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
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
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
Just in case you haven’t seen it, there is a wonderful series going on in the blogosphere called the “Not Alone Series”. The writers are
Here’s a secret: I’m a bad person. On June 5th I found out my friend Kacie died of a heroin overdose. She was 23 years
You’re 17 years-old now, and you’re on your senior year. Congratulations on making it thus far! At this point, you may feel like you’ve grown
Peter Maurin believed in teaching ancient principles to the man on the street in the language of the man on the street. Peter Maurin believed
(follow-up to the brilliant piece by J.Q. Tomanek) 1. Help him get to Heaven. This is the most important job for every Catholic woman.
“Live as though dying daily.” -St. Antony of Egypt, as recorded by St. Athanasius We have almost no viable perspective from which to evaluate our
Embark, once again, we do on this worthy yet controversial quest to present some basic principles on how psychology, properly understood and aided by Christian
Did anyone else hear a homily yesterday about the dangers of greed and affluent American lifestyles and the need to support the Church and give
I blame the pig roast. When I was 19, a friend invited me to his family’s annual Labor Day Party. I came with two friends
When I tell people that I’m currently an intern at Feminists for Life, they usually look at me like I have a second head. Pro-life
According to a column last month on CNN.com, to honor each other as man and wife for the rest of our lives is probably impossible.
The dreaded phrase, “I think it would be better if we were just friends“, has been feared by teenagers for decades. The fear that, after
In the 2011 film Friends With Kids, two platonic friends decide to have a child together without the entanglements of marriage (which they saw as
Today Rio de Janeiro Brazil is overrun with young people. World Youth Day is in full swing and hundreds of thousands of young people from
Sanctity. This is the first rule of a Catholic man. Be a saint and create the most fertile ground for your spouse to be a
Perhaps you have heard the term and have been wondering about what this “New Feminism” stuff is all about. Many have pegged it a “Catholic-thing”
“Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at
I am taking a break this month from my video game apologia to address a real problem I’m seeing in modern discussion about anything controversial.
