Tom Clements

Tom Clements is a serial entrepreneur who sold his first company in 1999. He founded Southern Catholic College in Georgia and led the creation of St. Joseph’s Catholic High School, an 800-student Catholic school in Ghana, Africa. He has written How to Run a Nonprofit based on his experience in working most of the last 20 years working with Catholic nonprofits as a volunteer, employee, executive director and founder. He recently wrote The Path to Joy: Navigating the Stages of Faith. Tom is married to Juliana, and is a father of four and a grandfather of seven. He resides in Johns Creek, Georgia.

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A man begs for alms at Our Lady of Health church in Hyderabad, India, on Sept. 8, 2016 — the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Give Alms to Please God

‘When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.’ (Matthew 6:3-4)

Tom Clements Blogs March 27, 2023

James Tissot (1836-1902), “The Man Let Down Through the Roof”

Never Stop Fighting the Battle of Prayer

‘In the battle of prayer, we must face in ourselves and around us erroneous notions of prayer.’ (Catechism 2726)

Tom Clements Blogs March 11, 2023

The Joy of Fasting

“The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others.” (Catechism 1434)

Tom Clements Blogs March 6, 2023

Pieter Lastman, “Christ and the Woman of Canaan,” 1617

Do You Believe in Miracles?

‘Miracles strengthen faith in the One who does his Father’s works; they bear witness that he is the Son of God.’ (CCC 548)

Tom Clements Blogs January 7, 2023

“The Resurrection of Our Lord,” Tapestry, 1524-1531

Joy Is at the Heart of the Christian Experience

‘The Church’s vocation is to bring joy to the world. A joy that is authentic and enduring. The joy proclaimed by the angels to the shepherds on the night Jesus was born.’ — Pope Benedict XVI

Tom Clements Blogs November 17, 2022

Heinrich Hofmann, “Christ in Gethsemane,” 1886

Let the Holy Spirit Form You in the Life of Prayer

‘The Holy Spirit who teaches the Church and recalls to her all that Jesus said also instructs her in the life of prayer, inspiring new expressions of the same basic forms of prayer: blessing, petition, intercession, thanksgiving, and praise.’ (CCC 2644)

Tom Clements Blogs October 26, 2022