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2017-03-27T12:27:03-06:00

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Benign Neglect

Last updated on: March 27, 2017 at 12:27 pm By William Droel

Nearly every business leader agrees with the idea of corporate responsibility, said Stefano Zamagni at a Catholic Social Tradition conference held at University of Notre Dame late this March. To the extent that they know about Catholic doctrine, every Catholic business leader accepts our social doctrine. It would be the rare executive or board trustee who says, “I oppose corporate responsibility.” Or the rare Catholic in business who says, “I dissent from Catholic doctrine.” However, behavior is different from language,... Read more

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2017-03-21T13:32:36-06:00

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Lent Reading

Last updated on: March 21, 2017 at 1:32 pm By William Droel

St. Patrick’s Day fell on a Friday this year. Thus, several Illinois bishops (though not all) and other bishops elsewhere “granted a dispensation” so that the faithful could thereby have corned beef on the feast. (Is there any evidence that workaday Catholics are incapable of making such decisions on their own? I met no such person during my evening out.) By way of two bishops, here is an alternative to fretting about shamrocks and dispensations. Pope Francis suggests we read... Read more

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2017-03-11T09:39:30-06:00

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Urban Holiness

Last updated on: March 11, 2017 at 9:39 am By William Droel

Children in a generally peaceful home can acquire virtue more readily than those in a disruptive home—though moral growth or sin are possible in both situations. The same is true of a city. A vigorous city makes holiness more likely; a chaotic and corrupt city requires extraordinary individual moral striving. Again, sinners can be found everywhere, as can the saintly. Urban holiness starts with its architecture, zoning and construction. A city’s shape can enhance or limit the moral lives of... Read more

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2017-03-04T11:42:48-06:00

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Chicago Neighbors

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 11:42 am By William Droel

Nearly 250 people, including a fair number of high school students, filled St. Barnabas church on Chicago’s southwest side for an early March conversation on neighborliness with particular focus on immigration and refugees. It was a unique event because Christians, Jews and Muslims participated. There is general assent to the importance of neighborliness in our country, said Rami Nashashibi of Inner-City Muslim Action. However, differences in attitude occur as people define neighborliness differently. For example, the geographic boundary for “my... Read more

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2017-02-20T09:25:05-06:00

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Pure Faith

Last updated on: February 20, 2017 at 9:25 am By William Droel

Fr. Isaac Hecker, CSP (1819-1888) founded the Paulist Fathers, the first United States-based religious order. His sermon on “The Feast of St. Joseph” gives a summary of Hecker’s spiritual outlook: “Our age is not an age of martyrdom, nor an age of hermits, nor a monastic age. Although it has its martyrs, its recluses and its monastic communities, these are not and are not likely to be its prevailing type of Christian perfection. Our age lives in its busy marts,... Read more

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2017-01-28T09:13:00-06:00

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Private and Public

Last updated on: January 28, 2017 at 9:13 am By William Droel

The best-selling Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance (Harper Collins, 2016) is about fierce loyalty within Appalachian families, including those displaced to Ohio, Indiana and Michigan for lack of jobs in Appalachia proper. These close-knit families are a source of love and fidelity. In support of this pro-family theme Vance says, for example: My grandparents “were, without question or qualification, the best things that ever happened to me” Hillbilly Elegy would not, however, be a bestseller without its companion theme, as... Read more

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2017-01-18T13:09:59-06:00

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Stop Trafficking

Last updated on: January 18, 2017 at 1:09 pm By William Droel

The office of our county sheriff has an animal welfare unit. It received a tip about dog fighting as promoted by a small betting ring. The police rescued nearly all of the animals. Sheriff Tom Dart then held a press conference, warning the public about this illegal activity. The department’s website was immediately flooded with praise from rightly appalled animal lovers and responsible citizens. Later that week the department got a tip about a motel where prostitution was suspected. The... Read more

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2017-01-14T10:52:02-06:00

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Science

Last updated on: January 14, 2017 at 10:52 am By William Droel

Pope Francis recently uttered what should be regarded as one more ho-hum statement: “Never before has there been such a clear need for science.” This comment, given to a group of scientists, is notable only because many people (Catholics included) think that Catholicism in general and specifically the papacy oppose science. The confusion can be attributed in part to a lack of knowledge about the Catholic approach to the Bible, explains Heidi Russell, the author of Quantum Shift (Liturgical Press,... Read more

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2017-01-10T13:06:18-06:00

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Income Chart

Last updated on: January 10, 2017 at 1:06 pm By William Droel

by Bill Droel and John Erb In a series for this blog we say that the majority of U. S. families are economically stressed. Some worry about income and expenses now and then during the year; some worry every week. The chart in this installment of our essay is an imperfect attempt to make a point about income in our society. The Wealthy, the Top 5% This entire top 5% category could be conflated. But we divide it into three... Read more

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2017-01-04T08:18:34-06:00

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Family Stability, Part III

Last updated on: January 4, 2017 at 8:18 am By William Droel

by Bill Droel and John Erb In this and previous installments on this blog site we attempt to put a small frame around the expansive topic of family stability. We now come to a controversial juncture. The Lifestyle Variable Income parallels family stability. Family stability parallels lifestyle. That is, some lifestyles are more conducive to family stability than others. It is important to repeat that the relationship among these three factors (money, lifestyle and stability) plus other factors is not... Read more

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