![Raising Up Disciples: The Problem](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/10/9572204646_65232a923c-350x140.jpg)
This is the article that stirred me up enough to revive the old blog: I Look at My Students and See Our Future Ex-Catholics. The…
![Insert Pontificating about Blogging, here](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/10/4536603725_e29bab319a-470x140.jpg)
(Taps the mic) Anybody out there? I’ve seen our stats, and we still get a measly 60-some hits a week. Jesus reached the world with 72,…
![Catholic Quote of the Day - August 12, 2012](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/08/HiRes.jpg_quote-marks-470x140.jpg)
Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the…
![Catholic Quote of the Day - July 4, 2012](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/06/quote21-470x140.jpg)
“Christ had a specific evangelizing goal in mind when he prayed at the Last Supper that all his disciples ‘be one…The Church’s evangelizing mission, therefore,…
![Catholic Quote of the Day - July 2, 2012](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/06/quote21-470x140.jpg)
“One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church’s missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay men…