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Catholic Fatherhood: Mr. William "bill" C. Grimm, Rest...
June 28, 2025
first published June 19, 2015—William C. Grimm ("Bill" to friends and "Mr. Grimm" to the many college students who sought his advice and considered him a "second father") exemplified Catholic fatherhood up to the moment of his death. He passed...
The Most Powerful Weapon: The Holy Rosary
October 7, 2024
In October 2009, a battalion of soldiers from Britain’s Coldstream Guards was deployed to the Helmand Province of Afghanistan to launch an offensive with U.S. and NATO forces against the Taliban. Among them was Private Glenn Hockton, an 18-year-old from...
Survey: Please Let Us Know What You Think...
December 12, 2018
Our mission at the Catholic Business Journal is to help transform the business world for Christ. It's an audacious, bold mission. But we don't do it alone, nor could we. Our reach has grown over the years and today readers...
The Battle Of Lepanto: The Battle That Saved...
October 8, 2018
On October 7, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, more than on any other feast day, I feel especially emboldened in faith and hope, no matter what may be the anti-common sense, anti-life, anti-Christian news of the day! ...
Students For Life Thank Ca Governor Brown For...
October 2, 2018
Reacting to the news that Governor Jerry Brown vetoed SB 320, Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America stated, "Today's veto is a victory for all women, students, and taxpayers in California. Students for Life of America is...
Catholic Medical Association Applauds Hhs's First Step Cancelling...
October 2, 2018
PHILADELPHIA, PA - The Catholic Medical Association (CMA) along with the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), applauds the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) first step in cancelling a contract for medical research using aborted babies, however nearly...
Archbishop Chaput: Youth Synod Depends On Faith, Not...
October 2, 2018
Rome, Italy (CNA) - In an op-ed column published Saturday, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia restated his concerns about the upcoming synod of bishops on young adults, faith and vocational discernment, set to begin Oct. 3. The column was published...
U.s. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Of Tennessee Pro-life...
October 2, 2018
Washington D.C. (CNA)—The United States Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to a pro-life amendment to the Tennessee state constitution. Amendment 1 categorically excludes abortion rights from the state’s constitution. The Supreme Court declined to admit an appeal on...
Princess Alexandra Of Hanover: Banned From British Line...
October 2, 2018
(CNA/EWTN News) - Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Princess Caroline and Prince Ernst August of Hanover, is a member of the royal family of Monaco. By birth she was also way down in England's line of succession to the...
Because You Asked...
September 14, 2018
Over the past year we've had an increase in user inquiries about Samaritan Ministries, a healthcare-sharing ministry that's been around more than 20 years and that also is one of our featured sponsors. About 8 years ago the Catholic Business...
Beloved Mentor Allan Cox, An Early Guest On...
September 12, 2018
The simple, straight-forward words of advice by Allan Cox to young people— “Do what’s right in front of you”— define a key reason for Cox’ own masterful achievements over the course of his lifetime. A respected and sought-after advisor to...
Bishop Barber Of Oakland Takes Action In Wake...
September 12, 2018
When I visited UC-Berkeley earlier this year and met with a large group of Catholic students for a discussion, the first question they asked me was, “What do I tell my Catholic friend who no longer practices his faith because...
Blessed Labor Day To You!
September 3, 2018
Some thoughts for Labor Day... "… elevated from within by the grace of Christ, let them work vigorously so that by human labor, technical skill and civil culture, created goods may be perfected according to the design of the Creator...
Ewtn Big Winner At 2018 Gabriel Awards
June 28, 2018
Irondale, AL (EWTN) – EWTN Global Catholic Network was honored with numerous Gabriel awards – for news coverage in war-torn Iraq, for two high-end original docudramas, and for a new radio talk show – during the 53rd Annual Gabriel Awards ceremony, Thursday, June...
New Doj Initiative Seeks To Protect Churches From...
