Author Topic: Matthew Kelly (Read 1834 times)

TKGS · « **on:** October 15, 2016, 09:24:46 AM »

Has anyone ever heard of an apologist by the name of Matthew Kelly?

I was at the archdiocesan indult parish yesterday (some of my children are taking Latin classes in the CYO classrooms next door) and in the pamphlet rack in the foyer were a number of audio CDs by a fellow named Matthew Kelly. One CD was entitled, "The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic". Another was, "Becoming the Best Version of Yourself".

Curiosity has gotten the best of me. I thought I knew about most of the famous Conciliar apologists but I've never heard of this guy. When I looked his name up on the internet, nearly all the top sites were ones by him or his group.

I'd like to know what members of the forum know about him.

Matto · « **Reply #1 on:** October 15, 2016, 09:32:42 AM »

I have never heard of him myself. Sorry. When I was in the Novus Ordo I followed some of the more conservative NO bloggers and apologists but I have never heard of this guy.

Oatmeal · « **Reply #2 on:** October 15, 2016, 09:37:01 AM »

Matthew Kelly is a popular, sticky-sweet, novus ordo layman-evangelist. He has written several best selling books about Catholicism that are essentially very, very long fortune cookies. I know that he has written favorably about Msgr. Josemaria Escriva and the spirituality of Opus Dei, but I'm not sure if he's a member.

Kelly's books have a pretty wide dissemination in the NO because his publisher annually makes parishes a tremendous deal on bulk purchases if the church promises to give the books away for free at their Christmas Masses.

TKGS · « **Reply #3 on:** October 15, 2016, 05:08:16 PM »

Well, thank you for the responses. It's nice to know that I'm becoming completely detached from that monstrosity known as the Novus Ordo.

Nadir · « **Reply #4 on:** October 15, 2016, 09:27:26 PM »

MK is an Australian who has relocated to a more religious, gullible country where there is more money to be made promoting religion.

As a teenager in Wollongong he had regular "visions" of the Blessed Virgin and wrote and published books on same. He no longer makes that claim. In fact, I believe that he has admitted that they did not occur at all. My Mum had books of his "wisdom", which have gone in the compost.

TKGS · « **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2016, 04:45:13 PM »

He's an Australian! No wonder he's big now in the U.S. If there's one thing that Americans can seem to get enough of it's an Australian accent.

Nadir · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2016, 03:37:00 PM »

That's understandable, TKGS :wink:

No mention of his "Marian apparitions" which gave him a start in his business life here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Kelly_(speaker)
or here:
http://www.matthewkelly.com/

Oh, well, he has 6 mouths to feed.