Where Courage Steps In

For most of us, talk of courage brings to mind highly dangerous situations, such as a criminal assault, wartime combat, a terrorist attack, or a natural disaster. But there is another side of courage that is less outwardly dramatic but… Read More

Don Bosco in Africa

St. John Bosco (1815-1888), as far as I know, never set foot in Africa. But the Italian founder of the Salesians is today very much present in Africa. Of course, as many know, God’s call to this man was for… Read More

Baptist Confession

A Convert Background
As is the case with many other Hispanics, some of my extended family left the Catholic Church and became evangelicals. When my nominally Catholic parents adopted a laissez-faire attitude toward my own Catholic upbringing, these earnest relatives… Read More

Turning the Other Cheek

The Scriptures are so rich in divine meaning that no one writer, no one meditation can ever do justice to their depth. That is certainly true of these famous passages. But common sense tells us that the perfect should not… Read More

Taking Care of the Body: Why?

Contradictory Habits
Although I know that it is dangerous to generalize too much from attire and demeanor, it seems a safe bet that most of the clientele in this unabashedly hip enclave doesn't have much of a cultural problem with… Read More

Case Study: Despair

It is an affluent city in which an astounding 64% of residents have four or more years of college according to the most current city guide published by a local magazine. Crime is low compared to nearby Detroit. But there… Read More

The Catholic Magnet

Reflecting the privileged place of baseball in our culture, the newspaper clipping was entitled “Council Box Score” and gave a brief account of the accomplishments of the ongoing Second Vatican Council through the council’s first three sessions. Since the third… Read More

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