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Is Dynamic Catholic affiliated in any way with the Catholic Church?
I have received some email inviting me to join them for Lent.
I have never heard of their group.
 
I think it’s some private business that develops events and programs for parishes to use. I believe they developed the “Best Lent Ever” program and a lot of parishes promote that. Check your bulletin to see if your parish is promoting something with them.
 
Matthew Kelly is a well know Catholic speaker and author.

I’ve a great respect for him, early in his work he received private revelations and wrote about them. When those in authority requested he cease, he stopped. So often we see people become defiant over their attachment to these private revelations, Mr Kelly exhibited real Christian humility.

His book “The Rhythm of Life” is great for anyone, Catholic or not as is “7 Levels of Intimacy”.
 
Thanks TLL, I had never heard of him. I guess because he is from Australia. I am always a bit leery of non-priests or other non-clergy who want to evangelize. I know I probably sound like an alarmist.
 
I was just concerned as to whether this is a legitimate program or if it is some money-making deal for Matthew Kelly.
 
Programs, books, talks can be legitimate and also be the way that a person supports themselves.
 
My Parish uses Dynamic Catholic as part of religious education preparation for first confession and communion
 
Is Dynamic Catholic a private company or a part of the Catholic Church?
 
IMO, he’s totally legit (full disclosure: I’m a monthly financial contributor to Dynamic Catholic).

Matthew Kelly’s been a fixture in the U.S. Catholic scene for a long time. He’s been on Relevant Radio regularly for at least 10 years. Some years ago, several dioceses did a program around his Rediscover Catholicism book. In my diocese, the parishes gave every single person a free copy of it.

His focus is trying to turn lukewarm Catholics into active Catholics. His style isn’t for everyone. My traditional Catholic friends find his theology shallow and wishy-washy, but that’s because he’s not geared towards them. His goal is to get the fallen away and indifferent Catholics to realize and embrace the great gift they have in Catholicism.

This powerful 9-minute video is a great example of what he’s trying to install in Catholics. Stick with it all the way to the end:
 
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Thanks again, TLL.
There are so many scammers out there trying to figure out ways to get something from us (money, person information, etc.) that I am always leery to participate in things.
Call me human. Call me living in the world we have today.
I tend to shy away from internet ministries, etc. I listen to the priest on Sunday at Mass and occasionally watch some television programming.
When it comes to donations, just something to the Church and some agencies like like the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, etc.
Thanks for your time in answering my question on Dynamic Catholic.
 
Note that, although Dynamic Catholic (and Catholic Answers) are private companies in the sense that they are not owned by the Catholic Church or any diocese, they still are both organizations that have some sort of ecclesial approval. The Diocese of Orange actually invited Dynamic Catholic to utilize some of their facility space when they acquired the old Crystal Cathedral and all of its’ grounds and buildings. So they have office space right in the vicinity of the diocesan cathedral and diocesan offices.

Canon law makes it clear that a group needs the permission of the local bishop to use the word “Catholic” in their title. Since Dynamic Catholic does use that name, and I haven’t heard otherwise, all signs point to them being approved to use it.

Dynamic Catholic has been putting out some solid Sacramental prep programs that they basically give away to parishes and sell the workbooks at a minimal cost. They are doing a lot of good stuff.
 
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I was just curious, because though their program is free, their workbooks and most of their other books are pay for play. I have no idea if they contributed any money from those book sales to the Church.
 
My impression was always that the money from the book sales goes primarily to the production cost of the materials. As it is, they have to be pretty heavily subsidized by donors to be able to afford to give stuff away as cheaply as they do.

Just a couple weeks ago, at the parish office we received their new marriage program. It has a leader’s guide, two workbooks, a marriage planning book, and a set of DVDs. I didn’t even ask for them to send it, they just did. So I’m assuming they sent it to most parishes in the U.S. That is thousands of parishes receiving this substantial program kit for free. Someone has to pay to make that sort of thing happen.

I wouldn’t necessarily expect them to give money directly to the Church. They are performing ministry and are a non-profit organization, so everything they do is for the Church. Any money they make probably goes into financing their next project.
 
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Joe_5859 said:
Just a couple weeks ago, at the parish office we received their new marriage program. It has a leader’s guide, two workbooks, a marriage planning book, and a set of DVDs. I didn’t even ask for them to send it, they just did. So I’m assuming they sent it to most parishes in the U.S. That is thousands of parishes receiving this substantial program kit for free. Someone has to pay to make that sort of thing happen.
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When I became a monthly contributor at one of his events last year, this was exactly the pitch: “we need regular contributors because we are sending free materials to many/most parishes in the U.S.”
 
Our parish went to hear Matt Kelly speak and I really enjoyed it.
Give The Best Lent Ever a try, OP. I really like it as an extra little thing to think about.
 
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Thanks TLL, I had never heard of him. I guess because he is from Australia. I am always a bit leery of non-priests or other non-clergy who want to evangelize. I know I probably sound like an alarmist.
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He actually lives in the United States and Dynamic Catholic is based in the Diocese of Covington.
 
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Is Dynamic Catholic a private company or a part of the Catholic Church?
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It’s a lay apostolate, in total communion with the Church.

Matthew Kelly is one of several Keynote speakers at our Archdiocesan Men’s conference this Saturday
 
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I was just curious, because though their program is free, their workbooks and most of their other books are pay for play. I have no idea if they contributed any money from those book sales to the Church.
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They give to the Church in different ways. As a thank you to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for hosting the World Meeting of Families in 2015, Dynamic Catholic donated a tractor trailer’s worth of free books to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for Christmas 2015. Parishes all over the Archdiocese distributed books to parishenors as Christmas gifts.
 
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