I recently completed this portrait of my friend’s little niece. At some point, whenever I paint a person, the accumulated sketches and brushstrokes suddenly communicate
You’re 17 years-old now, and you’re on your senior year. Congratulations on making it thus far! At this point, you may feel like you’ve grown
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
(follow-up to the brilliant piece by J.Q. Tomanek) 1. Help him get to Heaven. This is the most important job for every Catholic woman.
“I’m never going to be one of those people that baptizes my babies! Or believes that weird stuff about sacraments and communion!” Yes, I really
“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
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
Did anyone else hear a homily yesterday about the dangers of greed and affluent American lifestyles and the need to support the Church and give
About once a week, my wife and I take our kids to a local indoor playground. The scene is pretty consistent: dozens of kids running
[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
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
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
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
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
I blame the pig roast. When I was 19, a friend invited me to his family’s annual Labor Day Party. I came with two friends
When I tell people that I’m currently an intern at Feminists for Life, they usually look at me like I have a second head. Pro-life
To my right, I held my younger sister’s hand. She held my dad’s, as he lay in his hospice bed. As he was taking his
According to a column last month on CNN.com, to honor each other as man and wife for the rest of our lives is probably impossible.
The dreaded phrase, “I think it would be better if we were just friends“, has been feared by teenagers for decades. The fear that, after
In the 2011 film Friends With Kids, two platonic friends decide to have a child together without the entanglements of marriage (which they saw as
Today Rio de Janeiro Brazil is overrun with young people. World Youth Day is in full swing and hundreds of thousands of young people from
