HeyJaredIntentional Catholic
Rooted in the fullness of Catholic teaching and grounded in lived experience, Kathleen Basi's Intentional Catholic emphasizes concrete action over abstract theory and aims to reach people who are open to reflection, conversation, and growth.
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I’m trying to see good motivations in people, but sometimes I just can’t. (opens the original)
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Yes, your personal actions DO matter to the environment (opens the original)
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In case you missed it: According to America Magazine, The International Theological Commission published a new document that included these words: “We propose understanding this sin against our Common Home as a ‘sin against creation and against the Creator,’ insofar as it violates the meaning of creation intended by God the Creator.”I get really irritated when progressives who claim to be pro-environment say, “Individual actions don’t matter. Individual people can’t fix this; only policy can fix
A love song to music ministry (opens the original)
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Twenty-plus years ago, I was engaged to an atheist. If I’ve been to your parish, you’ve heard me say this: only when he bowed out did I realize how much of myself I had sacrificed, thinking I had to stay with him because nobody had ever wanted me before.I was 20.I was a music major who had consciously left Catholic music ministry behind upon entering college to study flute. But in the wake of that really tough breakup, I recognized I was being called back to music ministry. And so the following
How to speak with love when you’re mad as (well, you get the idea) (opens the original)
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Thus says the LORD:You, son of man, I have appointed watchman for the house of Israel;when you hear me say anything, you shall warn them for me.If I tell the wicked, “O wicked one, you shall surely die, “and you do not speak out to dissuade the wicked from his way,the wicked shall die for his guilt,but I will hold you responsible for his death.- Jeremiah 33:7-8, USCCBUm… okay, then.The priest at the parish I attended this weekend was absent, so we ended up with a Communion service i
What Hawai’i reminded me about stewardship of creation (opens the original)
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Weird things happen to women in pregnancy.One woman has the most beautiful skin of her life while another battles full-blown acne. One woman lost her curls—permanently. Many women go up a shoe size.For me, nothing changed until my fourth pregnancy, when my sense of smell skyrocketed. And it’s never gone away, except when I had Covid. (That was freaky.)This can be an amazing thing. I can smell flowers and fruitiness out in nature that no one else in my family notices. It takes my delight in God’s
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