Secular culture tells us that freedom means doing whatever we want, whenever we want. In this Fourth of July homily, Father Dom dismantles that lie and explores what real, ordered freedom looks like under God. Drawing from a personal memory of his veteran brother, the wisdom of the Catechism, and…
Overcoming Distraction and Fighting for Eternity: How can a modern Catholic man stay spiritually focused in a world designed to steal his attention? On this episode of "The Manly Catholic", guest host Deacon Greg Beasley welcomes Todd Dailey—Founder and CEO of "Eternize", to discuss his personal faith journey and his…
In this homily, Father Dom dives deep into the concept of grace as an unearned gift from God. Moving from a personal story about the raw joy of anonymous generosity to a breakdown of the Catholic liturgical calendar, Father reminds us that everything—from the Eucharist to our very breath—is a…
*"The devil is not just a metaphor, but a real, living creature."* In this special replay episode of _The Manly Catholic_, host James Caldwell sits down with Father Vincent Lampert, the mandated exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. With over three decades in the priesthood and having served as an…
We revisit this powerful episode, where James and Father Dom chat with then, newly ordained transitional Deacon (now Father!), Logan McGahan to talk about what the Church desperately needs more of: real vocations, absolute obedience, and total surrender to Jesus Christ. This isn't a sanitized vocation story. Deacon Logan pulls…
In this revisit of one of our episodes of _The Manly Catholic_, James sits down with self-educated philosopher, entrepreneur, and author *Paul List* to discuss his fascinating book, _Mount Doom: The Prophecy of Tolkien Revealed_ (co-authored with Ali Ghafari). Paul shares how his own background in Aristotelian and Thomistic philosophy…
In this revisit of one of our episodes of _The Manly Catholic_, James and Father Dom sit down with Catholic author, speaker, and former LA County Sheriff's deputy Jesse Romero. Jesse brings his signature "power preaching with devil-destroying theology" to expose the realities of spiritual warfare in the modern world.…
In this episode of _The Manly Catholic_, James sits down in the backyard of Deacon Greg Beasley, to discuss what it truly means to live a life of disciplined faith. Deacon Greg shares his fascinating backstory—from operating nuclear submarines in the Navy, to his powerful conversion to Catholicism through the…
Most Catholic men were sacramentalized but never catechized. They went through the motions and walked away without ever being handed a vision for what their faith was supposed to look like inside their home. Mike DiCosola knows that story from the inside. He lived it. James sits down in person…
Pope Leo XIV stood inside the Sagrada Família in Barcelona on the 100th anniversary of Antoni Gaudí's death and blessed the Tower of Jesus Christ — making it the tallest Catholic church in the world at 566 feet. A church that took 144 years to build and was born from…
Brothers, this episode is for you. James sits down and delivers a Father's Day message that every Catholic father needs to hear. He starts with the hard truth: America is in a fatherlessness catastrophe. One in four children grows up without their biological father. The research on what that produces…
One thousand Catholics carried Jesus through the streets of Washington D.C. on the feast of Corpus Christi. Six hundred thousand young people flooded the streets of Madrid on the first evening of the Pope's apostolic visit to Spain. A diocese in North Carolina just ordained 10 priests in a single…
Everything you were taught about the Middle Ages is wrong. The kings were tyrants. The peasants were starving. The feudal system was oppressive. Democracy is the greatest system ever devised. You learned it in school, you saw it in movies, and you never questioned it. Jeb Smith did...and what he…
You are not an algorithm. You are not a data point. You are a son of God and no machine can replicate that. The Pope just put the full weight of the Church behind that statement, and this week's good news is stacked. Five stories. Five reasons to walk into…
You have Christ in you. The question is, are you doing anything with that? Fr. Dominic opens this homily with something personal. At 27 years old, Fr. Dom gave his life to Christ and could not stop taking Him everywhere: to strangers, to the workplace, to every corner of his…
We open every episode with the St. Michael prayer. You know the words by heart. But do you actually know who you are talking to? James chats with Fr. Frederick Schmidt, a Norbertine priest and sacristan at St. Michael's Abbey in Southern California, to go deep on one of the…
This segment exists to push back on that narrative with actual news, real stories, and real evidence that the Holy Spirit is still moving. Five stories. Five reasons to walk into your weekend with your head up. A Nigerian priest is ripped from his rectory at 3 in the morning…
Most men carry the weight of the world on their shoulders: their job, the family, the bills, the failures...it piles up. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, peace feels like a luxury you cannot afford. Fr. Dom breaks open the readings from the 5th Sunday of Easter…
There is a scene in _Saving Private Ryan_ that most men would rather forget. Corporal Upham is crouched at the bottom of a stairwell. He can hear his brother dying above him. He has a weapon. He has ammunition. He has everything he needs. And he does nothing. That scene…
You are being fed a steady diet of bad news. Scandal, division, empty pews — that's the narrative. But what if the narrative is wrong? This is Good News Friday, a brand new weekly segment on The Manly Catholic where we cut through the noise and bring you five stories…
Most men treat Easter like a finish line. The candles go out, the celebration ends, and life goes back to normal without any change. But the Resurrection isn't a closing chapter. It's a starting gun. And if you walked away from Easter Sunday the same man you were before, this…
