Letter to Pope Francis
Your Holiness, I love what you are doing. You are inspiring so many faithful and non-faithful by your actions. Whether it is paying your own
J.Q. Tomanek
August 28, AD 2013
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Columnists
The Post about Pride
Have you ever thought about yourself like you think about others? People can be idiots, prigs, jerks, crazies. People can just get on your nerves,
Sean Connolly
August 27, AD 2013
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St. Monica, Model Wife and Mother
Today we celebrate the feast of the mother of one of the Church’s most celebrated saints. St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine (whose feast day
Chelsea Zimmerman
August 27, AD 2013
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Life
What Five-Star Christian Hospitality is About
Everything I ever needed to know about hospitality I learned from my children. When their grandparents, friends or birthday party guests are scheduled to come,
Anabelle Hazard, Esq.
August 26, AD 2013
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Married Life
What I Learned About Marriage From Two Nursing Home Residents
Working at a nursing home, I met a married couple that really defined for me what marriage means. He was wheelchair dependent. He had had
Bethanie Ryan
August 25, AD 2013
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Columnists
Family Planning, or Family Discernment?
Remember that time you committed to your vocation, and then the whole process of discerning God’s will was over forever? Yeah, me neither. I remember
Lauren Meyers
August 25, AD 2013
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Columnists
So Here’s What The Culture of Death Looks Like
I’m one of those guys that, for the most part, tends to brush off ‘sensationalist’ comments about the culture. You know what I’m talking about,
Ryan Eggenberger
August 24, AD 2013
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Thoughts On Protestants and Catholics
I missed the quiet years for a minute today when I stumbled upon an abrasive tweet about the pope, written by an evangelical Christian. The
Arleen Spenceley
August 23, AD 2013
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Religion
Questions and Faith: On Counseling the Doubtful
Anything worth knowing begins with a question. Philosopher Etienne Gibson wrote, “Faith comes to intelligence as a light that overflows it with joy and inspires
J.R. Baldwin
August 23, AD 2013
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Catholicism: The Only True Extremism Part II
“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because
Chris Ricketts
August 20, AD 2013
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Columnists
Canonizing Chesterton, Heroic Virtue, and Ordinary Life
Saint G.K. Chesterton has a nice ring to it, so it was with some special joy that I read the report that the “sympathetic” bishop
Nicene Guy
August 20, AD 2013
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Columnists
8 Great Christian Songs
Here are 8 great Christian songs. (The links lead to the corresponding audio via YouTube.) 1. Hail, Holy Queen. This is, by far, my favorite
Matthew Olson
August 18, AD 2013
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Columnists
What does Faith mean to you?
In the Year of Faith I was asked by my local Catholic newspaper to write about what faith means to me. Here’s my thoughts: Faith
Chelsea Houghton
August 17, AD 2013
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Columnists
Raising Patriots
This past week my husband and I packed our five young children into a conversion van and drove about 1400 miles round-trip to visit the
Leah Jacobson
August 16, AD 2013
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Something Beautiful
My five week old is taking his first nap of the day. My four other kids are finishing up breakfast. My husband is at work
Bonnie Engstrom
August 16, AD 2013
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Columnists
Lorenzo
Lorenzo, a contemporary opera about the life of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, oozes with all the human drama that can be extracted from the life of
Cristina Montes
August 15, AD 2013
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The Feast of the Assumption and Fulton Sheen
The Feast of the Assumption is tomorrow; and some of us might be wondering: “What is the importance of this feast? Is it still relevant
Emily C. Hurt
August 14, AD 2013
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Life
On Loneliness
Loneliness is painful. We’ve all needed a shoulder to cry on, when there was no one around. Terrible as loneliness is, it’s another way that
Mariella Hunt
August 13, AD 2013
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Columnists
Live Panel Discussion: What Happens After Religious Life?
Join a live discussion tonight, August 13, 2013 at 8pm on the topic: “A Practical Discussion about Leaving the Convent.” The panel is a diverse
Ryan Eggenberger
August 13, AD 2013
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Get Involved!
I have worked and volunteered for the church for over 20 years now, helping to teach my first Religious Education class when I was a
Molly
August 13, AD 2013
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Columnists
Considering Atheism? Try Catholicism.
Maybe I’ve spent too much time listening to World Youth Day coverage and reading articles like this one written by a friend of mine who
Mary C. Tillotson
August 12, AD 2013
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