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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:St. Joseph and the Staircase - Matthew HanleyI decided to take the southern route while driving across the country a couple years ago. 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... Taking the Time to Act Like Christians - Deal HudsonWhat I witnessed that day was one of the most remarkable moments of Christian reconciliation I am likely to ever see. Read more... Tastes Like Home - Lucette LagnadoA Passover delicacy reminds me of my own exodus from Egypt. Read more... Temperance - Donald DeMarcoIn January 1936, a meeting took place between Mohandas Gandhi and Margaret Sanger. The subject of their conversation on that auspicious occasion was contraception. Read more... Tempest in a Tebow - Father Raymond J. de SouzaThree years ago, on the eve of winning his second college football championship, I wrote that “the legend of Tim Tebow will grow even larger.” Read more... Tender Mercies of Love: A Day of Street Ministry with the Poor - Mary Lyman JacksonMy own young daughter, Kemper, was in agony from lupus, a disease ravaging her body, and I worried about leaving her to visit Washington's poor. But I had promised to share my time with a small child in one of the poorest housing projects of our nation's capital, so I had to keep my word. This visit was part of the ongoing Catholic ministry of Exodus Youth Services, Inc. (Exodus) that my husband and I had founded in 1985. Read more... Teresa Blessed by the Cross: The 60th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Edith Stein - John CrosbyA man remarked on her smile which, unlike a conventional smile that serves as a mask, seemed to flow out of her depths, a smile that expressed deep inner recollection and peace, and he noticed it even as she and her sister boarded the train for Auschwitz. Read more... Terror in Ukraine - Robert RoyalBishop Romzha was only one of many brave believers who paid the ultimate price for their loyalty to the faith in Ukraine. As horrible as their experiences were, their commitment bore rich dividends. Read more... Thanks From a Grateful Country - Peggy NoonanFor a man who changed the world, Ronald Reagan sure was modest. Read more... The 'Woo' Heard Round the World - Brian CaulfieldIt was 30 years ago … John Paul II taught America to pray. Read more... The 20th Century Ends - Paul KengorThe story of the life and death of Pope John Paul II is hard to tell without running into some mystical language along the way. Read more... The baby from Auschwitz - Joe O'ConnorAn SS officer in big black boots and a crisp uniform appeared before the barracks in Auschwitz with a loudspeaker in hand. Read more... The Beatification of John Paul II - George WeigelWhat the Church is lifting up as a model in John Paul is a life of radical Christian discipleship. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 [>>] Pages Updated On: Fri May 17 2013 - 22:45:23
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