Part III: the heart of a Catholic University-the School of Philosophy and...
The Mission of the Catholic University:"The basic mission of a University is a continuous quest for truth through its research, and the preservation and communication of knowledge for the good of...
View ArticlePart IV: The heart of a Catholic University- The School of Philosophy and...
Previously: Parts I, II and III.Ok, so that was a lot of dense stuff from JPII. Distillation:By their very nature, Catholic universities are called to interact with society and culture in a way that...
View ArticleWhere have all the Grandparents gone?
Apparently, what with people marrying and/or having children later, people are becoming grandparents at an older age. Makes sense. So "a 40-year-old mother who has to wait the average 30.6 or 40 years...
View ArticleSherlock approaches!
Season 3 of Sherlock should be out within months! Yeeeeessss!!If you haven't gotten into this BBC series, you really must.
View ArticleDynamic Deacon returns to Australia!
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers is coming back Down Under for another Year of Faith tour!Really enjoyed his talks last time he was here. Excited! Also someone called Hector Molina is coming, don't know much...
View ArticleAdoration with the Universal Church on June 2- What is your parish doing?
Pope Francis has come up with a great idea: simultaneous adoration with the whole Church for the feast of Corpus Christi on June 2!!!Get on this. Ask your parish priest specifically- how will the...
View ArticleGosnell should either go free as a constant reminder of our absurd...
Gosnell"I want Kermit Gosnell walking the streets. I want him free because there is nothing he did that is incompatible with a pro-abortion ideology. I want him to serve as a constant reminder that...
View ArticleWhatta guy! Struggles with SSA, but reunited with divorced wife for the sake...
"We have been under one roof for over two years now.... We did it because reason led us to resist selfish impulses and to seek the best for our children.""Over several years, intellectual honesty led...
View ArticleStrange Notions: Brandon Vogt's latest venture
The excellent Brandon Vogt has finally unveiled an online evangelistic project that he's kept under wraps for two years now: Strange Notions.Strange Notions gets its name from St. Paul's speech at the...
View ArticleLaura's conversion Part VII- Mama Mary
My dear friend Laura over at Catholic Cravings has put up the latest episode in her conversion to Catholicism! This is always an exciting moment, as her journey is most interesting, and she is a superb...
View ArticleRenewing the Church in Australia
Kate over at Australia Incognita has a great series going at the moment on renewing the Church in Australia.Posts so far:clean out the ACBC bureaucracy and start again!restore right liturgyre-open our...
View ArticleWhile we are thinking of great works for God...
A thought for your afternoon..."While we are thinking of great works for God, God is only thinking of great love from us."~Eugene Boylan, This Tremendous LoverBOOM!!!
View ArticleSome cool thoughts from Joe Heschmeyer
Ten Things I Learned in My First Year of Seminary.
View ArticleValedictorian rips up speech, prays the Our Father instead!
What a legend.http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/06/valedictorian-who-ripped-up-his-speech-and-delivered-the-lords-prayer-tells-theblaze-why-he-did-it-we-have-freedom-of-speech-for-a-reason/
View ArticleThe connection between Liturgy and Justice in the Prophets
“The connection between Liturgy and Justice in the Prophets”God bequeathed Israel with the Law to teach them His ways so that they may live in relationship with Him. To genuinely love God is to obey...
View ArticleMind explosion for the day...
This just occurred to me:Scattered throughout the world, right now, are atoms that came into direct contact with Jesus while He walked this earth. Which random people all around the world are coming...
View ArticleTradition Conference!
I'm doing an intensive unit in the winter break, and I'm flippin' excited!! The University of Notre Dame is hosting a conference on Tradition in the first week of July. You can check out the program...
View ArticleDiscovery of Rosary Scripture Compilation!
Some time ago I wrote first about some fairly simple, practical ways one can become more familiar with Scripture. One of these was to use Scripture to help you pray the Rosary. This was followed by the...
View ArticleIsrael and the Church: the People of God in Different Ages of Salvation History
Explore the concept of the Church as the People of God The Heavenly JerusalemThroughout postlapsarian human history, God has entered space and time to interact with man and thereby reveal Himself, for...
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