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I didn’t realize it at the time, but I grew up in two very different classrooms of music: one in a church pew, the other on a living room floor. Sunday mornings were steeped in incense and Latin—the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, where the priest faced east and sacred silence was tangible. Weekday afternoons, […]

As a praise and worship leader in my diocese serving at retreats, LifeTeen events, and conferences, I often come back to the same question: How do we reach young Catholics in a world of endless scrolling, burnout, and spiritual noise? “Corpus Christi,” a song from Le Concorde’s upcoming album, Second Mansions, offers one answer: Meet […]

St. Thérèse of Lisieux, known as the Little Flower, was a French Carmelite nun. She died in 1897 at the age of 24, leaving behind a wealth of writings and an influential spirituality of the everyday, which she called the Little Way. She was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1997, and her parents […]

Blessed Carlo Acutis: 1991-2006Feast Day: October 12 Together, our saints compose a sprawling portrait of devotion and purpose across time and space, each situated in their own unique context. As we wade through an oversaturated, overstimulating modern environment, the crosses we bear often look a little different than those of centuries past–naturally, many Catholics wait […]

The road of faith is rarely straight. It twists, it falters, and it leads us into the desert. Maybe you’ve been there—tested in the wilderness like Jesus, tempted and tried. But then, a moment of grace arrives—a whisper, a revelation—pulling you back from the brink. Just as Jesus emerged from His 40 days of solitude […]