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April 2024

April 23, 2024

How are Ownership and Stewardship Different?

It's no surprise that I didn't agree with everything in Rachel Gross's article "Women in...

March 2023

March 31, 2023

How Can Catholicism Help with Disorders of Sexual Attraction?

It doesn't take much ink to sum up the Catholic view of disordered sexuality: “You...

February 2023

February 16, 2023

When Church Leaders Spout Blarbage

My writing friend and I have started identifying a particularly painful genre of Catholic literature:...

November 2022

November 21, 2022

Resisting the Urge to Politicize Criminal Violence

Yesterday I shared on social media a legal-opinion piece on a highly contentious social issue....

May 2022

May 04, 2022

Abortion to Save the Life of the Mother?

The most compelling question in favor of abortion is, "What about to save the life...

February 2022

February 13, 2022

Book Review: Living Momento Mori by Emily DeArdo

Now up at the substack, *finally*, is my review of my friend Emily DeArdo's how-to...

January 2022

January 21, 2022

Reasoning vs. Rationalizing

There's a screenshotted homework assignment, reputedly from a Georgia virtual school, that's circulating right now,...

December 2021

December 08, 2021

Evangelizing in Ancient Cathedrals

Amy Welborn has a good series of reflections on the proposed renovations to Notre Dame...

September 2017

September 24, 2017

When Your Class Is So Bad You Have to Apologize to Other Teachers

Over at the Conspiracy, I tell the story of my most spectacular teaching failure ever....

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Can a Catholic Affirm the Nashville Statement?

The Nashville Statement is a set of 14 affirmations and denials concerning Christianity and human...

June 2017

June 02, 2017

Does the Catholic Faith Permit the Use of Artificial Wombs?

If Brave New World is coming soon to a hospital near you, what does that mean...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

Why Does the Ascension Matter?

Jesus isn’t just a warm feeling before we slip into eternal nothing. Heaven is no...

February 2017

February 02, 2017

Is Your Catholic School Any Good?

The other week a friend was sharing in a private discussion group about how her...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Traps for Catechists and How to Avoid Them

It's new-catechist season, and if you know such a person, I'd be remiss if I...

April 2016

April 04, 2016

Whom Does Modesty Serve?

I've got sex on the brain, and before I start into that conversation, I want...

February 2016

February 08, 2016

Lent in the School for Evangelization

We Catholics like our programs. Love our programs. So here's this program we have starting...

December 2015

December 08, 2015

What My Dog Knows About the Immaculate Conception

Every evening at nine, Fitz kids and parents gather in the living room and talk...

November 2015

November 02, 2015

When You Want to Understand that Marriage Thing

Two links and a note: The best summary of the theology behind the Great Communion...

November 01, 2015

Catholic Life Hacks: Truly Last Minute Saint Costume

If you have a group of children who need a saint costume, stat, ask if...

October 2015

October 17, 2015

Teaching Teenagers Logic is Practically Cheating

I received a very flattering compliment about my recent post on teaching logic to teens,...

October 16, 2015

How to Teach Kids about the “Straw Man” Fallacy

Point them to the internet. In class this morning, the kids got their formal introduction...

October 10, 2015

Don Bosco on Recess Consultants and Playing Tag

The National Review has a snippet-article about "Recess Consultants" whose job is to improve the...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Non-Cantankerous Evangelization with St. Jerome and Team

My top two picks for St. Jerome posts today are Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was...

September 27, 2015

Getting Past a 2nd-Grade Faith with Pope Francis

One of my pleasures lately has been the privilege of getting to watch bunches of...

September 15, 2015

Religious Ed Parents Who Don’t Come to Mass – What to Say?

A catechist wrote to me privately asking for ideas on how to invite parents to...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

CORRECTED: US Bishops Have No Case in Court If They Won’t Stand for the Faith at Home

CORRECTED: Kathy Schiffer graciously reminds me that Bishop Finn has asked NCR to stop calling...

August 19, 2015

Easy, Effective, No-Cost and Low-Cost Catechist Training

It's the time of year when desperate directors of religious education drag parishioners out of...

August 14, 2015

Resources for Small Groups: Life After Sunday

I've written before about the importance of discipleship and the ease with which you can...

August 04, 2015

On Discussing Abortion and Other Horrors With Young Children

A friend posed a question in a private forum, and I'd like to share my...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

Want Religious Freedom? Ditch the Assembly Line and Start Raising Mature Catholics

So my How to Prevent Same Sex Couples from Suing Us post garnered reactions pretty similar...