Oftentimes the new atheists, including Richard Dawkins, are dismissed as offering nothing new, but simply expressing an evangelic fervor in spreading atheism. This could not
To be perfectly honest, we were feeling pretty good about things. As part of the diaconate formation in our diocese, each candidate is required to
Beginnings and endings, finite measures of years meted out for us again and again, season after season, generation after generation, age after age—all amount to
In this series of posts HOW TO FIND FAITH AT THE MOVIES, John invites readers to take a hero’s journey in search of faith through
As secular society brushes off Christmas for another year, Catholics know very well that Christmas never truly ends because, at the end of the day,
Yes, I decorated Saint Patrick’s Church for Christmas. Not Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, or Old Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Mulberry Street down in Soho,
A few weeks ago, a Facebook friend posted the article \”Everyone\’s a Biblical Literalist Until You Bring Up Gluttony\” by Rachel Held Evans to her
I have been slow in reading Pope Francis\’ Letter Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) on the New Evangelization. Thankfully, there are movements in the Catholic
I’ve been writing and blogging my way through life and faith at Just Showing Up for close to eight years now. What began as a free
Like everyone else I make New Year\’s resolutions every year. Some years are better than others, but I have yet to complete a year with
Pope Francis shakes me up. Not in a worldly, materialistic way like when I lost my twenty dollar subway and bus pass last week, or
The Pew Research Center recently released a report, Celebrating Christmas and the Holidays, Then and Now, that offers a revealing look at the growing secularism
“The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.” Galileo Galilei “Certain it is that a conviction, akin
What is the American equivalent of what the Russian’s called a Gulag? A familiar word to Americans, because of our cold war relations with the
On November 26, 2013, I uttered words that still echo in my mind, words which felt true even if everything that followed refuted that feeling.
In the Old Testament, the Azazel goat, translated as scapegoat, was one of two goats chosen for a ceremony on The Day of Atonement. The
“It’s my life!” a teenager rants. “Then, turning to the talk show host he explains, “That is why I should have the right to kill
On the first day of every Basic Communication college course I teach, I stress that when communicating it is essential to be clear. This may
Between the summers of 1849 and 1850, throughout the Midwest, people were dying from one of the worst cholera epidemics the region would ever see.
I do not regret this year coming to a close. For me, 2013 will always be the year when my beloved son, Lawrence C. McClarey, died at
Amid this selfie society, so immersed in our preoccupation, nay, our obsession with our personal agendas, it might be refreshing to consider the lessons found
Be not afraid. My Pastor said this many times during his homily at Midnight Mass this year. He was quoting Pope John Paul II who
Never in my worst nightmares did I ever think I’d one day be lying on an operating table, voluntarily submitting my body and my baby
God rest ye merry, gentlemen Let nothing you dismay. Remember, Christ, our Savior Was born on Christmas day. To save us all from Satan\’s power
