If you missed The Mentors Radio Show live interview with Harold Burson, co-founder of the world’s largest PR firm Burson-Marsteller and a man of exceptional generosity and principles, no problem. The podcast version is available here, and an extra, private interview is available by signing up for the podcast (free). To pique your interest, below…
Following is an interesting article by Alex Benady for PRWeek on Harold Burson, one worth reading to the end. Even better, hear him in person as The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie interviews Mr. Burson in person on the show’s upcoming episode. Find a podcast of the show here. The photo reflects Mr. Bruson back…
Judge Kavanaugh’s fall confirmation is rapidly approaching, reigniting the conversation around abortion making groups like Planned Parenthood nervous. In Ohio, a critical court battle is underway that may well make its way to the Supreme Court, and could prove an early test for a newly-minted Justice Kavanaugh. The Ohio case questions Planned Parenthood’s access to…
Mary Pat Donoghue, Director of School Services at the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education, has been named as the new Executive Director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). “We are enormously proud and excited that Mary Pat’s experience and commitment to the renewal of Catholic education…
by Karen A. Walker — Now in its ninth year, the Napa Institute has evolved into a wide grouping of interesting persons—lay men and women, religious orders, and clergy of every rank, each passionately following remarkably unique and varied paths, yet each profoundly united in a shared priority to obey and serve God fully with…
As a young seminarian in the Diocese of Brooklyn, Abbot Eugene Hayes of St. Michael’s Abbey, Silverado, CA, witnessed firsthand the vocation crisis the Church experienced shortly after the changes brought about in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. But as leader of the hundred-strong community of Norbertine fathers, brothers and novitiates living at…
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 14, at the Hyatt Regency in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Gabriel Awards are presented annually…
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 by the land use provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).”…
(BBC) When Melissa Ohden was 14 she learned a shocking secret – her mother had tried to abort her. She was saved by a nurse who heard her crying as she lay among medical waste at a US hospital. This is the story of her survival, and of the mother who thought she was dead.…
Deacon Andrew J. DeSilva, a seminarian who completed his fourth year theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University and a resident of Westfield, NJ, is one of 13 seminary and divinity school students and early-career clergy chosen for the 2018 Seminary Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics…
March 27, 2018
by Gregory N. Weiler and Charles S. Limandri — On Friday, March 19, the Daily Journal [which describes itself as “California’s largest legal news provider”—ed. note] published a blistering and provocative article on St. Thomas More authored by San Diego trial attorney, Dan Lawton. St. Thomas More was the famous 16th Century lawyer, Judge and…
March 26, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (CNA/EWTN News)—Controversy over a $25 million grant from The Papal Foundation to a Rome hospital at the request of Pope Francis has prompted the foundation to say some claims about the issue are inaccurate, but that it will review its mission and take corrective measures where necessary. The Philadelphia-based foundation said March 22…
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 moments more perceptive than his vague religiosity: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored…
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 co-founding and running one of U.S.’s 20 most promising biotechnology solution providers. Her company, Title21,…
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 close the sacred site indefinitely, protesting two controversial proposals in the city. The proposals…
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.
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 a vocation, and for this reason serving the under-served is an integral part of Dr.…
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, for many schools it has meant an iPad for every student, laptops in every classroom. However,…
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, in some cases, skip class to march for an end to abortion. Here are some of…
LOS ANGELES (CNA/EWTN News)—Karen Gaffney (pictured left) has swum the English Channel, is the president of a global non-profit, and has an honorary doctorate. She’ll share her story in Los Angeles this Saturday, at an annual event designed to celebrate human dignity. She’ll also share the obstacles she’s had to overcome. “You see, I have Down syndrome,…
