Source: Anthony Esolen via The Catholic Thing. Reprinted with permission. One of my neighbors is a pleasant and apparently hard-working young man with a child by a marriage that smashed on the rocks. He has nothing good to say about his ex-wife, so he says nothing at all, though you […]
Source: Editorial via National Catholic Register. Reprinted with permission. Pope Francis reminded us of an irreplaceable, foundational element that is often overlooked — or even derided — in our implementation of the Great Commission: the need for prayer and, especially, Eucharistic adoration. The world is in desperate need of the […]
Brendan Walsh, who lives with his wife Maria, in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland, tells how when young he attempted suicide with a drug overdose, but was rescued by a passing friend who called in to visit him. Mental illness followed from the drugs taken, until he was invited to a […]
Source: Bishop Robert Barron via YouTube.com Friends, in many parts of the world the Catholic Church is shrinking. Parishes are closing or merging, pastors are devising strategies of consolidation. But for the Church to flourish, we can’t just manage decline. We need strategies for growth. That’s what Brandon Vogt and […]
Source: Institute of Catholic Culture via Vimeo Dr. Gerard Stout talks about the state of crisis around Catechises in the Catholic Church.
Source: David Clayton via thewayofbeauty.orgReprinted with permission. ‘Try this for 30 days and if you don’t like it we’ll return your misery with interest!’ More than thirty years ago, by chance, I met a man called David Birtwistle who asked me this question: are you as happy as you can […]
Source: Bishop Robert Barron on YouTube Joseph Ratzinger said that the Church performs three basic tasks. We can also read off of these categories typical distortions in the life of the Church. Header image: Bishop Robert Barron on YouTube
Source: Bishop Robert Barron on YouTube Bishop Robert Barron “At the recent USCCB meeting, I gave a presentation to all the American bishops on five ways to draw young people back to God. Today, Brandon Vogt and I discuss each way”. “A listener asks which books I would recommend to […]