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
In Europe, America, Latin America, Africa, and in some countries of Asia, there are genuine forms of ideological colonization taking place. And one of
Sex makes babies. Life begins at conception. People are born male or female. Marriage is for life. Divorce is not something to be celebrated. Homosexual
The release of Gosnell, The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer, is increasing public awareness of the evils of abortion. The media will attempt to
Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere
If I must boast , I will boast in the things that show my weakness (2 Corinthians 11: 30) I like to look for the
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them: — Genesis
Over the past few months, ‘bullying’ has become a recurring topic of discussion among the members of Fusion, our youth ministry at Immaculate Heart of
Do You Think You Know Why Pilate Condemned Christ? Lacking the authority to execute Christ themselves, the Jewish leaders dragged Christ before Pontius Pilate, the
The Catholic religion is full of mystery — the mystery of God. This mystery is not a human puzzle that a Sherlock Holmes can “solve” by