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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Dennis Clinton Graham Heiner - Father George RutlerBrooklyn Supreme Court Judge Thomas Farber, a Jew, said that he had expected to hear nothing but hate from the defendant but only heard love. Read more... Determination - Donald DeMarcoPopular interest in the Olympic games involves a curious irony. Despite our culture's unswerving commitment to a life of comfort and convenience, people are drawn to the Olympic spectacle precisely because it celebrates the place of discomfort and inconvenience. Read more... Director Volker Schlondorff Talks About 'The Ninth Day' - Steven D. GreydanusVolker Schlondorff was so intrigued by the real-life story of a Catholic priest forced by his Nazi captors to make a life and death choice, he had to film it. ‘I have a hard time,’ says the Jesuit-educated filmmaker, ‘making any decision whatsoever.’ Read more... Don Arrigo Beccari: A Safe Haven In Villa Emma - Catholic Educator's Resource CenterIt was a long train ride from Yugoslavia to Italy. No one knew what to expect. The children were good actors and hid their fear in silence. They were Jewish child refugees from Germany, Austria, and Poland whose parents had been deported to Nazi concentration camps. Josef Ithai, the young teacher who looked after them, shared their fear. Read more... Down Syndrome: On Holy Ground - Mary O'CallaghanAs a Holy Cross Priest at Notre Dame reminded us last week, those of us who care for individuals with cognitive handicaps stand on holy ground. Read more... Edith Sitwell: Modernity and Tradition - Joseph PearceEdith Sitwell was a shock-trooper of the poetic avant garde, a champion of modernity who revelled in the use of shock tactics to push the boundaries of poetry, angering traditionalists in the process. Read more... Edward Piszek - Rev. George W. RutlerHaving known Edward Piszek for nearly 15 years, my mistaking him for the groundskeeper of the Colorado retreat house where we first met still seems understandable. Read more... Einstein's Final Quest - Walter IsaacsonIn the later years of his life, after he had fled Nazi Germany at age fifty-four and moved to Princeton, New Jersey, Albert Einstein focused his scientific energies on what would turn out to be a futile quest: the search for a unified field theory. Read more... Endurance - Donald DeMarcoShe came into the world, according to her father, "kicking valiantly and crying obstreperously." Perhaps she had some premonition of the immense suffering she was destined to endure throughout the course of her life. Read more... Eric Lionel Mascall - Father George W. RutlerNature conspired in Eric Lionel Mascall (1905-1993) to flaunt St. Peter's image of the body as a collapsible tent (2 Pt 2:13-14) – at least I have not known such an agile mind in such a clumsy frame. Read more... Escape from Nihilism - J. BudziszewskiTwenty years ago I stood in the Government Department of the University of Texas to give a talk. I was fresh out of graduate school, and it was my here's-why-you-should-hire-me lecture. I wanted to teach about ethics and politics, so as academic job seekers do everywhere, I was showing the faculty my stuff. Read more... Esther’s Guarded Condition - Anthony EsolenAs his days were racing to an early end, my father had to discuss with his doctors all the “choices” available for treatment. Read more... Eugene Genovese: Truth-Teller - Robert P. GeorgeEugene Genovese was a teller of truth, even when the truth to be told was ugly, embarrassing, humiliating. He told the truth, even when it meant confessing complicity in world historical crimes. Read more... Evelyn Waugh: Ultramodern to Ultramontane - Joseph PearceEvelyn Waugh’s conversion to the Catholic faith in 1930 was greeted with astonishment by the literary world and caused a sensation in the media. Read more... Every Mother's Son: Confessions of a Marian Prodigal - Scott HahnFor all my newfound piety, I was still fifteen years old, and all too conscious of “cool.” Just months before, I’d left behind several years of juvenile delinquency and accepted Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior. My parents, who were not particularly devout Presbyterians, noticed the change in me and heartily approved. If it took religion to keep me out of juvenile detention, so be it. Read more... Extraordinarily Blessed - Cathy PerkinsOn his way to an academic and political career, Father Raymond de Souza, made a right turn into religion, journalism ... and chaplaincy of the football Golden Gaels. Read more... Faith and the Russert Test - Terry MattinglyThe politico facing Tim Russert was Vice Present Al Gore and their testy dialogue was one of the memorable moments during the 2000 White House race. Read more... Faith in the Face of Destruction - E.A. Carmean Jr.The stunning survival of The Virgin Mary of Breezy Point statue has, not surprisingly, been linked to the discovery of the "9/11 Cross." Both have been viewed as miracles or divine signs. Read more... Father John, DC Evangelist - Terry MattinglyIn a matter of days, Father C. John McCloskey III will quietly perform rites in which two more converts enter the Roman Catholic Church. Read more... Father Pro: A Mexican Hero - Robert RoyalMiguel Pro and the other Mexican martyrs provided millions of people with inspiration to resist the most anti-Catholic government ever seen in the Americas. Read more... Father Richard John Neuhaus - Father Raymond J. de SouzaThe National Post is conducting a search to find Canada's most important "public intellectual." In today's installment, Father Raymond J. de Souza profiles Christian intellectual Father Richard John Neuhaus. Read more... Father Schall in play - David WarrenWe would not have another day pass without acknowledging the retirement of Father James V. Schall from Georgetown University in the District of Columbia, to a Jesuit community in Los Gatos, California. Read more... Father Solanus Casey and his 'favors' - Vivian M. BaulchWhen Father Solanus Casey died in Detroit in 1957, all he left after 86 years on this earth were a small crucifix, an old pair of sandals, several religious pictures, a wooden statue of St. Anthony, some dog-eared religious books, a knot of heavily darned socks and a framed, 40-year-old picture of his family. Read more... Fidelity - Donald DeMarcoThe son of Lithuanian immigrants, Edward Krauciunas grew up in the Back of the Yards section of Chicago, which was well known for it knockdown-dragout toughness. Read more... Finding Joy in the Darkest Night - David ScottWe always saw her smiling, but we never knew how much we didn't know about Mother Teresa. Read more... 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