A good priest is a priest who knows, loves and practices what the Catholic Church teaches. He does not challenge the Faith, morals and discipline of the Church. He humbly accepts the official teachings and traditions of the Catholic Church. A good priest is a reverent priest. He recognizes that in the Mass and before
Okay, brothers and sisters, this year our fall mission theme is biblical geography.” This is not the type of catch phrase that has historically packed ’em in for the big Church mission. To many, the idea of studying geography sounds as dry and boring as building a compost heap in the desert. It comes as
If my examination of Brown’s errors [See Part One] seems like a pile driver applied to a gnat, the blows are necessary to demonstrate the utter falseness of Brown’s material. His willful distortions of documented history are more than matched by his outlandish claims about controversial subjects. But to a postmodernist, one construct of reality
(This article courtesy of St. Gabriel Communications. You can download the article in e-Book form for permanent FREE usage and/or further distribution. This is one of the many projects of the Perth, West Australia-based apostolate in response to the Holy Father's call to Re-Evangelise the Baptised.) Our family was leaving Perth's Cathedral after Mass on
In the 1960s, the Church faced increasing pressure regarding the use of contraceptive means with the marketing of the anovulant pill. In response, Vatican Council II stated in Gaudium et Spes, “In questions of birth regulation, the sons and daughters of the Church, faithful to these principles, are forbidden to use methods disapproved of by
A few weeks ago I wrote about the death of my brother Ray and how the first death among seven brothers and three sisters impacted all of us. Since my brother’s death I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my family and the faith we all share. How did we get this far in
In explaining the Church’s teaching about contraception, many people mistakenly think that this teaching is relatively new, something which occurred with Humanae Vitae in 1968. Other people, from a more fundamentalist bent, want to know if there is any basis in Sacred Scripture for these teachings. Editor's note: This is the fifth in a six-part
Jerry Maguire, Cry Rooms and Experiencing a Ministry Breakthrough If you’ve seen the movie, Jerry Maguire with Tom Cruise, you know that his character (Jerry) spent several sleepless nights being tormented by the next great idea in advertising. He discerned his mission statement, wrote up his proposal and then watched as countless colleagues laughed at
I once met a fellow on an Internet discussion group who not only approved of contraception but claimed to be contraception. You see, his summer job was to chaperone teenagers at a co-ed camp. And that’s what contraception does, right? He was there to keep the male entities and the female entities from having any
While condemning the use of contraception, the Church also recognizes that some couples face serious situations in their marriage and family which move them to postpone a pregnancy, even indefinitely. Editor's note: This is the fourth in a six-part series on contraception. Part one Part two Part three To assist couples, the Church implores couples
Recall that in two previous issues, we have examined our belief concerning the Sacrament of Marriage and the beautiful expression of marital love, which is both unitive and procreative. Editor's note: This is the third in a six-part series on contraception. Part one Part two Both dimensions are intrinsically good and inherent to the act
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