The Intrusion of the Secular
Gene M. Van Son
March 8, AD2016
6 Comments
For many years, when our sons were young and impressionable, my wife and I did our very best to make sure we all got to
How To Get Over Your Fear of Confession
Stephanie H. To
March 7, AD2016
5 Comments
Confession. Sin. Reconciliation. Do those words strike fear in you? We may know that we are supposed to go to the Sacrament of Confession at least
Being Pro-Life When it Isn’t Easy
Kerri Lynn Bishop
March 6, AD2016
22 Comments
I held the pregnancy testing stick in my hand, praying not to see the second line but I didn’t have to look down to know
The Book That Changed My Life
Pete Socks
March 5, AD2016
3 Comments
In 2013 I embarked upon a journey. There have been many twists and turns in that journey and it has led me here to
God Makes Our Weakness Strong
Nicholas Senz
March 4, AD2016
4 Comments
Once upon a time, a young man had a dream of joining a religious order. He wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, he wasn’t
My Annual Lenten Feast: Holy Silence
Mike Eisenbath
March 3, AD2016
2 Comments
I never have been a big fan of winter. Give me 90-degree temperatures with a chance to wear shorts and a T-shirt rather than 20
Praying With Your Children
Karen Reep
March 3, AD2016
No Comments
Making an effort to pray daily is an important part of faith formation for children. They follow our example, whether it is morning prayers or
St. Veronica’s Useless Good Deed
Patrick Malone
March 2, AD2016
2 Comments
I once heard a rather wry joke that said that Christians are optimists because the worst thing that could possibly happen has actually already happened,
George Washington and Catholics
Donald R. McClarey
March 1, AD2016
4 Comments
America has been blessed by God in many ways but I suspect no blessing has been greater than His granting us George Washington to lead us in
One Day’s Question, Another Day’s Answer
Cecily Lowe
March 1, AD2016
3 Comments
Once there was a young homeschooled girl who had a rather inquisitive mind. The problem with her inquisitiveness was that the questions she most enjoyed
Exorcism Prayer Brings Results
Jamey Brown
February 29, AD2016
34 Comments
I was having a bit of a conflict with a cashier at work. We always banter back at forth, joking, sometimes kidding each other, but
Hymns or Heresy?
Birgit Jones
February 28, AD2016
18 Comments
This will be short and sweet. Yours truly is weary of church songs, masquerading as hymns, portraying something other than Church teaching. It’s bad enough
You Lied to Us, Gloria Steinem
Cynthia Millen
February 27, AD2016
32 Comments
Growing up in the 1950’s through 1970’s in Toledo, Ohio, my peers and I boasted of Danny Thomas, our world renowned Art Museum and Zoo,
Mercy Uber Alles? St. Irenaeus Says “Heresy”
Guy McClung
February 27, AD2016
10 Comments
In recent months there has been much discussion of “mercy,” particularly “God’s mercy.” Typical topics in these discussions include: Does God have “attributes” like our
The World vs. The Bible
Ray Sullivan
February 26, AD2016
1 Comment
For any human on planet Earth to have a chance to get to Heaven, choices have to be made. These choices include deciding on whether
Music Has Long Spoken To Me
Dan Byron
February 26, AD2016
1 Comment
Music has Charms to sooth a savage Breast The above phrase was coined by William Congreve, in The Mourning Bride, 1697, and has long been
I Remember, I Remember!
David Torkington
February 25, AD2016
3 Comments
‘I remember, I remember the house where I was born, the little window where the sun came peeping in at dawn’. (Thomas Hood – 1826)
Ashes as a Witness To and Of the Faith
Tammy Ruiz Ziegler, RN CPLC
February 24, AD2016
No Comments
Ashes on Ash Wednesday You never know who might be touched by your quiet witness of ashes on Ash Wednesday. Last year, I really wasn’t
What to Do When Pope Francis Trumpets Immigration and Aliens
Anabelle Hazard
February 23, AD2016
18 Comments
With the cacophony of opinions clashing on the Donald Trump-Pope Francis cyber conversation, another voice is hardly necessary. But since I haven’t read too many
Lent in the Shadow of Death
Denise J. Hunnell, MD
February 23, AD2016
1 Comment
“Remember, man, you are dust, and unto dust you shall return.” The priest uttered these words on Ash Wednesday as he traced the black cross
What Good Is It To Gain The Whole World If You Lose Your Soul? – Saying Yes to God’s Will
Steffani Jacobs
February 22, AD2016
1 Comment
“How is a man the better for it, if he gains the whole world at the expense of losing his own soul? For a man’s
No, the Pope Is Not “Bossing Around” the U.S. on Border Wall
Scott Eric Alt
February 21, AD2016
66 Comments
Political agitator Ann Coulter took to Twitter a few days ago to share these sterling thoughts. The typography is hers. Jeb!, an AMERICAN Catholic, defends
