The Family Room (The Quest)

Tom Hoopes, author, Vice President for College Relations and writer in residence at Benedictine College

Tom Hoopes shares about his new podcast, The Extraordinary Story, drawn from his personal faith journey and lifelong fascination with the person of Jesus. He speaks of the importance of faith, community, and scholarship, the motto of Benedictine College (Kansas) and a grounding factor in his life. In The Extraordinary Story podcast, Tom draws on his skills as a journalist and storyteller to help listeners find answers in Jesus in unexpected ways and encourages them to practice telling the story of Jesus themselves. The podcast is both a revelatory teaching and a tool for evangelization.

Tom Hoopes is also author of The Rosary of Saint John Paul II, The Fatima Family Handbook, and What Pope Francis Really Said. A former reporter in the Washington, D.C., area, he served as press secretary of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee Chairman and spent 10 years as executive editor of the National Catholic Register newspaper and Faith & Family magazine. He writes for the National Catholic Register and Aleteia. His work frequently appears in Catholic publications such as Catholic Digest. He lives in Atchison, Kansas, with his wife, April, and their nine children.

Resources

• The Extraordinary Story, a podcast about the life of Christ, written and hosted by Tom Hoopes
• Books by Tom Hoopes: The Rosary of Saint John Paul II, The Fatima Family Handbook, and What Pope Francis Really Said.
• Books on the Life of Christ: Life of Christ by Rev. Fulton Sheen, The Public Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Rev. Alban Goodier, The Case for Jesus by Dr. Brant Pitre