Hint: the bishop who closes the parish is not usually the main issue. We often blame the current bishop when parishes close, but the more I thought about this, the less it seemed true. That led me to write an […]
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.
Autism in Consecrated Life (Conferences)
Over the past year, 3 different communities invited me to give presentations on autism and consecrated life. I presented to all three on autism in religious or consecrated life. The three had very different charisms – cloistered contemplative, semi-contemplative non-religious, […]
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Deacon Mark on Unwritten Rules at Mass
We autistics often struggle at Mass. Helping find ways to lessen this struggle is a theme I have addressed before. The sensory issues and other factors often make it difficult for us. Deacon Mark Paine in the UK recently wrote […]
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A Close Connection to Evil Can & Should Destroy a Saint’s Cause
When the Church declares someone a saint, it is more than simply that they were holy. A saint must be an example of life in a broad array of aspects. As such, even a strong connection to another’s grave evil […]
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The Darkness of Silence
Note: this piece was first published in Restoration, Madonna House’s monthly newspaper. They just made it free & I encourage everyone to subscribe, as many of the other reflections are great too. I usually read it cover-to-cover. Silence belongs to […]
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Vaccine Mandates Serve the Common Good (Academic Article)
Vaccines have been one of the most controversial public issues in Catholic bioethics in the past few years. It has been established that in most cases, there is an individual moral obligation to get recommended vaccines. However, this leaves open […]
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Aleteia Writes About Sensory-Friendly Masses
It is good that the idea of sensory-friendly Masses is slowly expanding in Catholic circles. It is wonderful to see Aleteia posting a story about them, including my directory, this week. Here’s an excerpt from the post: A beautiful new […]
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Indispensable: Guide for Disability Ministry
I wrote one chapter of Indispensable: A Catholic Guide to Welcoming Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. It came out in September, but I only managed to finish reading the rest more recently. I want to provide a summary of […]
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Peter Hotez Writes about Making Vaccines Availible for Poor Countries in a Catholic Publication
A bit ago, Dr. Peter Hotez published “Vaccine Science Diplomacy and ‘The Phenomenon of Man’” in the Linacre Quarterly. Much of it is looking at Teilhard de Chardin’s theories and their application, but that was not what I thought needed […]
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Christ is Far More than a King, Even in Our Anti-Monarchy Age
This reflection about Jesus as a king came to me on my spiritual exercises over the summer. However, I thought it fit best for Christ the King coming this weekend. We still do a meditation on “the call of Christ […]
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