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Reclaiming Virtue

by Rebecca Smith on January 23, 2013 · 3 comments

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines virtue as: “a habitual and firm disposition to do good. It allows a person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the…

At their annual November meeting, the U.S. bishops failed to approve a pastoral message on the economy.  “The Hope of the Gospel in Difficult Economic Times” was approved by a clear majority of the bishops voting, but objections raised in…

Thomas Aquinas, practical fellow that he was, understood that not all bad things can feasibly be proscribed by human law. It isn’t because people disagree about what is bad, but rather that a well-governed polity should require few laws, easily…

This morning began as any normally abnormal one around the Fenelon Clan abode – with me taking my handful of horse-pill vitamins, one agonizing swallow at a time. They say you can’t buy health in a bottle. Maybe so. But…

After You’ve Blown It

by Susan DiMickele December 14, 2011

I’m pretty good about rolling with the punches, and I’ve had my share of mistakes at work. But this was different. Worse.
After landing in LaGuardia, I checked my email messages as we prepared to de-board the plane. A note…

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