June 28, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C – The U.S. Department of Justice announced on June 12 its new "Place to Worship Initiative," which will focus on "protecting the ability of houses of worship and other religious institutions to build, expand, buy, or rent facilities—as provided...
The Consistency Of Christ: The Nails In The...
March 26, 2018
Ralph Waldo Emerson had moments more perceptive than his vague religiosity: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.” He spoke not of consistency itself, but of a “foolish” consistency. Ralph Waldo Emerson had...
Are You Considering A Major Career Pivot?
March 24, 2018
Host Tom Loarie discuss the secrets of a successful career pivot with guest mentor Lynn Fischer, one of the “50 Most Empowering Women in Business.” Lynn jumped from being a successful marketing executive (E&J Gallo, Dreyers, The Wine Group) to...
After Taxing Ordeal, Church Of Holy Sepulchre Reopens...
March 14, 2018
JERUSALEM (CNA/EWTN News)—Christian leaders re-opened the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (pictured left) after the city backtracked on proposals seen as targeting Christianity in the region. On Feb. 25, Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian church leaders jointly decided to...
Book Review: Cardiac Arrest - A Warning To...
February 12, 2018
A Warning to Aspiring Entrepreneurs and Society at Large: The Abuse of the Justice System to Advance Political Aspirations. Howard Root was an accomplished lawyer when he gambled his career on becoming a medical device entrepreneur. A Warning to Aspiring...
Catholic Business Profile: Dr. Michael Kloess—director, Our Lady...
February 7, 2018
Dr. Michael Kloess (pictured left), a board-certified family physician, runs a direct primary care clinic in Madison, Wisconsin, that uniquely echoes the Gospel message and Catholic, pro-life teaching regarding medicine and health issues. For him, it is a business and...
Free Report - Vocation Of The Business Leader
February 2, 2018
Are You Just Pursuing a Career, or are you Embracing Your Unique Calling in Life? Find out about: Your calling as a Catholic Business Leader in today's fast-paced, high-tech, global economy The transforming importance of ethical social principles based on...
Trend: Catholic Schools Are Putting Down I-phones—and Picking...
January 31, 2018
DENVER, CO (CNA/EWTN News)—Not long ago, introducing more technology into the classroom meant allowing third graders to play 15 minutes of Oregon Trail during recess time. In recent years, particularly after the emergence of smartphones and other mobile devices circa 2012,...
March For Life 2018: Catholic Colleges Converge On...
January 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA/EWTN News)—The 45th annual March for Life will take place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend. Many of the marchers will be students from Catholic universities, who will,...
October Reminder: This Month Devoted To Rosary And...
October 6, 2017
The month of October is traditionally dedicated to Respect Life and to the Most Holy Rosary. We Catholics see an essential connection between honoring Our Most Blessed Mother, Mother of God and Mother of the Church, and praying for an...
Modernist Heresy in 21st Century America
October 5, 2017
The Modernist heresy is the most important factor shaping today’s American political landscape. The word “heresy” enjoys scant popularity today because it is generally associated with ancient religious disputes seemingly unrelated to current events. Ironically, modern-day heresies are the most...
Las Vegas-based Valerie Weber Gives Readers An Inside...
October 4, 2017
One of The Mentors Radio guests, Valerie Weber, who is a former Las Vegas legislator, business professional and now a professor of business at a local college wrote to us yesterday with her reactions to the worst mass shooting in...
Michael Van Hecke, Founder, Catholic Textbook Project
October 2, 2017
It’s a commonplace in education that "a textbook is only as good as the teacher who teaches it." But according to Michael Van Hecke (pictured above), founder of the Catholic Textbook Project, sometimes a textbook can transform a good teacher...
Las Vegas Bishop Asks For Prayers, Offers Oct...
October 2, 2017
Las Vegas Bishop Joseph A. Pepe today expressed his profound grief regarding last night's horrific shooting and asked people around the world to join in prayer for the souls of those who lost their lives, were injured, their families, the...
