Hello! Welcome to The Catholic Torch. My name is Richard Becker. I am a Catholic. I am currently a novitiate in the T.O.P. of St. Dominic. (Third order of penance of Saint Dominic) or also known as a Dominican Tertiary. I have a wife that I have been married to for 13 years this year (2025). We have been blessed with 6 little saint makers. When not going to Mass, podcasting, or making custom leather goods, we like to mountain bike and rollerblade as a family.