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St. Margaret of York Catholic Church · Loveland, Ohio

SMOY Fathers Team

Forged in Faith, Bonded in Brotherhood.

Catholic men meeting for one hour to discuss the Catholic faith and its practical applications to daily life. Come as you are. Leave changed.

Meeting TimesJoin Us
When & Where

Two ways to gather

Thursday Evenings
7:03 PM
Fr. Jan Room

Led by Phil Marchal

Friday Mornings
6:03 AM
Gathering Space

Led by Paul Nagel, with Joel Swisher assisting

St. Margaret of York Church, 9499 Columbia Road, Loveland, Ohio 45140

Our Purpose

Who we are

Forged in Faith, Bonded in Brotherhood.

We stand together, united in Christ in a safe place where vulnerability and authenticity thrive, allowing us to support one another as we navigate the challenges of living our faith.

Our Promise: Come as you are. Leave changed.

2026–2027 Theme

Seek Holiness. Serve.

If you’d like to attend, join us Thursday evening or Friday morning. You will be welcomed!

Leadership

Our New FT Leadership Team

It is with much gratitude and thanks that we announce the new FT leadership team. Thank you, gentlemen!

Chad Husting

Chad Husting

Ministry Leader

Leads the Fathers Team ministry as a whole

Phil Marchal

Phil Marchal

Thursday Evenings

7:03 PM · Fr. Jan Room

Paul Nagel

Paul Nagel

Friday Mornings

6:03 AM · Gathering Space

Joel Swisher

Joel Swisher

Friday Mornings · Assisting

6:03 AM · Gathering Space

♫
Fridays · FT Band

A Song of Worship

On most Fridays, join the Fathers Team Band in a song of worship.

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Brotherhood in Action

SMOY Fathers Team

Presentations & Handouts by Year

Slide decks, talks and topic handouts from St. Margaret of York Fathers Team sessions, newest first. Each one opens in Google Drive in a new tab.