Catholic Beauty In The Heart Of Hell's Kitchen
October 2, 2017
The writer Flannery O’Connor, in her wit, did not think highly of local Catholic newspapers. They devoted more space to advertisements such as “Let a Catholic exterminator get rid of your pests” than to illuminating discussion of great issues. Much...
The Latin Mass, Thriving In Southeastern Nigeria
October 2, 2017
UMUAKA, Nigeria — In August, under a bright blue sky and in front of 2,500 worshipers, Bishop Gregory Ochiagha performed the first traditional Latin ordination in Nigeria since the vernacular liturgy was introduced after Vatican II. Near the end of...
Blessings
October 2, 2017
Pray that my home and my daily life will be greatly wonderfully blessed, graced by the Lord, good homes for extra animals that I will have great confidence, trust, home, love, respect, appreciation, and gratitude for Jesus and Mary, and...
National Coffee Day Deals: Most Comprehensive National Coffee...
September 29, 2017
Not only is it the Feast day of the Archangels Michael, Raphael and Gabriel, September 29 is also National Coffee Day and International Coffee Day. ALL DAY. And, for some coffee hotspots, even longer. Here's the best, most comprehensive list...
Catholic Business Profile: Michael Van Hecke, M.ed., Founder...
September 28, 2017
It’s a commonplace in education that "a textbook is only as good as the teacher who teaches it." But according to Michael Van Hecke (pictured left), a seasoned headmaster of a Top 50 school and the founder of the Catholic...
The Nfl’s Leadership Breakdown
September 26, 2017
Every organizational leader of even average talent knows that an essential element of leadership is what we often refer to as “energy management.” In simplest terms, this means finding ways to instill positive energy in your employees and your customers...
The Healing Touch Of Sacred Art: Just What...
September 26, 2017
DENVER, CO (CNA/EWTN News)—The intersection of art, medicine, and faith in the Catholic tradition has a lot to teach today, especially if you’re a doctor. “Catholic art has a long history of demonstrating the beauty of the human person, beauty both...
Thomas Ackerman, Printer
September 26, 2017
By Joseph O'Brien At a time when email, ebooks and iPhones seem to have eclipsed snail mail, paperbacks and anything in hard copy, owner and manager of Spirit Printing Services, Inc., of Chula Vista, CA, Thomas Ackerman (pictured left) has...
Medical Sanity Vs. Economic Quackery: Ethical Response To...
September 26, 2017
By Kevin J. Jones WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNA/EWTN News)—A research paper that depicts the growth of Catholic health care as a threat to reproductive health ignores the attraction of Catholic hospitals and downplays the ethical concerns about procedures like abortion and...
Vatican Seeks To Reel-in Fair Trade Certification For...
September 26, 2017
By Hannah Brockhaus VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News)—An upcoming world congress by the Catholic organization Apostleship of the Sea will focus on the plight of fishermen, who frequently face exploitation in carrying out their work, according to one Vatican official. He lamented...
China’s Coercive Population Control Policy Turns 37 This...
September 26, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—China’s coercive population control policy turns 37 this week (September 25). The news media touted the Two Child Policy as having “abandoned,” “ended” or “ditched” the One Child Policy. However, forced abortion, involuntary sterilization, the monitoring of women’s menstrual...
Mexico: Children Rescued From Collapsed School Building
September 22, 2017
God Bless Mexico!! In the aftermath of Tuesday's powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake—as collapsed buildings, shock, devastation and the unimaginable pain of suddenly discovering the fate of lost loved ones transform parts of Mexico City and the surrounding region into chaos,...
Beware Demagoguery In Unexpected Places And Persons
September 18, 2017
In 1912 the father of an old friend contemplated a political career. In his idealism he traveled to Chicago for the Bull Moose Convention of the National Progressive Party. Its delegates announced that they were “battling for the Lord” and...
Breaking Bad! Is Missalette Music To Blame For...
