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UN Shifts and Extols Family – But Some Want it Redefined

After decades resisting even mentioning the word, governments and advocates extolled the “family” at two special sessions at the UN last week. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the International Year of the Family. Pro-family advocates feared it would pass unnoticed, a casualty of the culture war. Some at the UN portray the family […]

Ubi Petrus, Ibi Ecclesia

Dec 15 14 • Carlos Caso-Rosendi • 4 comments

In a recent post in his blog The Next Right Step, Charlie Johnston writes: “There is a lot of theological incoherence rising right now.” A few days ago I realized that a friend of mine — whose friendship I treasured since the time of my conversion — is into some form of Sedevacantism. This is hard to understand […]

The Four Greatest Christmas Gifts Parents Can Give to Their Children Year-round

Dec 15 14 • James Littleton • 5 comments

What are the four greatest Christmas gifts parents can give to their children year-round? Certainly we have the obvious one, love. But how do we love? How do we manifest our love, this love which should be poured out as agape love, a love of total self-giving, a sacrificial laying down one’s life and complete […]

Poem: “Quiet Must be in Me”

Dec 13 14 • L. Lapiz • 0 comments

Quiet Must be in Me If I am to touch Him, I must be at peace. If I am to love Him, Quiet must be in me. For turbulence does not invite the Lord, Nor does anger or hate. Peace is the gateway to Christ. Love is the avenue to the Most High Holy One. […]

Confessions of a Publicly Grumpy Mom

Dec 12 14 • Terri Kimmel • 3 comments

Milk and toothpaste. That’s all that was left on my shopping list as I maneuvered myself, two shopping carts (one of the race car variety) and my five youngest sons toward the back of our local supermarket. The oldest boy was big enough to push a cart, only occasionally racing down an aisle or bumping […]

Post-Birth Abortion and Torture by Restlessness and Vague Desire

Dec 12 14 • Dr. Gerard Nadal • 1 comment

Ninety-eight years ago, Edgar Lee Masters penned his famous Spoon River Anthology, a towering work of poetry set in the graveyard of mythical Spoon River. It is a small town whose deceased residents speak frankly from beyond the grave about the gritty reality of what was their life on earth. The most haunting and instructive […]

A Future Fraught with Tension

Dec 11 14 • Ken Connor • 0 comments

The impending retirement wave of Baby Boomers and its impact on American society is something that the Center for a Just Society has been discussing for several years. The issue of a rapidly aging society combined with a rapidly shrinking worker base may not be a sexy topic, but it’s an extremely important one that […]

Traditionalists and the Council

Dec 11 14 • William Bornhoft • 12 comments

Dear Kevin, Thank you for organizing this discussion. I am grateful to you and the other good folks at Catholic Lane for providing this platform. The Latin Mass is a topic I’ve been interested in several years now – ever since I went to my first Latin Mass at St. Stanislaus Oratory in Milwaukee, WI. […]

“I Paid $50,000 for a Girl”

Dec 10 14 • Rebecca Taylor • 1 comment

I think future generations will look back on our insane notion of “reproductive rights,” and they will be horrified. Back in the 70s reproductive rights meant terminating a life you already started. Today it also means creating life however you see fit and tossing out whatever doesn’t suit your desires. So not only have we […]

“What’s on Fire?!” An Advent Tale or Two

Dec 10 14 • Barb Lishko • 1 comment

Dutifully, Catholics go on the hunt each year for the highly coveted, purple and pink candle ensemble vital to any serious Advent wreath. I’m eighty-seven percent sure that I buy a replacement set after Christmas in anticipation of the following liturgical season. I proudly congratulate myself for thinking ahead, taking advantage of the sale price, […]

Pope Francis’ Warning to Europe Lost on Lesbian Politician

Dec 9 14 • Wendy Wright • 2 comments

Pope Francis starkly warned European leaders last month they have lost trust by enacting policies that are “insensitive” and “harmful,” giving Europe the image of a “grandmother, no longer fertile” and breeding “certain rather selfish lifestyles.” They must guard against misusing the concept of human rights, he stated. One European Parliamentarian called it “a timely […]

For a Simpler Life, Get Rid of Your Soul-Sucking Stuff

Dec 9 14 • Misty • 1 comment

You all know the drill–every December, stuff starts to find its way into your house. You throw a Christmas party and people bring you hostess gifts. You do a gift exchange at work and bring home more kitsch. Then there’s Christmas morning, plus the rounds to the relatives’ houses where you collect more stuff to bring […]

