The Ten Commandments: A Concise Summary for High School StudentsDEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
The Ten Commandments in the Torah (Exodus 20) are a formulation of the basic precepts (principles) of morality.
A Glimpse of ProvidenceDEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
Years ago I was involved in a CBC Online discussion forum on the topic of Robert Latimer. Most of those participating in the forum were in favor of Latimers decision to murder his daughter and regarded him as a courageous man.
Marriage: A Way to HeavenDEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
Today is Marriage Sunday and the Archbishop has asked us to preach on marriage, and our pastor in turn has asked me to address this topic, probably because I am married.
On Being a Man - and a WomanDEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
What does it mean to be a man? And what can we say to our female students about what it really means to be a woman? I offer a few thoughts.
What does Divine Grace do for us?DEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
What are the effects of grace?
A Concise Account of Why Women Are Not OrdainedDEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
I dont recall his source, but Thomist scholar Dr. F. F. Centore used to point out to us that according to Aquinas, women make better saints than men.
Points on the Petrine AuthorityDEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
I've always said that one of the best things that can happen to a young Catholic is to room with a fiery non-Catholic Christian antithetical to Catholic doctrine.
A Brief Commentary on the God of the gaps and Design: for high school studentsDEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
The claim that seems to be at the heart of today's popular atheism is that one does not need the God Hypothesis in order to explain the universe; the idea of God was nothing more than a way to fill in the gaps in our scientific knowledge of the universe.
What is wrong with Reductionism?DEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
Many young people who have good minds for science and math tend to think with a reductionist habit of mind.
Chance and SpontaneityDEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
Many people in the world of science will often employ terms like 'indeterminacy', 'chance', 'probability', etc., and using knowledge from the world of science they will often attempt to draw philosophical conclusions about the nature of reality as a whole.
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