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
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)
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
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
I Still Don’t Understand My Vocation To Fatherhood
Cullen Herout
February 16, AD2016
4 Comments
It was 5:15 in the afternoon. I had been pacing around the room rocking a fussy baby for about a half hour. The last ten minutes
Pro-Life or Social Justice: a False Catholic Dichotomy
Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC
February 10, AD2016
19 Comments
Right after the March for Life, the USCCB organized the Catholic Social Ministries Gathering. As one of the few who attended both events, I saw
Human Trafficking: Interview with Sr. Patricia Ebegbulem
David Rummelhoff
February 7, AD2016
No Comments
February 8 marks the 2nd International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking because February 8 is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita,
Prayer – How to get started
David Torkington
February 4, AD2016
4 Comments
Many years ago I used to run a retreat and conference centre in London. As I had to run the place on a shoe string
Whatever Else Francis Is, He Is The Pope
John McNichol
January 30, AD2016
37 Comments
With the ecological slideshow on the side of the Vatican, detractors of the Pope added another perceived offense to the now-long list of Francis’ supposed
Trading Anger for Love
Leticia Adams
January 28, AD2016
2 Comments
The first time I actually realized I had an anger issue was about a year ago while attending a retreat. A deacon (now priest) prayed
Truth: Not What You Think
Kevin Aldrich
January 12, AD2016
7 Comments
A FaceBook friend recently posted this: What I fear has become the new “progressive” orthodoxy is this, that there is no such thing as truth.
Discernment through Experience
Peter Lyons
January 6, AD2016
18 Comments
Discernment is a process that every serious Catholic man must commence at some point, during which he will petition and receive from the
Detachment: Camels Can Pass Through Needles
Mike Eisenbath
December 30, AD2015
1 Comment
Perhaps you have heard this old business saying: “It’s better to seek forgiveness than to ask permission.” Indeed, my admittedly brief time in the field
Family Life as “Domestic Pilgrimage”
Denise J. Hunnell, MD
December 29, AD2015
6 Comments
As we fold the Christmas table linens and pick up the scraps of wrapping paper, it is tempting to compare our Christmas Day with the
Saint Thomas Becket, Sin and Contrition
Donald R. McClarey
December 29, AD2015
8 Comments
Today is the feast day of my confirmation saint, Saint Thomas Becket, the holy, blessed martyr. His story tells us how foreign to our time
The Mercy of God is a Mystery
Leticia Adams
December 26, AD2015
1 Comment
The Mercy of God is a mystery. Even for someone like me who has had it poured into my life for the last five years.
Contemplate the Unborn Christ
Kevin Aldrich
December 16, AD2015
1 Comment
The Gospel for next Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, is the meeting between Our Lady and her elderly pregnant cousin Elizabeth. Mary set out
Robert Lewis Dear Isn’t Pro-Life (Pro-Life = Pro-ALL-Life)
Fr. Matthew Schneider, LC
December 4, AD2015
1 Comment
Last Saturday, Robert Lewis Dear went into a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and committed an anti-life crime. He killed 3 people and injured
A Masculine View from the Pew
Ray Sullivan
December 3, AD2015
82 Comments
There are constant reports about how attendance at Mass continues to fall, and how this is mainly due to the disinterest of men. In one
Saints and Scoundrels: Preambles of Faith
Kevin Aldrich
November 16, AD2015
6 Comments
I was a graduate student in English literature during the flakey 1970s. I had recently returned to Catholicism and found my faith under daily attack
To Understand Social Justice, Understand Subsidiarity
Leila Miller
November 15, AD2015
33 Comments
Many have heard of “social justice” — and many have heard it terribly misused by the secular left and dissenting Catholics — but how many have ever heard
A Liturgy, A Legacy, and a Choir (Not a Band!)
Peter Lyons
November 10, AD2015
4 Comments
A friend recently posed a question on Facebook that stayed my scrolling fingers and made me ponder. He asked, “What is worship?” Intuitively, I thought
The SSPX and the Catholic Church: A House Divided
Peter Lyons
October 12, AD2015
17 Comments
There are over a million members of the Society of St. Pius X (“SSPX”) in the world today, and all of them, whether they are
Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice: I Still Forgive You
Michelle Fritz
September 30, AD2015
7 Comments
In Christ’s relatively short ministry here on earth, He passed many teachings on to His followers. Often those whom He taught could not commit to
