Weird Catholic existed for six years on its own site as a place for me to gather my posts and articles on Church history, hagiography, and Catholic lore off the beaten path. Like all my writing about the faith, it was largely on hiatus for the five years I was in formation for the diaconate. With my recent ordination, I’m beginning to write again, and plan to post new material here on Substack. I have taken the old site offline.
Readers who subscribe to a full year of either this Substack or my other, An Owl Among the Ruins, will get both for $80. Monthly subs are $5 each. Post regularity will be once to twice a week in the beginning.
The following is the introduction to the original site.
Historical mysteries
Jeweled skeletons.
Levitating saints.
Ghostly processions.
Purgatorial visions.
Weeping statues.
Incorruptible bodies.
Peculiar objects.
Curious art.
Welcome to Weird Catholic.
In its 2000 years th…