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Religion: Virtue of Temperance

Religion: Virtue of Temperance

[ 7 ] December 18, 2012 AD |

A little over a month ago, I decided to give up drinking until I was 21 years old; until I was of age to legally drink. Now, I’m not a huge party person or even a big drinker. I don’t even think I’ve been drunk before. (I think.) I just enjoy going out with my [...]

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Dear College Students

Dear College Students

[ 4 ] August 29, 2012 AD |

“Honestly, I don’t think Jesus was against beer or alcohol. But I definitely think he would have a problem with Natty.”

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Yearbook of Saints

Yearbook of Saints

[ 3 ] August 21, 2012 AD |

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 in their classes, led by amazing and energetic teachers. Right? Although some of that is exaggerated, it is the time of year for school to begin. Life once again is [...]

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Faithful learning

Faithful learning

[ 18 ] March 12, 2012 AD |

When older sister and I were finishing up middle school, my parents decided that the local public high school (in a very liberal town) nearby would be better for our faith than the nominally Catholic high school nearby. Better to experience a frontal assault on our faith than to absorb a watered-down version that would [...]

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Education = Virtue?

Education = Virtue?

[ 7 ] November 7, 2011 AD |

“The more money we spend on schools today, the less we’ll have to spend on missiles tomorrow.” New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote that in his column today, praising a man whose charity has opened 12,000 libraries around the world. That’s a staggering and laudable accomplishment, but it may not contribute to world peace, [...]

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