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Rick Becker

Indiana
As seen in: National Catholic Register, Washington Times, Notre Dame Magazine, University of Notre Dame, America Magazine, Crosswalk.com, Focus on the Family, Crisis Magazine, Catholic Exchange
Covers:  Faith, fatherhood, family, bioethics, nursing, healthcare

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Rick Becker’s Biography

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I'm a husband, father of seven, nursing instructor, and religious educator. A Catholic convert by way of G.K. Chesterton and the Catholic Worker movement, I've studied theology at Evangelical institutions as well as Franciscan University of Steubenville, and I've worked in religious education at both the parish and diocesan levels.

My career path shifted from religious education to healthcare later in life, and I studied nursing at Bethel University in Indiana before receiving my RN license in…

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St. Symeon of Syracuse: A Saint for Pirate-y Things

St. Symeon of Syracuse: A Saint for Pirate-y Things

Real pirates, both past and present, aren't amiable. They rape and pillage and kill. They're nothing to laugh…

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Pope St. John Paul II Brought God Into My Suffering, Just When I Needed Him Most

Pope St. John Paul II Brought God Into My Suffering, Just When I Needed Him Most

"Christ is the Lord! This will be confirmed in the Resurrection, but it is already contained in the Crucifixi…

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Why You Should Thank a Nurse Today

Why You Should Thank a Nurse Today

It's National Nurses Day - today marks the beginning of National Nurses Week, which ends on Florence Nighting…

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The Basilica's Cloud of Witnesses | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

The Basilica's Cloud of Witnesses | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame

Stepping inside the Basilica of the Sacred Heart is like showing up at a family reunion in full swing. The Ba…

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Raising Pro-Life Kids: 4 Ways to Teach the Sanctity of Life - Focus on the Family

Raising Pro-Life Kids: 4 Ways to Teach the Sanctity of Life - Focus on the Family

It was Nick's golden birthday. He turned seventeen-years-old on October 17 th, and we celebrated in style. My…

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Fill Your Hearts with Faces and Names - Kolbe Times

Fill Your Hearts with Faces and Names - Kolbe Times

As a young Evangelical, I came to see missions in terms of bringing together the unreached and the written Wo…

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The Subtle Span of Our Love: How Nurses Reveal Christ

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By Rick Becker
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COMMENTARY: Christ calls his followers not simply to do good but to preserve and illuminate as ‘salt and light’ — a mission lived most powerfully in the hidden work of nursing. St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1910 (photo: Carl A. Holland / Public Domain) Commentaries November 27, 2025 A version of this reflection was delivered Sept. 27 at the nursing White Coat Dedication ceremony, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. So, salt and light.
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How to Meet Christ With Tired Eyes and a Hungry Soul

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By Rick Becker
| National Catholic Register Verified
“My dear God, how stupid we people are until You give us something. Even in praying it is You who have to pray in us.” — Flannery O’Connor As usual, I’m late to a 7 a.m. weekday Mass, and I sneak into the last pew for the Gospel. It’s the one about God knowing every sparrow and counting all our hairs. I figure he must know, then, that I intended to get to church on time. “The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.” I yawn.
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Luminous Pluck: The Story of a World War II Heroine

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By Rick Becker
| National Catholic Register Verified
Irena Sendler’s courageous actions during the Holocaust illuminate the mission of health-care workers today. Blogs December 22, 2024 The following is adapted from a white-coat dedication address to entry-level nursing students at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, on Oct. 5, 2024. Uniontown, Kansas, is a tiny little town just over 100 miles south and east of Topeka, close to Fort Scott and the Missouri border. And when I say tiny, I mean tiny: Population 293 as of the 2020 census.
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