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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Shooting the Rapids - Anthony EsolenThe summer before my eighth grade, a couple of young men from town showed up at our door, asking my parents if they could talk to us about my enrolling in something they called the “Higher Achievement Program” at the local Jesuit high school. Read more... Should a widowed mother aged thirteen be a saint? - Paul JohnsonSomeone should write the life of Margaret Beaufort, as an example of how a woman of strong beliefs can survive a traumatic childhood and become a credit and exemplar to society. She ought indeed to be canonised, and I commend her cause to the present Pope, who also loves good Christian academics. Read more... Siegfried Sassoon: A Poet's Pilgrimage - Joseph PearceSiegfried Sassoon is arguably the greatest of the War Poets. The ending of the second of the century’s global conflagrations marked the beginning of Sassoon’s final approach to the Catholic faith. Influenced to a degree by Catholic friends such as Ronald Knox and Hilaire Belloc, but to a far greater degree by the experience of his own life, he was received into the Church in September 1957, shortly after his 71st birthday. After a lifetime of mystical searching he had finally found his way Home. Read more... Sitting Next to Peter: My Personal Remembrances of Pope John Paul II - John F. CrosbyIf I were to speak about what affected me most deeply about John Paul, I would have to mention the wonderful icon of fatherhood that I always felt him to be. Read more... Sketches of Ralph - Hadley ArkesRalph McInerny was outstanding in all the important roles of life: husband and father, friend and teacher, inspirer and witness, in love with God and truly loved by God. Has there ever been a happier man, a man more able to make all around him smile? Read more... Smut's Savvy Peddler - Father Raymond J. de SouzaBorn 12 days apart, the Queen and Hef embody what’s good and bad in modern culture. Read more... Socrates, Guardian Angels, and Conscience - Howard KainzI'll never forget one day when my Jesuit professor waxed eloquently about Socrates, comparing him to great Christian mystics like St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila. Read more... Solitude and Leadership - William DeresiewiczSolitude and leadership would seem to be contradictory things, but it seems to me that solitude is the very essence of leadership. Read more... Something Beautiful Has Begun - Peggy NoonanJohn Paul made you burst into tears. Benedict makes you think. It is more pleasurable to weep, but at the moment, perhaps it is more important to think. Read more... Special Olympics, special children - Father Raymond J. de SouzaThe joy of the Special Olympics is infectious; everyone who volunteers knows that it is a privilege to be part of such a great celebration of exuberant life. Read more... St Thérèse of Lisieux: The Last Eighteen Months - Stephen SparrowThérèse Martin certainly deserved canonization, but it's helpful to unwrap the legend a little so that we can gain an insight into the authentic Thérèse. Read more... St. Daddy - Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz, O.P.His legs imparted security as I leaned my little body into them. My babble continued, fired by desire to entrust to my beloved daddy all the secrets a three-year-old heart could hold. When finished, silence pervaded the darkening shadows. He sat there, fingering his rosary and gazing out at the evening’s first stars. Even at that tender age, I knew my father wasn’t always present to this world. Read more... St. Edith Stein: Martyr for Truth - Robert RoyalThe 20th century witnessed great advances in science and medicine. But it was not an era for truth. Read more... St. Joseph of Cupertino: The dunce - 1603-1663 - Rev. Alban Goodier, S.J.If ever a tiny child began life with nothing in his favor it was Joseph of Cupertino; he had only one hopeful and saving quality — that he knew it. Read more... St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Patron Saint of Common Sense - Stephen SparrowMany are amazed by the humility and simplicity of the saint, others by her radical heart centred theology, and still others by her courage in facing the doubt that God even existed. And of course taken together, all three viewpoints form a sort of Trinitarian blueprint for the spiritual life. Read more... St. Thomas More - Mark SheaJune 22 is the Feast of one of our greatest saints: Thomas More. St. Thomas More (1478-1535) was one of the most gifted men of his day. He entered Oxford at about age 15, was a brilliant scholar, writer, and lawyer (thereby showing that lawyers can get to heaven) was fluent in Greek, Latin and French, was schooled in mathematics and was an accomplished musician. Read more... St. Thomas More - G. K. ChestertonMost would understand the phrase that the mind of More was like a diamond that a tyrant threw away into a ditch, because he could not break it. Read more... Staggering to Heaven - Patricia TreeceThere are saints who sweep across the sky of their generation like blazing comets signaling the reality and glory of God. Others silently earn grace for a world blind to their presence. Matt Talbot, the friend of God whose life ended on a Dublin sidewalk on June 7, 1925, was one of those hidden holy. Matt Talbot may well become the Church’s first known alcoholic saint. Read more... Standing on the Mound: The Virtues of Baseball - Elizabeth Thecla MauroIf Jesus wants us to become as children, then baseball reminds us that His charge is not an impossible one to keep, for baseball is a game of folly and deep faith. It disdains the cynic and reminds us of some of the most dramatic, awe-inspiring moments detailed in Scripture. Read more... Standing up for Don Cherry – a good ol’ Kingston boy - Father Raymond J. de SouzaMany a man would rather take a punch than to admit an error, confess a fault. But learning how to apologize properly is a manly thing, the kind of thing a tough guy ought to do properly. Read more... Stealing from Churches - Roger ScrutonMy years as a voyeur of holiness brought me into contact with true believers, and taught me that faith transfigures everything it touches, and raises the world to God. Read more... Still In The World - Joe Carter"What if you die overseas and I’m not there," my mom said when I told her I had joined the Marines. Read more... Still, Small Voice - Peggy NoonanThere is nothing more riveting than the sight and sound of powerful truths being spoken quietly. Mother Teresa broke almost all the rules of good speech writing during her National Prayer Breakfast address in 1994, but delivered an enormously powerful and deeply memorable speech. Read more... Strength and Compassion - Donald DeMarcoCompassion is formed in the real and heartrending experiences of deprivation. Shania Twain’s adversity formed her compassion and her strength, and it is to her honor and credit that it retains priority in her heart far above all the trappings of her extraordinary success. Read more... Surprising Altruism - Charles ColsonOn August 5th, a copper and gold mine in Chile caved in. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 [>>] Pages Updated On: Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:54:04
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