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December 2014

December 26, 2014

Catholic School Principal Learns $2 Million Catechism Lesson

The IVF case that generated as much heat as light earlier this month has been...

December 23, 2014

10 Reasons It’s Safe to Come to Mass this Christmas

You've no doubt seen Saturday Night Live's chillingly (hilariously) accurate tour of what you can expect...

December 16, 2014

Subtle Smackdown: Vatican Report on American Women Religious is a Warning for Every Parish and Diocese

Don't let the headlines fool you, the freshly-released Final Report on the Apostolic Visitation of Institutes...

December 11, 2014

Is There a Rational Argument in Favor of IVF for Church Employees?

In discussing the recent scandal out of Notre Dame's theology department, a question arose: Would...

December 10, 2014

Debate, Dissent, and Dishonesty: What Makes a Good Argument, and What’s Just Embarrassing?

In discussions surrounding Notre Dame's staffing problem, a question was posed: When is an argument...

December 09, 2014

Are You Smarter than a Notre Dame Theologian? Episode 2, IVF Edition

Tom McDonald pointed me to this article, co-authored by Joel Baden and Candida Moss -- the...

December 08, 2014

Notre Dame Professor Demonstrates What’s Wrong with Catholic Education – UPDATED

(Scroll down to the bottom for updates.) Apparently you can be a professor in the...

November 2014

November 07, 2014

Adultery is Not the Only Option: Five Things You Can Do to Keep Your Vows Intact

Deacon Greg Kandra writes about a recent NY Times piece on priests who forsake their...

November 04, 2014

Catholic Website Advises Parents: Obsession with the Occult is No Big Deal

The recently launched online Catholic magazine Crux has an advice column up, in which a parent...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Playground Evangelization: Making Parishes More Welcoming for Families

Two girls and I pulled into St. Mary's Greenville Saturday evening with half an hour...

October 23, 2014

Small Groups: The Best Most Dangerous Thing That Can Happen to Your Parish

Today at New Evangelizers, I write about "Small Groups." By that what I mean is...

October 20, 2014

#Synod14 – Prostitute Nation and a Jar of Perfume

If you want to understand the clerical food fight portion of this month's Synod on...

October 14, 2014

#Synod14 – The Universal Cure for What Ails You, Ecclesiastical Edition

Synod Survival Tip, and this works for parish and family life too: If you find...

October 10, 2014

#Synod14 — Annulment Talk: Resources for Beginners and Pundits Alike

Here are a handful of resources for those who are interested in following all the...

October 08, 2014

#Synod14 – In Which Justice & Mercy Try Dating for a Bit

The overall theme of this month's Extraordinary Synod on the Family seems to be this:...

October 06, 2014

BREAKING: St. Paul Comments on the Synod for the Family

For those who are curious about the 2014 Synod of the Family, today's first reading gives you...

October 02, 2014

Waffle Syndrome and the Betrayal of Barb Webb

Kathy Schiffer has been covering the story of the firing of Barb Webb, a teacher...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

The Mass is Not Your Evangelization Event

Over at Sherry Weddell's intentional disciples forum, Fr. Guarav Shroff (whose blog you should read)...

September 27, 2014

If You Have to Ask, “Is that the Church?” It’s Time to Call an Architect

Last month I had the chance to visit Fr. Dwight Longenecker's parish, Our Lady of...

September 27, 2014

Be Catholic: Fight the Tyranny of “Fitting In”

My latest at New Evangelizers is up: Catholicism is for People Who Don't Fit In....

September 24, 2014

Why is Gay Marriage the Catholic No-Go?

Andrew Sullivan writes here about the plight of a pair of gentleman who've been asked...

September 24, 2014

3 Things We Need From Our Priests Before We Can Evangelize

I don't go in for clergy-policing, to the point that I have to remind myself...

September 19, 2014

In the Face of Such Evil, the Only Thing Left is Hope

For those who know what such a thing is, the theme around my corner of...

September 18, 2014

Follow-up: Catechesis for Teens, Year-by-Year Benchmarks, and a Rant

In response to my post the other day, I had a few comments from friends in...

September 16, 2014

Annulments, Divorce, Remarriage: We’ve Got it All Backwards

The Synod for the Family is coming up, and one of the vexing problems it...

September 08, 2014

Catholic Education: You Can’t Serve Two Masters

One of the reigning errors of our insecure, perpetually-offended culture is the Approval One is...

September 01, 2014

Get Young Adults to Join Your Parish in Two Easy Steps, Guaranteed.

The question came up at Sherry Weddell's Intentional Disciples discussion forum: How does one attract...

August 2014

August 16, 2014

Biblical Catholics are So Childish – today in the Gospel @CatholicMom.com

Today's pre-prayed Gospel at CatholicMom.com is the "Let the children come to me" passage in Matthew....

August 11, 2014

Something Fun & Good: Secret Prayer Friends

PSA for those who don't already know this tip: Pick someone and pray for them...

August 06, 2014

God is on the Altar, but He isn’t the Guy in Vestments

Round about the moment of the consecration, there's a massive case of identity confusion going...