A Crappy Catholic with Mark Kwasny

Send us Fan Mail When we're kids, we're handed an invisible brochure about life. It promises the perfect family. The perfect marriage. The perfect career. The perfect church. The perfect happily-ever-after. Then reality shows up. Families are dysfunctional. Marriages involve two imperfect people. Workplaces are filled with... well... people. Churches are hospitals for sinners, not museum...

Send us Fan Mail Some people wake up, focus for eight uninterrupted hours, crush their goals, optimize their workflow, and become millionaires by age 25. I hear footsteps upstairs and immediately abandon my entire personality. In this episode, I talk about trying to create while living in a constant state of distraction, anxiety, responsibility, codependency, household chaos, barking dogs, crowing...

Send us Fan Mail It started with a toaster. A simple, innocent appliance whose only job used to be: bread goes in, toast comes out. But not anymore. In this episode, I spiral (gracefully… mostly) into the modern insanity of “smart” everything. What used to require one button now demands decisions, settings, updates, and—at one point—reading the manual… for a toaster. A toaster. From there, things...

Send us Fan Mail We moved to the country chasing the dream: land, peace, maybe a few chickens… and possibly a holy, wholesome life. What we got instead? Heat exhaustion, ER visits, falling off ladders, tractor accidents, lawsuits, dead chickens, and a strong suspicion that the property itself is cursed. In this episode of Diary of a Crappy Catholic , I share what really happens when a suburban guy...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I unpack how we casually ghost God while insisting we love Him — and why we’d never tolerate that behavior from a spouse, friend, or child. Topics include: • Treating God like the nerd in every 80s movie • Sunday shopping theology • Advent guilt • Why effort matters even when you’re bad at Catholicism • And how being a crappy Catholic still means actually trying S...

Send us Fan Mail Why is it that the guy at the football stadium will take his shirt off, paint his chest, scream like a lunatic for four hours… but we Catholics can barely stay awake for a 55-minute Mass where JESUS CHRIST is literally present? Yeah. I’m calling us out. And I’m calling myself out.  Because for years I treated Catholicism like a spiritual DMV appointment —get in, get my hour, get o...

Send us Fan Mail "Jesus, I trust in You." Okay, you said the words... but do you trust in Him, really? Yeah, a lot of us are like that. We say we have confidence in God. We say we trust in Jesus, but get stuck in a traffic jam just once and the only thing you're trusting is that you can cuss up a blue streak at all the idiot drivers.  Trusting God... having confidence in God... surr...

Send us Fan Mail 🎄🔥 LET THE ADVENT WARS BEGIN! 🔥🎄 Welcome to the ONLY Christmas-prep video brave enough to admit what the rest of the world won’t: Advent is basically a four-week battle campaign—and you are terribly outnumbered. In this episode, I heroically attempt to celebrate Advent while dodging: Rogue Christmas decorations that attack before Thanksgiving is even over People who think Adve...

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like prayer is this super serious, complicated thing where you have to say all the right words? Nope! Prayer is basically chatting with your BFF — except your BFF is God, and He already knows your life story (awkward texts and all). Think of it like keeping the ultimate group chat alive: say thanks, ask for help, admit when you messed up, or just tell Him about your day....

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder what it really takes to be a decent human? Spoiler: it’s not about winning every argument, getting likes, or even being perfect. In this video, we explore what it means to be a person of good will—someone who seeks truth, admits mistakes, and tries to do the right thing even when it’s messy, inconvenient, or downright frustrating. Think of it like this: Charlie Brown w...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder if being Catholic is actually worth all the rules, guilt, and weird traditions? Yeah… me too. But here’s the thing—being Catholic literally saved my life. I’ve hit rock bottom, stared into the abyss, and somehow (thank God and my probably very confused guardian angel) made it out alive. In this episode, I share my messy, very human journey: why the Church’s teachings a...

Send us Fan Mail Hey — welcome to Crappy Catholic Reboot ! In this short talk I share how I grew up Catholic but didn’t really know much about it until I started reading and asking questions. I explain how learning more about the Bible, saints, angels, and the church helped me believe again and get excited about my faith. What you’ll hear:  • How I felt when friends said mean things about the Cath...

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like you're surrounded by dumb ideas... and somehow following along? Yeah, me too. This video dives into 10 hilariously painful ways we all conform to stupidity—without even realizing it. From trying to be liked by people who don’t like themselves, to calling your job a “family” (spoiler: they’ll still fire you via email), this is your invitation to stop the nonsens...

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like you’re the only one who remembers what actually happened at Thanksgiving '98? You’re not crazy, you’re just surrounded by people who prefer their truth pre-sanitized and gift-wrapped. In this episode, we take a stroll through family image management, workplace gaslighting, and the fine art of being the inconvenient truth-teller. Warning: May cause spontaneous l...

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like your childhood came with a free subscription to self-doubt and procrastination? Join me as I battle the fear of recording and discover that maybe, just maybe, it's not all my fault—except the part where I keep overthinking everything. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Tired of Popes trying to be the “cool dad”? In this episode, I rant (lovingly) about why the Church needs a coach, not a cruise director. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The world wants you to think that YOU'RE the crazy one when truth is, the insane asylums have been opened and the crazy people are in charge and are all around you! It's time to pick a course and tell the world to take a hike. Here's how we're going to do it together.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like being Catholic is like running on a treadmill... that’s also on fire... and moving backward? Don’t worry, you’re not alone—let’s talk about why the struggle is real (and maybe laugh about it so we don’t cry). Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Are you afraid of failure, success, or just recording a podcast about fear? I'd be lying if I said this recording was easy because fear kept telling me different. But I found a great way to give a swift kick to fear. Here's some help when fear has you stuck. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ever looked at an old photo of yourself and thought, "Wow, I peaked at 5"? Join me as I try to rediscover that kid who smiled in bathtubs, rocked a xylophone, and didn’t care what anyone thought—except maybe for snack time. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Believe it or not, there's a little you inside of you. And if that little guy or gal never had a chance to be a kid, to be creative, or to just grow up in a normal household, then it's time for you to take the reigns. Discover how to re-parent that adorable, passionate, little child who has amazing potential and so much life to live with joy. You can even get started tod...

Send us Fan Mail Feeling like the voices in your head could start their own terrorist organization? Don’t let the terrorists win! Here's how to fight back against the voices and self-talk that are trying to keep you down.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like you're surrounded by people who think *you're* the stupid one? Let’s talk about dodging silly ideas, finding your self-worth, and why everyone needs a Chart of Stupidity -- it will come in handy! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail How much of your life have you spent trying to please other people and get approval... especially from your parents? Well, you can do a lot of things to get approval like draw a pretty picture or do your chores without complaining or just sit in your room quietly while your siblings make a ruckus. Just don't make the same mistake I did that cost me 10 years of my life. Suppor...

Send us Fan Mail For so many of us, expressing our feelings and emotions was not an option. We were told to "Stop crying" or "What are you so happy about?" When we needed to tell someone how we felt -- especially someone in our dysfunctional family -- we were met with blank stares, condescending looks, or incredibly fast changes of subject. But God is the author of your feeling...