Make This Year a Year of Devotion
Throughout the year, the Church offers us not only her glorious feast days, but entire months of devotion built around those feasts.
By means of these devotions, she nourishes and enriches our faith, pours out special graces upon our souls, and lifts our minds to the contemplation and love of the eternal truths of our Faith.
Here at Good Catholic, we’re bringing you the monthly devotions of the Church in all their beauty and splendor. We’ve partnered with some of your favorite Good Catholic contributors to bring you a 12-session series (one for each month of the year) introducing you to these 12 devotions.
Originally released month-by-month throughout 2024, we are now offering all 12 sessions as a package you can unwrap all year long.
How Does A Year of Devotions Work?
The series contains 12 sessions. Each session consists of five 6-12 minute video episodes from a priest-contributor. You’ll have access to all the sessions as soon as you sign up, but as a reminder, we’ll send you an email on the first of each month with a link to the session for that month. You can take as long as you like watching each month’s videos—watch a video a day, a video a week, or just go ahead and binge watch them all at once!
If you’d like, you can still subscribe to each month individually (although it’s much more economical to sign up for the 12-month package—you’re saving about $84 overall!). We’ll keep the individual months listed at the bottom of our Series page. Check out the full calendar of topics below!
Series Contributors
Fr. Jeffrey Kirby
Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, STD, is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Indian Land, SC. He is a moral theologian, Papal Missionary of Mercy, Adjunct Professor of Theology at Belmont Abbey College, and the host of Good Catholic’s Morning Offering podcast. He is the author of several books, including: Way of the Cross for Loved Ones Who Have Left the Faith, Thy Kingdom Come: Living The Lord’s Prayer In Everyday Life, Kingdom of Happiness: Living the Beatitudes in Everyday Life, 101 Surprising Facts About St. Peter’s and the Vatican and Glory Unto Glory: A Primer of Ascetical Theology. He has been a guest on EWTN, Salt + Light television, the BBC, and Catholic radio.
Father Joseph Matlak
Fr. Joseph Matlak is a priest of the Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian Greek-Catholic). Born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, he studied Ancient History at King’s College London, and completed seminary studies and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. He is currently finishing a doctorate in theology at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge, England. He serves as administrator of Saint Basil the Great Parish in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is an instructor within the Honors College of Belmont Abbey College. Among many roles, he has worked in parishes and missions, schools, youth and young adult ministry, and in liturgy and liturgical music.
Father John Eckert
Fr. John Eckert is a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. A cradle Catholic, he grew up surrounded by family, friends, and clergy who exemplified what it meant to truly live the Faith. This helped him discern his calling to the priesthood from a young age. He graduated from Saint Louis University in 2004 with a degree in Political Science and Communication. He entered seminary soon afterwards, studying at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio. In 2010, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Charlotte. He has served as Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro and as pastor of St. John the Baptist in Tryon. He now serves as pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Salisbury, where he has been in residence since 2014.
Fr. Tim Oudenhoven
Fr. Tim Oudenhoven is a priest of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin. He is the founder and director of the Marian Messengers, an apostolate dedicated to spreading devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe through missions, retreats, and talks.
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