When I was younger, I made a lot of mistakes, especially as a young father. I think this is because I really had no mentor
In Thomas Cahill’s 1996 book How the Irish Saved Civilization, the author presented a compelling depiction of Irish monks who saved many of the great
Have you ever had a conversation with a Protestant who rejects water baptism as necessary for salvation? This belief stems from the false faith-alone doctrine
Sometimes the good things in life change so slowly that you don’t notice them changing until they’re gone. As a young boy, growing up Catholic
Perhaps no presidential election since that of 1928 has politicized the Catholic Church in America as much as the one that concluded last month. Not
Since returning to the Catholic Church nine years ago, I have listened to Catholic radio, read Catholic articles, discussed the faith with others, and listened
A recent commentary appeared in the Wall Street Journal in which an 8th-grader asked why her prestigious public school could not open, yet the Catholic
Public schools have become increasingly brazen in the nature of some of their social teachings, which conflict with the Catholic faith. Undertaking Catholic homeschooling can
The American Enterprise Institute recently released a study on the historic ebb and flow of religion in the United States which demonstrated, surprisingly, that the
Off the Shelf 169 – Fr. Robert McTeigue This week I appeared on The Catholic Current hosted by Fr. Robert McTeigue. We discussed the COVID-19
Venerable Patrick Peyton (1909-92), known as the “Rosary Priest” because of the many large rosary rallies he led throughout the world, popularized the phrase “The
More than twenty years ago I encouraged my Irish mother-in-law to find a Bible Study group and to “get into the Word.” Because we lived
What is the relationship of grammar to the truth? People hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is they love in place of
We can occasionally learn things from comments on articles here at CS and at other Catholic websites as well. Occasionally reading the comments can be
Boston Latin School was America’s first public school. It was founded in part by Reverend John Cotton and Puritan schoolmaster Philemon Pormontin in what would
A number of years ago, when I was in elementary and secondary schools, life was far simpler. National defense simple involved putting all the wagons
This column is addressed to college students, although older people might find it helpful too. Not only is it for those who are about to
Saint Rocco School, an urban Catholic grade school and childcare center in Cleveland, Ohio, needed a principal in mid-November last year when the current principal
What is virtue? The Oxford English Dictionary defines virtue as “behaviour showing high moral standards”; with an article (that is, “a virtue” or “the virtue”),
I urge you to answer this question for yourself before you read on. I myself am constantly reformulating my answer and expanding on what is
“Daddy, what’s an abortion?” my seven year old son asked me one day. “An abortion is when a mother kills the child she is carrying
It is also necessary—may God grant it!—that in providing others with books to read I myself should make progress, and that in trying to answer