Books on spirituality and \”self help\” line the shelves of bookstores, stories on the same topics call at people from the magazine racks. The millions
If you’ve been following the litigation challenging the now-infamous Health and Human Services mandate requiring employer-provided group health plans to cover abortifacients, sterilization, and artificial
Last week Rhode Island legalized same-sex “marriage” adding to an increasing list of states permitting homosexual couples to “marry”. In signing the bill, Gov. Lincoln
Did you know that there is a religious Order of Sisters in the United States who have a rich Mercedarian and Eucharistic charism? Located in
This is not the first time I have written about this topic. In the past I have raised several questions about the legitimacy of removing
Here’s a thought piece for anyone who fears that religion is irrelevant now that it has been superseded by science. I am going to suggest
Happy Mother’s Day! Alright, it’s five days early; doing things early is about the only way I can make sure that they happen on time
Invariably, before reading the various news sites in the morning, I first scan the Drudge Report. Generally, the headlines are not toasty fuzzy to say the least. Yesterday,
Several liberal Catholic journalists—notably Melinda Henneberger of the Washington Post and Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter —are openly wrestling with the arbitrary
A WordPress Daily Prompt asked writers if we could only take five objects from a burning house, what would be the most difficult things for
I was complaining to my husband the other day that there aren’t any prominent married saints – at least none who actually lived the sacrament
It was about a month ago when a mainstream liberal news publication here in the Philippines published a statistic study that claims that one out
If you\’ve read my thoughts on evangelization and cheese, you might not be surprised when I say that evangelistic efforts can\’t lack quality. Regardless of
Editor\’s Note: The author\’s original title was \”The Self-Gift Implicit to the Conjugal Act: Is Not Contraception, at Least Partially, Mutual Reciprocal Repudiation?\” (Fourth in
Early on in my encounters with Stacy Trasancos, through her blog called Accepting Abundance, I often found myself troubled by some of the arguments being hurled
A few weeks ago I was reading the inestimable Simcha Fisher’s excellent National Catholic Register article titled, “Who Is to Blame for Kermit Gosnell?” Since I’m a
On a recent Sunday afternoon I attempted to take a good, old-fashioned nap with my two-month-old daughter Alice. Unfortunately, two of my other supposed-to-be-napping children were
A few years ago, I was part of a group that taught a \”Back to Basics\” class in our parish. The goal was to educate
I\’m not a conspiracy theorist. What I mean by that is that I generally don\’t go for complicated explanations when often the simplest ones will
The First Saturday Rosary – © H.L. Duncan All rights reserved. A new first Saturday, in a new month, in a new year. Just this
How do we come to know God in a world that considers Him a construct of man rather than the Creator of mankind? How do
Selling and evangelizing are more similar than you might think. There are quite a few differences, to be sure, but there are features that are
