Jack Figge

Young Catholic journalist, "resident young and cool person" for @PillarCatholic

[Jack Figge @JackFigge]

What do Catholic MLB players do when they have a Saturday night game and a Sunday game day?

Luckily, every MLB team has an assigned chaplain to provide the sacraments.

Read about this fascinating ministry in my latest for @PillarCatholic.

https://t.co/YZRGIKc7u8

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The 'birth dearth' is coming for higher education, threatening to close and shrink institutions.

Read how Catholic colleges are preparing for the demographic cliff in my latest for @PillarCatholic.

https://t.co/WxMlhAzIcV

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Stephen Minnis, president of Benedictine College, visited the home of Catholic student Alex Lynch, who was battling cancer, to confer his diploma a day before his death, fulfilling his wish to graduate.

A Mass and a small graduation ceremony were held in the backyard of his home. Lynch was known to attend daily Mass.

Image: Jana Lynch

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"My super Catholic students have been formed to think that the beginning of every date should commence with plans to put a down payment on a 12-passenger van," @timothypomalley told me, reflecting on the Catholic dating culture.

Read more @PillarCatholic
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@KatiePMcGrady @CatholicChannel This might be late, but conversation about young adult Catholic dating culture?

https://t.co/Ag1HiBr0HV

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This week marks my final days as a student @BenedictineKS.

I've learned a lot, made great friends, fallen in love with Jesus.

The most profound moment, though, came this week, as we said goodbye to our friend battling cancer.

He taught me a lot.

https://t.co/LdfnQEK4CG

[Katie Prejean McGrady @KatiePMcGrady]

Just a couple of Midwestern dads

[JD Flynn @jdflynn]

If you haven't read this profile yet, you're making a huge mistake.

https://t.co/RGVg0FRjY5

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Need something to do this Saturday: Grab a coffee or a pint (or two), find a comfy chair, and read this fascinating story.

[JD Flynn @jdflynn]

Meet Eddie Cotter: “We have to value the youth minister who works in the trenches and will never be part of ‘Catholic, Inc.’ We have to value the priest who is not a celebrity in ‘Catholic, Inc.’"

https://t.co/RGVg0FRjY5

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His resume seems fictional — drummer on MTV, juvenile court director, youth minister for 35 + years, Irish musician and the Rockefeller Santa Claus.

Meet Eddie Cotter, a fascinating individual and a true Irish Catholic Gentleman.

@PillarCatholic.

https://t.co/OyxPBMP7Gj

[JD Flynn @jdflynn]

Meet Eddie Cotter: “We have to value the youth minister who works in the trenches and will never be part of ‘Catholic, Inc.’ We have to value the priest who is not a celebrity in ‘Catholic, Inc.’"

https://t.co/RGVg0FRjY5

[Jack Figge @JackFigge]

Looking for a new Holy Thursday tradition?

Make a Seven Churches Pilgrimage, it's amazing.

Read more for @PillarCatholic.

https://t.co/QKB4r5Q9sM

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Like his hero St. Paul, Fulton Sheen never shied away form using technology to spread the Gospel. And if he were still preaching today, he’d surely use social media to “go viral.” @JackFigge looks back at some of his most “meme-worthy” moments:

https://t.co/k8IlnR0dYa

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"The Fish Friar at St. John the Baptist Parish in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, can’t hear confessions and doesn’t live in a religious community.

But he’s happy to have a beer with visitors – after he’s done with his fish frying duties."

@PillarCatholic
https://t.co/eiOAF5zWys

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Next assignment?

[JD Flynn @jdflynn]

@PatrickKAbbott We could do a part two to this:

https://t.co/BPPR5t6dgQ

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"An Augustinian Lent is accepting the fact that we have restless hearts and then understanding that all the pursuit of worldly pleasure is not going to satisfy or fulfill that restless heart."

Read the full conversation in my latest for @PillarCatholic.
https://t.co/HgBOjSuMfb

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Anybody have any suggestions for the best parish fish fry's in the US?

Working on a story.

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"Mic drop, Archbishop."

"Why? Cause the cahoots of armchair theologians obsessing over the theology, accompanied by wanna-be Catholic influencer moms admiring the vision, would propel this clip to virality."

@PillarCatholic

https://t.co/6Ixeu7jQc5

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A group of Missouri students took the initiative to plan and organize a local Catholic conference.

Read this inspiring story in my latest for @PillarCatholic.

https://t.co/LutZ1XZXFK

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These Catholic companies employ and provide meaningful work for adults with disabilities.

And they are successful.

Read about these amazing apostolates in my latest for @PillarCatholic.
https://t.co/bUsPf8t1rk