September 16, 2017
Why has church attendance dropped off so dramatically in the last 50 years? There are a whole range of reasons, I am sure...but if you ask me, one of the main contributory factors is the music that is generally heard...
Why I'm Boycotting The Nfl
September 14, 2017
It’s football season again and I’ve finally crossed the threshold. For years I’ve been threatening a personal boycott of the National Football League. During August, after much deliberation, I took the leap. I will not attend any more professional games....
Finding A Roadmap For Serving Our Fellowman
September 13, 2017
September would normally cause lots of activity around children going back to school and recent high school graduates starting a new major phase of their life at college. Also, remembering the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center and those...
Remembering 9-11-2001
September 12, 2017
Today we honor and remember those who lost their lives and the police, firemen, and volunteers who risked theirs in the terrorist attacks on 9/11. It is not widely known, but there is a Ground Zero Catholic Memorial at St....
Napa Institute 2017: Religious Persecution In U.s. More...
September 11, 2017
Just days ago, on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, Senator Diane Feinstein pronounced that Amy Barrett, a respected law professor at Notre Dame, may have excluded herself from a federal judgeship by virtue of being a faithful Catholic. Senator Al Franken...
Get Your Priorities Right, It Makes All The...
September 11, 2017
In the tumultuous eleventh century, seven monks including Saint Bruno formed the Carthusian order, dedicated to prayer for the serenity of souls, taking as their motto: “Stat crux dum volvitur orbis” — the Cross stands as the world spins. September’s...
Got Hacked? What To Do Now
September 8, 2017
If you use a credit or debit card, or do anything online, there is a good chance at least some of your personal information—birthdate, social security information, drivers license, bank passwords and more—were stolen in the July and August hack...
The Solar Eclipse: A Symbol Of Unity
September 7, 2017
While the world today appears to be consumed mostly by subjective truths based on individual experiences, opinions, and feelings; the universe delivers a different message through the eclipse, one of predictable and objective truth! There was nothing to argue about...
Weigel: “we Have A Fractured Moral Community…this Is...
September 5, 2017
Special to the Catholic Business Journal— NAPA, CA – Syndicated columnist, NBC News Vatican analyst, and Catholic Theologian, George Weigel, spoke to an overflow crowd on “The Next Great Awakening?” at the 2017 Annual Napa Institute. Weigel began by noting...
Anheuser-busch And Millercoors Shut Down Beer Production To...
August 30, 2017
Jesus changed water into wine. Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors are changing beer production into canned water production to help Hurricane Harvey victims. God bless American ingenuity and ethical leadership! The companies did the same for Katrina victims not so long ago. ...
Right-sizing Your Team
August 28, 2017
‘Right-sizing’ has to be one of the more detested words in modern business language, mostly because the use of it often indicates a lack of courage. Rather than come right out and say ‘lay-off’ or ‘firing,’ too many leaders announce...
Not Even For A Nun
August 24, 2017
Sixty-four year old Sister Joseph Marie Ruessmann, of Alma, Michigan died Thursday night from injuries sustained from a hit-and-run car accident. She was riding her bike Thursday morning near a convent when the hit and run occurred. Sister Joseph Marie,...
America's Lack Of Empathy
August 22, 2017
Most Americans want basically the same things: general prosperity, a reasonably well-educated populace that is steadily becoming healthier, a responsive government that is neither bloated nor corrupt, a social environment that is both safe and free, and a sustainable natural...
Total Eclipse - Best Reference Site Nasa
August 21, 2017
On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality can see one of nature’s most awe inspiring sights - a total solar eclipse. This path,...
Committees And More Committees, Yet No Work Done,...
August 16, 2017
As a young girl, during my week-long Camp Fire Girls camping adventure away from home (the best part!), we learned a little song that preceded every announcement. It went like this, "Announcements, Announcements, Annou-ou-ou-ncements. A horrible death to die... A...
