February 28, 2025
As my wife Pat and I reflect on the 15 years the St. John Paul II Life Center and Vitae Clinic which we co-founded in 2010 with Chris and Sheri Danze, we think about our goal to help women who have given birth to a beautiful girl or boy each being made in the image of God. We have been...
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February 13, 2025
Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling like you misfired - like you just didn’t quite connect? Or maybe you’re someone who looks around at others effortlessly forming deep relationships while you feel stuck on the outside? If so, you’re not alone. According to research, 50 to 60% of Americans feel socially disconnected at regular intervals in their...
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
February 1, 2025
Book review of The Hermit: The Priest who Saved a Soul, a Marriage and a Family, by Kevin Wells Kevin Wells’ The Hermit: The Priest Who Saved a Soul, a Marriage, and a Family is more than a memoir; it’s a profound exploration of sacrificial love, divine grace and the mysterious ways God works through the brokenness of our lives....
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
January 5, 2025
Book Review for Jeff Karp’s LIT: Life Ignition Tools: Use Nature's Playbook to Energize Your Brain, Spark Ideas and Ignite Action In LIT: Life Ignition Tools, Dr. Jeff Karp takes readers on a deeply personal and profoundly insightful journey, blending his experiences as a child struggling with ADHD with his professional achievements as a world-renowned biomedical innovator. This book is...
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
January 5, 2025
My readings from religious sources made Advent and Christmas particularly special. They raised wonderful questions and offered great guidance messaging about the life of Jesus and for each person’s life. Reflections on the Infancy Narratives According to Matthew: Where in Egypt are they supposed to go? How long will they be there? The angel doesn’t reveal the whole plan to...
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December 11, 2024
Helen Hoffner’s The Cross: A Universal Symbol is a remarkable exploration of one of humanity’s most enduring and profound symbols. From its ancient origins to its modern representations, this beautifully researched and richly detailed book provides a comprehensive overview of the cross, making it a treasure for anyone interested in history, faith, and culture. It is an excellent gift for...
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
November 23, 2024
Book Review: The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations – Great Results by Marilyn Gist, Ph.D. In a world where leadership is often equated with authority, power, and control, Marilyn Gist, Ph.D., takes us in a refreshingly different direction in her insightful book, The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations – Great Results. Gist, a professor emerita at...
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
November 18, 2024
The past days have seen the media launch an attack on an individual, Peter Hegseth, who President Trump has nominated for the cabinet level position of Defense Secretary. The condemnations arise from two tattoos he bears. I don’t know Mr. Hegseth, but I do know a reasonable amount about the tattoo designs. Both of the tattoos harken back to the...
Thomas "Tom" Carroll, CFA, is the president of Catholic Investment Strategies, a position in which he has passionately enjoyed serving since 2012. Prior to this position,...
November 17, 2024
Hollywood producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, 24, and many more) shares his secret to a “big” life and happiness in A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. More than intelligence, persistence or connections, curiosity has been the key to living the life he wanted. He now wants to show us how we can use it...
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
November 14, 2024
Trump's Diligent Efforts And What Lies Ahead The long-awaited outcome of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election has finally happened. Thank God for the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America! A person, namely Donald J Trump, who has risked his life and survived at least two assassination attempts should have earned the respect of...
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October 23, 2024
As we rapidly approach the finish line of this year’s presidential election, emotions run high and pundits weigh in on how its outcome may affect the stock market. Interestingly, history is unclear as to whether the stock market (as measured by the S&P 500 Index) cares which party ultimately holds the presidency. Republican or Democrat, the stock market seems to...
Thomas "Tom" Carroll, CFA, is the president of Catholic Investment Strategies, a position in which he has passionately enjoyed serving since 2012. Prior to this position,...
October 19, 2024
Book Review of "Quit" by Annie Duke. In Quit: The Power of Knowing when to walk away, Annie Duke, a former professional poker player and decision-making expert, flips the conventional narrative on its head by making a powerful case for the strategic value of quitting. Far from the negative stigma often associated with quitting, Duke presents it as a valuable...
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
October 12, 2024
Expanded Book Review: How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society, by C. John Sommerville C. John Sommerville’s How the News Makes Us Dumb remains as relevant today as when it was first published in 1999. In an era where information is abundant but wisdom scarce, Sommerville’s insights into the fundamental flaws of daily...
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
September 13, 2024
In 2014, when I first reviewed The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, I was struck by how boldly they tackled the impending crisis in governance. They identified the key political challenge of the coming decade: fixing the bloated and dysfunctional state. Their analysis was as sharp as it was prophetic,...
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
September 7, 2024
Even though considering many of life’s important questions have been raging now for more than 52 years, there seem to be more questions today than answers regarding human life! To help understand how the John Paul II Life and Family Center (JPII Life Center) works with people of ALL beliefs to understand the beauty and dignity of human life, let’s...
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September 6, 2024
In one survey of grammarians, two words deemed to be among the most beautiful sounding in the English language were Agape and Philadelphia. The problem is that these actually are Greek. There also are many aphorisms in the English language that have become so familiar that one may not realize that their sources are in antiquity. Take for instance “Who...
View Articles Father Rutler was ordained to the diaconate in Rome by His Eminence William Cardinal Baum in 1980 and received priestly ordination in St. Patrick's...
September 2, 2024
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 fatal flaw In this book,...
View Articles Thomas M. Loarie is a popular host of The Mentors Radio Show, the founder and CEO of BryoLogyx Inc. (BryoLogyx.com), and a seasoned corporate...
September 2, 2024
Repost from December 20, 2016—The maxim “It is always darkest before the dawn” supposedly dates to the seventeenth century, but sentiments like it have been around forever. Holy Mother Church moves it beyond the platitudinous “self-help” literature to the realm of fact. Coincident with the darkest days of the year, the birth of the Light of the World, who is...
View Articles Father Rutler was ordained to the diaconate in Rome by His Eminence William Cardinal Baum in 1980 and received priestly ordination in St. Patrick's...
August 22, 2024
A Loss of Trust. Bombarded recently by social media and the print media for decades, at least three generations of American youth have been fed information they could not rely on as correct or true. That bombarded information has become embedded in their brains and they have accepted it as correct and true. Particularly over the last 10 years, more...
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August 17, 2024
A serious Catholic, in my opinion, is called to bring the faith into all areas of life. No walling off makes sense if we are making a sincere effort to follow Jesus. Therefore, as I hope I have made clear in earlier articles, we should include our investment activities in those areas. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has,...
Thomas "Tom" Carroll, CFA, is the president of Catholic Investment Strategies, a position in which he has passionately enjoyed serving since 2012. Prior to this position,...