Press

Since 2019, Harmel Academy’s work has been covered by national and local outlets. A selection of that coverage is collected below.

Harmel Press

We are a Catholic community of prayer, work, and study dedicated to apprenticing men to Jesus Christ through living a life of prayer, training in high-demand, skilled trades, and forming the imagination within the rich intellectual and artistic traditions of the Church.

Articles, Essays, & Speeches

Dec 2025 – UP Catholic
July 2025 – Harmel Academy helps young men learn a trade, grow in faith | Today’s Catholic
May 7, 2025 – Harmel Academy of the Trades Announces Campus Move | Press Release
Spring 2025 – Trade Secrets through Faith Formation | Momentum
April 2025 – Apprenticing young men to Christ through the Trades | Catholic World Report
Dec 2024 – Schools for Philosopher-Carpenters | Plough
March 2024 – Meet the Priest Fabricating a Stairway to Heaven | National Catholic Register
Feb 2024 – New Catholic trade schools prepare vocational careers and spiritual vocations | OSV
Jan 2024 – Harmel Academy Unlocks Men’s ‘Manual Genius’ Through Prayer, Literature and Machining | National Catholic Register
Jan 2024 – ‘A Movement of the Holy Spirit:’ Affordable Catholic Trade Schools Flourish | CatholicVote
May 2021 – Rare Grand Rapids college combines skilled trades with Catholic curriculum | Detroit Free Press (photo gallery)
May 2021 – St. Joseph the Worker Reflects the Value of Labor | National Catholic Register
April 2020 – St. Joseph: Man and Worker—A Letter to Working Men | Essay by David Michael Phelps
Dec 2019 – New Michigan vocational school combines Catholic education, skilled trades | Catholic News Agency
Sept 2019 – New Academy Offers One-of-a-Kind Tools for the Trades | National Catholic Register

Podcasts & Media

Oct 2025 – Live Interview (mp3)| Holy Family Radio, Grand Rapids MI
July 2025 – The Meaning of Work | Acton Lecture Series
Feb 2025 – Living Divine Mercy, EWTN broadcast
Jan 2025 – Q&A Session: Faculty Panel (approx 1hr)
Jan 2025 – Q&A Session: Alumni Panel (approx 1 hr)
Jan 2025 – “God, Hard Work and Go-Kart Racing” The Manly Catholic (pt 2)
Jan 2025 – “Forging Men of Faith: Harmel Academy’s Mission to Unite Work, Leadership, and Catholic Identity” The Manly Catholic (pt 1)
Dec 2024 – Catholic Connection on Ave Maria Radio (at 36:29)
Nov 2024 – The Meaning of Catholic f/David Michael Phelps
March 2024 – Ave Maria in the Afternoon, Ave Maria Radio f/Fr. Dominic
Feb 2024 – Ciceronian Society Ep 10 pt2
Feb 2024 – Ciceronian Society Ep 10 pt1
Jan 2024 – LoopCast f/ David Michael Phelps
July 2022 – Ave Maria in the Afternoon, Ave Maria Radio (at 5:15)
May 2022 – The EdUp Experience f/ Brian Black
Aug 2021 – The Working Man Podcast w/Brian Black & David Michael Phelps
Nov 2020 – History, Philosophy, & Blowing Things Up, Catholic Homeschool Conference
Nov 2019 – Respect Life Radio f/ Brian Black
Aug 2019 – EWTN News Nightly f/Brian Black