What Do You Smell like?
You probably did not miss Pope Francis’ recommendation that bishops should smell like their sheep. What may have been missed is the universal call to
J.Q. Tomanek
August 29, AD 2013
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Letter to Pope Francis
Your Holiness, I love what you are doing. You are inspiring so many faithful and non-faithful by your actions. Whether it is paying your own
J.Q. Tomanek
August 28, AD 2013
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Columnists
The Post about Pride
Have you ever thought about yourself like you think about others? People can be idiots, prigs, jerks, crazies. People can just get on your nerves,
Sean Connolly
August 27, AD 2013
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St. Monica, Model Wife and Mother
Today we celebrate the feast of the mother of one of the Church’s most celebrated saints. St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine (whose feast day
Chelsea Zimmerman
August 27, AD 2013
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Thoughts On Protestants and Catholics
I missed the quiet years for a minute today when I stumbled upon an abrasive tweet about the pope, written by an evangelical Christian. The
Arleen Spenceley
August 23, AD 2013
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Religion
Questions and Faith: On Counseling the Doubtful
Anything worth knowing begins with a question. Philosopher Etienne Gibson wrote, “Faith comes to intelligence as a light that overflows it with joy and inspires
J.R. Baldwin
August 23, AD 2013
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Catholicism: The Only True Extremism Part II
“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because
Chris Ricketts
August 20, AD 2013
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Columnists
Canonizing Chesterton, Heroic Virtue, and Ordinary Life
Saint G.K. Chesterton has a nice ring to it, so it was with some special joy that I read the report that the “sympathetic” bishop
Nicene Guy
August 20, AD 2013
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Columnists
8 Great Christian Songs
Here are 8 great Christian songs. (The links lead to the corresponding audio via YouTube.) 1. Hail, Holy Queen. This is, by far, my favorite
Matthew Olson
August 18, AD 2013
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Columnists
What does Faith mean to you?
In the Year of Faith I was asked by my local Catholic newspaper to write about what faith means to me. Here’s my thoughts: Faith
Chelsea Houghton
August 17, AD 2013
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The Feast of the Assumption and Fulton Sheen
The Feast of the Assumption is tomorrow; and some of us might be wondering: “What is the importance of this feast? Is it still relevant
Emily C. Hurt
August 14, AD 2013
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Columnists
Live Panel Discussion: What Happens After Religious Life?
Join a live discussion tonight, August 13, 2013 at 8pm on the topic: “A Practical Discussion about Leaving the Convent.” The panel is a diverse
Ryan Eggenberger
August 13, AD 2013
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Columnists
Considering Atheism? Try Catholicism.
Maybe I’ve spent too much time listening to World Youth Day coverage and reading articles like this one written by a friend of mine who
Mary C. Tillotson
August 12, AD 2013
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Catholic Education
An Easy Essay
Peter Maurin believed in teaching ancient principles to the man on the street in the language of the man on the street. Peter Maurin believed
Sean Connolly
August 8, AD 2013
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Columnists
Regret
“Live as though dying daily.” -St. Antony of Egypt, as recorded by St. Athanasius We have almost no viable perspective from which to evaluate our
Sean Connolly
August 7, AD 2013
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Columnists
Prayer and Psychology Plus How We Can Understand Mental Illness and the Spiritual Life
Embark, once again, we do on this worthy yet controversial quest to present some basic principles on how psychology, properly understood and aided by Christian
Tim Glemkowski
August 6, AD 2013
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Catholic Education
Tradition before Scripture
[Author’s note: This is a post made originally on my blog that a number of people found useful. I’m still reading and studying for my
Matthew Heinrich
August 4, AD 2013
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Don't Feed the Angels
An important thing to remember about angels is that they are terrifying. I am not sure when angels started to be domesticated, but nearly every
J.R. Baldwin
August 3, AD 2013
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Religion
7 Weaknesses for Today’s Catholics
I’m a practicing Catholic. And by that I mean I am practicing, I’m not a pro yet. Just like the 11 year-old me used to
TJ Burdick
August 3, AD 2013
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Columnists
What I got my Wife for Father’s Day
Great healing and consolation can come from doing small acts of love. Father’s Day is a day to honor and celebrate the wonderful father figures
Matthew Higgins
August 2, AD 2013
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Catholicism: The Only True Extremism, Part I
In today’s ideologically polarized society, the term “extremist” is bandied about with increasing frequency by pundits, politicians from both sides of the aisle, and bureaucrats
Chris Ricketts
August 1, AD 2013
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