2017 Napa Institute: Bishops Outline Major Cultural Challenges...
August 15, 2017
NAPA, CA – Four bishops—Most Reverend Borys Gudziak, Eparch of the Ukrainian Greek Eparchy of Paris, Most Reverend Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, Most Reverend Samuel Aquila of Denver, and Most Reverend Thomas Paprocki of Springfield—joined by George Weigel, a...
Advice To A Young Priest
August 8, 2017
The illusion of one being perpetually young was shattered in my case recently when a publishing firm asked me to write some advice to a young priest from the perspective of an elder. For me, youth was a permanent state....
From The Pastor: Addressing The Transgender "issue" With...
August 6, 2017
The Transfiguration of our Lord did not change him into another form of nature. After the event he was the same man taking the apostles down the mountain as he was when he took them up. As for us, said...
Napa Institute: "today, It’s A Danger To Believe"...
August 3, 2017
Special to the Catholic Business Journal—NAPA, CA – Author, Senior Research Fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute and former Senior Fellow at the Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, Mary Eberstadt, addressed an overflow crowd Friday at the Napa Institute with...
From The Pastor: Regroup If You Must, Then...
July 30, 2017
Jan Struther (1901-1953) wrote popular hymns but is best known for the book that became the 1942 film Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. The Dunkirk evacuation figures in it and was emotive propaganda as the United States...
Live From Napa Institute: Newsbits, Highlights From Napa...
July 29, 2017
Special to the Catholic Business Journal— Registration for this year’s Napa Institute topped 550 people. The Meritage Hotel, where the annual conference is held, will soon be doubling its size and able to accommodate many more in 2018. Best-selling author...
Facebook Shuts Down More Than 20 Catholic Sites
July 29, 2017
(CNA/EWTN News) In the last 24 hours more than twenty Catholic pages, some with millions of followers, have been blocked by Facebook for unknown reasons. Of the known affected pages, 21 are based in Brazil, and four are English-language pages,...
Live From Napa Institute: Archbishop Chaput Opens 7th...
July 29, 2017
NAPA, CA—Special to the Catholic Business Journal. Archbishop Charles Chaput opened this year’s Napa Institute with a provocative talk on how Catholics can live in these rapidly changing times. He began by culling from a recent Pew study that highlighted...
11-month-old Charlie Gard Has Died, But The Moral...
July 28, 2017
London, England—Charlie Gard died today. Charlie is the 11-month-old baby boy born in England who was diagnosed with a rare mitochondrial disease, a horrific disease that paralyzes muscles and causes brain damage. His was one of only 16 reported cases...
Skinny Version Of Repeal Obamacare Blocked By 3...
July 28, 2017
"3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down. As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!" tweeted President Trump. The so-called "skinny" version of repealing Obamacare would have defunded Planned Parenthood by diverting millions...
Michigan Lawsuit Threatens Religious Liberties Of Catholic Adoption...
July 25, 2017
LANSING, MI (CNA/EWTN News)—Faith-based adoption agencies won't be able to adhere to their religious mission in Michigan if a lawsuit challenging state law succeeds, critics say. “This suit challenging Michigan's law is mean-spirited, divisive and intolerant,” the Michigan Catholic Conference said...
China’s Coercive Population Control Policy Turns 37 This...
July 25, 2017
By Reggie Littlejohn WASHINGTON, D.C.—China’s coercive population control policy turns 37 this week (September 25). The news media touted the Two Child Policy as having “abandoned,” “ended” or “ditched” the One Child Policy. However, forced abortion, involuntary sterilization, the...
Mexico: Children Rescued From Collapsed School Building
July 25, 2017
God Bless Mexico!! In the aftermath of Tuesday's powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake—as collapsed buildings, shock, devastation and the unimaginable pain of suddenly discovering the fate of lost loved ones transform parts of Mexico City and the surrounding region into chaos,...
Consecration To Immaculate Heart Of Mary: The Ultimate...
July 25, 2017
By Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted The famous Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn spent nearly 50 years studying the history of the bloody revolution that took the lives of some 60 million of his countrymen. In the process, he read hundreds...
