Catholic singles, especially the ladies, have many things they do to prepare for the day they say “I do” and begin their married lives.
That Christmas has become more and more secularized is obvious. But we are not helpless against the tide. There are things we can do to
Once again I let this blog sneak up on me. My first clue that it was my week to write an IT post was when
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another
I did a lot of thinking in my idealistic twenties about how I’m going to start a revolution and change the world. At times, as
I was inspired to re-post this article after reading Cristina Montes”s On Spe Salvi and The Lord of the Rings. I would highly recommend that
Looking ahead, Advent begins in less than a month, so now’s a good time to prepare for how you will prepare. Just in time for
A couple of months ago I logged-on to find the following e-mail appropriately shuffled into my high priority inbox: “How you do keep your hope?
Mary Magdalene with the Smoking Flame, Georges de La Tour You will die. A friend of mine sells life insurance. He told me that every time someone new
“The Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, whie Satan stood at his right hand to accuse him.
After almost a year of ballet I’m still super horrible. I never realized how physically demanding it was, how literally every muscle in your body
The Year of Faith: The Desert of Godlessness, and the Mission to “Restore All Things in Christ” Through the “New Evangelization” and the New Media
“In the light of all this, I have decided to announce a Year of Faith.” Pope Benedict XVI The Holy Father asks the Faithful to
Update: The canonization of St. Pedro Calungsod can be watched via livestream on October 21, 2010 here. The Pope will canonize a teenage Filipino martyr
This is not how you use dice. You roll dice. In games with dice, the dice and chance are the masters of the outcome. We
Yesterday the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, a lovable little saint whose example of
As I was on leave over the last few weeks I spent a lot of time back home on the family farm, helping with projects
One of the main reasons why I love the youth, especially Catholic youth, is because I am one. My heart is always on fire to
As a youth minister one of the number one questions teens ask me is, “Why do people suffer?” It is a fair question, and one
Ever since I’ve learned about the Camino de Santiago – a centuries-old pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela, where the cathedral housing the remains of
Many of the pro-abstinence, anti-contraception types (mostly Catholics) will say that the “Don’t have sex, but if you do, use contraception” approach to reducing teen