  1. Magnifica Humanitas: Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of AI Oct Slides
  2. Suffering Well in Front of Our Children May Talk
  3. Walking on Water May Handout
  4. Act 2 Apr Handout
  5. From Palms to the Cross: Entering Holy Week Mar Handout
  1. All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day Oct Talk
  2. Theology of the Body – Talk 3 Apr Talk
  3. Stronger Together: A Husband’s Guide to Living a Christ-Centered Marriage Mar Slides
  4. A Tapestry of Obscenity: A Study of Profanity Feb Talk
  5. Bible Timeline: Isaiah & the Fall of Israel Jan Handout
  6. Eucharistic Miracles Jan Handout
  7. Program of Life Jan Slides
  8. The Holy Eucharist in Scripture Jan Handout
  1. Why Do Catholics Read the Bible? Apr Handout
  2. Catholic Social Doctrine – Week 1 Mar Handout
  3. Catholic Social Doctrine – Week 2 Mar Handout
  1. The Book of Psalms Dec Handout
  2. Letting Our Children Fail Nov Handout
  3. Are We Called to Be Saints? Oct Handout
  4. Teaching Your Children the Importance of God, Family and Friends Oct Handout
  5. Holy Moments Sep Handout
  6. On Fire: 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life Sep Handout
  7. Morality Aug Handout
  8. The 7 Deadly Sins Apr Handout
  1. Gratitude Nov Talk
  2. St. Thomas More and Defending the Catholic Faith Nov Handout
  3. Demise of the Family Oct Handout
  4. Beer & Christian Culture Sep Talk
  5. The Heroic Journey Sep Handout
  6. The Playbook: Preparing Our Family for When We Are Gone Aug Handout
  7. The Hail Mary in the Bible May Handout
  8. How to Balance Career, Catholicism and Kids Apr Handout
  9. Guardian Angels Mar Handout
  10. The Twelve Days of Christmas Jan Handout
  1. Surrendering Control of Our Lives to God Sep Handout
  2. Saint Benedict of Nursia Jul Slides
  3. The Boy Who Met Jesus Jun Slides
  1. Civil Unrest vs. Faith Jul Handout
  2. Soldiers of Christ Jul Handout
  3. Genesis, Creation and Evolution May Handout
  4. Anxiety and Faith Apr Handout
  5. 4-0 Challenge for Lent (2020 Edition) Feb Handout
  6. Preparing the Way: Making the Most of Lent Feb Handout
  7. Liturgy of the Hours: An Introduction Jan Talk
  8. Spiritual Intimacy: Praying with Your Family Jan Handout
  1. The Holy Shroud of Turin Dec Handout
  2. Vulnerability Dec Handout
  3. Is Holy Communion Just a Symbolic Memorial? Nov Slides
  4. Respect for the Eucharist Nov Talk
  5. Are You All In? Oct Slides
  6. Finding God in the Silence of a Noisy World Oct Handout
  7. Reverence & Solemnity Oct Slides
  8. Lectio Divina Practice Handout Sep Handout
  9. St. Paul’s Letters Sep Slides
  10. Vocations: How Did We Discern Ours Aug Handout
  11. You Are a Temple Aug Handout
  12. Abortion: America’s Holocaust Jul Handout
  13. Dealing with Children Away from the Faith Jul Handout
  14. Our Lady of Guadalupe Jul Handout
  15. Coffee Cup Apologetics Jun Talk
  16. The Samaritan Woman Jun Handout
  17. Who, Me? Evangelization Jun Slides
  18. Mission/Purpose Part II: Living Our S.H.A.P.E. May Handout
  19. Our Mission: Beyond Emmaus May Handout
  20. Biblical Covenants Apr Handout
  21. Fasting and Abstinence Apr Handout
  22. Fighting Spiritual Battles Apr Handout
  23. Family Lent Mar Handout
  24. Mercy and Confession Mar Handout
  25. Prepare Ye: The Best Lent Ever Mar Handout
  26. Christian Balance Feb Handout
  27. Spiritual Visions Feb Handout
  28. Death and Dying Jan Handout
  29. Praying for Each Other Jan Handout
  1. Elizabeth and Zechariah Dec Handout
  2. Holy Friendship Dec Handout
  3. Go Vertical: Best Advent Ever (Wise Men) Nov Handout
  4. The Sexual Abuse Crisis Sep Handout
  5. Apologetics: Why Are You Catholic? Aug Handout
  6. Marriage Relationship: What Is God’s Plan for Me? Aug Handout
  7. Vocation: The Meaning of Life Aug Handout
  8. Who I Found in Angle Inlet Aug Handout
  9. Self Defense Jul Handout
  10. Sharing Your Faith in the Workplace Jul Talk
  11. Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Jun Talk
  12. Be a Man! (Fr. Larry Richards) May Slides
  13. The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist May Handout
