Tim R. Bartel is a convert to Catholicism over thirty years ago. During his conversion, he read about the dreams of Saint John Bosco (AKA Don Bosco). In one of the dreams, Don Bosco told of a great ship headed for the Eucharist and Mary, which were on the top of a pair of columns in the middle of the sea. The ship was being attacked by enemy ships and there were fierce storms. Right away Tim could see that the ship was the Catholic Church with the Pope tirelessly guiding her to salvation.

Tim was so fascinated by that particular dream that ten years after he came home to the Catholic church, Tim wrote and published his first book: Dream of the Great Ship - Interpretations of Saint John Bosco's Dream of the Two Columns. His book merited the Catholic Writer's Guild Seal of Approval, which evaluates books for publishing integrity and Catholicity.

Tim's fascination with John Bosco and other saints grew as did his fascination with his own dreams. He saw that there we plenty of excellent Catholic books on prayer and discerning spirits but nothing truly Catholic on dreams and interpretation. The only alternatives in this area were in the realm of superstition and occult. Even the Protestant material drew upon spurious sources that were either tracible back to New Age occultism, or came from the esoteric knowledge of unaccredited teachers.

Tim knew that there was a strong biblical history and Catholic Tradition of discerning dreams. But the material was buried in mountains of complicated writings by theologians. But, Catholic lay people have a real need for guidance on dream analysis and interpretation, and discerning their dreams. So, Tim set out to collect and categorize dreams from Scripture, Church Fathers, and saints. He wondered how it was that throughout salvation history and the lives of saints, that dreams had a great part, but not today.

What happened?!

How did we ever loose sight of such an important discipline as discerning dreams?

So, Tim went on a quest to recover that lost art, and he succeeded.

Now, thirty years in the making, Tim has published a new book, The Lost Art of Catholic Dream Interpretation, and it may spark a movement, inspiring other Catholics to learn the language of the night.

"It's the best kept secret that Catholics can and probably should interpret their dreams, when their dreams mean something."

~ Tim R. Bartel

Now, Tim is on a mission to help people rediscover The Lost Art of Catholic Dream Interpretation.