In "Because Of Our Fathers," Megan Reilly offers up powerful testimony about her father's life, his pro-life activism, and his role in shaping the serious Catholic worldview shared by her and her siblings. She joins us on Good Men to discuss!
Megan Collier Reilly is a stay-at-home wife and mother of four. She taught high school Spanish for eleven years, ten of them in Catholic schools in New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. She has attended two World Youth Days (in Denver and in Paris), studied abroad in Spain, and participated in two service trips to Mexico. She has done volunteer work at a Boston-area crisis pregnancy center and was a member of the Newton chapter of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, having had the honor of attending meetings alongside Dr. Mildred Jefferson, one of the greatest pro-life heroes of our time. Born and raised near Princeton, New Jersey, where she attended Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, she received her B.A. from Boston College and her M.Ed. from the PACT Program at Providence College. She and her husband Mike reside in N. Kingstown, Rhode Island, along with their children: John (Jack), Daniel, Matthew, and Caroline. The Reillys are active members of their parish, St. Bernard’s, and Megan continues to be an active participant in the Rhode Island pro-life movement. You can connect with Megan Reilly on Facebook (/megancreilly).
In 2018, Tyler Rowley heard a Catholic priest describe how influential his father was to his vocation. That story inspired Rowley to talk to other Catholic men and women from across the country about the impact that their fathers had on their faith and Catholic identity. One-by-one these men and women detailed the pivotal role their fathers played in their love for Christ and His Church. “Because of Our Fathers” is the collection of those stories.
This book asks every Catholic man to consider the enormous blessing of the Catholic faith that has been handed down to him by generations of faithful fathers, and the duty God has bestowed upon him to now lead his own family to Christ’s Church.
“Because of Our Fathers” is filled with inspiring stories as well as practical advice for being the spiritual leader of a family. In many ways the fathers described in the book are ordinary men who produced extraordinary families through simple lives of faith, humility and love.