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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Fr. Popielusko and Communist Poland - Robert RoyalAs early as 1966, something unprecedented in Communist-dominated countries had occurred. There was a powerful element of independent civil society in Poland linked directly with the Church. Read more... Fr. Thomas Cook - Molly McQueenFr. Thomas Cook of the Diocese of Winona, MN, got an early start discerning his vocation. Read more... Franz Jagerstatter - Rev. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B.Pope Benedict recently authorized the promulgation of two new saints and 320 new blessed. Read more... From Canada, a hardcourt role model - National PostIn an era in which basketball is increasingly about the individual — witness the basketball world’s obsession with phenom LeBron James, or the exploits of Kobe Bryant — Steve Nash is a rare reminder of the value of teamwork. Read more... From high society to a higher calling - Adair LaraThe San Francisco socialite had it all — 10 children, friends, wealth — but she traded it in for life in a convent. Fifteen years later, Ann Miller remains steadfast in her vows of seclusion, poverty, chastity and obedience. Read more... Fulton J. Sheen, Catholic Champion - Thomas C. ReevesIn preparing America's Bishop: The Life and Times of Fulton J. Sheen I discovered a brilliant, charismatic, and holy man who has been underestimated by historians, largely overlooked by the contemporary mass media, and forgotten by too many Catholics. Indeed, I came to the conclusion that Fulton J. Sheen was the most important Catholic of twentieth century America. Read more... G.E.M. Anscombe - Rev. George W. RutlerA bishop and a professor told me that in separate audiences, the first thing John Paul II said when they mentioned Oxford was: "Do you know Professor Anscombe?" Read more... G.K. Chesterton: Champion of Orthodoxy - Joseph PearceChesterton’s reputation as one of the key figures in Christian literature during the 20th century is linked inextricably with the concept of “orthodoxy.” His book of that title, published in 1908, was, according to Wilfrid Ward, a major milestone in the development of Christian thought. Wilfrid Ward was certainly not alone in his flattering praise of Chesterton’s book. Read more... God's Instrument - Charles ColsonMost of us know the story of the first Thanksgiving -- at least, we know the Pilgrim version. But how many of us know the Indian viewpoint? Read more... God, the Hound of Heaven - David Scott‘Everything comes from love,’ St. Catherine of Siena reminds us. This is the great paradox of our Father’s love. In a world filled with evil and innocent suffering, how can we believe in God’s love? These questions gnawed away at Eugene O’Neill. ‘His whole life’ was consumed with ‘the problem of evil and God’s permissive will,’ Dorothy Day said. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ... [>>] Pages Updated On: 09-Nov-2009 - 14:45:38
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