Fr. Timothy V. Vaverek, STD has been a priest of the Diocese of Austin since 1985 and is currently pastor of Assumption parish in the city of West. His studies were in Dogmatics with a focus on Ecclesiology, Apostolic Ministry, Newman, and Ecumenism. His new book is As I Have Loved You: Rediscovering Our Salvation in Christ (Emmaus Road Publishing). Click here to watch Scott Hahn interview Fr. Vaverek about about the book.

Word of God, Words of Men

Sunday, November 12, 2023


Of Sin and ‘Mitigated Culpability’

Tuesday, February 14, 2023


Accompanying Those Innocently in Error

Sunday, January 29, 2023


The ‘New Paradigm’ Can’t Deliver

Wednesday, December 14, 2022


Rediscovering Our Union with Christ

Sunday, September 4, 2022


The Ascension: Our Hope of Glory

Sunday, May 29, 2022


How His Passion and Death Become Ours

Thursday, April 14, 2022


Without ‘Metanoia’ We Perish

Sunday, March 20, 2022


The Bishops’ Bind and Their Cross

Sunday, November 21, 2021


Wayward Shepherds, Scattered Sheep

Sunday, October 10, 2021


Love and Truth

Sunday, August 8, 2021


Pastoral Incoherence

Saturday, July 3, 2021


Mixed Messages from the Vatican and Bishops

Wednesday, October 14, 2020


Rome Failed on McCarrick – and Needs to Change

Thursday, September 20, 2018


The Deeper Crisis: Abuse of Authority

Thursday, August 30, 2018


Weathering the Storm

Saturday, August 4, 2018


Good News: God Didn’t Make This Mess

Wednesday, May 23, 2018


The Pastoral Appeal, the Pope, and the Bishops

Wednesday, May 9, 2018


The Apostasy of Our Times

Sunday, February 11, 2018


Three Bishops Set the Bar: What’s Next?

Wednesday, January 10, 2018


Jesus: the Heart of Christian Morality

Wednesday, November 29, 2017


Killing, Adultery, and the Church’s Witness to Christ

Wednesday, November 15, 2017


Shooting the Orthodox Catholic Messenger

Wednesday, September 13, 2017


The Newer Phariseeism

Wednesday, August 23, 2017


A Diptych for a Cardinal

Tuesday, July 25, 2017


The Church Teaches – and Judges – Consciences

Sunday, March 19, 2017


What’s Happening – and Where We’re Headed

Friday, February 10, 2017


Marital Fidelity and God’s Fidelity

Saturday, January 28, 2017


Holy Communion, Conscience, and the Christian Life

Saturday, October 1, 2016


What Are We Seeing?

Thursday, June 23, 2016


Francis, Contraception, and the Zika Virus

Thursday, February 25, 2016