Author Archive: Matt Swaim
Matt Swaim is the producer of the Son Rise Morning Show on the EWTN Global Radio Network, and the author of "The Eucharist and the Rosary: Mystery, Meditation, Power, Prayer". Matt writes for the Today's Catholic - Young Adults and Faith categories at The Integrated Catholic Life. He and his wife Colleen reside in Cincinnati, Ohio.
One Catholic Media Person’s Experience of Covering Breaking Papal History
I went to bed on Sunday, February 10, all keyed up for a busy week as a member of the Catholic media. After all, Ash Wednesday was mere days away, and for someone with plenty of segments to cover, this meant that the news drought between the March for Life and Lent would be over, [...]
On Accidentally Smashing One’s Idols
I broke my smartphone, but not on purpose. Perhaps it should have been on purpose- as someone prone to the perils of workaholism, I had developed the tendency to check the thing far more than necessary. It wasn’t the smartphone’s fault; before, when I had been the slightly embarrassed owner of a more conventional and [...]
Lessons from the Front Pew
I’m a convert to Catholicism, but I bring with me many of the traits that marked my life as an evangelical: a deep love of scripture, a desire to evangelize, and the tendency to sit toward the back of the Church. Like many others, I hold that the paradoxical subconscious view that the best seats [...]
I just read this terrible Blog Post about You!
I got hacked. Twitter hacked. I don’t know how it happened, but I have a vague idea of when it happened: on a weekend, at a specific time when I had zero access to any online outlets that I could use to stop the hacking. The hack message, with link attached, stated “I just read [...]
Perceptions: An Interview with Priest and Rapper – Fr. Pontifex
Fr. Claude Burns is a pastor at Holy Spirit Church in Evansville, IN. However, many outside of his parish know him as Fr. Pontifex, a rapper whose frankness, orthodoxy and engaging style has made him a rising star in the ever-emerging genre of Catholic hip-hop. In his first full length release, “Ordained,” Fr. Pontifex’s songs [...]
Now That You’re A Convert
So, you finally got up the nerve. At last, reservation after reservation was entertained and dismissed, and you took the risk of potentially alienating family members and provoking uncomfortable questions from co-workers. You decided to become the kind of member of the Catholic Church that will be known forever as the few, the odd, the [...]
Peace: Tax Deductible?
“I saved Latin,” boasts the character of Max Fischer in the movie Rushmore. In many ways, in my own life, the opposite has been true; Latin has saved me. One of my personal favorite mental exercises that has borne a superabundance of fruit is my interest in etymology, the study of word origins. Reflecting on [...]
Thee and Thou in the Here and Now
Being at least partially, though unwillingly, a product of modernity, I somewhat understand the forced evolution of language. While the generations before us melted words over decades, following the natural flow of tribal vernacular that morphed ‘Caesar’ into ‘Czar’ or ‘Kaiser,’ today’s progressive culture has pushed the hand of language to eliminate and replace language [...]
Jesus, Vampires, Zombies and Me
It’s probably best that I set all my cards out on the table to begin with in regards to my feelings about vampires. My enthusiasm when it comes to the undead begins with a desire to slay them. Dead things should stay dead, in my opinion; at least until the resurrection, at which point they [...]
On Accidentally Smashing One’s Idols
I broke my smartphone, but not on purpose. Perhaps it should have been on purpose- as someone prone to the perils of workaholism, I had developed the tendency to check the thing far more than necessary. It wasn’t the smartphone’s fault; before, when I had been the slightly embarrassed owner of a more conventional and [...]
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