JASON GAWALDO

Jason Gawaldo is the Director for Catechetical Ministries at Divine Grace Parish in the Diocese of Pittsburgh as well as a Catechetical Consultant. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Classics from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master’s degree in Theology and Pastoral Ministry from Franciscan University of Steubenville. Since 2007, he has worked in a variety of parish ministries ranging from young families and infant Baptism preparation to young adult ministry. His personal and professional mission has been to help people of all ages develop a deeper relationship with Jesus and a meaningful understanding of the faith. Jason and his wife Natalie are blessed with six wonderful children. They enjoy traveling as a family and bringing the faith into their home.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

THE PROPHETS’ LONGING FOR THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH

The biblical prophets had a tough job. They were charged to be the Lord’s mouthpieces to deliver messages of repentance and reminders of the...

SACRED RELICS: ARTIFACTS OF GRACE

When my mother died almost 11 years ago, it was important to me to keep something of hers, something that was meaningful to her....

ALLHALLOWTIDE: THE AUTUMN TRIDUUM

I used to live a few houses away from what appeared to be a lovely elderly couple. For months out of the year they...

CHRISTIAN PARENTING & CATECHETICAL SUNDAY

September 15 is Catechetical Sunday, a day of remembering the Church’s great task of catechesis and those who are engaged in this work. Many...

MY START-AND-STOP RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FAMILY ROSARY

When I was six years old, my mother had a conversion experience. To be fair, she had never really fallen away because she didn’t...

THE TEACHING OF THE APOSTLES: THE CHURCH’S SELECTIONS OF SECOND READINGS AT SUNDAY MASS

Have you ever noticed that the second readings during Sunday Mass don’t often connect thematically with the other readings? That’s because the first reading...