Skip to content
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Our Story
    • Our Motivation and Motto
    • Our Patron Saint
    • FAQ
  • Staff
    • Editorial Staff
    • Columnists
    • Photographers
  • Donate
  • Topics
    • Apologetics
    • Books and Art
    • Business & Career
    • Catechetics
    • Church History
    • Dating & Singles
    • Education
    • Faith & Science
    • Faith & Spirituality
    • Femininity
    • Health & Spirituality
    • Holy Days
    • Marriage & Family
      • NFP
      • Pregnancy Loss
    • Miscellaneous
    • Money & Economics
    • Politics & Legislation
    • Same Sex Attractions
    • Sanctity of Life
    • Social Justice
    • Symposiums
  • Our Policies
    • Comment Policy
    • Book Review Policy
  • Resources
    • Vatican News
    • USCCB
    • Bible
    • Links
  • Media
    • Press Releases
  • Contact
    • Contact Page
    • Writers Guidelines & Submissions
    • Guest Contributions
    • Reprint Permissions
    • Comments / Suggestions
  • Advertise
  • Log In
Menu
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Our Story
    • Our Motivation and Motto
    • Our Patron Saint
    • FAQ
  • Staff
    • Editorial Staff
    • Columnists
    • Photographers
  • Donate
  • Topics
    • Apologetics
    • Books and Art
    • Business & Career
    • Catechetics
    • Church History
    • Dating & Singles
    • Education
    • Faith & Science
    • Faith & Spirituality
    • Femininity
    • Health & Spirituality
    • Holy Days
    • Marriage & Family
      • NFP
      • Pregnancy Loss
    • Miscellaneous
    • Money & Economics
    • Politics & Legislation
    • Same Sex Attractions
    • Sanctity of Life
    • Social Justice
    • Symposiums
  • Our Policies
    • Comment Policy
    • Book Review Policy
  • Resources
    • Vatican News
    • USCCB
    • Bible
    • Links
  • Media
    • Press Releases
  • Contact
    • Contact Page
    • Writers Guidelines & Submissions
    • Guest Contributions
    • Reprint Permissions
    • Comments / Suggestions
  • Advertise
  • Log In
mass, processional, dress like a man for mass, altar boys, altar girls, processions

Altar Girls, Altar Boys, Deacons, and Priests

Gene M. Van Son September 29, AD2023 24 Comments

Where have all the altar boys gone? At the weekend Mass my wife and I regularly attend we have not seen an altar boy for

Read More »
kindness, life, empathy

True Kindness is Love in Action

Mark Belanger May 19, AD2021 3 Comments

Despite what a popular yard sign asserts, kindness is not everything. But kindness is one important form of love in action. From the point of

Read More »
complacent piety

Get Out of Your Sphere of Complacent Piety

Gene M. Van Son July 30, AD2020 3 Comments

Some people have a ‘leave well enough alone’ attitude.  They don’t like to ‘make waves’ or ‘rock the boat.’ Today, however, it appears that more

Read More »

Catholic Stand is a Little Vatican Apostolate

The Little Vatican Summer 2026 Fundraising Campaign so far:

Recent Posts

  • St Francis of Assisi: The Gospel Way of Life July 29, AD2026
  • Catholic Stand Magazine/Little Vatican Summer Fundraising Campaign July 28, AD2026
  • Holiness in Ordinary Life July 28, AD2026
  • I Will Never Forget You: The Hidden Mission of the Elderly July 27, AD2026
  • On Monastic Piety And Ordinary Parish Intensity July 26, AD2026

What people are talking about . . .

  • VVEDNESDAY EDITION – BIG PVLPIT on Holiness in Ordinary Life
  • VVEDNESDAY EDITION – BIG PVLPIT on Catholic Stand Magazine/Little Vatican Summer Fundraising Campaign
  • blumgi slime on Exercising the Self-Delusional Jehovah’s Witness Option
  • Vincent Ezuike Obiajulu on Ardent Saint: St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria
  • Vincent Ezuike Obiajulu on Ardent Saint: St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria

Search

About Us

CATHOLIC STAND is an e-publication presenting essays and creative non-fiction, offering substantive resources with thoughtful insights into how to live the Truth that the Church teaches, owned by Little Vatican Media.
write for CS

Info

  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Our Story
    • Our Motivation and Motto
    • Our Patron Saint
    • FAQ
  • Staff
    • Editorial Staff
    • Columnists
    • Photographers
  • Donate
  • Topics
    • Apologetics
    • Books and Art
    • Business & Career
    • Catechetics
    • Church History
    • Dating & Singles
    • Education
    • Faith & Science
    • Faith & Spirituality
    • Femininity
    • Health & Spirituality
    • Holy Days
    • Marriage & Family
      • NFP
      • Pregnancy Loss
    • Miscellaneous
    • Money & Economics
    • Politics & Legislation
    • Same Sex Attractions
    • Sanctity of Life
    • Social Justice
    • Symposiums
  • Our Policies
    • Comment Policy
    • Book Review Policy
  • Resources
    • Vatican News
    • USCCB
    • Bible
    • Links
  • Media
    • Press Releases
  • Contact
    • Contact Page
    • Writers Guidelines & Submissions
    • Guest Contributions
    • Reprint Permissions
    • Comments / Suggestions
  • Advertise
  • Log In

Archives

Other

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Tags

Abortion Advent Birgit Jones Breadbox Media Carol Monaco Catholic Catholic Church Catholicism Catholic Teaching Christmas confession Culture David Torkington death Decision-making dom cingoranelli Eucharist evangelization faith family featured forgiveness Gene Van Son God Holy Spirit hope humility Jesus Jesus Christ Lent Love marriage Mary mass Mercy Pete Socks Pope Francis Prayer pro-life Scripture sin spiritual growth suffering The Catholic Book Blogger truth

Categories

RSS Catholic Stand Post Feed

Copyright © A.D. 2018 Catholic Stand | Powered by Astra