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Building Bridges: Students Visit Largest North American Mainline Protestant Church

by ianhamptonBenedictine College, Catholicism, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, Education, Tory Baucum November 4, 2024November 4, 2024Comments are Disabled

On October 6, 2024, fifteen Benedictine College students visited Church of the Resurrection (COR) in Kansas City. COR was founded over 30 years ago by the Rev. Adam Hamilton. It has since grown to be the largest mainline Protestant church in North America. The field trip was undertaken as part of a course on Protestant …

Tory Baucum Interview The Benedictine Dialogues

Tory Baucum, Ph.D | The Church Was Telling the Truth About Marriage | The Benedictine Dialogues

by Tory BaucumBenedictine College, Catholicism, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, Education, Tory Baucum, Tory Baucum Interviews April 2, 2024November 4, 2024Comments are Disabled

Dr. Tory Baucum is the Director for the Center for Family Life at Benedictine College. He served for thirty years as an Anglican pastor before coming into full communion with the Catholic Church in 2020. In February 2023, he was appointed into the Copernicus Academy in Torun, Poland. Listen in as we discuss his journey …

Learning to be ‘lovers of human love’

by Tory BaucumBenedictine College, Catholicism, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, Tory Baucum March 12, 2024April 29, 2024Comments are Disabled

Benedictine College students gather at Tory and Elizabeth Baucums’ apartment to talk about life and learn about human love as part of the John Paul II Fellowship. LEAVEN PHOTO BY JACK FIGGE by Jack FiggeSpecial to The Leaven ATCHISON — Shoes line the hallway, the savory smell of homemade soup wafts through the door and …

The Kelce Courtship of Taylor Swift

by Tory BaucumBenedictine College, Catholicism, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church October 21, 2023October 21, 2023Comments are Disabled

Discover the differences between courtship and dating, and how Travis Kelce pursued Taylor Swift seriously. Learn how the Kansas City Chiefs are keeping their focus on football amid the hype surrounding the budding relationship between Kelce and Swift. Read a Catholic Romantic’s take on the Kelce

Investing in Ministries that Strengthen Marriage and Family Life Yield Good Results

by Tory BaucumBenedictine College, Catholicism, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, Tory Baucum, Uncategorized October 6, 2023October 6, 2023Comments are Disabled

September 29, 2023 KANSAS CITY, Kan. — In a culture where marriage rates are declining and rates of divorce are increasing, 11 parishes across the archdiocese are striving to reverse these trends by investing in ministries that strengthen marriage and family life. Through a highly focused process, they are hosting enriching and enjoyable events, offering …

Experts unpack Vatican’s new catechumenate for marriage

by Tory BaucumAnglican Essays, Benedictine College, Catholicism, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, Tory Baucum September 6, 2023September 6, 2023Comments are Disabled

(OSV News) — In 2022, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life released “Catechumenal Pathways for Married Life“, providing principles for rethinking marriage preparation for catechumate for marriage in the Catholic Church. Nearly a year later, leaders are still unpacking what a “ marriage catechumenate ” means for the Church in the U.S. In …

Leading Anglican’s Powerful Conversion To Be Featured on EWTN

by Tory BaucumCatholicism, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, EWTN, Religion, Tory Baucum, Tory Baucum Interviews August 27, 2023September 7, 2023Comments are Disabled

Dr. Tory Baucum, Director of Benedictine College’s Center for Family Life, will be featured on EWTN’s The Journey Home with Marcus Grodi on Monday, August 28 at 7 p.m. Central. The episode will feature a discussion of Baucum’s compelling conversion to Catholicism through the influence of Pope Saint John Paul II. The wide-ranging conversation will …

Talks, Hikes, Sports and Prayer: Family Week Brings Spiritual Family Vacations to America

by Tom HoopesBenedictine College, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, Education, Leadership June 6, 2023June 12, 2023Comments are Disabled

Shared Post from Benedictine College No wonder it doubled in size in less than a year. Parents glimpsed the heights, children explored the depths, and together they celebrated the joy of the Catholic faith at Family Week 2023 at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Internationally renowned theologians, speakers, experts in children’s formation and religious were …

How a nation opened its arms to refugees

by Tory BaucumDomestic Church, Leadership, Poland, Ukrainian Refugees April 6, 2023April 6, 2023Comments are Disabled

Fascinated by Polish hospitality extended to Ukrainian refugees, Tory Baucum delves into its nature. How does one explain three million refugees in Poland but not one refugee camp? Even the experts find it hard. Dr Marc Gopin of the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, and a world expert on …

A Greatness No One Can Take Away

by Tory BaucumBenedictine College, Center for Family Life, Domestic Church, Education, Leadership, Poland February 22, 2023February 22, 2023Comments are Disabled

Program teaches human dignity to the kids the culture forgot Central School in Atchison, Kansas, isn’t a school for bad kids. Every student in the school is born with thesame inherent human dignity as dwelt in Mahatma Gandhi, or Martin Luther King, Jr., or Abraham Lincoln. Maybe nobody ever told them that before. That’s changing, …