Tom Nash
Biography
Tom Nash is a staff apologist for Catholics Answers and has served the Church professionally for more than 35 years, including as a theology advisor at the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). Tom comments on life in the Church and the world periodically for Ave Maria in the Afternoon and Catholic Connection (both EWTN Radio) as well as for EWTN News. Prior to his becoming a staff apologist in 2025, Tom served as a contributing apologist from 2017-2025.
Tom is the author of The Biblical Roots of the Mass, To Whom Shall We Go?: The Biblical Case for the Catholic Church, and 20 Answers: The Rosary. He is also a contributing author to Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Mass, and Faith Facts: Answers to Catholic Questions, Vols. I and II. He is also a regular member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars.
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Talks
Losing His Life for Christ’s Sake: The Remarkable Witness of Fr. Denis Donahue
On August 15, 1977, Denis Donahue’s life was radically transformed while delivering newspapers. A disturbed teen, whose girlfriend had broken up with him, randomly pumped two slugs from a 30.06 rifle into Denis’s abdomen, and Donahue became front-page news in The Ann Arbor News (Mich.) the following day. For several months, Denis lingered between life and death, and he ended up missing his entire sophomore year at Fr. Gabriel High School (FGR). As a fellow classmate of Denis at FGR, Tom remembers well that terrible day and its aftermath, and yet he also knows how God has worked powerfully through Denis’s life ever since, including slowing him down to hear his call to the priesthood. Fr. Denis still bears the wounds of his attack from many years ago, and yet his childlike joy in carrying his cross—instead of resentment and self-pity—has provided inspiration and hope for numerous people in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, and beyond. This is a talk not only for teens and young adults, but for Catholics of all ages, illustrating that God does indeed bring great good out of the worst of circumstances (Rom. 8:28; 2 Cor. 12:8-10; see Matt. 16:24-25).
The Biblical Roots of the Mass
As Tom explains in his most popular talk, Jesus’ one sacrifice of Calvary didn’t begin and end on that first Good Friday, as many Christians think. Rather, it culminated in everlasting glory at Christ’s ascension and is made sacramentally present every time we celebrate Mass. Tom explores how Jesus fulfills all Old Testament sacrifices, particularly the sacrifices of Passover and Yom Kippur.
