
COLIN
MACIVER
Music, Ministry, Formation, Education
About Me
Hi! I'm Colin MacIver. I'm a Catholic author, speaker, musician, and educator. For the past few decades plus I've been collaborating, speaking, building, singing, writing and making lots of dad jokes (you know...for the souls in purgatory.) Honestly...I'm just trying to get to heaven and want to bring as many people as I can with me. I'll do whatever I can to make that happen. I've discovered along the way that music, focused time, sharing testimony, and empowering those in the work of formation are good uses of time in service of that goal. I've been as far as Singapore and as close as my kitchen working toward a singular goal---the glorification of God and the salvation of souls.
Education + Formation
1994-1998
St. Bernard School, Uncasville, CT.
*Student Council President
*Christopher Award
1998-2001
St. John's Seminary College
(Yup...didn't finish there.)
2001-2002
Franciscan University of Steubenville
*B.A. Philosophy
2007-2009
Our Lady of Holy Cross College
M.A. Theology
*Outstanding Graduate in Theology Award
Writing
Programs written with Aimee MacIver
Theology of the Body for Teens Middle School (2011)
Envision: Theology of the Body for Middle School (the 2024 Update!)
Chosen: Your Journey Toward Confirmation (2015, 2022)
*ACP Award Winner
Belonging in the Family of God: Baptism (2020)
*ACP Award Winner
Connected: Catholic Social Teaching for this Generation (2021)
*ACP Award Winner
*Silver Telly Award Winner
Quick Catholic Lessons with Fr. Mike (Volumes I and II)
*Third Place ACP Award Winner
Encounter: The Bible Timeline for Middle School
*Silver Telly Award Winner
Not sure how this happened...but I've been blessed to collaborate with Aimee MacIver (Go to thyship.com. It's way better than this site) on a ton of programs and together we've written award winning programs with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Brian Butler, Jason Evert, and Mark Hart featuring a mind blowing list of presenters.
Books Aimee and I have written
The Catechist's Field Guide to Confirmation (2020)
(the only book I wrote by myself)
*Bronze Telly Award
Power and Grace: Your Guide to Catholic Sacraments (2019)
Renewed by Jesus: My Guide to Reconciliation (2023)
Receiving Jesus: My Guide to the Mass (2023)
This is a category that Aimee and I are just getting started in. Can't wait to see what the next title on this list for her and I are.