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Scott & Kimberly Hahn and the St. Paul Center Board of Trustees request the honor of your company at our Eleventh Annual National Gala in Nashville, Tennessee.

Why did Jesus choose to become a baby born of a mother and father and to spend all but His last years living in an ordinary human family? In part, to reveal God’s plan to make all people live as one “holy family” in His Church (see 2 Corinthians 6:16–18).

In the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, God reveals our true home. We’re to live as His children, “chosen ones, holy and beloved,” as the First Reading puts it.

By Clement Harrold December 20, 2024 Many of us grew up hearing the beautiful accounts of Our Lord’s birth as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. But taking a closer look at these episodes can sometimes become a source of confusion to the more diligent reader. One particularly pertinent problem is figuring out…

For renowned nineteenth-century German dogmatic theologian Matthias Scheeben, the divinely instituted liturgical cult of the Old Testament is replete with soteriological import, figuratively signifying not only Christ’s saving work and the sacramental worship of the New Testament, but also the transformation and elevation of the rational creature by divine grace. Scheeben’s distinctive use of sacrificial…

Don’t miss John Bergsma and the St. Paul Center at the Arkansas Catholic Men’s Conference in Little Rock, AR on February 8, 2025. Study Scripture from the heart of the Church with one of today’s most respected scholars.

On this last Sunday before Christmas, the Church’s Liturgy reveals the true identity of our Redeemer:

He is, as today’s First Reading says, the “ruler . . . whose origin is from . . . ancient times.” He will come from Bethlehem, where David was born of Jesse the Ephrathite and anointed king (see Ruth 4:11–17; 1 Samuel 16:1–13; 17:1; Matthew 2:6).

Don’t miss John Bergsma and the St. Paul Center in Rice Lake, WI on March 21-22, 2025. Study Scripture from the heart of the Church with one of today’s most respected scholars.

Don’t miss Dr. John Bergsma and the St. Paul Center in Rice Lake, WI  on March 21-22, 2025. Study Scripture from the heart of the Church with one of today’s most respected scholars. Location St. Joseph Catholic Church 11 W Marshall St. Rice Lake, WI 54868

By Clement Harrold December 13, 2024 For believers who take the Word of God seriously, the near-deafening silence on the part of the four evangelists about the so-called “hidden years” of Jesus-those thirty or so years between His birth and the beginning of His ministry-can be a source of disappointment. Wouldn’t it be exciting to…

The people in today’s Gospel are “filled with expectation.” They believe John the Baptist might be the Messiah they’ve been waiting for. Three times we hear their question: “What then should we do?”

The Messiah’s coming requires every man and woman to choose—to “repent” or not. That’s John’s message and it will be Jesus’ too (see Luke 3:3; 5:32; 24:47).