RECHARGE!

Bring evangelist, author, and podcaster Patrick Coffin to your parish for an evening of formation and transformation.

The classic Bible verse for Catholics is “Always have a ready reason for those who ask of the hope that is in you” (1 Peter 3:15).

Do you have a ready reason for their questions? Can you explain the basics of the Catholic Faith to your non-Catholic friends and family, especially to your children?

The average age when Catholics leave the Faith is 13. And most don’t return. Let that sink in.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. RECHARGE! teaches a simple method of both evangelization (which he calls offense) and apologetics (aka defense) and that is both memorable and life-changing.

RECHARGE! covers the least you need to know to explain and defend your faith to atheists, Protestants, and lapsed Catholics. This is not about book learning or complicated scholarship. It’s focused on being an effective witness for Christ, not debate champion. Bring a friend, and your hard questions. Get RECHARGED!

MAKING SENSE OF SUFFERING

The great St. Thomas Aquinas taught the existence of suffering and evil is one of the most formidable objections to God’s existence. If God is good, how can He allow the horrible evils we read about every day? Others ask, if God can’t prevent evil from happening, is He all-powerful? The answer to the problem of evil is the presence of Jesus Christ, the Suffering Servant. In this talk, Patrick shares harrowing real-life stories that fill you with hope and a sense of meaning.

THE MEDIA VS. THE FAMILY

The invention of the wireless radio, which made place irrelevant, and the rise of its visual extension known as television, have revolutionized mass media in ways that are as influential as they are hidden.

In the 1940s, the two-parent family was essentially intact and promoted by the surrounding culture. By the late 1960s, with the rise of the failed Sexual Revolution, the mainstreaming of pornography, and the legalization of abortion, the family has been under sustained attack. This talk traces the history of anti-family messaging since then through LGBTQ2++ ideology through movies, television, and popular music, and provides practical tools for parents to combat and counter the toxic propaganda thrown at us 24/7.

MAN UP: EMBRACING THE KEY TO MANHOOD

This is a talk for men who want to get more out of their life, their marriages, their jobs, and their interior lives as Christians. Our culture offers all kinds of models and ideals to men, how they should think, act, look, and feel. Very few of them call men to the standard of the gospel.

Man Up! is both inspiring and challenging because Patrick draws on his own life experience as a Catholic leader, and father. This talk describes the top three roles men are called to play, and all of them rest on the more important topic of identity. It’s not about what you do but who you are.

THE DICTATORSHIP OF RELATIVISM

Relativism is the assertion that there are no absolute truths, i.e., that truth is always relative to some particular frame of reference, such as a language, a time, or a culture. It’s one of the most prevalent errors of post-modernity. Learn how to spot it, refute it, and stand up to the bullies who try to impose it. Relativism is the jet fuel that powers so many other bad ideas churned out on college campuses. Learn how to spot it and stop it with clarity and charity.

CURING THE WOKE MIND VIRUS:

The term woke is a kissing cousin to the older term “politically correct,” which originated in Communist and Nazi usage in the early 1930s. No surprise there. If you stand for free speech, you know that its mortal enemy — especially on university campuses, is woke culture.

WIth lots of current examples, learn how to fight back effectively and persuasively.

MASTER OF CEREMONIES (AKA LET PATRICK RUN YOUR SHOW)

Patrick has been emceeing conferences and fundraising galas for over 20 years. Whether it’s a parish setting, in a hotel ballroom, or in a stadium, your event should unfold properly, and with panache and professionalism. Patrick sprinkles his work as emcee/host with humor, clarity and never fails to include some jaw-dropping magic along the way from his professional repertoire. After so many months of hard work and planning, you deserve to enjoy your own event.

Leave it in the capable hands (and voice) of Patrick Coffin so you can be present to your guests and friends.