We are now well into the first quarter of 2026. It has now been a full year since my last Catholic Business Journal article. During that time Pat and I have been continuing our work helping provide for more assistance to women in need at the St. John Paul II Life Center in Austin, Texas,…
EWTN News, CBJ and other sources—Georgetown University Right to Life carries the banner and leads the 53rd National March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Jan. 23, including SO MANY YOUNG ADULTS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS! Every January, tens of thousands of people march on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for “the largest annual human rights…
In a culture obsessed with overnight success, the standard formula for advancement often looks like a frantic sprint. We look for the “hot young coordinator” or the breakout star who strikes gold immediately. However, the recent triumph of Curt Cignetti, college football’s oldest first-time national champion in the title-game era, offers a powerful rebuttal to…
As we start this new year, I cannot recommend this book enough—The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz. As you probably know, Jim Loehr is a remarkable human performance psychologist, author of 17 books (so far), the founder…
Technically, AI writing tools are not classified as robots because they aren’t physical things. However, in the following article, I sometimes refer to them as “robots” because it’s the best I can do, for now, to explain my thinking. This is not so much a web tip as a meditation on something we’re all facing…
Tom Perkins, the co-founder of the legendary venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, was a towering figure in the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship. I had the distinct privilege of learning directly from him. Perkins’ influence on my journey Tom’s influence on my professional journey is profound and enduring. The lessons I gleaned from our…
As fires raged (and as of this writing, continue to rage) throughout southern California, two world-renown museums—the iconic, large, modern Getty Museum on the edge of northwest Los Angeles and the more intimately designed Getty Villa just outside Malibu—lay directly in the line of fast-moving, out-of-control, uncontained fires. Each houses irreplaceable masterpiece art and historic…
CNA—After the Archdiocese of Philadelphia found that 83% of baptized Catholics are missing from the pews in the archdiocese, Archbishop Nelson Pérez decided to launch a missionary outreach program in his archdiocese to “invite people home.” The number of “missing Catholics” is based on Mass count attendance data compiled each year by the archdiocese. (The…
CNA/ACI Prensa—The cause for canonization of Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw took another step forward this week as the alleged miracle attributed to his intercession passed the medical stage and will now be evaluated by a commission of theologians of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. The vice postulator of the cause and the military…
CNA—The president of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) credited concern for human dignity and the economy as possible reasons why a majority of Catholics voted for the now-President-elect Donald Trump. Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who also heads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, on a Thursday segment of EWTN’s “The World Over…
On this Feast of the great Saint Michael the Archangel and ultimate defender of Christ in the hierarchy of Creation, we herein post a truly inspiring and fascinating talk about St. Michael and the Angels, delivered by Fr. Sebastian Walshe O.Praem., a Norbertine priest of St. Michael’s Abbey, located in Santiago Canyon, California. Please share!…
We are proud to introduce you to our two newest sponsors: Charity Mobile and Anchor Point Capital. Charity Mobile Founded in 1996 with the tradename Cause Based Commerce Inc, Charity Mobile has been offering a brilliant, well-conceived and creative way to help pro-life and pro-family efforts by offering reliable mobile phone service nationwide at affordable…
Book Review: “Sapiens Reinvented” by Dr. Jim Loehr Dr. Jim Loehr, the renowned performance psychologist and co-founder of the Human Performance Institute, who gained worldwide recognition for his groundbreaking, science-based energy management training system, has embarked on a profound journey with his latest book, Sapiens Reinvented: Saving the Species from a Deadly Evolutionary Flaw. A…
Fox Digital—Harrison Butker, Kansas City Chiefs kicker and co-founder of the fashion brand Shepherd’s, told Fox News Digital about his new menswear company, as well as his fervent faith beliefs. Butker and co-founders Chris Cottrell, Nathan Price and Austin Wright—all practicing Catholics—recently launched Shepherd’s, a men’s clothing line where faith and fashion “fit together.” While…
We cull here primarily from the Wall Street Journal and from the BBC, all links are included below for more robust reading. Today, three years after his arrest by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who now rule Hong Kong, devout Catholic and successful, wealthy news mogul Jimmy Lai was arrested. He faces life in prison…
OMIWorld & VaticanNews—“Anna’s House” is celebrating 25 years since it was founded by Italian missionary, Fr. Vincenzo Bordo, OMI, also known as “God’s Chef”, who has served more than 30 million meals and saved hundreds of children from the streets. Anna’s House Father Vincenzo Bordo, OMI, also known by the nickname “God’s Chef”, is an…
Giandonato Salvia leveraged his economics degree and passion for helping others to create Tucum, a “suspended economy” app that offers services and goods of various kinds to the poorest people…his family background and his thinking INSPIRES… ________________________________________________________________ “Our real target,” Salvio says, “is the poor and it is for them that we want to become…
CNA—Ninety-six loans and just over $96 million. That’s the track record thus far of Catholic Finance Corporation (CFC), a Minneapolis-based Catholic firm that has issued tens of millions of dollars in loans to regional Catholic organizations and groups over the past few decades. Michael Laughery, the group’s director of partner services, told CNA that the…
CNA—Pope Francis on Monday called on entrepreneurs to be “prophets“ and to continue to transform the economy. “We are living in an era of notorious economic and social imbalances,” the pope told members of two Spanish associations of entrepreneurs at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Oct. 17. It was “urgent to propose a suitable economy…
CNA w/ edits—A major gas station chain in Brazil is building chapels for the Blessed Sacrament on the country’s highways as an “oasis” for travelers. It is normal for travelers to stop at a gas station to fill a vehicle’s gas tank and maybe grab a bite to eat or take some time to rest,…