  14. What the Hell? Why Is There Hell? Apr Handout
  15. Where Is Your Train Headed? Apr Slides
  16. Into the Breach – Week 4: Practices of a Committed Catholic Man Mar Handout
  17. Into the Breach – Week 5: How Does a Catholic Man Love Mar Handout
  18. Into the Breach – Week 2 Feb Handout
  19. Into the Breach – Week 3: The Catholic Man’s Identity Feb Handout
  20. Our Lives Change When Our Habits Change: Building a Program of Life Feb Slides
  21. The Stages of Marriage Jan Handout
  1. Building Good Spiritual Habits Nov Handout
  2. Building a Devotion to Mary: Praying the Rosary Nov Handout
  3. Handling Negative Influences from Modern Culture Nov Handout
  4. Forgiven: Up Close on Confession Aug Handout
  5. Family Culture and Technology Aug Handout
  6. Temptation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Aug Handout
  7. Invest in Your Marriage Jul Handout
  8. Peace Be With You: The Sign of Peace Jul Talk
  9. Small Groups Jul Handout
  10. Praying with Scripture Jun Handout
  11. Service Jun Handout
  12. Gratitude May Handout
  13. Taking Care of Ourselves Physically & Emotionally May Handout
  14. Mentor: Do You Have One, Need One? Apr Handout
  15. 5 Warning Signs of a Toxic Faith Mar Handout
  16. Defining Your Legacy: How Will You Be Remembered? Mar Handout
  17. Tangible Ways to Strengthen and Ensure Your Children’s Faith Mar Handout
  18. Who Do You Say That I Am? Mar Handout
  19. Spiritual Dry Spells Feb Handout
  20. Secular Humanism: The New Atheism Jan Handout
  21. The 4 Levels of Happiness Jan Handout
  1. Inside Islam Dec Slides
  2. Quality Time: Father & Daughter Nov Handout
  3. Quality Time: Father & Son Nov Handout
  4. Quality Time: Husband & Wife Nov Handout
  5. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Oct Handout
  6. Stages of Fatherhood: Changes of the 8s Oct Handout
  7. Voting Catholic Oct Handout
  8. Caring for Aging Parents Sep Handout
  9. Practical Apologetics Sep Handout
  10. What To Do With Children Who Lack Faith Sep Handout
  11. Band of Brothers – Part 1 Aug Handout
  12. Off Balance Aug Handout
  13. Fishers of Men – Part I May Handout
  14. Fishers of Men – Part II May Handout
  15. Fishers of Men – Part III May Handout
  16. Politics and Faith: What the Church does and does not say about voting May Handout
  17. Into the Breach – Session 2 Apr Handout
  18. Into the Breach – Session 3 Apr Handout
  19. The Sanctity of Human Life Apr Handout
  20. Bullying Mar Handout
  21. Mass vs Mega Church Service Mar Handout
  22. Spiritual Warfare Mar Handout
  23. Don't Forget the Simple Things Feb Handout
  24. Relativism Feb Handout
  25. Discipline Jan Handout
  26. Getting to Mass vs Getting Into Mass Jan Handout
  27. Men Supporting Men in Their Faith Walk Jan Handout
  1. Avoiding a 'Commercial Christmas' Dec Handout
  2. Addressing Mortality with Children Oct Handout
  3. Christian Music and Its Impact on Our Faith Oct Handout
  4. Serving the World Oct Handout
  5. Exemplifying Christ’s Love to Those Who Experience Same-Sex Attraction Sep Handout
  6. How Are You Going to Get Your Spouse to Heaven? Sep Handout
  7. Keeping Holy the Sabbath Sep Handout
  8. Prayer Life Sep Handout
  9. Stages of Marriage Apr Handout
  10. Why Should I Even Try? Apr Handout
  11. I Didn’t Know I Married My In-Laws, Too Mar Handout
  12. My Career and Me Mar Handout
  13. Raising Children in a Digital Age Mar Handout
  14. Blaming, Holding Grudges and Forgiving Feb Handout
  15. Daddy's Letters Feb Handout
  16. Knowing God’s Will Feb Handout
  17. Love Thy Neighbor Feb Handout
  18. Our Relationship with Our Spouses: Fighting Fair Jan Handout
  19. The Holy Rosary Jan Handout
  20. What Did My Dad Teach Me? Jan Handout
  21. When Bad Things Happen, Are You Prepared? Jan Handout
  1. Reconciliation Dec Handout
  2. Religion in the Media Dec Handout
  3. Are You a Good Friend? Nov Handout
  4. Relationships with Adult Siblings Nov Handout
  5. The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit Nov Handout
  6. Am I Putting Dad Last? Oct Handout
  7. No Regrets: 10 Ways to Make Time for Your Children Oct Handout
Sample Content

