How the Head of the Holy Family Healed Me
Dan Burke
December 28, 2025
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“If I was healed, it was to bring healing to the Church. To extend the healing power of Jesus to others.” – Dan Burke
Scars of the Sun, Fruit of the Son: Praying for Priests
Joseph Hollcraft
November 24, 2025
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“Just as hours beneath the sun leave a mark upon the body, how much more can hours before the Son—Jesus Christ, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament—leave not scars, but lasting fruit?” – Joseph Hollcraft
A World Without Them: Facing the Crisis in the Priesthood
Claire Dwyer
December 29, 2024
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“We know that in the harshness of our cultural climate, each priestly vocation, and each young discerner’s heart, is a fragile thing that must be loved and held sacred and formed into maturity. It must stay anchored to an unflinching branch in order to become fully itself: healed, restored and radically free.” – Claire Dwyer
“I Was Made For This”
Joseph Hollcraft
December 18, 2023
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“It’s so encouraging to see these seminarians, all full of hope and desire, ready to pick up the Cross of Christ and bear it into the world with their ‘yes.’” – Dr. Joseph Hollcraft
I Left Worldliness Behind
Ann Virnig
December 11, 2023
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“The fear dissolved as I stepped out in trust. The ‘daily bread’ promised us has been mine ever since.” – Ann Virnig
These Men Matter
Joseph Hollcraft
December 29, 2022
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“When you give to the Avila Foundation, these men receive a gift not unlike the one God offered me so long ago: they receive the companionship of fellow discerners, the spiritual fatherhood of holy priests, and the knowledge that people like you care.” – Joseph Hollcraft
These Works of God are Hidden
Anthony Lilles
December 20, 2022
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“We have an enemy who has great interest in keeping our eyes on what appears to be dead and dying but through the stirrings of the Holy Spirit, the Father wants us to see what He is about and through His Son, join in his great work.” – Dr. Anthony Lilles
Vocation Crisis: A Turning Point?
Joseph Hollcraft
September 10, 2022
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“The world may emphasize the vocation crisis, and for a good reason—the numbers do not look good — BUT I have a front-row seat to hope, the hope that is born from watching men give their radical yes to a higher calling.” – Dr. Joseph Hollcraft
Hundreds of Catholic Churches Closed in the US
Dan Burke
August 29, 2022
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Join us for this episode of Divine Intimacy Radio “Hundreds of Catholic Churches Closed in the US” as we interview Dr. Joseph Hollcraft about the
“Thank You!” to St. Joseph
Dan Burke
December 15, 2021
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Our special year-end episode celebrating another milestone year at the Avila Foundation!