Pray for Charles Colson

Please pray for Charles Colson and his wife, Patty.   Chuck fell seriously ill last weekend.  Here’s the official announcement from Prison Fellowship.
“As many of you may have heard, Chuck Colson, the beloved founder of Prison Fellowship and the Colson… Read More

Down in Jungle Land

Dan McInerny’s insightful post on Bruce Springsteen inspired the following reflections on my part.
One of the underlying phenomena of the 60s was the presumption, on the part of the WWII generation, that the rites of passage they had experienced… Read More

Reinventing Traditional Marriage

I posted the following in response to “Homosexual Marriage: Only Ourselves to Blame,” an article today in the lead section.  I’ve added it as a blog post as well, because I think “home economics” so neglected, and I truly want… Read More

“Ask A Monk” Online!

At 6 PM Eastern Time today, February 20, 2012, “Ask A Monk” goes live for the first time.  From his monastery Brother Sebastian will be using chat software to provide spiritual advice to anyone who visits the Catholic Exchange homepage… Read More

New Journeys

I call this blog “Chasing the Spirit” because I have happened, from time to time, and far more than I deserve, to meet people in whom and experience occasions on which the Spirit has made himself manifest.
The Spirit blows… Read More

About Harold Fickett

Harold Fickett

Harold Fickett became president of Catholic Exchange on January 1, 2010, after working in publishing and the media for twenty-five years. He is the author of eight books, including works of fiction, The Holy Fool, biography, Flannery O’Connor: Images of Grace, and works of inspiration and journalism, Conversations with Jesus and The Living Christ. He has also written for such publications as The National Review, Crisis, Books & Culture, and Slate.com. A convert from evangelical Protestantism to Catholicism of more than 20 years, Harold was heavily involved in developing the Catholic new media publication, GodSpy. He also co-founded the influential arts and religion journal Image. He is a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Sandy Springs, Georgia.