Patrick SullivanApr 152 minHe Wants Me to Be HappyWe talk to our children a lot about what they are going to be when they grow up. Not the career stuff… but the vocation stuff. For...
Patrick SullivanMar 282 minThe Most Common Mistake We Make in LentWe all do it. We get to this point in Lent and we say to ourselves: this penance is actually a lot easier than I thought. And then you...
Patrick SullivanMar 282 minTake the Food Out of Your HairToday, I was looking back on the day that my son Caleb had his first haircut. No matter how often we bathed him, he looked like he was...
Patrick SullivanMar 151 minDo Mondays Always Have to Hurt?I was up several times throughout the night. The children calling “daddy” from different bedrooms will do that. But when the day begins...
Patrick SullivanMar 122 minFinding the Traitor Within In many ways, Lent is about finding out where our real loyalties lie. It is the season to test whether or not we belong to the city of...
Patrick SullivanFeb 254 minParents Have the Hardest Time Evangelizing and Here’s WhyWhen traveling, by far the most common question I get comes from parents of older children. “How do I reach them?” is how it’s often put...
Patrick SullivanFeb 222 minThe World Is DividedThe world is divided. Families are divided. Christians are divided. And into all of this, God has sent you. For a reason that only He and...
Patrick SullivanFeb 142 minYou're New to This, Thanks Be to GodBy far, one of the biggest shifts we can all make is a mental shift. When we look at our efforts in evangelization, we can get to the...
Editor in ChiefFeb 91 minInterview: "The Three Languages of Evangelization"Meet the Host: A former Director of Faith Formation and Evangelization at his local parish, as well as former Director of Marriage and...
Patrick SullivanFeb 12 minThe World Is Leaking AgainThe way my other children were yelling, you would have thought that my one year old had lost an arm. But no. Arriving on the scene, I...
Patrick SullivanJan 172 minEverybody Needs a Little Hope“Hey Dad, let me give you a squeeze,” someone said in a very silly voice.It was one of my teenage boys. “What? Why?” I asked, as I looked...
Patrick SullivanDec 17, 20212 minIt's a Layer Under ThereI had an interesting opportunity to work on some website development with a few friends of mine, and I have to tell you, I found the...
Patrick SullivanDec 13, 20212 min"I Just Can't Get Up"I don’t know when you last tried to wake up a teenage boy, but for me it is almost a daily occurrence. And what I have learned over the...
Patrick SullivanSep 24, 20214 min3 Ways of Thinking That Will Kill Parish Renewal Before It BeginsBy now, I hope you have read the few articles that I have written on gaining confidence when evangelizing. In them, I speak about our...
Patrick SullivanSep 20, 20211 minA Conversation Worth HavingI am slowly coming to the conclusion that we’re either addicted to noise or afraid of silence; perhaps both. And I am starting to believe...
Patrick SullivanSep 4, 20216 minThe 5 Essential Elements of Any Brilliant Evangelization PlanIt might seem like a strange thing to create a plan for evangelization, but as one who has been working in full time evangelization for...
Patrick SullivanAug 28, 20214 minParish Renewal: Making the Next Best DecisionIn another one of my articles, I spoke about the need for any pastor or parish team to make small incremental changes when evangelizing....
Patrick SullivanAug 24, 20212 minA Message for the WorldFor a few years now, I have lived on what many would call a “hobby farm.” Many different animal sounds can be heard from any window in...
Patrick SullivanAug 16, 20213 minYeah, I don’t Like the Devil Either It was evening in my house and I was sending the kids off to bed one by one. And much like every other family that I have ever...
Patrick SullivanAug 13, 20215 min3 Reasons Catholics Aren't Evangelizing“The Church exists to evangelize,” said Pope Paul VI in his landmark document, Evangelii Nutiandi back in 1975. But despite the emphasis...