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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Jesuit Philosopher Recounts Time with Mother Teresa - Clayton BerryFor millions of people Mother Teresa was a living saint and a cultural icon. For Saint Louis University's noted philosopher John Kavanaugh, S.J., she was a very real person who had a direct and dramatic effect on his life. Email This Article Jesus Vasquez - Rev. George W. RutlerAs I was unfamiliar with the Spanish convention of naming boys for the Savior, it startled me upon arriving in my new parish to read on the bulletin board: “If there is no usher at the 7:30 Mass, Jesus will take up the collection.” Email This Article Jim Balmer: Lifelong Conversion - Molly MulqueenDawn Farm in Ann Arbor, Michigan is a place where addicts and alcoholics recover the lives they lost to drugs and alcohol. “Recover” is an innocent-sounding verb for the grueling, gut-wrenching metamorphosis that takes place in the human body and spirit as it separates from the chemical demons that possess it. But close to 75 percent of the people who undergo treatment at Dawn Farm really do reclaim their lost lives and achieve long-term recovery. Email This Article John Paul II — preparing the 21st Century - George WeigelThe Christian story is not simply one among many possible accounts of the way things are. Rather, Wojtyla has long been convinced — and his pontificate is a series of variations on this one great theme — that the story of the Church is the story of the world, rightly understood. Email This Article John Paul II's Master Class to his 'dear young friends' - Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B.John Paul the actor gave the world a command performance on a world stage. To his 'dear young friends', it was truly a Master Class in the drama of Gospel living and dying. He has touched us deeply and changed the world and the Church. Email This Article John Paul II: A best seller in life and in death - Father Thomas Rosica, CSBToday marks the third anniversary of death of Pope John Paul II. For three solid weeks in April of 2005, we were inundated with words, stories, images and rich ceremonies coming to us from Rome — images that helped us recall and evaluate a charismatic leader's life and mission. Email This Article John Paul the Great - Peggy NoonanThe pope proceeded down the line, nodding and patting, and when he got to me I jerked into a kind of curtsy-bow and touched his right hand with my hands. Then I bent and covered his thick old knuckles with Chanel No. 23 Red Raspberry lipstick. I couldn't help it. I think I said, "Papa." Email This Article John Paul’s Spiritual Testament - Father Alfonso Aguilar"Who left the door open?" asked the Pope’s secretary to the few monsignori who accompanied John Paul II on his trip to Ireland in September 1979. Email This Article Joseph Moscati: Saint, doctor, and miracle-worker - Michael J. MillerSt. Giuseppe Moscati treated thousands during his lifetime, using natural means. Now that he has gone on to his heavenly reward, he continues to have "office hours" and works amazing cures on a regular basis. Email This Article Joseph Ratzinger, Christ’s Donkey - Rev. Richard John NeuhausBorn in Bavaria on Holy Saturday of 1927, Joseph Ratzinger’s life has been entirely within and for the Church, which, he is convinced, is the way of greatest service to the world. This and much else become evident in his remarkable account by Ignatius, Milestones: Memoirs 1927-1977, which takes the reader from his childhood to his appointment as Archbishop of Munich. (note: this review was originally published in January 1999). Email This Article Pages: [<<] ... 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ... [>>] Pages Updated On: 14-Jul-2008 - 18:56:12
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