Faith, Family and Fitness: An Interview with Nicholas Sparks

March 19th, 2010 by Peggy Bowes

Nicholas Sparks is a devout Catholic, generous philanthropist, and the proud father of five children.  When not on tour advocating his 16 books or seven movies, he lives a quiet life in a sleepy town on the North Carolina coast.…

Living in God’s Perfect Will: Dependence on God and Budgeting, Part One

March 18th, 2010 by Paul M. Polito, CPA

Materialism has become the god of our time. Warnings about the consequences of this appear throughout scripture. Clearly, no other nation in history has enjoyed such prosperity as the United States. Yet, much of our prosperity has been proven not to be prosperity at all.

The Eighth Commandment

March 17th, 2010 by Mark Shea

It is a curious fact that the same book of Exodus which informs us of the command, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (Exodus 20:16) begins with the story of a good solid practical lie.

The Bishop as Steward

March 16th, 2010 by Fr. Kyle Schnippel

In a gathering, once upon a time, a Catholic priest was getting a good-natured ribbing from a friend: “You Catholics,” the friend quipped, “divide the world to conquer it.”

“It’s true,” the priest answered back, “we feel like we own…

Social Justice: A Much Needed Primer

March 15th, 2010 by Louie Verrecchio

The call for “social justice” is often employed today, not as a mandate for the application of Catholic principles and precepts in the public square, but as a slogan for those who wish to promote agendas that are frequently at…

Corporations, Courts, and Culture War

March 13th, 2010 by Robert Struble, Jr.

About the time of JFK’s assassination, U.S. Federal Courts began social engineering like men possessed.  Chief Justice Earl Warren mobilized the Judiciary to campaign for an ethereal Constitution as opposed to a written one.  Article I, section I, of the…

In What Christian Age Are You Living?

March 12th, 2010 by Paul Catalanotto

Choose the option that most corresponds to your understanding of the length of Lent to determine the Church age and possible location in which you are living:

Option 1:   Extending from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday (roughly six full weeks)…

Smile Wrinkles

March 11th, 2010 by Nancy Jo Sullivan

Last week, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I found myself watching an infomercial on TV.  As I lounged on the couch, a well-groomed woman, middle aged and very blond, pitched the virtues of a wrinkle reducing cream.

“It’ a miracle.  The cream saved me.  My…

The Seventh Commandment

March 10th, 2010 by Mark Shea

“You shall not steal,” says Exodus 20:15. Once again, the Decalogue faces us with an injunction that seems like common sense (and is) but which is also fraught with all sorts of difficulties and distinctions. Consider, for instance, the fact…

War and Redemption Reign at the Academy Awards

March 9th, 2010 by Marc T. Newman, Ph.D.

James Cameron will have to console himself with the over $2.5 billion in worldwide box office receipts that his film, Avatar, has raked in over the past few months (and more coming in daily). When it came time to hand…

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