The Internet, Vice and Envy
Julie Machado
April 10, AD2013
2 Comments
I confess to you, my online brothers and sisters, that I have repeatedly compared my life to that of other bloggers. I have concluded my
Teen Sex: There\’s An App For That
Paul Zummo
April 2, AD2013
8 Comments
Back in New York over Easter weekend I did a double take as a news scroll went past during the evening news: NYC releases sex
Is There Any Doubt That We Are Next?
H. L. Duncan
April 1, AD2013
32 Comments
DO I REALLY WANT TO BE A HYPOCRITE? As a young Protestant my last experience of actually “worshipping” in a church (outside of funerals, weddings,
We Cannot Have Dissent!
Sherry Antonetti
March 30, AD2013
7 Comments
In reading the various news bits over the past few weeks, I noticed a trend — an assertion born of certitude and used to justify
A Better Connected World
Julie Machado
March 14, AD2013
2 Comments
I’ve heard several priests talk about the phenomenon of going to mass at different parishes each Sunday, depending on which mass times are more convenient.
The Danger of ‘Nice.’
Foxfier
March 12, AD2013
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“Be nice.” “That’s not nice.” “Wouldn’t it be nice if people would just get along?” Nice is almost as hard to define as the notoriously
Letter to Parents About Baptism
Chelsea Houghton
March 1, AD2013
16 Comments
Dear Parents Who Haven’t Baptized Their Children, I’ve been speaking to your parent/grandparent/relative/friend over the past few weeks in the lead up to, and at,
A Tale of Three Priests
Damian Goddard
February 26, AD2013
13 Comments
In keeping with Oscar season, for those who follow that sorta thing, I’ll begin with a quote from famed actor Max Von Sydow who once
Exercising Good Judgment
Debi Vinnedge
February 25, AD2013
3 Comments
If we listen to the world which tells us that in order to be good Christians we must be “tolerant” of others no matter what
When Not to Say \”How Are You?\”
Tammy Ruiz Ziegler, RN CPLC
February 19, AD2013
21 Comments
In my job caring for women and families during pregnancy loss and infant death, about 90% of what I do is communication. I enter a
Pope Benedict\’s True Legacy in Africa
Obianuju Ekeocha
February 19, AD2013
5 Comments
Pope Benedict XVI\’s resignation has elicited a lot of reflection and commentary on the legacy of his pontificate on the Church as well as the
I “Woked” Myself In San Francisco
H. L. Duncan
February 4, AD2013
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Photo by HL Duncan – Walk For Life West Coast 2012 BACKGROUND FOR AN INTERESTING STORY I attended the 2013 West Coast Walk for Life
Evil is the New Good
Patti Maguire Armstrong
January 30, AD2013
11 Comments
The other day while walking my dogs, my mind played with a popular way of saying things as in: Forty is the new thirty. Or
Who are You Evangelizing?
Edmund Mitchell
January 25, AD2013
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The Church\’s deepest identity and reason for existence is to evangelize. (See Evangelii Nuntiandi par. 14) And Jesus commanded and commisioned all of us to
