Eli’s Quiet Friend is one of the first children’s books linking autism and Catholicism. As an autistic, I often like the quiet of adoration for praying and I know many fellow autistics do as well. This book brings autistic prayer […]
Read moreAuthor: Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC
We love Jesus. Jesus loved us first. I want to help you experience Jesus and become his apostle. I'm a priest with the Legionaries of Christ ordained in 2013, living in the Washington DC metro area where I'm writing a doctoral thesis in moral theology and I help out with various ministries. I'm also one of the top priests on social media with over 55,000 Twitter followers. I'm originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, but I've worked throughout North America.
Autistic Catechesis for First Confession Near Atlanta
Back at the end of May this year, I interviewed Jeanne Lyons about the great things they were doing for autistic students at St. Peter Channel in Roswell, GA (north Atlanta suburb) for autstics. In June, I published an article […]
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Dilexit Nos: Key Quotes from the Encyclical
Today Pope Francis released Dilexit Nos. It is an encyclical on the Sacred Heart, which asks us to go deeper spiritually and make a deeper conversion to Christ. I suspect Francis has a deep devotion to Christ’s heart from how […]
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Dumbest Idea: Harassing Nuns for Living Together
The dumbest story of the week is unfolding on X (Twitter) & I accidentally became part of it. Some people checking if voter registrations are accurate in Pennsylvania, flagged a monastery of nuns as having 53 people at the same […]
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Zagano Damages Her Own Argument for Female Deacons
Phyllis Zagano is well-known as one of the biggest advocates for female deacons in the Catholic Church. However, she has shown a lack of understanding the concept of Imago Dei (Image of God) in a way that really harms her […]
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Salazar Shows the Need for the Same Norms for Abusive Bishops
The Dallas Charter and norms in every diocese are very clear that a priest who is accused of abuse of a minor is put on administrative leave based solely on the accusation and it is announced at the parishes he […]
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Death in Black and White: A darker book than expected but good
I tried to post this review of Death in Black and White: A Novel by Fr. Michael Brisson on Amazon, but it initially got rejected. I suspect I worded wrong that I got a free review copy (which is allowed […]
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Autistic Catholics in Catholic News Agency
Today, I am featured in a Catholic News Agency piece spotlighting Autistic Catholics as a new organization helping Catholics on the spectrum. Here is some of what I said: The new president of Autistic Catholics, Father Matthew Schneider, an openly […]
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Autistic Catholics: I’m President of the Board for this New Initiative
So far, a few dioceses have had programs to help Autistics to live a full Catholic life. Autism Consecrated has done a great job of encouraging autistics in their own prayer life. But, so far, there has been a lack […]
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A New Sensory-Friendly Mass in Virginia
This August, a parish in Northern Virginia started a monthly sensory-friendly Mass. Nativity is a parish on the edge of the DC suburbs in the diocese of Arlington that will now make their 1 pm Sunday Mass sensory-friendly every 2nd […]
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