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A Simple New Year’s Resolutions Guide For Catholics

Karen Reep January 9, AD2017 1 Comment

The year 2017 is upon us and for many this means it’s time to come up with a list of, or at least a couple,

Feminists Just Don’t Understand Why We Are Here

Steffani Jacobs January 6, AD2017 8 Comments

Whenever we hear the term “stay-at-home” mom or “housewife,” we picture a woman whose life revolves around her kids. We all know the stereotype. The

The Light of the Infant Jesus

Nada Mazzei December 24, AD2016 2 Comments

The streets are beautiful this time of year. Homes and shops are decorated with colorful lights and festive decorations. Cities and town are filled

The Amazing Advent(ure)

Ken Kniepmann December 13, AD2016 1 Comment

We all have our own thoughts about the season preceding Christmas. Some of these thoughts might be grounded in solid theological understanding, after all, it

4 Screwtape Quotes that Explain the World Today

Steffani Jacobs December 9, AD2016 4 Comments

. Remember the commercial where a young woman says ‘I read it on the web so it must be true!’ By now, hopefully, people are

Abortion, Ancestry and the Ghost Generations

Susan Skinner November 27, AD2016 6 Comments

Abortion was the forefront in this election cycle. We had a candidate who openly supported it through the ninth month, and who wanted us to

Advent: A Season of Waiting

Nada Mazzei November 25, AD2016 2 Comments

The Advent season is now upon us. Most people around us seem to be hurrying about looking for the perfect gift, putting up decorations, and

Five Ways to Make the Most of Advent

Laura DeMaria November 19, AD2016 1 Comment

Next Sunday, November 27, marks the beginning of Advent, the season of hopeful, joyful longing as we wait for the birth of our Lord. This

joy, dance, abandon, retreat, attitudes, life

Society is People

H. L. Duncan November 9, AD2016 3 Comments

Especially during these past few intense months of our presidential election, we in America have been shown how much society has turned substantially away from

Hacking and the Law, Ethics, Vigilante Justice, and Catholicism

Steffani Jacobs November 7, AD2016 No Comments

When you stop and think about it, the World Wide Web today is kind of similar to the old Wild West. There are good

Life Trumps Death, Always

Jamey Brown November 2, AD2016 11 Comments

I drive a cab in New York City, and when I am in the East Village, I stop in front of the Margaret Sanger Center,

The Faithful Departed: A Reflection

Kevin Aldrich November 1, AD2016 2 Comments

You drive down an Illinois country blacktop, passing fields of corn and soybeans, sometimes winter wheat or an occasional cattle ranch or dairy farm. As

Misconceptions About Wearing a Chapel Veil

Birgit Jones September 26, AD2016 12 Comments

I Am Not More Holy than You Many people these days look at women who choose to practice the devotion of veiling as ‘holier than thou’ –

Setting Men Ablaze

Ken Kniepmann August 13, AD2016 6 Comments

The world of Catholic spirituality is, in a word, immense. Contemplative, Ignatian, Dominican, Carmelite- you get the idea. Yet as I spent time looking for

Krakow in the Capital: World Youth Day Comes to Washington, DC

Laura DeMaria August 3, AD2016 1 Comment

In the past week, two million pilgrims from all over the world traveled to Krakow, Poland to celebrate World Youth Day and to remember its

wilderness, isolation, alone, balance, mountains, truth, beauty, goodness

A Generous Man

Kevin Aldrich July 4, AD2016 1 Comment

Generosity is “the virtue of giving good things to others freely and abundantly.” When people think of generosity, money often comes to mind, but generosity

Pope Paul VI and Two-Day-Old T-Shirts

H. L. Duncan April 18, AD2016 19 Comments

During a casual conversation a friend of mine asked me, “How come histocompatibility is not better known among Catholics?” Histo what? I asked. He answered,

The U.S. Military and the Catholic Faith: Authority

Brandon Schild April 5, AD2016 No Comments

This article discusses comparisons between the U.S. Army, the military, and Catholicism. Though my views are subjective, they are based on objective facts which exist