• See for Yourself

    Build Fulfilling Relationships.
    Pass on the Faith.

    If you're looking for an easy way to have fun with your family, build fulfilling relationships with them, and pass on the Catholic Faith all at the same time, then the See for Yourself approach is for you.

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  • Fuel for the Fire

    My Son Jumped Off a Cliff

    Our Faith isn’t just about rules. Our Faith is about rules and relationship…and more so about the relationship. The relationship is that God jumped first and God promises that He’s going to catch us, to take care of us. He’s going to take care of me.

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  • Fuel for the Fire

    Advice After a Suicide Attempt

    People were freaked out and on edge, and Amanda was sitting alone in front of the nurse’s station, arms crossed. When I said “hi” she just kind of looked at me and didn’t say anything. I went into the nurse’s station, read the charts and found out that the night before…she had attempted suicide.

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  • What is a

    Strong Catholic Dad?

    Everything changes with the birth of your first child. Amazingly, God has given you a share in His own Fatherhood. You begin to sense the responsibility, the eternal consequence of your role in the life of your child. You feel your own inadequacy. It can be overwhelming.

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Latest Fuel for the Fire

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Advice After a Suicide Attempt

The year after college I worked at a hospital on a psych and drug rehab unit for 13- to 18-year-olds. […]

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Freak-Out Parenting

A while back I was talking to my son who had just graduated from college. He had paid his own […]

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My Son Jumped Off A Cliff

24 years ago we were at a water park in southern Florida. My son John-Andrew was 3 at the time, […]

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What It's Like Having 10 Kids

I’m blessed to have 10 children between the ages of 6 and 27. I didn’t start out wanting to have […]

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Who We Are

Strong Catholic Dad exists to help fathers lead their families to heaven. Founded by Michael O’Rourke, father of 12 (two in heaven), we equip dads to grow in their own relationship with the Lord, build fulfilling relationships with their wife and kids, and pass on the Catholic Faith to their children.

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See for Yourself

The See for Yourself approach is a fun and effective way to build fulfilling relationships with your kids while passing on the Catholic Faith. The approach is simple: dad uses viral YouTube videos as icebreakers to capture the attention and imagination of the whole family, and then turns that captivation into lively discussion about life and the Faith. It’s really cool.

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