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The Fellowship of St. Joseph: A Model for Men’s Groups

The Fellowship of St. Joseph (“FOSJ”) is flourishing. FOSJ is a men’s group in W...

Beads, Not Battles: A Family’s Guide to Spiritual Activism

In the West today, the signs of unrest in our young people are growing louder th...

Love and Life: The Choice of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, ...

In a culture where the emphasis on self-fulfillment is the goal for personal hap...

Man Is an Exception

You have to be careful how you talk about animals nowadays, especially domestic ...

Letting Go of Outcomes, Adversaries, and Anxious Love w...

In the biography of St. Catherine, we hear that this holy saint once complained ...

Yes, Religion Has a Place on Campus

Recently, a friend and fellow student at Florida International University sent m...

Don’t Let the Flock Minimize the Shepherd: The Differen...

…he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his vo...

Following the Voice of the Good Shepherd: Fourth Sunday...

This Sunday’s readings teach us about the care of sheep—they need a gate to prot...

The Fine Print of Faith: Amusing Errors and Biblical Mi...

An earlier article examined how misreadings of key phrases and terminology in Ca...

“And Then What?” Fulton Sheen on Contentment Contingencies

“If I could move into that neighborhood, then I would be content.” “If I could b...

Faust, False Fire, and the Terror of Demons

On March 19, 1859, Charles Gounod’s Faust received its premiere at the Théâtre L...

Was Peter Truly the First Pope?

What Scripture Reveals for Catholics, Protestants, and Evangelicals Seeking Comm...

Kudos for My Guidance Director

Pope John Paul II, in his international best-seller, Crossing the Threshold of H...

The Students of the Apostles: What They Teach Us About ...

Did you know that the apostles had students? The New Testament was not the only ...

Conscience Is Not What You Think It Is, Part 2

How do we understand consciences today? Oftentimes they are used as an excuse fo...

Why a Theory of Everything Could Not Answer the Most Tr...

Since the beginning of modern science, humanity has pursued an extraordinary int...

The Old Man and the Sea: A Catholic Classic for Everyone

In the early 1990s while sitting at the bar of Bilbo’s Underground Tavern in Kal...

10 Weeks to Spiritual Advancement with St. Ignatius

About twenty years ago, I launched a program for daily life that has since chang...

We Must Build a Culture of Vocations for Young People

I was scrolling through my Instagram page for campus ministry the other day and ...

What Ecumenism Is and Is Not

In John’s Gospel, Jesus addresses the religious leaders of his day, “Amen, amen,...