Brian Pizzalato

Brian Pizzalato is the Director of Catechesis, R.C.I.A. & Lay Apostolate, Diocese of Duluth and is a faculty member of the Philosophy department of the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, England.

Brian writes a monthly column, “Veritatis Splendor,” for The Northern Cross of the Diocese of Duluth and his 33-part series on the sacraments for The Northern Cross have also been posted on Catholic News Agency's website, where he also authors a weekly column, “Road to Emmaus,” on the Sunday Readings, (which are translated into Romanian and posted on www.profamilia.ro).

Pizzalato is currently authoring the regular series, "Catechesis and Contemporary Culture," in The Sower, published by the Maryvale Institute. He is also author of the Philosophy of Religion course book for the B.A. in Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition at the Maryvale Institute.

Brian holds an M.A. in Theology and Christian Ministry with a Catechetics specialization and an M.A. in Philosophy from Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH. Brian currently pursuing an M.A. in Biblical Studies at the Augustine Institute in Denver, CO as well as being a Ph.D. candidate at the Maryvale Institute. Brian is married and has six children.

Articles by Brian Pizzalato

Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jul 8, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Amos 7:12-15

Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jul 1, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Ez. 2:2-5

Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jun 24, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Wis. 1:13-15; 2:23-24

Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jun 17, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Job 38:1, 8-11

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Jun 10, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Ex. 24:3-8

The Most Holy Trinity

Jun 3, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Dt. 4:32-34, 39-40

Pentecost Sunday

May 27, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Acts 2:1-11

The Ascension of the Lord

May 20, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Acts 1:1-11

Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 13, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48

Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 6, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Acts 9:26-31

St. Paul: Christ gives us hope of resurrection

May 4, 2009 / 00:00 am

The end of the world! The Second Coming! What is your reaction to these words? Do they elicit fear or joy and hope?

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Apr 29, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Acts 4:8-12

Third Sunday of Easter

Apr 22, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Acts 3:13-15, 17-19

Second Sunday of Easter

Apr 15, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Acts 4:32-35

Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of the Lord

Apr 8, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Acts 10:34a, 37-43

St. Paul tells us how to live a life in Christ

Apr 6, 2009 / 00:00 am

Last month we discovered that St. Paul does not teach that we are saved by faith alone apart from the "obedience of faith" (Romans 1:5, 16:26). As St. Paul says in Ephesians, "…live in a manner worthy of the call you have received" (4:1). We must live this way because we have received the one Spirit, from the one God and Father of us all, through baptism, which makes us one body in Christ. (cf. Ephesians 4:4-6). "We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life" (Romans 6:4).