July 26, 2016
In a PANEL DISCUSSION with Archbishop Bernadito Ausa (Vatican Observer at the United Nations), Archbishop Alexander Sample (Portland), Bishop Michael Barber (Oakland), Bishop Robert Vasa (Santa Rosa), this year’s Napa Institute BISHOPS PANEL focused on the topic: “Genuine Mercy in the Year of Mercy.” Mercy is at the heart of Pope Francis’
July 26, 2016
The Napa Institute’s 2016 array of speakers included Archbishop Bernadito Ausa, the Vatican’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations (UN), who delivered fascinating, insider-information regarding the topic of religion at the UN.
July 21, 2016
Pat and I have successfully completed a grandson’s high school graduation trip for Colton, with Hunter standing in for Chase who instead entered High Point University in North Carolina for summer school. Pat and I decided after taking granddaughter Morgan to London that seeing the National Parks in America would be our destination for grandchildren after each high school graduation.
July 19, 2016
Exclusive to the Catholic Business Journal by Thomas Loarie, reporting from the Napa Institute. Carly Fiorina, in conversation with Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B Anthony List, stated that she hoped Donald Trump follows through on his vow to “blow things up in Washington D.C.,” adding
July 19, 2016
Special to the Catholic Business Journal by Thomas Loarie, reporting on the Napa Institute – Princeton Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Dr.
July 16, 2016
A mere 45-seconds——yes, only 45 seconds—of sheer terror on France’s renown beach resort in Nice resulted in 84 dead, including 10 children, according to Paris prosecutor François Molins. Another 202 victims were injured.
July 12, 2016
More wonderful insider tidbits from the Napa Institute conference which ended Sunday afternoon, thanks to Catholic Business Journal’s on-site reporter, columnist and senior editorial advisor, Thomas M. Loarie. These wonderful tidbits involve Mel Gibson, Bishop Barron and more….
Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” Previewed at the Napa Institute
July 9, 2016
Weigel Keynote Opens 6th Annual Napa Institute with an insightful exposé that American Exceptionalism is Under Attack. (for daily tweets from the floor of the Napa Institute, go to www.Twitter.com/CatholicBizNews – @CatholicBizNews)
NAPA, CA, July 8, 2016 – American author and political and Catholic social activist, George Weigel, opened the 6th Annual Napa Institute here yesterday. The theme of this year’s Institute is “Authentic Catholicism.” Weigel began by showing how “American Exceptionalism” has not been a fantasy but a reality.
“One can see it in our daily lives,” Weigel said. “We have been a
July 1, 2016
Whenever I speak to a group of executives about organizational health, I explain that leaders must “institutionalize a company’s culture without bureaucratizing it.” People universally respond to this, most likely because they understand the painful impact of creeping bureaucracy. But what is it about bureaucracy that provokes such a reaction in people?
June 29, 2016
The month of June has brought several events that have given me happiness and joy. June 11 was one of those milestone year birthdays for my wife, Pat, and celebrating with family was most important. Two grandsons, Chase and Colton, graduated from high school. Then Father’s Day brought a wonderful opportunity to be with my three sons, their wives and 9 of our 16 grandchildren.&
June 24, 2016
“Brexit debate; the EU referendum is a battle for Britain’s soul,” headlines a worthy article by William Cash in The Catholic Herald. “Again and again over the last century, the Establishment has been wrong. And it is wrong again today.”
June 15, 2016
Judge Diane Bull’s swift dismissal of the bogus charge against CMP founder David Daleiden of trafficking human organs is the latest confirmation that the indictments from a runaway grand jury in Houston were politically-motivated all along.
June 15, 2016
Catholic Textbook Project, the premiere publisher of history and social studies textbooks for Catholic schools, featured prominently at the 2016 Midwest Conference on Catholic Liberal Arts Education held June 13-14 at Holy Name School in Escanaba, MI, and sponsored by the Diocese of
June 13, 2016
Wouldn’t it be great to have the federal government—U.S. taxpayers, that is—give your business or nonprofit organization a whopping $500,000 MILLION, free and clear, every year?!!!
Nice, if you can get it, right?! Well, it really is true, Planned Parenthood is that nonprofit. It’s no
One California doctor eager to help people commit suicide if they want to do so, and if they meet certain, rather subjective, qualifications, has his clinic ready to open on the date the CA law goes into effect on Thursday,June 9, 2016. Interestingly, the new California Suicide Law became law in large part thanks to
June 8, 2016
Many people, including most scientists, teachers, and people educated in the public school system over the past 30-40 years, believe in the THEORY of evolution and place Charles Darwin on an untouchable pedestal. Yet, his close evolutionary cohort and friend, Alfred Wallace (1823-1913), declared emphatically and conclusively that there is no intelligent / significant life
June 1, 2016
Schools and school districts—including Catholic schools—that accept federal funding may want to rethink that age-old decision for easy-flowing government cash. There are strings attached. And recently those strings took on bizarre consequences that threaten student safety and
May 31, 2016
In a video message to the faithful, Springfield, Illinois Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, a well-known defender of Catholic orthodoxy, said transgender activists have turned “common sense…on its head in our culture” by insisting that subjective feelings about gender be given preference over biological reality.
May 31, 2016
This year, 2016, the Jubilee Year of Mercy happens to also be the 800th Anniversary of the confirmation of the Order of Preachers (O.P.), the order founded by St. Dominic. On May 21, 11 men were ordained to the priesthood in National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.
May 26, 2016
(Please Note: In this very special article, Catholic Business Journal has linked each site and book mentioned. It’s worth clicking on the links to get a robust sense of the magnificence of this pilgrimage to Rome.—ed.)
We had high excitement and expectations as Pat and I prepared for our Rome adventure with our dear friends,