Devotion to the Holy Face of Christ I have yet to meet a Catholic that does not know who St. Therese of Lisieux is. However,
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Detroit is getting “turbocharged.” At least that is what George Weigel says. In a recent article at First
Why do many Roman Catholics put up so much resistance to reintroducing traditional liturgical elements to the Mass? In two recent articles, Catholic Stand
I was privileged enough to play collegiate baseball for four years and professionally for two years before riding into the sunset of retirement where the
Have you ever stopped to consider the sacred vessels used by the priest at Mass, the vessels in which the Lord of Heaven and earth
“The virtue of patience is the one which most assures us of perfection.” -St. Francis de Sales Patience, where have you gone? I’m trying
It’s almost enough to make a good Catholic want to become a hermit. The Amoris Laetitia (AL) controversy – the dubia, the Maltese Fiasco, and
The magisterium of the Church takes a direct interest in the question of evolution, because it touches on the conception of man, whom Revelation tells us
My view is simple. When I meet a person who says, “I am Catholic, but,…” it is my immediate conclusion that he/she is not Catholic.
The transgender issue seems to be all on the front pages of our local paper. It appears as if it is the only newsworthy issue
Last year, Robert Cardinal Sarah urged pastors the world over to “return as soon as possible to a common orientation, of priests and the faithful
My husband, Michael, and I will have been married for 39 years on Sept. 1, 2017. After a difficult life, we are happy and still in love.
Is liturgical reform “irreversible”? And what does that mean in practical terms? Pope Francis’ August 24 address to the participants of the 68th Italian Liturgical
As stated in the previous installment, I will be approaching the problem of evil. For me, the problem of evil was elephant in the room
In his book, Small is Beautiful, Schumacher said,”Although people go on crying out for solutions, they become angry when they are told that the restoration
“Who is my neighbor?” Today, I think, this question is more pertinent than ever. Social media is great at creating the illusion that we’re
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not
The eternal recurrence In The Gay Science and other works, Nietzsche presents his idea of the eternal recurrence. The demon in Nietzsche’s work poses this
As an African-American Catholic, I revel in the opportunity to share that my father, a convert to the Catholic faith, was initially drawn to Catholicism
When Jesus invites us to die to ourselves, He is not referring to some pious act of self-sacrifice which will make us look or feel
Marcus speaks with a quiet authority, with the air of a contemplative craftsman. Founder of Marian Caskets, his avocation in life is now his family
I entered the Catholic Church in 2010, but my wife and I turned slowly away from the popular ideological goals and dreams of this world
Back in the early 1900s The St. Anthony of Padua chapel railroad car traversed North America bringing the Sacraments to folks in areas of the
