Most Catholic men were sacramentalized but never catechized. They went through the motions and walked away without ever being handed a vision for what their faith was supposed to look like inside their home. Mike DiCosola knows that story from the inside. He lived it.

James sits down in person with Mike DiCosola, Executive Director of Paradisus Dei for one of the most practical and honest conversations about Catholic family life you will hear.

Mike walks through how _That Man Is You_ started twenty-five years ago in a single Houston parish and now runs in over 1,200 parishes worldwide. He explains why the content is almost secondary — the real fruit always comes from the small group, around the table, when men stop talking about other people and start talking about themselves.

He breaks down _Missionaries to the Family_, a one-year formation program built on the Catechism and the Spirit of Nazareth, and what it actually looks like to make your home the domestic church it was always meant to be.

*Powerful Quotes:*

_"Wherever you are in the spiritual life, Jesus Christ wants to encounter you right there and take you further. He's not asking you to be a canonized saint tomorrow. He's asking you to take one step."_

_"A lone soldier is an easy target. That is what the Evil One wants — to isolate us so he can come at us when we have no defense."_

_"The goal is generational change of the culture. If the only thing that survived were families gathered together to help one another live, love, and grow in faith — then we will have been a successful endeavor."_

*📚 References & Resources Mentioned:*

* Paradisus Dei — http://paradisusday.org
* _That Man Is You_ — http://thatmanisyou.org
* _She Shall Be Called Woman_ — http://sheshallbecalledwoman.com
* Missionaries to the Family — http://paradisusday.org/missionaries
* Mysteries of the Rosary series — free at http://paradisusday.org

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