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Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Fr. Dwight Longenecker was raised in an Evangelical home in Pennsylvania. After graduating from college with a degree in Speech and English, he went to study theology at Oxford University and was ordained a an Anglican minister in England. In 1995 Fr. Dwight and his family were received into the Catholic Church. Since then, he has become a prolific writer and author of twenty books, including Catholicism Pure & Simple, Quest for the Creed and The Mystery of the Magi. In December 2006 he was ordained as a Catholic priest under the special pastoral provision for married former Anglican clergy. He now serves as Pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary parish in Greenville, South Carolina. Read his blog, browse his books and be in touch at dwightlongenecker.com.

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It’s the Beautiful Struggle, Man!

What if we were to engage in the beautiful struggle with the true grit of a warrior and the courage of a champion?

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs August 25, 2020

A man who wished to remain anonymous is pictured wearing a raccoon mask in an area being called the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) located around streets reopened to pedestrians after the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct was vacated in Seattle, Washington on June 12, 2020.

5 Marks of an Adolescent Progressive

Adolescent progressivism is a counterfeit religion that comes from the Father of Lies

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs August 13, 2020

Raphael, “The Transfiguration,” c. 1518

5 Reasons Why the Transfiguration Really Happened

If you get rid of the supernatural from religion, it’s not a religion anymore — it’s just a set of table manners.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs August 6, 2020

The Swamp of Subjective Sentimentality

Americans are so caught up in subjective sentimentalism that they can no longer think straight.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs July 2, 2020

Jean II Restout, ‘Pentecost’, 1732

At Pentecost, Mary Immaculate Reveals the Church Immaculate

“There is no Church without Pentecost. And there is no Pentecost without the Virgin Mary.” —Pope Benedict XVI

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs May 31, 2020

Absolon Stumme, “Virgin of Seven Sorrows”, 1499

The Sorrowful Mother and Mediatrix

How do Catholics understand Mary’s participation in the redemptive work of Christ, and why does it matter?

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs May 25, 2020

Give More Money, For Heaven’s Sake

If you’re wealthy and you are not sacrificially generous, you will go to hell.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs May 17, 2020

Friedrich Loos, “Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme,” c. 1848

The Relics of the Resurrection

The whole business of relics delights me because it stands this rational world on its head.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs May 14, 2020

Piero della Francesca, “The Resurrection of Jesus Christ,” 1463

Are All Religions Pretty Much the Same? No Way...

Christianity is based on the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead — a historical fact that cannot be refuted.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs May 6, 2020

Carl Heinrich Bloch, “The Resurrection,” 1881

Someday, You and Everyone Who Ever Lived Will Be Resurrected

The resurrection of Our Lord reminds us that the same reality will be ours to share one day.

Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blogs April 14, 2020

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