Metallic Figurine of Mary and the baby Jesus Imagine for yourself: A 13-year-old middle-eastern girl sitting at home, minding her own business. Maybe she’s doing
In honour of Mother’s Day… A fellow writer recently asked somebody to write something positive about motherhood. She said “Some of us not-yet-moms are scared
“Think about what would happen if New Advent, Catholic Answers, Busted Halo, and Ignitum Today all fused together into one website for youth…” I teach
“You’re crazy.”Well, thanks for your kindness and tolerance in regards to my way of life. We hear a lot about tolerance and accepting others nowadays,
After listening to a great talk issued by Lighthouse Catholic Media’s new young adult line, Truth be Told, I found myself greatly in need of
We all do it- use Facebook as a way to communicate our political and religious viewpoint. After all, isn’t that the whole purpose of Facebook… Well, a
My life is very structured. Just ask my wife. I fold my socks and put them in a special place in my drawer. I have
One of the fruits of the Council and the New Evangelization as a whole is the lay apostolate: lay men and women discerning and identifying
With mercury we measure pain as we measure the heat of bodies and air; but this is not how to discover our limits– you think
To protect his identity, we’ll call him Frank. Though we’ve had many over the years, I distinctly remember one particular conversation with Frank. He was
Last week my friend Audrey and her husband Phil took their two children to the Texas Roadhouse at Arrowhead in Peoria, Arizona – a suburb of Phoenix.
“The English language lacks the words ‘to mourn an absence.’ For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we have all manner
My favourite kind of art explores the darkness. I don’t mean the sensational darkness of psychological trouble, of psychopaths and murders and crime. Nor do
With all the tension in the media lately, my thoughts turned to Ven. Fulton J. Sheen’s words on bombs. Granted, in his works he is
Pope Francis, on the first full day of his papacy, prayed at the tomb of Pope St. Pius V. I do not think that was
Sitting here at 2:00 am, watching live footage of the scene in Boston, my mind is a rapid-fire collage of tragedy and bravery. Scenes of
In recent decades, America has made many wonderful advances in protecting the rights of people with disabilities and including them in society. Gone are the days of
Did any of you catch the recent “Princeton mom” flap? Princeton alumna Susan Patton, in an open letter to women attending Princeton, advised that they should find a husband in college–otherwise they’d
Charles Ignatius Meyers: Master of the heroic minute. This might ring true for a lot of kids, but when I wake my ten month old
The Easter season always gives me a sense of renewal and rejuvenation. Not only is the Catholic celebration of Jesus’ resurrection a central component of
I’m married to Pope Francis. I came to this realization the other day when my wife and I were musing through a Catholic book store
