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I can’t wait until Camilla and I are married… because she will finally stop paying rent, come live with me, and we’ll be able to combine our income! Oh, and of course, you know.. because sh...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2023/11/15/thoughts-on-cohabitation-minimizing-money-and-maximizing-morals/

New Study Examines COVID-19’s Impact On U.S. Catholic Parish Giving  Research reveals compelling new insights on the state of  Catholic donors and donations from 2018- 2022    A new study f...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2023/02/10/new-study-examines-covid-19s-impact-on-u-s-catholic-parish-giving/

New Book Focuses On Empowering Women To Thrive To Supercharge Pro-Life Efforts Consumer Marketing Expert Proposes Mindset Shift for Pro-Life Movement to Focus on Empowering Women   President and...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2022/09/15/your-pro-life-bottom-line-focuses-on-empowering-women-to-thrive/

Today as I was walking to meet a friend for brunch, I caught myself looking at the elderly men and women selling tissue packets near the train station and I was so overwhelmed with emotion thinki...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2022/06/15/a-lesson-on-generosity/

The University of St. Thomas Houston and SENT Ventures Announce First-Ever Catholic Entrepreneurial Summit “SENT Summit” will be a launchpad for collaboration among Catholic business leaders ...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2022/03/29/sent-ventures-and-ust-houston-announce-first-ever-catholic-entrepreneurial-summit/

By Luke Parker, a writer at Clarifying Catholicism. How often do we hear some spiteful comment about the wealthy? In an era where socialist ideas enjoy growing popularity among the youth, the “...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2022/03/03/the-cry-of-the-rich/

OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation announces the next phase of the 2021 OSV Challenge, a multi-round entrepreneurial competition designed to incubate unique project ideas in any stage from Cat...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2021/05/06/2021-osv-challenge-advances-to-round-two-and-new-trends-emerge/

Two months ago, I wrote about the issue of cohabitation from the perspective of how it relates to our faith and finances. I challenged you to consider the issue for your own life and how difficul...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2020/11/17/part-2-on-cohabitation-how-can-we-solve-the-problem/

New revolutionary platform uses technology to drive real moments of engagement and encounter in an increasingly digital culture In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, faith-based marketing and te...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2020/10/06/glass-canvas-launches-tilma-platform-to-move-dioceses-from-maintenance-to-mission/

OSV Innovation Challenge Ignites Fire of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Church with Upcoming Demo Day  Ground-breaking initiative culminates with Demo Day and awarding of three $100,000...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2020/08/04/osv-innovation-challenge-ignites-fire-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-in-the-church-with-upcoming-demo-day/

I’ll never forget the first time I told anyone that I was thinking about becoming a priest. I was 14 years old, and my best friend Billy and I were lying in our tent at Boy Scout summer camp, a...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2020/07/27/wisdom/

Last Sunday, my priest proclaimed in his homily: “Faith is where desperation meets Jesus Christ.” These words entered my soul and took hold. As this time of unknowing continues, at every new ...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2020/04/08/desperation/

Petrus Development Launches Free Virtual Summit Amid COVID-19 to Aid Ministries, Parishes College Station, TX, March 25, 2020 – With Masses canceled in every U.S. diocese and most ministry wo...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2020/03/31/catholic-fundraising-experts-offer-free-guidance-to-nonprofits-parishes-amid-closures-and-funding-uncertainty/

Guest post by Estella Young, Lay Dominican, Singapore. I’m hearing complaints about the one billion Euros raised to restore the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, because “the money should be ...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2019/04/22/on-donations-to-restore-notre-dame/

Minimalism takes work and effort. It is an exercise of saying no to many things in order to focus on saying yes to the important ones. It is well worth it since minimalism also brings many benefi...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2015/03/04/minimalism/

$30,000. 3 days. We had 3 days to raise $30,000, and I had no idea how we would pull it off. It was my senior year at Franciscan University, and I was blessed to be co-leading a mission to Ecuado...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2014/12/19/begging-money-taught-richness-poverty/

When we think about poverty, we usually think about starving children in the third world, the homeless, or the elderly living on fixed incomes. We may feel badly for these people and occasionally...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2014/09/17/laitys-call-gospel-poverty/

Living my vocation is hard. So, so hard. However, when I truly invest myself completely in loving and serving these humans that God has given me, the graces flow and joy abounds. Its true, what t...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2014/07/20/five-books-catholic-moms-soul/

I enjoyed the movie The Wolf of Wall Street…sort of. Now, before I am put on trial and judged as being a terrible Catholic for such a statement, allow me to explain. Was the movie full of vulga...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2014/05/09/dignity-wolf-wall-street/

God’s love came to us in circumstances of radical poverty. The Creator of the universe was born in a stable, poor and homeless. How then has the preparation for the celebration of this miracle ...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2013/12/21/3-ways-to-cut-consumerism-out-of-christmas/

The past month has been, for me, a month of humbling lessons in generosity as millions worldwide answered calls to help my fellow-Filipinos who survived Typhoon Haiyan. I learned, for example, th...

https://ignitumtoday.com/2013/12/05/reflections-on-generosity/