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Jonathan Mitchican

Fr. Jonathan is a chaplain at St. John XXIII College Preparatory School in Katy, Texas, and cohost of the podcast God and Comics. In addition to Covenant, he blogs at Working the Beads. Follow him on Twitter (@frjonathan).

Hope as the World Is Ending

Jonathan Mitchican
July 15, 2020
Commentary, Roman Catholic Church
By Jonathan Mitchican Life in the time of coronavirus is hard.The battle that the human race now wages against this pandemic is beyond anything known in our lifetime. Many people have described it as apocaly... Read More...

The Annunciation and the “Impossible”

Jonathan Mitchican
March 25, 2020
Commentary, Contributors, Roman Catholic Church
By Jonathan Mitchican The angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her a series of impossible-seeming things. The first and most obvious is the thing we’re celebrating today. He announced to Mary that she would c... Read More...

Ordinariate Evangelism and Archbishop Sheen

Jonathan Mitchican
April 24, 2019
Commentary, Roman Catholic Church
Abp. Fulton J. Sheen: “The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death of Christ. Every other approach is a waste.”

Materialism: Science or Philosophy?

Jonathan Mitchican
January 22, 2019
Commentary, The Episcopal Church
Materialism is not a scientific theorem. It is, rather, a philosophy — and not a well thought out one.

Punishing Children for their Fathers’ Sins

Jonathan Mitchican
June 29, 2018
Analysis, Commentary, Exegesis
In modern America, we have decided that punishing children for the perceived crimes of their parents is both acceptable and practical.

What Mary Received in the Eucharist

Jonathan Mitchican
May 15, 2018
Commentary, Liturgy
If we ever take the Eucharist for granted, meditating on Mary’s relationship with the sacrament would be a fitting remedy.

10 Weird Facts about the Saints

Jonathan Mitchican
March 28, 2018
Commentary
Even the weirdest saint is someone close to God, which is ultimately where we are all called to be.

Sex and Grace in the Life of Texas Guinan

Jonathan Mitchican
February 13, 2018
Commentary
Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan loved to shock people. "Hello, suckers," she was famous for saying as she entered her club each night.
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