When Young Adults Find Spiritual Fatherhood
‘I just needed a gentle, loving father to show me who God is’ — Young Catholics find spiritual fatherhood in the priests who help them navigate life.
‘I just needed a gentle, loving father to show me who God is’ — Young Catholics find spiritual fatherhood in the priests who help them navigate life.
Fatherhood is not an easy way — it is the way of the cross.
After losing his wife to cancer, Mike Romano of EWTN’s ‘Tomkin’ series talks about carrying his family forward with Sunday Mass and the sweet sound of ‘Mama’s voice.’
COMMENTARY: As far as the sweep of Western history is concerned, though, a strong link between masculinity and spirituality is the rule, not the exception.
COMMENTARY: A bad priest deeply wounded me, but through the faithfulness and holiness of other priests, I was gradually led back toward hope, healing, truth and renewal.
Even the parish pastor, Father Edwin Leonard, got in on the action — he is a spiritual father, after all!
A crucifix recovered from the ruins of World War II becomes a lasting symbol of faith, reverence and fatherly strength.
Joseph Cox, a recent Ave Maria University graduate, founded the group in 2022. The group helped him find his own vocation: the priesthood.
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