Fr. Mike Schmitz

Author -- 70 posts

Fr. Mike is the director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Duluth.  He also serves as the chaplain for the Newman Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.  You can access Fr. Mike's homilies at umdcatholic.org or on iTunes.

Who is God - 7 Minute Watch

How to be a Steward

Priesthood - 9 Minute Watch

Fr. Mike Schmitz Answers the Internet's Top Questions About Priests

Challenges - 10 Minute Watch

Don't Have Any Friends?

Continual Growth - 11 Minute Watch

Saying Goodbye, Starting Over, and Transitioning

Continual Growth - 9 Minute Watch

If You're Tired of Needing God

Faith - 6 Minute Watch

When a Miracle Doesn't Happen

Discernment - 6 Minute Watch

What's My Vocation?

Identity & Purpose - 6 Minute Watch

What's My Vocation?

Who is Jesus - 6 Minute Watch

When a Miracle Doesn't Happen

Identity & Purpose - 9 Minute Watch

If You're Tired of Needing God

Identity & Purpose - 1 Minute Watch

Loneliness After College - Facing the Quarter Life Crisis

Identity & Purpose - 8 Minute Watch

Straightforward Career and Job Advice

Biblical Worldview - 28 Minute Watch

Nunc Coepi: Breaking Agreements

Identity & Purpose - 9 Minute Watch

How to Bring Order to Your Life

Who is Jesus - 7 Minute Watch

How Do I Know If I've Actually Encountered Jesus?

Identity & Purpose - 9 Minute Watch

Sneaky Ways to Be Prideful (and How to Stop)

Hearing God's Voice - 8 Minute Watch

The Value of Silence

Biblical Worldview - 8 Minute Watch

Do You Want to Be Well?

Biblical Worldview - 9 Minute Watch

The Real Answer to Why God Allows Suffering

Continual Growth - 7 Minute Watch

How to Live This Lent for Others

Faith in Culture - 6 Minute Watch

Picking a Thing for Lent

Continual Growth - 9 Minute Watch

Are You Busy Doing the Right Things?

Missionary Identity - 3 Minute Watch

Struggling to Share the Gospel? Here's What's Missing

What is Evangelization? - 1 Minute Watch

How to Share the Gospel (And How Not To)

Hearing God's Voice - 10 Minute Watch

When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayers

What is Catholicism - 1 Minute Watch

The Transgender Question

What is Catholicism - 8 Minute Watch

The True Meaning of Advent

Biblical Worldview - 9 Minute Watch

Answering Your Questions About Advent

Biblical Worldview - 4 Minute Watch

Advent: More Than a Chocolate Calendar

Identity & Purpose - 4 Minute Watch

Why God Loves You

Deeper Relationships - 8 Minute Watch

Why It's Important to Have Good Friendships

Deeper Relationships - 8 Minute Watch

Do You Present Your True Self to Others?

Deeper Relationships - 7 Minute Watch

How to Get Real Friends

Hearing God's Voice - 10 Minute Watch

When You’re Distracted in Prayer

Hearing God's Voice - 9 Minute Watch

The Absolute Necessity of Saying "Thank You"

Identity & Purpose - 10 Minute Watch

How Do We Spend Our Time?

Faith in Culture - 8 Minute Watch

What's Your Bedtime?

Hearing God's Voice - 9 Minute Watch

What's a Sign From God (And What Isn't)

Continual Growth - 12 Minute Watch

Why Self-Care is Important for Loving Others

Hearing God's Voice - 5 Minute Watch

Praying As You Can, Not As You Can't

What is Catholicism - 1 Minute Watch

What is The Purpose of Lent?

What is Catholicism - 1 Minute Watch

Preparing For Lent

Identity & Purpose - 1 Minute Watch

A Theology of Working Out

Deeper Relationships - 1 Minute Watch

Why Is It So Hard to Forgive Yourself?

Biblical Worldview - 1 Minute Watch

If God is Good, Why Do We Need to Pray?

Fulfilling Desires - 1 Minute Watch

The "Little Things" Are Actually Most Things

What is Catholicism - 7 Minute Watch

All Saints Day Prep

Who is Jesus - 9 Minute Watch

Why Does God Need Us To Worship Him?

Fulfilling Desires - 10 Minute Watch

Is It Ever Okay To Give Up?

Deeper Relationships - 1 Minute Watch

Family Brings Out The Worst (So God Can Heal It)

What is Catholicism - 11 Minute Watch

Do All Good People Go to Heaven?

What is Catholicism - 7 Minute Watch

What Consitutes a Practicing Catholic?  

Faith in Culture - 90 Minute Watch

Reconciling the Body of Christ Amid Racial Division (An Interview with Fr. Josh Johnson)

Faith in Culture - 7 Minute Watch

Can I Get a Tattoo

What is Catholicism - 8 Minute Watch

The Significance of Ash Wednesday

What is Catholicism - 7 Minute Watch

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

Biblical Worldview - 6 Minute Watch

The Meaning of Suffering

Fulfilling Desires - 6 Minute Watch

Offering Up Our Inconveniences

Fulfilling Desires - 6 Minute Watch

Fasting Can Change You Forever

Fulfilling Desires - 9 Minute Watch

4 Reasons For Fasting

What is Catholicism - 5 Minute Watch

Why do Catholics Genuflect?

What is Catholicism - 9 Minute Watch

Motivation to go to Mass

What is Catholicism - 7 Minute Watch

Mortal vs. Venial Sin

Biblical Worldview - 6 Minute Watch

Hell is for Real

Identity & Purpose - 3 Minute Watch

What Defines You?

Identity & Purpose - 4 Minute Watch

Is God the Center of Your Life?

Who is Jesus - 4 Minute Watch

Why God Loves You

Hearing God's Voice - 5 Minute Watch

3 Steps of Unceasing Prayer

Marriage

Is Annulment Just a "Catholic Divorce"?

Personal Faith

How Do I Discern My Vocation?