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This is what they told me.
After the success of his Bible in a Year podcast (it hit the number one position in the Apple podcast charts for multiple weeks), Father Mike Schmitz’s new project was just announced. He’s started working on a catechism-in-a-year project. This isn’t the first time something like this has been developed. But, unlike when I attempted this project, it seems that Father Schmitz’s work won’t be barred by the USCCB.
In 2015, I started building a team to promote the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Daily Catechist would be a website run by Catholic millennials, where we would daily post a paragraph from the Catechism with short, accessible reflections, available by email and/or on the site. I had assembled an eager team, including a chief director, a social media director, two site directors, a communications a director, an editorial director, and an editorial team. But as word started getting out about the project, I was warned about past attempted initiatives.
In 2011, Matt Warner attempted to start a similar project, called “Read the Catechism in the Year.” Participants would receive daily emails with portions of the Catechism and, after a year, would have read it in its entirety. The project attracted more than 100,000 subscribers. But several months into the project, the USCCB sent him a cease and desist letter, stating that he did not have permission to share the Catechism and to immediately shut down the project.
The exchange
Continued below.
The USCCB wouldn’t let me share the Catechism
After the success of his Bible in a Year podcast (it hit the number one position in the Apple podcast charts for multiple weeks), Father Mike Schmitz’s new project was just announced. He’s started working on a catechism-in-a-year project. This isn’t the first time something like this has been developed. But, unlike when I attempted this project, it seems that Father Schmitz’s work won’t be barred by the USCCB.
In 2015, I started building a team to promote the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Daily Catechist would be a website run by Catholic millennials, where we would daily post a paragraph from the Catechism with short, accessible reflections, available by email and/or on the site. I had assembled an eager team, including a chief director, a social media director, two site directors, a communications a director, an editorial director, and an editorial team. But as word started getting out about the project, I was warned about past attempted initiatives.
In 2011, Matt Warner attempted to start a similar project, called “Read the Catechism in the Year.” Participants would receive daily emails with portions of the Catechism and, after a year, would have read it in its entirety. The project attracted more than 100,000 subscribers. But several months into the project, the USCCB sent him a cease and desist letter, stating that he did not have permission to share the Catechism and to immediately shut down the project.
The exchange
Continued below.
The USCCB wouldn’t let me share the Catechism
