Married Life
Grace of the Sacrament
My life is about to change. In about one month, I will be getting married to the love of my life. To say that things
Bob Waruszewski
September 19, AD 2012
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Married Life
Men and Contraception: The Responsibility of a Man’s Moral Authority
“Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. For the Husband is the
Nicene Guy
September 18, AD 2012
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Family
The First and Vital Cell
Human beings are essentially social in nature. The second theme of Catholic social teaching is the importance of social relationships and participation in society for
Sarah Babbs
September 13, AD 2012
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Married Life
Men and Contraception: Loving Our Wives and Laying Down Our Lives
Recently, I noticed that our editor had put out a call to some of our female columnists to address a newly released study by the
Nicene Guy
September 11, AD 2012
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Family
Family Impact on Society by Deacon Antonio
Scott Hahn in his book “First Comes Love” cites the monumental work of Harvard University Professor, Carle C. Zimmerman’s entitled “Family and Civilization” which citation, I
Royce Hood
September 8, AD 2012
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Relationships
Apples and Algebra: First Comes the Love…
A while back, we began a 4-part exploration of the four marks of God’s love (Free, Total, Faithful, Fruitful) as explained in Humanae Vitae, and,
Nic Davidson
September 7, AD 2012
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Relationships
Building Community with Ministry
Maybe you love your parish and it’s almost perfect, but it’s missing just one little thing – a niche for you. The priest is great, his
Bonnie Engstrom
September 6, AD 2012
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Columnists
The Honest Truth: Should You Date Non-Catholics?
For the average practicing Catholic, dating can be really fun. After all, you’re young, ready to discern marriage, and maybe even ready to start a family of your own. But when it comes to the questions…
Ryan Eggenberger
September 4, AD 2012
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Family
What My Father Did
Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees His
Ryan Kraeger
September 3, AD 2012
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Life
The Necessity of Men
There seems to be a growing idea in our world today that we don’t actually need men for much more than their “contribution” to the
Amanda Sloan
August 29, AD 2012
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Single Life
Christ, My Wingman
The morning after my future sister’s wedding, my fiance and I attended the family brunch and were asked the question: short or long engagement? B.
J.R. Baldwin
August 24, AD 2012
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Relationships
How to Love a Mass Murderer
There were a few words, often repeated in the news coverage of the recent Colorado shooting by James Holmes, which stood out to me like red signal lights: “loner who said little and was easily forgotten”, “kept to himself” and “didn’t seem to have many friends.”
Julie Machado
August 22, AD 2012
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Family
The Other Woman
Every morning, my six month old baby boy looks up out of his crib with wide blue eyes and smiles around his pacifier as I
Margaret Eaton
August 21, AD 2012
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Career
Little Brother
This is a post I wrote for my youngest brother who leaves for basic training next week. I would appreciate it if everyone could say
Ryan Kraeger
August 19, AD 2012
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Columnists
Mission: Perspective
It’s interesting how different reality looks when it’s on paper, in neat paragraphs, all in the right order. There, I am a powerhouse. I am
Mary C. Tillotson
August 13, AD 2012
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Columnists
Bless Me Father, for I Have Sinned. I Use NFP.
I read a blog post a few weeks ago titled “3 Things I Secretly Hate About NFP“. The author’s reasons for hating NFP are that
Kayla Peterson
August 11, AD 2012
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Relationships
Pope Paul VI’s Playlist
In an attempt to stay plugged in to American culture while I live overseas for 16 months, I have regularly acquainted myself with the Billboard
Nic Davidson
August 10, AD 2012
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Relationships
At the Precipice: “Gay Rights” & Religious Freedom
When I saw the reaction against Chick-fil-A last week, I was moved to come out of hiding in regards to the “gay marriage” debate. I
Theresa Noble
August 8, AD 2012
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Dating
Oh Good Heavens!
I had no idea when I wrote my last post that it would generate so much controversy. I certainly had no idea it would offend so many
Ryan Kraeger
August 3, AD 2012
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Family
Catholic Mangate
This post is a response to When NCB Meets NCG. I thought it would be appropriate for an actual Good Catholic Man (father of five, husband
Brent Stubbs
August 1, AD 2012
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Single Life
Vocation Confirmation
Last year, Sr. Lisa challenged me to examine my vocation and I did… kind of. Tony called me on my bull you-know-what, correctly so. I spent the next while asking a lot of questions I never wanted to fully explore.
Elizabeth Hillgrove
July 31, AD 2012
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