Who Is in It for the Beauty?
St. Agnes What happens when most of civilization forgets that our purpose is to know, love, and serve God? Everything becomes focused on money, as explained in “Lost Dreams” on Resource Crisis. Pick a...
Category: Restoration Reader
To Encounter the Transcendent
St. Marius & Comp., St. Canute, King A college student discusses the purpose of the arts from a Catholic point of view and how it is is met in two vastly different films, It’s...
A Cross Borne Simply
St. Paul, First Hermit This short essay on The Catholic Thing explains St. John Vianney’s “spirituality of suffering” in regard to the carrying of his cross. Fight materialism with gratitude using the three steps...
A Whiff of Rosemary
St. Hilary A job as a historic re-enactor in her teenage years inculcated a lifelong love and appreciation of history in Sarah Lohman. She describes some of her experiences in this intriguing piece for...
The Tranquil Blossom on the Tortured Stem
Octave of the Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord How do you deal with loss? In this essay for Truth and Charity Forum, Don DeMarco, Ph. D., chooses the role of Paul Harvey and gives “the...
Will You Fight for the Remnants of Christendom?
St. Benedict Biscop Hilary White surveys the appalling situation of post-Christian Western culture and lays out her battle plan for saving what’s left of Christendom in this Orwell’s Picnic post. It touches on the Charlie Hebdo...
The Use of Money as an Intrinsically Moral Affair
Dec. 3, St. Francis Xavier In this timely essay for Front Porch Republic, John Cuddeback draws on the teaching of Socrates to explain the right approach to the use of money–Socrates and Laura Ingalls...
To Know So Much about the Sacred Things
St. Bibiana, Dec. 2 This post on Traditional Catholic Priest has good advice on communicating with the average Catholic who attends the Novus Ordo: Avoid traditional Catholic lingo and explain how Paul VI changed things....
Give Thanks to God
St. Sylvester Gozzolini Yes, there is a Catholic way to celebrate Thanksgiving. Traditional Catholic Priest outlines it in 10 points. John Cuddeback muses on the gift of his wife in this Thanksgiving piece for...