From The Pastor: Saint Charbal, The Maronites And...
July 24, 2017
There are saints whose lives were inconspicuous and whose canonizations surprised some who thought they were unexceptional. There are others whose mystical gifts were so prodigious that they made every effort, sometimes amusingly as in the instance of Philip Neri,...
From The Pastor: The Survival Of Christianity Depends...
July 17, 2017
In the nineteenth century, the poet Adam Mickiewicz dramatized the theme of his suffering Poland as the “Christ of Nations” and, in an image used by many others, Poland was crucified in the twentieth century between the two thieves of...
Floral Artist Asks U.s. Supreme Court To Protect...
July 15, 2017
WASHINGTON –A floral artist from Washington state asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to reverse a decision by the state’s high court which concluded that the government can force her—and, by extension, other creative professionals—to create artistic expression and participate...
Full Text Innaugural Speech Of President Donald J....
July 4, 2017
“Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans and people of the world, thank you. We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its...
From The Pastor: The Reality Of Our Times
July 2, 2017
The film Cabaret is better known these days than the novel The Berlin Stories on which its screenplay is based. Christopher Isherwood described the dissolute culture of a demoralized people, which gave rise to the National Socialists. Heroes in the...
The Miracle At Our Lady Of Peace In...
June 30, 2017
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast—There’s nothing on earth quite like the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. It is one of the tallest churches anywhere, with a 518-foot-high basilica that tops the Vatican’s St. Peter’s. Guinness World Records calls it the largest...
Chalk Girl: Hong Kong 20 Years After British...
June 19, 2017
The 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China by the British is coming up in July 2017. You must see The Guardian's "Chalk Girl," the girl at the heart of Hong Kong's democracy movement. Here's why: We hear much...
God So Loved The World: The Humility Of...
June 19, 2017
Our Lord's admonition that much will be required of those to whom much has been given, applies most vividly to us. We have been given so much in the way of inventions and medicine and comparative wealth, but above all...
Millennials: Do You Have Something To Say To...
June 16, 2017
Vatican News (CNA/EWTN News) - The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops announced the launch of a new website for the upcoming synod on youth, and encouraged young people to take the survey available there. The theme for the...
Are We Really More Intelligent Than Other Eras?
June 15, 2017
Truthfully, it is impossible to effectively PROVE that we—in 2017, as a society/as humans—are more intelligent than those who lived centuries (or millennia) ago, or vice versa. However, if we consider a few thoughts, anecdotes and some data, we might...
Trinity Sunday: Worship Of The "holy, Holy, Holy"...
June 12, 2017
The Feast of the Holy Trinity follows Pentecost because it is only by the inspiration of the Third Person of the Trinity, who leads into all truth, that the mystery of the Trinity can be known. Human intelligence needs God’s...
Beyond Human Imagination: The Glory Of The Gift...
June 5, 2017
The fire that Moses saw was not by any definition what we know as fire, for it did not burn the blazing bush. The light that shone from Christ in his Transfiguration was not what is light in the canons...
Yet Another Terrorist Attack In London: A Bigger...
June 4, 2017
Less than two weeks after the Manchester suicide bombing and just three months after a terrorist ploughed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before stabbing a policeman to death at Parliament, Saturday night, June 3, saw people scrambling amid two terrorist...
This Is What It Looks Like When A...
June 1, 2017
Bravo Coach Jasikevicius! EuroLeague pro basketball legend and current head coach for the pro basketball team Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian League, Coach Sarunas Jasikevicius flat stunned a reporter who repeatedly questioned why one of Jasikevicius’ star players didn’t play in...
From The Pastor: The Romance Of Orthodoxy
May 31, 2017
It is a wise policy, issuing from experience, and one hopes not from cynicism, to distrust email messages that begin by saying that the writer is “excited to share” something. Inevitably, this involves an overuse of exclamation points and much...
