Joao Baptista DeValles was born in 1879, in Saint Miquel in the Azores. At the age of 2 his family moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
I love it when my children teach me something, or at least make me think about something I might not have considered otherwise. Now that
I once overheard two men arguing about whether chess or backgammon was the better game. I found their discussion interesting because I enjoy both of
Social Justice is a big deal these days. In recent years, it’s become such a big deal amongst Secular Progressives that it’s even given rise
As we pause to give thanks today for our fathers, those with us and those who have gone before us, let us take a moment
Belief in God has been a constant throughout my career. As I look back over the decades, there have been very few constants, companies came
Commercialism is all around us. It stares us in the face as we watch TV. Buy this fancy new vehicle and you will have a
My Language Arts students are currently finishing up their respective research papers. One of the instructions which I give them is that they are not
Religious values are constantly under attack today. Truth and order have been replaced by confusion and chaos. The former offered direction and purpose. The
A Christian is one who is invited… to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of being redeemed, to
Father’s Day is fast approaching. It is that time of the year when we stop to thank and celebrate the wonderful role that our own
A few weeks ago, we celebrated the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, calling to mind the mystery of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
The question of human suffering casts a long shadow on the human experience. If you talk to people long enough, they’ll get around to telling
We may be wary of the truth. Rather than setting us free, we may fear it will impose an obligation. We may be reluctant to
Why do we expect to find truth, goodness, and love, in a Judas before we know that he is a Judas? When we do not
In my last article, I wrote about my Rome semester. Obviously, my journey through the Eternal City contained lots of different experiences, both good and
I think getting married early, even as early as 18 or 20, is a wonderful thing. Maturity doesn’t necessarily come with age and there is
Recent events in the story of convicted rapist Brock Turner force the conversation about rape into a deeper understand of this complicated subject. It
There are four things which lead to an impending marriage failure: criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling. At least that’s the opinion of one marriage expert,
As business people, sometimes we forget just how connected the world of work is to the work of God in the world. Without question, individual
It is remarkable that for over two centuries now, and in our present time, Jane Austen’s writings are still popular. Why is this so? This
For years, Catholic Answers has produced a helpful voters’ guide on the five non-negotiable moral issues for Catholics. It is good but in the years