Samples from the IHM Fathers Team

The Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Fathers Team publishes its materials online. These sample pages and videos on fathersteam.org show the kind of topics and resources the SMOY Fathers Team will draw on. Links open IHM pages right here, inside the SMOY site.

Featured · IHM Fathers Team

Syllabus Archive

Every year’s Fathers Team syllabus and discussion topics in one place.

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Weekly Handouts

Every discussion handout from the IHM syllabi, by year. Each one opens as a PDF inside the SMOY site, and you can download it from there.

2025–2026 Handouts 21 PDFs
  1. 2025-09-05 Sacrifice – Choosing Upward Good
  2. 2025-09-12 Praying With Your Spouse
  3. 2025-09-19 Deep Dive into Team Signals
  4. 2025-09-26 5 Ways to Show Catholic Courage at Work
  5. 2025-10-03 Having Hard Conversations with Your Kids
  6. 2025-10-10 How to evangelize effectively
  7. 2025-10-24 Is your marriage at risk
  8. 2025-10-31 Consecration to St. Joseph
  9. 2025-11-07 Loving Those Who Dont Love You
  10. 2025-11-14 What would I tell my 20 year old self Now
  11. 2025-12-12 Living in the present
  12. 2025-12-19 How to Be More Joyful
  13. 2026-01-16 How to prepare to receive Holy Eucharist and why important
  14. 2026-01-30 Are your friends making you a better disciple of Christ
  15. 2026-02-06 Why do you remain Catholic
  16. 2026-02-13 Forgiveness
  17. 2026-02-27 Why dont we fully trust God
  18. 2026-03-13 Prayer Life
  19. 2026-03-20 Reconciliation
  20. 2026-04-17 Teachable Moments on Sin
  21. 2026-04-24 Men Need to be Servant Leaders
2024–2025 Handouts 22 PDFs
  1. 2024-09-20 Define A Vision For Your Kids
  2. 2024-09-27 Barriers to Commitment to Chirst
  3. 2024-10-04 Sharing your Growing Faith with Long Time Friends
  4. 2024-10-11 Important Conversations with your wife
  5. 2024-10-18 Anointing of the sick and the healing mission of the Church
  6. 2024-10-25 Emotional Infidelity
  7. 2024-11-08 How to Be More Joyful
  8. 2024-11-15 Support for those Struggling with Mental Health
  9. 2024-12-06 Quiet time with God – the power of a retreat
  10. 2024-12-13 Forgiveness
  11. 2025-01-03 Be a Priest Profit King in your home
  12. 2025-01-03 Be a True Hero – Priest, Profit, King in your home
  13. 2025-01-10 Dysfunction in the Family
  14. 2025-02-07 What Does it Mean to be a Catholic Christian Man
  15. 2025-02-14 How to Make Spouse Feel Appreciated
  16. 2025-02-21 Difficult conversations with your kids
  17. 2025-03-07 Prayer Life
  18. 2025-03-07 Strengthen your Prayer Life – Is Prayer your Superpower
  19. 2025-03-14 Eucharstic Miracles
  20. 2025-03-21 Fasting
  21. 2025-05-02 How to Sabbath well
  22. 2025-05-09 Strategies for Helping Your Kids or Grandkids Become Catholic Super Heros
2022–2023 Handouts 24 PDFs
  1. 2022-09-09 Seeking a Good Attitude Daily and Achieving it
  2. 2022-09-16 Reinventing Date Night
  3. 2022-09-30 Importance of Family Life Rituals
  4. 2022-10-07 Living outside my comfort zone
  5. 2022-10-14 Understanding and Living God’s will
  6. 2022-10-21 How to Make Your Spouse Feel Appreciated
  7. 2022-10-28 How to disagree with Love
  8. 2022-11-04 Why Do You Remain Catholic
  9. 2022 12 02 Advent Preparing the Way of the Lord
  10. 2022-12-09 Ignatian Spiritual Exercises
  11. 2022-12-16 Giving Children feedback – having hard conversations
  12. 2023-01-13 Living Authentically in the Seasons of Life
  13. 2023-01-20 Intentional Conversations with your wife
  14. 2023-01-27 Overcoming Habitual Sin
  15. 2023-02-03 Man & Wife – Theology of the Body
  16. 2023-02-17 Lent – Taking up our Cross
  17. 2023-02-24 Earning respect of wife and children
