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May 2022

May 25, 2022

Social Doctrine

The Working Catholic: Social Doctrine Part Seven by Bill Droel There are scores of books...

May 13, 2022

Abortion Stereotypes

The Working Catholic: Abortion Stereotypes by Bill Droel One gets the impression nowadays that to...

April 2022

April 21, 2022

Daily Grind

The Working Catholic: Routine by Bill Droel Clocks are everywhere because our modern economy needs...

April 15, 2022

Affirmation

The Working Catholic: Culture Despisers by Bill Droel Cardinal Francis George, OMI (1937-2015) of Chicago...

April 06, 2022

Ordinary Easter

The Working Catholic: Easter Mess by Bill Droel Advent is Lent; Christmas contains Easter...

January 2022

January 29, 2022

Proper Dialogue

The Working Catholic: Social Doctrine, Part Five Catholicism ducked its appointment with modernity for about...

January 15, 2022

Martin Luther King Jr.

From his earliest preaching days until the conclusion of his life, Rev. Martin Luther King...

January 12, 2022

Compromise

Marriage is no place for quid pro quo. Yes, every household has division of labor,...

December 2021

December 27, 2021

The Truth

People need explanations for new, unusual, fluid or disturbing happenings. Those people who have low...

December 16, 2021

Lockouts

Kellogg has used the lockout tactic before. In October 2013 the cereal company locked out...

December 03, 2021

Inventing Christmas

Who invented Christmas? Our Blessed Lady is a good answer. In about 3 B.C. she...

November 2021

November 20, 2021

Incarnation

In coming days it is obligatory for all preachers to dust off their “Keep Christ...

November 13, 2021

Evangelical

In a sense every sincere Christian is evangelical because the word means to live and...

October 2021

October 25, 2021

Eucharist

Here are suggestions for improving a Catholic’s appreciation for the real presence of Christ in...

September 2021

September 17, 2021

Social Doctrine, Part IV

Pope Gregory XVI (1765-1846) opposed gas street lamps and railroad engines. Although these examples are...

August 2021

August 26, 2021

Labor Day

International Workers Day (May Day), the counterpart to our September Labor Day, was inspired by...

August 17, 2021

Loneliness Part II

A major cause of our loneliness epidemic is the 50-year deterioration of intermediate-sized groups—ethnic clubs,...

August 05, 2021

Lonely in Crowds

I’m against social distancing. I’m into physical distancing instead. There is already too much social...

June 2021

June 29, 2021

Social Doctrine Part II

The Working Catholic by Bill Droel Modern Catholic social doctrine dates from May 1891 with...

June 02, 2021

Labor Day Part II

The Working Catholic: Labor Day Part IIby Bill Droel Covid-19 brings us an opportunity to...

May 2021

May 14, 2021

NYC Honors Saints

The Working Catholic: Shrine, Statue and Boat by Bill Droel Three Catholic women, champions of...

May 03, 2021

After Covid

The Working Catholic: After Covid by Bill Droel The parish’s live-stream Mass should continue. In...

March 2021

March 09, 2021

Postmodernism

The Working Catholic: Truth by Bill Droel God has a plan and God plants purposefulness...

March 04, 2021

Social Sin

Lent is the time for particular attention to sinfulness. Yet this year as in years...

February 2021

February 12, 2021

Populism, Part II

Elite liberalism is the default philosophy in our society. (This modified liberalism is not...

January 2021

January 31, 2021

Populism Part I

The Working Catholic: Populism by Bill Droel The term populism is wrongly applied to authoritarians...

January 04, 2021

Fashion Design

Can fashion design be a Christian vocation? No, because isn’t it true that the...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

From Mobilizing to Governing

The young adult activists who inspired the world this past summer now have the challenge...

December 17, 2020

Localism

Small is beautiful. No bigger than necessary. Act local; think global. Deborah Fallows and James...

December 08, 2020

Advent Surprise

A couple years ago we spent some days after Thanksgiving in Milwaukee. One purpose of...

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