Columnists
Just Be You
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
Kelly Shircliff Williams
November 19, AD 2012
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Religion
Why We Cry For The Pope
(among other things) To our dear separated brothers and sisters, nothing comes across as more counterintuitive to the Christian religion than the Pope. The great german theologian,
Brent Stubbs
November 19, AD 2012
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Columnists
Give Me a Great Heart
Sometimes it is necessary to stop ourselves and retreat, to open ourselves and realign our thinking with the ways of God. If we don’t do
Sr. Lisa Marie
November 17, AD 2012
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Movies
What Are We Holding Onto, Sam?
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
Abigail C. Reimel
November 15, AD 2012
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Religion
Reality, Belief, and Hell
I’ve heard it opined by the occasional atheist that he not only believes that God does not exist, but actually desires to be right in
Nicene Guy
November 13, AD 2012
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Life
The Poor, the Maimed, the Lame, the Blind
Then He also said to him who invited Him, “When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your
Ryan Kraeger
November 12, AD 2012
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Dating
Why I Wear a Purity Ring
From the Roman collar to the brown scapular, the Church has developed a plethora of physical signs one can sport to testify to his faith
Abigail C. Reimel
November 11, AD 2012
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Books
The Little Way of Advent — a Book Review
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
Bonnie Engstrom
November 9, AD 2012
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Columnists
The Other Cafeteria Catholic, Part II
Lest you think I’m writing about the “other” cafeteria Catholic as one standing in judgment, I want to give you a little back story. I
Elizabeth Hoxie
November 6, AD 2012
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Columnists
It’s Time to Find Your Featherbed
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?
Kristin Detloff
November 5, AD 2012
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Books
From the Belly of the Dragon
“Can a man who’s warm understand one who’s freezing?” This is the question pondered by Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, a prisoner at a forced-labor camp in
Emi Parker
November 3, AD 2012
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Columnists
We Need More Death
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
Edmund Mitchell
November 2, AD 2012
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Columnists
All That I Didn’t Leave Behind
On Good Friday, 2008, fewer than 24 hours before my wife and I joined the Catholic Church, I spoke to my father-in-law on the
Nic Davidson
November 1, AD 2012
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Columnists
3 Reasons This Protestant Became Catholic
In January of 2006, just short of my 20th birthday, I stood in front a priest, my friends, and 2,000 people at a parish and
Ryan Eggenberger
October 31, AD 2012
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Religion
The Smiling Pope’s Letter to Mark Twain: Humor, Hitler, and Three Different Johns
What if Cardinal Timothy Dolan became Pope? That’s probably a long-shot, but it’s a question I’ve been hearing more and more especially as his star
Brandon Vogt
October 29, AD 2012
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Columnists
Clothe the Naked
“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.
Ryan Kraeger
October 29, AD 2012
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Life
Cloistered Nuns Secure Worldwide Music Distribution
Amazing. Beautiful. Necessary. – It’s difficult to find the right words to describe the angelically perfect sound of Advent At Ephesus – an upcoming
Royce Hood
October 26, AD 2012
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Columnists
Perks of Embarrassment
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
Fabiola Garza
October 26, AD 2012
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Bioethics
Blessed JP II and the Culture of Life
Today is the feast of Blessed John Paul II. He is often referred to as John Paul the Great, but I will always know him
Chelsea Zimmerman
October 22, AD 2012
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Religion
Faith Manifesto
This month marks the beginning of the Year of Faith. It has gotten me thinking; do I really have faith? If I lived at the
Julie Machado
October 17, AD 2012
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Family
For Pete’s Sake
Our first child was lost to miscarriage. He was too young to know his gender but my husband felt confident that he was a boy
Bonnie Engstrom
October 15, AD 2012
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