As our beautiful country – the United States of America – celebrates its 250th year today, July 4th. We decided to feature the history and meaning of the flag that symbolizes our union. June 14, 1777, marks the date of the first official United States flag, approved by an act of Congress. Many forget that…
Now approaching midyear, it is time to focus on an even greater challenge than getting through the eye of the needle and that is where we find the situation of the “family” in American society and to a certain extent around the world. As I have healed from my two hip replacements it has presented…
Navigating the New Market: A Review of “Job Hunting in the AI Era: Practical Tips and Proven Strategies” Since 2001, I’ve reviewed well over a thousand books, and I actively look for those rare volumes that offer practical, battle-tested wisdom over mere academic theory. In my work co-leading a ministry that has helped over 6,000…
Jimmy Lai, a prominent media mogul of Hong Kong and a devout Catholic, has just been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Communist regime. Read his hand-written letter from jail on how he sees his actions on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square, for which he was arrested, as a witness to his Catholic…
EWTNnews—78-year-old Jimmy Lai, the human rights advocate and outspoken Catholic who has faced what supporters say has been years of politicized prosecution and conviction in Hong Kong, was sentenced Monday, Feb. 9. to 20 years in prison over what Chinese officials claim were national security violations. The sentencing comes after Lai’s December conviction under China’s…
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…
Catholic investing principles and where you invest your dollars does matter. It does make a difference, in so many ways. Here is the single most important factor, innocent human life. Today is January 23rd and the March for Life is ongoing in Washington D.C. Despite Roe v. Wade being overturned, the issue of abortion continues…
For more than 50 years, in every-increasing numbers, young adults and youth have consistently braved travel and winter weather challenges to show up and walk in support of human life in the biggest pro-life walks—in Washington, D.C. and also for the past more than 20 years, in San Francisco, and in other pro-life walks across…
EWTN News—House Republican lawmakers unveiled a framework that outlines their budget priorities for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes permanently defunding large abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood. The Republican Study Committee, which is the largest Republican-aligned caucus in the House, published the framework on Jan. 13. The document is a starting point for crafting…
EWTN News—U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied knowledge of reports that his administration has restored millions of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood. According to Jan. 13 report in Politico, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last month restored Title X funding to Planned Parenthood. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on…
The hidden cost of A.I.—and how John Paul II’s words 40 years ago can help us navigate it… In these early days of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has made one thing clear: The responsible use of AI will be one of his central themes. It has me thinking about landscaping. Ten years ago, I…
CNA—Teachers, coaches, and other public and private school leaders said their religious liberty was threatened in American schools at a hearing conducted by President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission on Sept. 29. Speakers said there must be a fight for schools to bring back the “truth” to protect students and religious liberty. Joe Kennedy, a…
CNA—Aug 15, 2025—The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife and “co-president” Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua on Aug. 12 confiscated the iconic San José Catholic School in Jinotepe, accusing the school of having been a place where “coup-plotters tortured and murdered.” In a statement released by a media outlet aligned with the dictatorship, Murillo said that…
CBJ Note: Annunciation Catholic School has been serving South Minneapolis since 1923and is, according to their website, the only International Baccalaureate PYP Catholic school in Minnesota. CNA—After a pair of out-of-state school shootings in 2022 and 2023 shocked the nation, Minnesota’s bishops implored state lawmakers to provide security funding for local nonpublic schools. Now, two…
CBJ: As you read further, you will discover first-hand courage in young children amid a horrific tragedy and the Enduring Power of family faith and prayer, nurtured by good Catholic education… CNN—Before Endre Gunter was taken to emergency surgery to treat a gunshot wound to the stomach, the 13-year-old boy asked a surgeon to pause…
An Important Message from Principal DeBoer and Father Zehren Aug 27, 2025 Dear Annunciation Parish and School Family, We are navigating an impossible situation together at this time. No words can capture what we have gone through, what we are going through, and what we will go through in the coming days and weeks. But…
CNA, ed. CBJ—Most people think of St. Maximilian Kolbe as the heroic martyr who traded places with another prisoner in the Nazi’s horrific Auschwitz prison, resulting in a painful death by starvation, but there is much more of the story to tell. What would give someone the courage to do such a thing? And, why…
Review of The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love, by Vienna Pharaon Vienna Pharaon’s The Origins of You is one of the most eye-opening, compassionate, and transformative books I’ve read in years. It is not just a book about self-help or psychology – it’s a map…
CNA/NCR—A Massachusetts mayor is going to bat for including statues of two Catholic saints on the city’s new public safety building, saying he picked them because of their importance to police and firefighters and accusing opponents of harboring “‘negative attitudes’ toward Catholicism.” But lawyers for local residents who object to the planned 10-foot-high bronze statues…