Thank You: Two Words That Can Transform Your Marriage

Dec 9 14 • Stephanie Weinert • 1 comment

Every night since we’ve been married, my husband crawls into bed, turns toward me, and says: “Thank you so much for everything you did for us today.” After a couple years, I asked Peter if he felt obligated to thank me every night. “No not at all!” he replied “You mean so much to all […]

The Gift of the Atheists

Dec 8 14 • Genevieve Kineke • 2 comments

I remember the deep frustration at one point years ago when a surly teen, despite having been conceived with joy and raised with devoted love—decided he wouldn’t accompany us to Sunday Mass. Confronted with his obstinacy, my larger disquiet was how his behavior would affect the younger children. While wringing my hands, I confided my […]

Three Common Misconceptions About the Immaculate Conception

Dec 8 14 • Fr. Edward Looney • 0 comments

Today, December 8th, the Church would observe the feast of the Immaculate Conception. This year the feast is transferred to Monday the 9th, giving precedence to the Second Sunday of Advent. In my experience, the Immaculate Conception is one of the most misunderstood teachings of the Church. Today, I’d like to address three common misconceptions […]

Poem: “Time and Eternity”

Dec 8 14 • Stacy Peterson • 1 comment

Time and Eternity The truly desolate And pathetic sort, Are those who of Earth Believe Elysian Fields they can create In time, to quell their fears. Not so, not so, For what would heaven be, If on earth everything, Here, Was granted Free To thee? Stacy Peterson November 12, 2014

Cana

Dec 8 14 • Jake Frost • 0 comments

As she approached the hall where the wedding celebration was to be held, Mary was attentive to the individual people within the groups swirling around the festivities. She was aware, although not particularly conscious, of a certain deference that was accorded her and her son as they quietly made their way to their places. She […]

<i>Loved as I Am</i> - A Powerful Conversion Story

Loved as I Am – A Powerful Conversion Story

Dec 7 14 • Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur • 0 comments

Loved as I Am: An Invitation to Conversion, Healing, and Freedom through Jesus (Ave Maria Press, 2014) is written by a religious sister who has experienced conversion in a very dramatic fashion, but this book is for anyone who is wounded, suffers from addiction, or feels unloved and/or unlovable. Sr. Miriam James Heidland, a member […]

18 Shopping Days Until the Day of the Lord

Dec 7 14 • Rev. Tucker Cordani • 0 comments

2 Pt 3:8-14 We await new heavens and a new earth Wasted time is not a prized commodity in American society. We are a people ruled by the calendar and the clock. “Time is money,” we say, because time is to be filled with purposeful controlled activity which is to be productive of things that […]

A Charlie Brown Christmas Miracle

Dec 5 14 • Tom Purcell • 1 comment

It’s amazing that the show was nearly not broadcast. I speak of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” — a show that, for reasons I don’t understand, holds more power over me with every passing year. The show has a very simple premise: Too much commercialization can take the meaning out of Christmas. As it goes, Charlie […]

A Better Way to Work

Dec 5 14 • Zachary Gappa • 0 comments

What could be more American than hard work? We are a country of people who believe in meritocracy, in striving to achieve The American Dream. Hard work traces back to our roots – much of it comes from the felt moral heritage of the Protestant Work Ethic. Yet, sadly, today’s American “hard work” is a hollow echo of […]

Caring for the Dying Means Not Intentionally Killing Them

Dec 5 14 • Judie Brown • 0 comments

A week ago I received a message from a distressed family writing about a loved one in the final stages of living. The members of this family were informed by hospice care that their dying relative, a 95-year-old father/grandfather with dementia who still recognizes the family and talks with them at times, had come down […]

Wolfboy and Princess Cupcake

Dec 4 14 • Dr. Paul Kengor • 0 comments

We were made male and female.

Book Review: <em>Embracing Edith Stein: Wisdom for Women</em>

Book Review: Embracing Edith Stein: Wisdom for Women

Dec 4 14 • Kerri Baunach • 0 comments

Before reading Anne Costa’s book Embracing Edith Stein: Wisdom for Women from St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, I knew who Edith Stein was but did not really know a lot about her. She had figured into other things I have read and I had connected with some of the passages quoted from her writings. […]