The Sufferings of This Present Time
Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Pray first for acceptance. The father of an autistic son explains what he learned from a priest about prayer in this poignant essay for...
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To Regain a Childlike Vision of the World
St. Gregory Thaumaturgus In this heartwarming and charming FPR piece, a Jack Baker guides his 8-year-old son, Owen, through a review of Terrapin, a new poetry collection by Wendell Berry. Completing the magic,...
The Evils of Political Medicine and Medical Politics
St. Albert the Great Abortion and ebola. Anthony Esolen reveals the hidden link in this essay for The Catholic Thing. In this longish One Peter Five piece, Steve Skojec mourns the loss of the...
A Joyful Witness for Christ and His Church
St. Didacus Historically American Catholics have struggled to fit in with a predominantly Protestant culture. In this Integrated Catholic piece, Randy Hain examines the contemporary Catholic’s discomfort with being “authentically Catholic” at work. Good...
When the Poor See Beauty
Pope St. Martin Are material needs the only concern of the poor? Do only rich people need beauty? An architecture professor at Notre Dame considers what the poor need in Catholic church design, in...
Kindness Is As the Bloom Upon the Fruit
St. Martin of Tours Fr. Lasance encourages us to practice kindness like a prayer, continually, in this excerpt from his book, Kindness, The Bloom of Charity, on the Finer Femininity blog. Reassuring news: There are still...
To Honor St. Francis
St. Andrew Avellino They’ve been painstakingly cleaning each delicate page with a brush, and now thirteen medieval manuscripts from the Sacred Convent of St. Francis in Assisi plus some other artifacts will leave Italy...
There is No Sheepfold Left
In this powerful Crisis essay, “Who Will Rescue the Lost Sheep of the Lonely Revolution,” Anthony Esolen speaks for the victims of Vatican II–the children of divorce, the abandoned spouses, the lonely youth who...
Time Levels All Fields
A philosophy professor wades deep into T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets to help us understand what the poet is trying to communicate about time, in this thought-provoking essay for The University Bookman. The fruit of...
With Gracious and Charitable Compliance
St. Charles Borromeo Look, Ma, no screens: Interact in a positive manner with others, in person, every day. In case you need ideas on how to get started, this Integrated Catholic Life piece lists...
