This year, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, we will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council. How have we fulfilled Lumen Gentium's pastoral admonition to the lay faithful to take a more active role in the Church? Have we answered the universal call to holiness? Have we taken seriously St. Paul's warning, echoed in Lumen Gentium, "Woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel"? In an age when well more than half of the world's global population has access to the internet, how can Catholic creators be faithful to the Gospel and pull people into an authentic—rather than a digital and counterfeit—encounter with Divine Love?
Zac Crippen leads international expansion for Hallow, the world's #1 prayer app. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and the University of Oxford, Zac served as an active duty Air Force officer for seven years before embarking on a career in technology. Zac lives with his wife, Sally, and their five children on the outskirts of South Bend, Indiana. He is a grateful convert to Catholicism and is a member of the Ruthenian (Byzantine) Catholic Church, which traces its geographic roots to Slovakia.
