In this episode, Deacon Harold takes us step by step through 10 ideas that will aid in divorce-proofing our marriages. By sharing stories of the experiences from his ministry, along with ideas that have helped in strengthening his own marriage, Deacon Harold honestly...
In this episode of the Parousia Podcast, Charbel Raish talks to Immaculée Ilibagiza, author of Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust about her powerful story of survival, prayer and forgiveness. Immaculée also shares her devotion to Our Lady of...
This article first appeared at: catholic.com. Atheists claim that religious faith requires no rational thought. But it's atheism itself whose claims require no thinking. Imagine you’re at a public gathering of religious believers—say, a pro-life event or...
This article first appeared at: catholicweekly.com.au. Life after death? The problem is quite simple: we don’t think about it enough. The new book Dying to Live – Reflections on life after death, by Fr John Flader, explores what we can know – and what is...
This article first appeared at: catholic.com. The doctrine of the Assumption of Mary began with a historical event to which Scripture alludes and that been believed in the Church for 2,000 years. It was passed down in the oral tradition of the Church and...
In this episode, Deacon Harold will discuss the Church's understanding of sex as covenant participation in God's creative activity and the importance of treating our bodies as "temples of the Holy Spirit" by examining contraception vs. Natural Family Planning in...
This article first appeared at: chastity.org I’ve always said that it’s possible to start over, regardless of the past. But what does that mean? It’s one thing to decide to start over, but it’s another thing to figure out what to do with the effects of the...
Speakin’ with Deacon is a production of the Parousia Podcast Network, in partnership with Voice of Charity Australia and EWTN Asia-Pacific.Join Mark Griffin and Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers as they discuss strategies that will empower us to ‘Announce the Gospel of the...
This article first appeared at: catholic.com.Let’s say you’ve spent several years studying the Faith and now you want to defend it as a full-time profession. Where do you start? How does someone become a professional “apologist?” Here are three paths:1....
