Columnists
Leah Jacobson

NEEDED: Motherhood

Greetings Ignitum readers! My apologies for missing my last posting here a few weeks back. I’m sure you were all wondering where I was (uhh hum) and/or

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NFP and MR.

You may have to bear with me.  The indescribably talented Emily Zanotti presented a wonderful case for adding some zip, jazz, and flare to the

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Catholic Education
Royce Hood

Ave Maria Law School Tribute Video

This video was produced using pictures taken between 2009 and 2012 while I was a student at Ave Maria School of Law.  Pictures include various events

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Columnists
Colin Gormley

Communication is a discipline

Like a bird flying toward a window I approach my deadline.  So here goes.  My apologies to anyone who sustains injury after reading this post.

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Men's Issues
Elizabeth Hillgrove

Door-to-Door Wake Up

He threw me off when, after a few fun jovial exchanges between me and my roommate, he pointed down at my leg and said, “Is that real?!”

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Columnists
Allie Terrell

By God’s Grace

Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect. – Matthew 5:48 Perfection. We are constantly pressured to be more and more perfect.

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Jobs
Nathaniel Gotcher

A Church in the Modern World

Desperate times call for desperate measures. The modern world has successfully graduated from high school and is now ready to attend University where its ideals

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Life
Mariella Hunt

Farewell, My Dear

This is a poem I felt compelled to write when I was thinking of one of my mom’s uncles, her godfather at baptism. I don’t

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Keeping Your Kids Catholic

First, let me start off this post with a disclaimer. DISCLAIMER: I’m a non-expert. I have little kids. Half of this is theory; the other

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Spirituality
Marc Barnes

On Going Hard

There is an underlying theme in the word of God that might be considered shocking: Go Hard. All Out. Go Big or Go Home. The greatest

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Life
Jared Dale Combista

What Defines a Manly Man?

Are you familiar with Friedrich Nietzsche’s übermensch? It’s pretty hard to define what it really means, but for starters, it would have to refer to

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Entertainment
Elaine Golden

St. Michael Doing His Thing

PRAYER TO SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God

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Books
Colin Gormley

Sons of Cain: Review

Reviewing Sons of Cain by Val Bianco, much like reading the book itself, is a challenging task for me.  When it hits its stride, Sons

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Life
Emily Zanotti

NFP and PR

A week after I got married, I had to visit one of those urgent care clinics for antibiotics (if you think this is too much

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Killing Mercy

This is the end result.  It was obvious not long ago.  I was reminded of it when my wife and I sat to watch the

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Mercy and Killing
Ryan Kraeger

Robot Armies

For this symposium on mercy and killing most of the writers have been weighing in on the issues of euthanasia and abortion, and with good

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Entertainment
Ink and Quill

Coffee and Ritual

In virtually any country outside America where coffee is part of the culture, it is accompanied by a certain kind of ritual. As part of

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Family
Jennifer Mazzara

404 Error

My brain is not in the least interested in our symposium topic this week.  The address for “mercy” + “forgiveness” + “killing” NOT “animals” was

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