From The Pastor: Only Holiness Evangelizes
May 14, 2017
A few blocks north of our church, at 1664 Broadway in the old Warners’ Theatre which was demolished in 1952, the first Vitaphone talking film, The Jazz Singer, opened on October 6, 1927. I have been astonished that some of...
National Day Of Prayer: Trump Signs New Exec...
May 4, 2017
Today, May 4, marks the 2017 National Day of Prayer. This year’s theme is For Your Great Name’s Sake! Hear Us…Forgive Us…Heal Us!, inspired by the Scripture verse Daniel 9:19. This year the National Day of Prayer Washington DC Observance...
Breaking News: Repeal And Replace Obamacare Bill Passes...
May 4, 2017
Just hours ago, the U.S. House of Representatives approved its version of repeal and replace what most refer to as “Obamacare.” Even political commentators at The Hill call the newly approved House bill “a good deal.” Eric Schleider of the...
President Trump's First 100 Days Through The Lens...
April 30, 2017
They say that Lyndon B. Johnson could arm-wrangle legislation through Congress like no one else. He would urge his aides to seize the moment in the wake of his historic 1964 victory, telling them that “Eighteen months from now, Ol’...
The Road To Emmaus, Or To Wherever You...
April 30, 2017
Rare is the obituary that can match that of Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880-1963) who died as the most decorated soldier in the British Army. He was born to a Belgian father and Irish mother, though reputed to be...
Too Good To Be True?
April 27, 2017
You know that feeling when you discover something that seems too good to be true, and you have a hard time convincing someone of it? People listen to you and begin to wonder, what’s the catch? That’s how I feel...
From The Pastor: The Stones Themselves Cry Out
April 17, 2017
To write about the Resurrection of Christ is the hardest task, for the event is the deepest of all mysteries, and yet it is also the easiest to address because its power permeates every human action. This was planned by...
An Interview With The Pastor: Preaching Jesus On...
April 13, 2017
At noon on Good Friday at St. Michael’s Church in midtown Manhattan — just blocks from Penn Station — Father George W. Rutler, author of The Seven Ages of Man: Meditations on the Last Words of Christ, will be leading...
Holy Week -- An Invitation To Discover Christ...
April 13, 2017
As we celebrate this Good Friday, we commemorate the singular event of our salvation, in the free offering of Jesus’ life on the Cross. As we venerate His Cross, let us also recall those in our midst who carry their...
The Parish In New York City's Hell's Kitchen:...
April 2, 2017
When the original and lamented Pennsylvania Station designed by McKim, Mead & White was under construction in the first decade of the last century, our parish was not in a salutary area. The New York Tribune described it as a...
Prayer Changes Everything: The Jihadist Turned Christian
March 27, 2017
ISTANBUL — When 22 Christian refugees gathered in the basement of an apartment in Istanbul early on a recent Sunday afternoon, it was quickly clear that this was no ordinary prayer meeting. Several of them had Islamic names. There was...
Laetare Sunday: Jerusalem The Golden
March 26, 2017
Laetare Sunday is a relaxation from what, in our culture, are usually the not-too-rigorous rigors of this penitential season. Thoughts of the Heavenly Jerusalem occasioned the hymn “Jerusalem the Golden.” (Click here for choir, here for words) Ours is a...
Dwight Clark: Nfl Superstar Announces Fight Of His...
March 21, 2017
If there are any doubts about whether everything in life--even your work--is integrated, Dwight Clark is one of the finest examples of the truth: YES! As he was on the football field—fearless, focused, pioneering, always giving his best game—so he...
Keep It Real: Words And Meaning Matter
March 21, 2017
In an age of moral confusion, there are those who would suggest that the word “not” has been interpolated in several of the Commandments. It is easy to make words mean what one wants them to mean: in fiction, Humpty...
The Three Temptations
March 13, 2017
Since no one was with our Lord during the forty days he spent in the wilderness, it is obvious that he later related it to his disciples. Perhaps this was among the secret things he revealed during the forty days...