If you are looking for another Catholic site that melds work, productivity, and spirituality – then look no further. The Daily Saint, run by Mike St. Pierre, is a fantastic blog/podcast that really hits at the heart of the Catholic word ethic. He has a plethora of resources to help you kick butt at work [...]

In this episode, our first special guest – J.R. Duboc – talks about how he manages to balance his busy work, doctoral studies, and Catholic spiritual life.  Not only that, he still manages  to find time to write articles for this blog!  Amazing.  I also answer an email question from a seminarian that desires to [...]

Although there are a lot of Catholic GTD lovers out there (yes, trust me there are), I am not one of them.  Don’t get me wrong, GTD is leaps ahead of other productivity systems, but the system of choice for this Catholic is Autofocus. Now, I know what you are going to say, “what is [...]

In this episode, thanks to some listener feedback from Fran with the Little Sisters of the Poor, we delve a little more deeply into Getting Things Done and how you can use it in your daily Catholic work life.  Whether you are a lay person at a normal 8-to-5 job, or religious, GTD can definitely [...]

In this episode I give a HUGE thank you to some folks that sent in some emails recently.  God has been tugging at my heart to return to updating Productive Catholic on a more consistent basis, and the feedback that I’ve received from some of you really confirmed that God wants me to continue. I [...]

We live in difficult times, and stressful changes are sometimes imposed on us by people and circumstances. Sometimes, too, we choose to changes our life, it gets difficult, and we feel like we’re biting more than we can chew.
These scary times might contain a hidden treasure, offering us the opportunity to think back about what truly matters, find the real function of a productivity system, and make our vocation a real thing.

This is the first guest post on Productive Catholic, and I must say that’s it’s pretty darn good.  If you want a great introduction on how to use tasks as a means to get things done, look no further.  Let us know what you think in the comments, and be sure to give Jean-Rémy a [...]

Sometimes, in order to get something done you need a little push.  But we don’t always have the funds to pay for a personal coach, so there needs to be another way to get things done on time and efficiently.  Well, there is one thing tends to motivate just about everyone: guilt. Good Old Catholic [...]

Every new year we come up with new things that we would like to change – and that is no surprise.  It is also not surprising that most of the goals that we would like to complete fail within the first two weeks.  There is a very simple reason for this: big life-changing goals are [...]

The new year is always a great time to make changes in your life. Whether it is changing your blog design (ahem…), praying a daily rosary, or learning a new skill – there is something about the new year that makes these changes seem reachable. Well, rather than dreaming about what you want to change, [...]