Brian Pizzalato

Brian Pizzalato is the Director of Catechesis, R.C.I.A. & Lay Apostolate, Diocese of Duluth and is a faculty member of the Philosophy department of the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, England.

Brian writes a monthly column, “Veritatis Splendor,” for The Northern Cross of the Diocese of Duluth and his 33-part series on the sacraments for The Northern Cross have also been posted on Catholic News Agency's website, where he also authors a weekly column, “Road to Emmaus,” on the Sunday Readings, (which are translated into Romanian and posted on www.profamilia.ro).

Pizzalato is currently authoring the regular series, "Catechesis and Contemporary Culture," in The Sower, published by the Maryvale Institute. He is also author of the Philosophy of Religion course book for the B.A. in Philosophy and the Catholic Tradition at the Maryvale Institute.

Brian holds an M.A. in Theology and Christian Ministry with a Catechetics specialization and an M.A. in Philosophy from Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH. Brian currently pursuing an M.A. in Biblical Studies at the Augustine Institute in Denver, CO as well as being a Ph.D. candidate at the Maryvale Institute. Brian is married and has six children.

Articles by Brian Pizzalato

Both faith and works necessary for salvation

Mar 9, 2009 / 00:00 am

The Protestant says to the Catholic, “St. Paul says in Romans 3:28, ‘For we consider that a person is justified by faith apart from works of the law,’ therefore we are saved by faith alone.

Second Sunday of Lent

Mar 4, 2009 / 00:00 am

(Cycle B)

First Sunday of Lent

Feb 25, 2009 / 00:00 am

(Cycle B)

Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time

Feb 18, 2009 / 00:00 am

(Cycle B)

St. Paul on the salvific meaning of suffering

Feb 16, 2009 / 00:00 am

“I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me” (Galatians 2:19b-20).

Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Feb 11, 2009 / 00:00 am

(Cycle B)

Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Feb 4, 2009 / 00:00 am

(Cycle B)

Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jan 28, 2009 / 00:00 am

(Cycle B)

St. Paul’s teachings on the Body of Christ

Jan 26, 2009 / 00:00 am

St. Stephen, deacon and martyr, was a man "filled with grace and power" (Acts 6:8). He endured many of the same sufferings of Christ.

Third Sunday of Ordinary Time

Jan 21, 2009 / 00:00 am

(Cycle B)

Passover reveals the true meaning of Jesus’ sacrifice

Jan 19, 2009 / 00:00 am

"For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, ‘This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes" (1 Corinthians 11:23-26).

Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)

Jan 14, 2009 / 00:00 am

First Reading – 1 Sam. 3:3b-10, 19

Baptism of the Lord

Jan 7, 2009 / 00:00 am

(Cycle B)

Epiphany

Dec 31, 2008 / 00:00 am

(Cycle B)

Holy Family (Cycle B)

Dec 24, 2008 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Sir. 3:2-6, 12-14 or Gen. 15:1-6; 21:1-3

Fourth Sunday of Advent (Cycle B)

Dec 17, 2008 / 00:00 am

First Reading – 2 Sam. 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16

Third Sunday of Advent (Cycle B)

Dec 10, 2008 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Is. 61:1-2a, 10-11

Second Sunday of Advent (Cycle B)

Dec 3, 2008 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Is. 40:1-5, 9-11

First Sunday of Advent (Cycle B)

Nov 26, 2008 / 00:00 am

First Reading – Is. 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7

Baptism makes us heirs ‘in hope of eternal life’

Nov 24, 2008 / 00:00 am

For St. Paul, the importance of baptism cannot be underestimated. At what might be considered the most important series of events for his own life, i.e. his conversion and subsequent three days of blindness and hunger and thirst, he is taught baptism’s significance by Ananias. Ananias says to the future St. Paul: "Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit" (Acts 9:17).