Pop Culture Role Models
One has to look far and wide to find positive images of Christianity and in particular the Catholic Church in today’s mainstream media and in
One has to look far and wide to find positive images of Christianity and in particular the Catholic Church in today’s mainstream media and in

It is well known that there is a crisis in the Catholic Church across the western world. Parishes have closed due to declining attendance

Over the Easter weekend, my family and I traveled to a local mountain resort to get away from the city. We also thought it would

From the first moment of birth we all experience suffering. A doctor rips a newborn child from a comfortable, warm, and familiar setting. Naked and

Churches around the United States are disappearing. Parishes consolidating, dwindling numbers of cradle Catholics that no longer attend Church, mixed signals from the leadership of the

Lent begins early this year and falls on that lover’s holiday, February 14th. This is an unfortunate day for those hopeless romantics that expect an

Sebastian Junger is an author that has written several books such as The Perfect Storm and A Death in Belmont. His most recent work concerns

A typical well to do middle-class family lives in a prosperous country. They are an intact family with a mother, father and three children. The

When a country is at war, citizens stand behind their troops fighting the enemy. Communities organize to collect food, clothes and other essentials to make

The political left and secularists have hijacked the term “social justice”. Ask anyone and they will describe social justice in terms of wealth distribution and

Feeling alone. We all have felt it. The sense that no one cares or needs you. Though one might be surrounded by dozens of people,

I was in shock standing in the front pew of the church at my father’s service (a traditional funeral was not held). Monsignor was at

After dropping off my son at school, I usually go running at the local park. This park is quite unusual in the Los Angeles area.

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Many of our personal woes are driven by anxieties that seem to us to be inescapable or unmanageable. We deal with the boss that demands

As a child I thought that being a Catholic was simple. One must say grace during meals, attend Mass on Sundays and other days when