea about what the Church actually teaches about the Communion of the Saints. We do not go to the Saints INSTEAD of Jesus, but we call upon them in ADDITION to Jesus and THROUGH the Body of Christ.
2025-08-24
A Relationship With Jesus: Living In Divine Intimacy
When the Bible uses the word KNOW, it speaks of a level of intimacy reserved for our absolute closest relationships. To know Jesus is to living in a relationship of divine intimacy with him. It is not enough to know about Jesus, we must know him intimately. And he in return knows us intimately.
2025-08-17
The Season of OCIA: invite your friend!
A lot of Catholics know at least a little about the process for those who wish to be baptized Catholic or come into Full Communion with the Catholic Church. It is a process formerly known as RCIA, but is now OCIA. However, we can all do a little better job of evangelization by inviting people into the process, people we are in relationship with, our friends and family.
2025-08-10
Degrees of Glory: Levels In Heaven?
There is an interesting Catholic Tradition that speaks of degrees of glory in heaven. But, many folks might be confused by this concept, especially when we view it through an earthly lens.
2025-08-03
God As Our Father: We As His Children
Pope Leo, in a recent Angelus address to the faithful, spoke about the prayer that Jesus Himself taught us, what has become known as the Our Father. The Pope beautifully reflected on the importance of the prayer, how the Father loves us and gives us everything we need, but also the responsibility we have to serve and forgive others.
2025-07-27
The Church And Evolution: The Scopes Monkey Trial
On the 100th anniversary of the famous Scopes Trial in Tennessee that gained national attention dealing with teaching the Theory of Evolution in schools, many folks may still wonder exactly what the Catholic Church teaches about Evolution and Creation.
2025-07-20
Care For The Elderly: Witnesses To Hope
The Holy Father, Pope Leo, recently addressed attendees of the 5th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. His brief address was filled with messages of Jubilee, wisdom, worth, and most of all, hope...hope for the elderly and wisdom for the young.
2025-07-13
The Brown Scapular Devotion: Our Lady Of Mount Carmel
The devotion of the wearing of the Brown Scapular, while popular among Catholics, is shrouded in mystery for many. Under the patronage of Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, it is actually an ancient devotion with Old Testament roots leading to its founding in the middle ages.
2025-07-06
Go And Make Disciples: Missionary Discipleship
We are a missionary Church and it is not good enough to sit idly in our pew and relish in the grace we receive at Mass. We are, each of us, called to go and make disciples. And, our mission field may be as close as our work, our grocery store, our community, and even our own home.
2025-06-29
Artificial Intelligence: For Good Or Evil
When Pope Leo was elected, in his very first public address, he mentioned briefly his concerns regarding Artificial Intelligence, or AI. Soon after, he addressed participants at the Second Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence, where spelled out in more detail the great potential for good...and for evil...that AI has.
2025-06-22
Living In Holy Communion: Amen
When we say Amen when presented the Body and Blood of Christ at Mass, we are saying much more than I believe that this host is Jesus or that this cup contains Jesus. We are saying that we desire to be in Holy Communion with Jesus, His Church, His Mystical Body, and that we believe and profess to be true ALL that the Church teaches.
2025-06-15
Trinitarian Mystery: Pattern For Life And Love
To spend too much time trying to define the Most Holy Trinity is to risk falling into heresy. Humans, with their finite capacity for understanding, have oft times tried to fully unravel the Trinitarian Mystery. However, even though we cannot know EVERYTHING about the Trinity, we can still live faithfully in this divine Mystery, and know God and live in relationship with Him.
2025-06-08
Marriage Is The Cradle Of The Future: Marriage Is NOT An Ideal
unobtainable ideal, but it is instead a measure of true love between a man and a woman, and he future reminded us that families are the cradle of the future of himanity.
2025-06-01
The Traditional Family: A Stable Union Between A man And A Woman
In the address of Pope Leo XIV to the Diplomatic Corps on May 16, he spoke of the responsibility of governments to build harmonious and peaceful societies. This can only be done, the Holy Father said, by investing in the family, founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman.
2025-05-25
Reverent Worship: Pray Like The East
In his address to the Eastern Churches, Pope Leo XIV spoke eloquently about the traditions of Eastern spirituality and their sense of mystery, and the Eastern Churches are needed by the Universal Church. He also said the East, ever ancient and ever new, is a medicine for the West. Perhaps revisiting Latin spirituality and worship can benefit from a look to the East.