I recently had the absolute honor of sitting down with the Yes Catholic podcast for a deep, honest conversation about my conversion story and what authentic Catholic masculinity actually looks like in 2026.
The episode dropped on April 10. If you haven’t listened yet, I have dropped the links below.
The whole conversation felt like a long, fireside chat with a brother in Christ. We covered the moment everything shifted for me in college, how I went from agnostic to baptized Catholic just days before my 21st birthday, and why I started Catholic Manhood back in February of 2019; to call men higher and help us reject mediocrity.
I didn’t grow up Catholic. In college I was drifting; secular ideas of “manhood” sounded good on the surface, but something was missing. Then came the pivotal moment. I encountered the Real Presence in the Eucharist and the biblical reality of the “keys to the kingdom” given to St. Peter. Suddenly the authority of the Church clicked. The faith wasn’t just rules or rituals; it was true.
I said yes to Jesus, got baptized, and everything changed. That “yes” didn’t make life easy, it made it real. And it sparked a burning desire to unite the best of what the world calls masculinity with the only masculinity that actually saves, which is the masculinity of Christ.
In the interview I kept coming back to one truth, true masculinity is rooted in humility, obedience, and love. Not dominance. Not bravado. Not the endless scroll of gym selfies and hustle culture. Real strength looks like St. Joseph. It is silent, steady, sacrificial. The ultimate blueprint for strong, gentle leadership.
We talked about the everyday choices that form us, carrying your Cross, fighting the real spiritual battle and leading out families with Christ’s love.
Holiness and strength are not opposites, they go hand-in-hand. The men who are truly great are the ones who daily surrender to Christ for the good of their families and the world. That’s the heartbeat of everything I do at Catholic Manhood. The blog, the social media, this Substack; none of it exists to make me look impressive. It exists to remind men that we are called to Be the Creed. To align what we profess on Sunday with how we live Monday through Saturday. To be saints in the ordinary.
We live in a world that is confused about men. Some voices tell us to be soft and passive. Others tell us to be hard and hyper-independent. The Church gives us the fullness of the Truth; men are made to protect, provide, and lead through humility and self-gift.
When we embrace that, our marriages flourish, our children see what a man of God looks like, and the culture around us gets a living witness that holiness is manly. My ongoing conversion is still happening every single day. The interview was just one more “yes”, one more chance to point men toward the only thing that satisfies: Jesus Christ and the life of virtue He calls us to.
The mission is simple. Be a man. Be a Saint. Be the Creed.
Let’s keep saying YES to Christ.
Be the Creed
Nick | Catholic Manhood
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