Brandon Kraft
Brandon Kraft
@kraft@kraft.blog

My life is an open-source book.

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Austin, TX

Education

B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin

M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)

  • Pope Benedict XVI’s Intentions for February

    For the month of February, the Holy Father asks our prayers for the following intentions: ScholarsGeneral: For all scholars and intellectuals, that by means of sincere search for the truth they may arrive at an understanding of the one true God. The Church’s Missionary IdentityMissionary: That the Church, aware of its own missionary identity, may…

  • How Can I Help You?

    [This is the last in a series looking at my decision to leave the UCC and what’s next for me. Return to the first post.] A Knights of Columbus Field Agent? Yes sir! Yes ma’am! The Knights of Columbus was founded in 1882 by the Venerable Servant of God Father Michael McGivney. Fr. McGivney had…

  • When One Door Closes…

    [This the third post in a series looking at my decision to leave the UCC and what’s next. Return to the first post.] What are you going to do now? When discerning how to handle the conflict rising in me, I created a list of priorities: At first, I started thinking about if I should…

  • It All Comes Down to Kids

    [This is the second of four posts regarding my decision to leave the UCC and what’s next. Read the first post.] Why are you leaving the UCC? I met my wife through a mission trip that I only went on because a friend asked me to go in the UCC computer lab. Four of the…

  • Austin’s New Bishop

    Rocco can knock out the words faster and with a nicer flare than I can, so I’m going to throw you over to him to read the skinny on our new bishop. Bishop Vasquez is the fifth bishop of Austin, three of whom were priests of Galveston(/Houston), of which two of them were Auxiliary Bishop…

  • All Good Things…

    All good things must come to an end and this is true once again. After much discernment, prayer, conversation and a bit of gut feeling, I am resigning from the University Catholic Center, effective March 1st. I’ve been employed at the UCC full-time through various positions since the summer of 2005 and have done a…