  18. 2023-03-03 How do I develop a more active prayer life
  19. 2023-03-17 Finding Balance
  20. 2023-03-24 Forgiveness
  21. 2023-03-31 Reconciliation
  22. 2023-04-28 Sustaining heart when facing Depression, Anxiety or Stress
  23. 2023-05-05 How Much Of Our Lives is Truth vs Relativism
  24. 2023 05 12 Relationships with Friends Families of Other Faiths
2021–2022 Handouts 24 PDFs
  1. 01 How to Balance Career Catholicism and Kids
  2. 02 Favorite Bible Passages
  3. 03 Giving Children feedback having hard conversations
  4. 04 Goals Are You and Your Spouse on the Same Page
  5. 05 Letting Your Children Fail
  6. 06 The Real Presence of Chist in the Eucharist 1
  7. 07 Pushing back on the culture as much as it is pushing down on us
  8. 08 What would I tell my 20 year old self now
  9. 09 Overcoming Failure What Struggles in your life have made you stronger
  10. 10 Predestination a biblical view
  11. 11 Religious Message Overload What are reliable Catholic resources
  12. 12 Surrendering Control of Our Lives to God
  13. 13 Stages of Marriage
  14. 14 Asking the Holy Spirit to direct our daily lives
  15. 15 Raising Our Kids In the Church
  16. 16 Respect for life are we doing enough
  17. 17 Our Mothers and Their Influence on Our Lives
  18. 18 How to Make Spouse Feel Appreciated
  19. 19 How Reading The Old Testament Enhances Understanding of the New Testament
  20. 20 Praying with your spouse
  21. 21 How do I develop a more active prayer life
  22. 22 Sharing the Catholic faith when your children are 10 20 and 40
  23. 23 Is it possible to achieve Unconditional Forgiveness 1
  24. 24 How to deal with family dynamics when some are non believers or of different faiths
2020–2021 Handouts 25 PDFs
  1. 12 Ways to Become a Committed Catholic Man
  2. 01 Forgiveness 2020
  3. 02 What Does It Mean to Be a Catholic Man 2020
  4. 03 The Relevancy of our Catholic faith 2020
  5. 04 What Positive Family Habits Came Out of COVID-19
  6. 05 Apologetics – defending the catholic faith 2020
  7. 06 How the Church Spends Its Money 2020
  8. 07 Sharing the Faith With Your Child 2020
  9. 08 Taking Catholic Truth To The Voting Booth 2020
  10. 09 Impacts of Social Media 2020
  11. 10 Importance of Family Life Rituals 2020
  12. 11 Guardian Angels and Patron Saints 2020
  13. 12 Priest, Prophet and King 2020
  14. 13 Consecration to St. Joseph 2020
  15. 14 Finding the Place and Time for a Retreat 2020
  16. 15 Are we called to be saints 2020
  17. 16 Ask Holy Spirit to Direct Our Daily Lives 2020
  18. 17 Praying with your spouse 2020
  19. 18 St. Ignatius Examen – It is a Personal thing 2020
  20. 19 Whats Going On At Mass 2020
  21. 20 How Do I Develop a More Active Prayer Life 2020
  22. 21 Bishops Role and Responsibilites 2020
  23. 22 How to evangelize effectively 2020
  24. 23 Reconciliation 2020
  25. 24 The Holy Rosary 2020

Speaker Series Videos: 7 Areas of Self Care

▶ 7 Areas of Self-Care (Combined)Video on Vimeo · 23 min▶ Physical RestVideo on Vimeo · 4.27 min▶ Social RestVideo on Vimeo · 4.37 min▶ Mental & Creative RestVideo on Vimeo · 5.19 min▶ Spiritual & Emotional RestVideo on Vimeo · 4.37 min▶ Sensory Rest & Commissioning PrayerVideo on Vimeo · 4.09 min

Syllabi

2025–2026 Syllabusfathersteam.org2024–2025 Syllabusfathersteam.org2022–2023 Syllabusfathersteam.org2021–2022 Syllabus (with discussion guides)fathersteam.org2020–2021 Syllabus – Igniting Catholic Manhoodfathersteam.orgSyllabus Archive (all years)fathersteam.org

Other Resources

Team SignalsThe men’s commitments, grounded in ScriptureSpeaker Series Recap: 7 Areas of Self CareJohn McCarthy, Sept. 13, 2024About Fathers TeamPurpose, promise and 2026–2027 theme
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