With all the news coverage around Roe v Wade Catholic business owners may have missed a change a few days earlier that affects their daily technology footprint costs. Google recently announced that it will now charge for basic technology needs that used to be offered free to businesses. According to the New York Times, “Google…
CNA—Sister Mary Antona Ebo was the only black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. “I’m here because I’m a Negro, a nun, a Catholic, and because I want to bear witness,” Sister Mary Antona Ebo said to fellow demonstrators at a March 10, 1965…
I am like so many lay Catholics, regular parishioners in pews and parishes throughout the United States, who respectfully yearn to hear the voice of our bishops amid today’s various shades of increasing social upheaval and confusion—a voice anchored profoundly in the truths of Christ, His Teachings, and His Church that has safeguarded those teachings…
Quick Observations: Reason, Faith and Common Sense — contrary to media hype and distortion — enables us humans to make clear distinctions such as “Love the sinner, Hate the sin.” It is against Truth and reality to call something against nature, “natural.” It is against the most fundamental tenants of our Faith to treat any…
CNA—Following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, speculation on who President Donald Trump will nominate to replace the Justice has focused on Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who currently serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Who is Amy Coney Barrett? Barrett first…
Joel Manby’s Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders is an excellent book that is worth your time and money. Over the course of my career, there have been hundreds of books published on leadership effectiveness. While they all have their own twist, the best of them all share a common thread. They are all…
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…
June 18, 2014 Every year, a small percentage of Catholics in business do switch to what they expect will be a more fulfilling line of work—including religious non-profit fields. Every year, a small percentage of Catholics in business do switch to what they expect will be a more fulfilling line of work—including religious non-profit fields. Here’s a way…
January 9, 2010 Don’t miss Saturday’s live, call-in radio show, The Catholic Business Hour, when host Dick Lyles interviews three-time Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist Jim Newman. A lifelong Catholic, Mr. Newman’s journalism career spans three decades and includes his most recent work on KABC-TV in Los Angeles, where he provided insightful financial information on the morning, midday…
January 2, 2010 The Catholic Business Hour radio host Dick Lyles will deliver a special January 2 live, call-in program. No guest is scheduled for the show. Instead, Mr. Lyles will discuss the role of business in a spiritually driven society, including a discussion about the Catholic church’s teachings regarding capitalism and faith. “Some people assume that faith…
December 8, 2009 Did you know that the Feast of the Immaculate Conception has special meaning for the Catholic Business Journal? We are consecrated under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception, imitating St. Maximilian Kolbe, a patron of modern communication, in his unwavering devotion to the Immaculata. Further, our mission is to encourage other Catholic professionals at all…
November 28, 2009 On Saturday morning, November 28, Thomas M. Loarie, Chairman and CEO of Mercador MedSystems, Inc., and a career life science executive with more than 30 years experience growing multi-national medical technology companies, will discuss his faith and the life science field on The Catholic Business Hour radio show with Host Dick Lyles. Loarie is not…
I am an observer. People fascinate me and I enjoy listening to their stories, challenges and triumphs. As the Managing Partner of Bell Oaks Executive Search, I have interviewed and spoken with thousands of individuals in career transition over the last 10 years. These interactions, along with my other experiences in executive search, have helped…
November 2, 2009 by Rev. Lawrence G. Dunklee, M.Div., M.A. “Mr. Businessman went to Mass, he never missed a Sunday. Mr. Businessman went to hell for what he did on Monday.” This well-known poetic ditty is often cited by people who work in Catholic social justice as a clever way of reminding us of the importance of…
October 21, 2009 By Brian Lopez Poverty, Violence, Death; what is a kid to do? Have HOPE! Hope as a word is difficult to understand. It can be defined as many different things depending on the individual. But as a concept, hope can be the most dangerous possession a person can have. Dangerous, in that it can help…
October 17, 2009 VIDEO: John Clark (guest on The Catholic Business Hour) and Jim Kelly, co-founders of The Paladin Financial Group, discuss ethical investing.
October 8, 2009 Maybe it was just the kind of kid I was, but I’m guessing that most children are constantly reminded by adults to be more efficient. Maybe not exactly in those words. More likely it comes in the form of phrases like “don’t be late”, “use your time wisely”, “don’t waste money” or even “turn off…
October 8, 2009 Tune in Saturday morning, October 10, from 11 a.m. to Noon EST (8 a.m. – 9 a.m. PST) to The Catholic Business Hour with host Dick Lyles, and catch a live, call-in interview with Mary Cunningham Agee, a former Wall Street banker and Marketing Strategist for two Fortune 100 companies who transformed a personal…
October 2, 2009 Tune in Saturday morning, October 3, from 11 a.m. to Noon EST (8 a.m. – 9 a.m. PST) to The Catholic Business Hour with host Dick Lyles, and catch a live, call-in interview with husband and wife, Robert and Berni Neal on the topic of Philanthropy. Married for 25 years, Rob is an investment real…
September 24, 2009 Tune in Saturday morning, September 26, from 11 a.m. to Noon EST (8 a.m. – 9 a.m. PST) to The Catholic Business Hour with host Dick Lyles, and catch a live, call-in interview with Dr. Vincent Fortanasce.A world-renown, pioneering, Yale- and USC-trained neurologist, bio-ethicist, author and radio show host, Dr. Fortanesce is one of the…
