Unshakeable: Building a Life of Virtue in a World of Chaos encourages Catholics to embrace the steadiness of Christ, and the joy that comes from living a virtuous life.

In addition to his Sunday Homily Series booklets, Fr. Mike Schmitz has released his first full length Ascension trade book, Unshakeable: Building a Life of Virtue in a World of Chaos.

The beloved priest, speaker, and host of hit podcasts Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year, uses inspiring stories of heroic virtue to reveal how cultivating virtue helps Catholics become the joyful and peaceful people God made them to be.

As readers follow along, they will be encouraged by examples of the theological and cardinal virtues being lived out in the day-to-day, and inspired to implement them into their own lives with challenges, reflections, and tools that help them build lasting habits.

Fr. Mike Schmitz comments on the importance of choosing virtue, and his hope for readers, “Be rooted, unshakeable, and faithful. Because as long as you let your values become your virtues, the Kingdom of God wins.”

Unshakeable is the perfect companion to Fr. Mike’s other Ascension titles:

• Are you Saved? The Catholic Understanding of Salvation

• Untroubled by the Unknown: Trusting God in Every Moment

• It’s Personal: Cultivating your Relationship with God

• Ordinary Time: Finding Holiness in Everyday Life

• What’s Next? Surrendering your Plans to Jesus

• Come to the Altar: Worshipping God with your Whole Heart

• Set Apart: Living for Heaven here on Earth

• Growing Through the Motions: Living your Faith with Intention

Unshakeable: Building a Life of Virtue in a World of Chaos is at www.AscensionPress.com/Unshakeable.

About the Author

Fr. Mike Schmitz, a Catholic priest and evangelist well known for his social media videos and podcasts, hosted the 2021 breakout podcast The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)™, which became the #1 podcast on the Apple charts after its January 2021 launch, and is the most popular Catholic podcast of all time. The Bible in a Year was Chartable’s #1 global podcast in religion for several years, and was covered by news outlets including CBS, Fox, and The New York Times Magazine.

For the impact of The Bible in a Year podcast, Fr. Mike was recognized as one of Our Sunday Visitor’s 2021 Catholics of the Year as well as a recipient of the 2022 Cardinal John P. Foley Award for excellence and innovation in Catholic storytelling. He is an internationally beloved Catholic speaker, and has spoken to hundreds of crowds ranging from his local Catholic parish to the National Eucharistic Congress audience of 50,000.

Fr. Mike is the director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Duluth as well as the chaplain for the Newman Center at the University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD). Fr. Mike attended St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was ordained for the Diocese of Duluth in 2003.

About Ascension

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