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Texas pastor issues two challenges for men today: 'Putting it into action bears fruit'

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A Texas pastor who previously served as director of vocations for the Diocese of Dallas and now sees over 9,500 people show up every Sunday at his church in Coppell recently discussed the need for men to assume leadership roles, the challenges they will invariably face, and two challenges fathers should take on today. Fr. Edwin Leonard noted on the episode of "The Catholic Gentleman" podcast published on Thursday that when he took on the role of pastor of St. Ann Catholic Church during the pandemic, he observed that "everyone had been separated from their church community" long enough for some men to have "gotten used to the loneliness." 'He also knew that you would be reading that Gospel.' Gospel and grill To combat this pervasive sense of alienation, strengthen the community, and "more purposely target the hearts of men" so that like King David "they could be men after God's heart," the parish under Fr. Leonard began holding an annual men's summit . "We just got a bunch of guys toget