What Men Have to Offer

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m really enjoying this whole ongoing “men and women” discussion. Apparently you have too, since the feedback I’ve received has been overwhelmingly positive.
This month, I want to take on the… Read More

Paying Attention to Single Catholics

Can I tell you how excited I am about this?
As many of you know, I’ve spent the majority of my adult life talking to teenagers (and their parents) about love, relationships and chastity. I began that work because I… Read More

In Search of Community

Well, I just moved. Again.
I move quite a lot. In the past ten years, I’ve owned four houses. And that is a study in stability compared to the myriad of apartments (I count sixteen, right off the top of… Read More

The Feminine Genius

Previously I talked about how men and women are different. In later articles I want to talk about how we’re different, and how our essential natures as men and women are twisted and warped by a society that doesn’t “get”… Read More

Chastity: It’s for All Ages

I gave a teen chastity talk the other day. When it was over, a 60-something guy came up to me and asked, “What about us old guys?” He was widowed and was wondering, “Does the Church expect us to be… Read More

The Masculine Gift

Last month I talked about women — about how God made us uniquely, wonderfully feminine, and about the various ways our culture distorts our feminine gifts.
This month I’m “crossing the aisle” to talk about men.
I hope it goes… Read More

Men and Women at War

Okay, it’s time to start talking about all of this fascinating “men and women” stuff that I’ve been alluding to in recent columns.
My latest round of interest in the topic was sparked by a segment I heard on Dennis… Read More

Alone

I know — you haven’t seen me in a while. It’s a long story. But since we have plenty of space here, and the story ties in nicely with the point of this column, I’m going to tell it.
On… Read More

Single Catholics Have the Friendship of John Paul II

Right after the death of Pope John Paul II, I saw a lot of interviews, and for that matter, I gave a lot of interviews. People spoke about the Holy Father’s impact on youth, on women, on the geopolitical balance… Read More

Is the Single Life a Vocation?

Well, the first National Catholic Singles Conference was a smashing success.
Nearly 400 people attended, from 30 states. As a single Catholic, there’s nothing quite like the experience of standing in a room with 400 other single Catholics — 400… Read More

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