Every so often the Pope will denote a spiritual theme for the year. For instance, we’ve recently seen the “Year for Priests”, the “Year of
I concluded my last post by noting that there is a right way to engage in spiritualism, and a right way to develop a “personal
Presumably we all know the basic definition: “Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our
Guest post by Kayla Peterson In many ways, my marriage is exactly the way my teenaged-self dreamed it would be. I am married to a
His name is Michael. He would have turned two this month. We had been married for 2 months, to the day. March 3, 2009. I
Guest post by Mr. Joe Sales I would like to take some time and discuss the Sacrament of Reconciliation. I remember once when I was
Global uprising as Occupy Wall Street Spreads International, Riots in Rome. When the Tea Party spread across the nation, there were peaceful demonstrations brought
Let’s suspend disbelief in God for a moment. To understand a Catholic studying the Bible, that disbelief in God must be suspended. We believe in
The ground-breaking project called ‘Voices From the Womb,’ which brought live ultrasound to the U.S. Capitol Thursday, was a stroke of brilliance that will now be repeated across the nation.
The question to start with is this, “Is Christianity a noun or a verb?” In other words, is Christianity an action word or a label?
Today my one year old gave me open-mouth kisses as he giggled. My two-year old ran across a crowded living room and gave me a
Unless I missed something, this type of post has not yet been taken up here at Virtuous Pla.net. But I say, what good is having
Yesterday, my fabulous co-blogger Ms Fabiola Garza published a post about the necessity of religion (as opposed to simply spirituality). To be a good Christian
The game is life. The crime? Having a large family. Modern culture isn’t particularly family friendly, in a whole host of ways, and in the
Calling all young men with a blossoming Love for Christ! Your time has come, brothers. You have been called up. “It is my wish, then,
The words religion and religious might as well be curse words; heavy, black and tarred by modernity, non-believers and Christians alike. By claiming to be
Apologies in advance. I am brutally under the weather (as is half my architecture class) and seeing as we spent the last four hours walking
Guest post by Caitlin O’Malley I just moved locations for a dream job. I teach at a Catholic elementary school, a position I wouldn’t have
So when is the last time you heard someone talk about the virtues? Honestly, we spend so much time defending our faith, and morals that
I currently live on an island somewhere in the Philippines, in a city called Cebu. Here is where I’m studying to get my marketing degree
The USCCB is at it again: they’re telling us how to vote. Without actually telling us how to vote. Since 1976, the nation’s bishops have
