Life
Roots, Fruits, and Feminism
I wrote this piece for my personal blog before I was a member of Ignitum Today, but as I have since realized that Laura, the
Meghan Garcia
December 31, AD 2013
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Columnists
Three Ways to Cut Consumerism Out of Christmas
God’s love came to us in circumstances of radical poverty. The Creator of the universe was born in a stable, poor and homeless. How then
Theresa Noble
December 21, AD 2013
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Columnists
25 Days of . . . ?
A short reflection on Christmas Each year since I was a little kid, there were always Christmas movies played on TV in the month of
Matthew Higgins
December 20, AD 2013
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Columnists
A Big Round of Applause to A&E For Doing the Honest Thing!
Well, it’s about time. A&E has suspended Duck Dynasty‘s patriarch, Phil Robertson, for his frank Christian commentary on homosexuality. The popular show, which is about
Meghan Garcia
December 19, AD 2013
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Columnists
Mary: Pro-Life Mother
We must avoid the great temptation to see ourselves as Mary, present to the crucified Christ of aborted children. While “whatever you did to the least of these you did to me” is a main message of the pro-life movement, equating the killing of children with the persecution of Christ, pro-lifers must be careful not to see themselves solely as those who don’t “do to the least of these.” We must learn to be Mary in the pro-life movement….
Emma King
December 18, AD 2013
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Merry Digital Christmas
As the day of Christ’s birth hurtles towards us, it is definitely easy to get caught up in the spin of things. Retailers, desperate to
Chris Ricketts
December 15, AD 2013
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Columnists
Asking for Directions on the Way to Holiness
I’ll never forget the disaster zone that was our apartment on the evening after my baby shower. Every possible blanket, gadget, toy, and baby-seat lay
Lauren Meyers
December 15, AD 2013
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Why You Need a Wish List . . . or Two
This year Jane and I will celebrate our first Christmas as husband and wife and so we have been busy arranging our ‘wish lists’ for
Bernard Toutounji
December 14, AD 2013
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Life
Joyful Waiting
Advent is a time of joyful waiting and expectation. Unfortunately, our culture teaches us to complain, rather than to be cheerful while we wait for things.
Bob Waruszewski
December 11, AD 2013
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Context: God’s Great Liberating Event
Remember a few weeks ago when Pope Francis recommended we evangelize before we moralize. He said that when we speak of morals, we need to
J.Q. Tomanek
December 10, AD 2013
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Bioethics
What Pro-Lifers Can Learn From “My Abortion”
In the November 18 issue of New York Magazine, the cover story is “My Abortion,” and in it 26 women share their experiences. It’s incredible that
Erin Karlovich
December 10, AD 2013
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Life
Reflections on Generosity
The past month has been, for me, a month of humbling lessons in generosity as millions worldwide answered calls to help my fellow-Filipinos who survived
Cristina Montes
December 5, AD 2013
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Cardinal Dolan, Can You Please Clarify?
So I have to admit I’m pretty confused about something one of the leaders of the Church recently said. It seems to be the thing
Chris Ricketts
December 4, AD 2013
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Pro-Choice Violence and Radical Love
These men will be saints one day. Indeed, what other movement so calls for and creates saints as the pro-life movement? What movement challenges its people to such radical love, peace, and joy as the pro-life movement? To be Catholic is to be pro-life because to be pro-life is to acknowledge that there is, to quote Samwise Gamgi, “goodness out there, and it’s worth fighting for!
Emma King
December 3, AD 2013
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Bioethics
Come Over Here and SayThat to My Face
Rape, incest, and mother’s life…oh, and abused children. Better aborted than abused. How many times have we heard these “acceptable” exceptions to an outright ban
Rebecca Frech
November 29, AD 2013
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With the Point of a Nail
I walked through the yard where they were collecting the bodies of those killed by the typhoon. They bring them in on trucks, collecting them
Ryan Kraeger
November 25, AD 2013
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Life
The Problem with the New Evangelization
God bless the effort of the New Evangelization. It encapsulates, I think, what many of us faithful Catholics have desired to see (more) publicly for
Matthew Heinrich
November 24, AD 2013
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Life
Ten Signs You’re a Catholic Introvert
I’m an introvert. I’m not shy, I just like books, quiet get-togethers and lots of alone time. I do not like too much noise, attention
Theresa Noble
November 23, AD 2013
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Columnists
Room at the Table
I began that night to pray for unity within the Church. I remain hopeful that I may come to see a re-union of Christianity in my lifetime, and I hope that others may come to see that there is room – there will always be room – at the Table of our Lord’s Supper.
Emma King
November 20, AD 2013
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Proof of God via Business Consultant
In my discussion with atheists, the atheist always wants to see proof of God’s existence. If I cannot provide scientific data, then he makes the
J.Q. Tomanek
November 19, AD 2013
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Columnists
On Teaching and Loving
“We need to be clear in presenting the Church’s teaching, but patient with the struggle to live it.” This quote comes from Cardinal Timothy Dolan,
Jason Theobald
November 19, AD 2013
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