Bishop Barron has stated that the dumbing down of the faith has been a pastoral disaster. Learn from Bishop Barron and other handpicked experts in the comfort of your home on topics like theology, writing, faith and science, philosophy, and the Bible.

We’ve all heard Bishop Barron’s unwavering call to Proclaim Christ in the Culture. But how do we do that amidst the busyness of our lives and within an apathetic and sometimes hostile society? Become confident in your ability to be a witness to Christ and learn how to feed souls hungry for beauty, peace, and purpose in a fallen world.

Writing Community 

This community is intended to help you hone the craft of writing in a myriad of genres and also to engage in a meaningful way with other writers through constructive feedback. Led by Dr. Holly Ordway, the Cardinal Francis George Professor of Faith and Culture for the Word on Fire Institute.

Book Club

This community reads and discusses great works of literature and teaches members to critically engage with the written word in order to foster a love of learning. Led by Haley Stewart, Editor of Word on Fire Votive.

Theology for Evangelists

This community seeks to provide its members with foundational theological knowledge for the sake of expanding their evangelical tool boxes. Led by Dr. Richard DeClue, SThD, Professor of Theology for Word on Fire.


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Course Community

This community offers its members a weekly walk-through lesson-by-lesson of the latest course in the Institute. It’s a vibrant place to continue learning together. Led by Rachel Bulman, author and speaker.

Homeschool Parent Formation

This community offers formation, support, and resources for families interested in or already engaged in homeschooling. Led by Vanessa Lopez, a veteran homeschooling mother who holds a master’s degree in English and a master’s degree in biblical studies and theology.

Primary Educators’ Formation Community

This community is for formation for educators in grade levels Pre-K–6 in Catholic schools. The goal of this community is to continue the professional and personal formation of primary Catholic school teachers. Led by Rose Coleman, who holds a master’s in religious education and a master’s in education.

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This community offers the Catholic approach to disability: recognizing the inherent dignity of each human person. Members will experience support and education as they advocate together for greater respect for human dignity. Led by Mark Bradford, Fellow for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the Word on Fire Institute.

Spanish Community

This community provides a place online to deepen in the Catholic faith for Spanish-speakers from all over the world. Led by Fr. Ignacio Amorós Rodríguez-Fraile, a priest of the diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas (Uruguay), rector of the Divine Mercy Shrine of Maldonado-Punta del Este, and university professor.

What does it mean to be a good person and to treat others justly? Secular culture fails to provide an adequate answer to these questions–with disastrous consequences for social stability and individual happiness. Learn how the Church not only cares about justice, including social justice, and good character, but also provides a better moral and political alternative to the reigning ideologies of our day.

3 COURSES

Popular culture is important to the Church precisely because it’s where the people are, especially the young. Learn how to identify and make good use of the “seeds of the Word” in entertainment, politics, and even stand-up comedy to evangelize the culture.

3 COURSES

There is no greater evangelical power in the world than the saints, those who embody the Good News in their very lives–and all of us are called to become saints. Learn how to deepen your prayer life and conform yourself, by the grace of God, ever more perfectly to Christ's will.

3 COURSES

You will lay a solid foundation with the 8 principles of Word on Fire and learn how to apply them to your daily life. Then journey through the fundamentals of Catholicism—all with the goal of becoming a better evangelist.

Being an effective evangelist requires having a full toolbox to engage a diverse and multifaceted secular culture. Learn practical tips to adapt your evangelical strategy to different audiences, including the indifferent, the open-minded, and those who claim to have no religion.

What does the Church actually teach about some foundational tenets of the faith? These courses provide phenomenal teaching and food for thought to help you grow deeper in your Catholic faith.

One of Word on Fire’s founding principles is to “lead with beauty.” A jaded culture frequently balks at “truth claims” and is highly skeptical of “morality.” Beauty, however, retains the power to break through the cynicism, leading, eventually, to the true and the good. Learn how the Church’s expansive repository of art, literature, music, architecture, and more can still stir the secular soul.

Los cursos que ofrecemos se imparten en español, brindando formación y educación profunda para los miembros del Insituto. Estos cursos no son traducciones, sino que se preparan y se imparten en español para que tanto los hablantes nativos como aquellos familiarizados con el idioma crezcan en confianza y habilidad para poder evangelizar Cristo en la cultura.

“My faith has deepened and allowed me to share the beauty of our Church in ways I never expected.” 

–DANIEL

“I have journeyed alongside fellow sinners striving to be saints who encourage, challenge, and teach by word and example how to love God, love others, and go forth to share the Good News.”

–THERESA