Franciscan at Home

Justin Bartkus is a doctoral student in systematic theology at the University of Notre Dame, whose interests center on the Christian spiritual life as it is lived in secular milieus. Since 2014 he has worked as a graduate research assistant on sociologist Dr. Christian Smith's project entitled: "Parental Practices and Cultures of Faith Transmission to Children: Context, Commitments and Outcomes." Most recently, he has prepared a report from the project's findings specifically as they concern the handing on of Catholicism from parents to children. It is entitled, "Ask Your Father and He Will Tell You: A Report on the State of American Catholic Religious Parenting"; and its release through the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame is forthcoming.