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Politics

On Enemies of the Church

In my previous post, I took stock of the possibility that President Obama is an enemy of the Church. Supposing that he is, what would

Nicene Guy August 22, AD 2012 26 Comments

Sacraments

Avoiding Burnout – Rediscovering the Sabbath

In a culture always on the go, days, weeks and months blur together. We can sometimes be running so fast on the treadmill of life that we forget to stop and take a break. Sure, we might take a week…

Bob Waruszewski August 22, AD 2012 2 Comments

Relationships

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 6 Comments

Books

Weigel’s Witness to Hope

I had the privilege of seeing George Weigel, Pope John Paul II’s personal biographer not long after the Polish Pope was beatified. I’ve spent the

Fabiola Garza August 21, AD 2012 No Comments

Columnists

Yearbook of Saints

It’s that time of year again. Yellow school buses travel the roads bringing happy and cheerful students to school. There, students gleefully and attentively participate

Amanda Castro August 21, AD 2012 3 Comments

Politics

Barack Obama: Enemy of the Church?

There is a meme which is beginning to make its rounds on facebook stating simply that President Obama is an enemy of the Church. Given his tyrannical HHS mandate, which seems to be specifically targeted at Catholics…

Nicene Guy August 21, AD 2012 8 Comments

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 10 Comments

Career

The Power of Beauty

“We do not want merely to see beauty, though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put

Sarah Babbs August 19, AD 2012 8 Comments

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 15 Comments

Women's Issues

Wonderfully Made

The Catholic Church loves women! I know that statement mystifies and angers some people in our society. If you are such a person, I encourage

Leah Jacobson August 17, AD 2012 21 Comments

The story of a house: one person’s redemptive suffering is another’s second chance

Our personal crosses are curious things. Every good Christian knows that to follow Christ we must first take up our cross. And every good Christian,

Bonnie Engstrom August 16, AD 2012 7 Comments

Columnists

Support a Catholic Speaker Month 2012

A few years ago, Matt Warner launched a cool project he called “Support a Catholic Speaker Month”. It began with a poll where you could vote for your favorite Catholic speakers. After a few days of voting, the top 100 speakers…

Brandon Vogt August 16, AD 2012 No Comments

Columnists

Koreaca Television

So here I am struggling to come up with a topic for my post yet again. The Paul Ryan VP pick? Gay “marriage”? A plea

Colin Gormley August 16, AD 2012 3 Comments

Columnists

New Doctor of the Church

October 7, we will have a new Doctor of the Church. This is big. The last saint to be promoted to Doctor of the Church

Mariella Hunt August 14, AD 2012 8 Comments

Columnists

Virtuous Peds?

“My sexuality has never been the central part of my life,” says Devin. “It kind of remains in a box inside my head but never

Jennifer Mazzara August 14, AD 2012 26 Comments

Columnists

The Birth of a Person

It only takes 10 minutes to an hour or three to push a baby into this world. It may seem like an eternity to the

Elizabeth Hoxie August 14, AD 2012 4 Comments

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 8 Comments

Columnists

Who is Paul Ryan?

As you’ve likely heard by now, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced this weekend that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin would be his running mate.

Anna Williams August 13, AD 2012 27 Comments