Noble Sacrifice

I have little original to offer for Memorial Day, and indeed I desire only to unite my thanks and prayers, with every other American, to

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Let’s Talk Discipline

Disciplines, hair shirts, cilices – all things of the past? Perhaps not. Most people are afraid to talk about the subject of corporal mortification. Some

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Entertainment
Colin Gormley

The New New Media

I have a bit of a confession to make before I begin. This article is arguably entirely self serving, so take what I state with

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Sex Ed and Men and the Marriage Bed

In all the discussions about abstinence-only sex ed  there is much talk about spit and water, licked ice cream cones, and tape that is no longer sticky. Obviously, as many other writers have

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The Religious Art of Daniel Mitsui

Intricate details and deep meaning characterize Daniel Mitsui’s religious art, which he renders by hand using ink on paper or vellum. Mitsui draws biblical subjects

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Religion
Molly

The Gift of My Patron Saint

I didn’t choose my patron saint, she choose me. It was a breezy spring afternoon at wrap up week for National Evangelization Teams (NET) Ministries. Hanging

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Adventures

“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it is very difficult to find anyone.” —J. R. R.

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The Devil Is in Comparison

I can hardly tell you how often I’ve had the following thoughts lately: “She’s married with three kids and she is only a year older

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We’re All God’s Children

On April 15, two bombs went off at the Boston Marathon killing three people and injuring 264. This latest in terrorist attacks struck fear into

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The Ethics of Your Wedding Dress

You’re probably expecting me to say something about strapless dresses and not showing too much skin, but I’m not. Okay, I can’t resist so here’s my

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For Men’s Eyes Only

What is Jared doing reading a woman’s magazine? Well, why is a woman’s magazine interviewing the Brett McKay, the founder of “The Art of Manliness”? So, enough

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Catholics, Marriage, and the Supreme Court

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently issued a letter entitled “Marriage and the Supreme Court.”  This bulletin insert, to be distributed nationwide, is nothing particularly

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Our Works, His Grace

When it was evening, the disciples of Jesus went down to the sea, embarked in a boat, and went across the sea to Capernaum. It

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