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(OCTOBER 29, 2018) By Melinda Tichelaar This week’s featured community group is the Troops of St. George. Troop 520 Captain Dr. Ronald C. Freeze provided the answers. Q: What is the mission of your organization? A: The Troops of St. George aims to use t...

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(OCTOBER 26, 2018) By Lisa Bourne KELLER, Texas (LifeSiteNews) – The Troops of Saint George has released an engaging new series of videos highlighting how through its mission to form holy Catholic men and boys, the group is reclaiming authen...

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(OCTOBER 23, 2018) — I don’t know about you, but sitting on the floor with my four-year-old playing with Legos for half an hour is painful. Not painful in the sense that it’s boring. Not painful in the sense that I want to be somewhere else. It’s ...

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(OCTOBER 17, 2018) — The new video series, released this week by the Troops of Saint George, confronts the culture with a fresh, joyful take on what it means to be a Catholic father with sons in the 21st century. The series, available here, shows the fr...

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(OCTOBER 16, 2018) By Peter De Trolio III KELLER, Texas – Once upon a time, I was a very proud Eagle Scout. Today, I refuse to associate myself with the Boy Scouts of America.  For a very short time, I felt like an orphan – but then I heard abou...

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For Immediate Release   October 15, 2018  MEDIA CONTACT Patrick Novecosky news@catholicpublicist.com (239) 682-7749   Troops of St. George Release Compelling New Video Series New apostolate for priests, men, and boys is making strides in reclaiming aut...

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(OCTOBER 9, 2018) — With all due respect to St. Sebastian, I think it’s time for a new patron saint of sports. If you’re not familiar with this third-century martyr, he’s the one typically portrayed with dozens of arrows protruding from his body. ...

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(OCTOBER 2, 2018) — You’ve heard the old adage, “Winning isn’t everything.” Our highly permissive culture fully embraces that idea. At school track meets, everyone gets a ribbon. Everyone’s a winner. No one is “the best” because that would...

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(SEPTEMBER 25, 2018) — If ever there was a time to call on the greatest powers in heaven to come to the aid of Christ’s Church, it’s now. With scandal and controversy coming from virtually every diocese—including Rome—it’s time for the faithfu...

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(SEPTEMBER 18, 2018) — Nice is not a virtue. It’s not a bad thing to be nice, but it’s not among the seven virtues. To be frank, Jesus wasn’t always nice. When he overturned the moneychangers’ tables, I’m sure none of those who witnessed the e...

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(SEPTEMBER 11, 2018) — My father was born in 1937, six months after George VI was crowned King of England. His daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, still reigns as the British Monarch after 66 years on the throne. Since my dad was born in Canada, which is stil...

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(SEPTEMBER 4, 2018) — What began five years ago as a summertime outing for Troop 73 from Osceola, Wis., has morphed into an annual event for all Troops of St. George. “This summer event was cooked up by our first captain, Randy Borne, and our chaplain...

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(AUGUST 28, 2018) — There was a time not long ago when men were expected to be the provider, protector and leader of their household—and of their culture, society, and nation. In our day, however, such “outdated thinking” is sometimes branded as �...

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(AUGUST 21, 2018) — I have a short list of what I call “Male Power Saints.” These are the manly men who showed absolute fearlessness in the face of great evil and didn’t bat an eye at death when it stared them in the face. Amazingly, I have a conn...

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(JUNE 26, 2018) — Men need tough role models—other men who are bold, fearless and champions of the good. We need these types of mentors because, left to our own devices, we become complacent, lazy and stagnant—whether we’re a young man, middle age...

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(JUNE 22, 2018) By Lisa Bourne KELLER, Texas (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Raymond Burke has endorsed a new scouting organization for Catholic boys and young men that unapologetically follows the Magisterium of the Church. “For some time, I have bee...

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(June 19, 2018) — When the news broke yesterday that Cardinal Raymond Burke had just endorsed the Troops of Saint George, most people who read the letter recognized the perfect timing. Even though the letter was dated May 25, it arrived on Father’s Da...

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KELLER, Texas (June 18, 2018) — Cardinal Raymond Burke, a member of the Roman Curia who serves on the highest court at the Vatican, the Apostolic Signatura, has lavished praise on the Troops of Saint George. “For some time, I have been happily followi...

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(June 12, 2018) — One of the key points I hit every time I give a talk is this—we’re at war. The battle raging all around us is a war of ideas, a war over the best way to run our country, the best way to raise our children, the best way to live our ...

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(JUNE 5, 2018) By Peter Jesserer Smith FORT WORTH, Texas – Five years after its founding, the Troops of St. George achieved a major milestone in its development by becoming a diocesan-approved apostolate for Catholic fathers and sons. Bishop Micha...

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