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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Courage - Donald DeMarcoHis act, visibly and unmistakably, exhibited all the qualities of courage. Despite the dangers he faced, Jeff Liberty remained attentive and in control. It was a case of "grace under pressure," as Ernest Hemingway once defined courage. Email This Article Crisis turns to confidence - John PontifexA bishop in one of Sudan’s most war-damaged regions has spoken of the people’s renewed sense of hope in a diocese where Catholics have trebled in number. Email This Article Davey's Song - Anthony EsolenAnthony Esolen on the Divine Music of an Autistic Son. Email This Article 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. Email This Article 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.’ Email This Article 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. Email This Article 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. Perhaps, therefore, she would seem an unlikely convert to the creed and traditions of the Catholic Church. Yet, like her friend, “the ultra-modern novelist” Evelyn Waugh, she would come to realize that the liberating power of orthodoxy could transfuse tradition with the dynamism of truth. Email This Article 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. Email This Article 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. Email This Article 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. Email This Article Pages: [<<] ... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ... [>>] Pages Updated On: 04-Jul-2008 - 17:02:49
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