This is good news! The decline in seminarians the U. S. Church has suffered since the end of the 1960s has leveled out and some seminaries are… Read more “Good News: More Men Are Entering Seminary”

EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD FROM EXPERIENCE: MIRACLES, PART 4 Why doesn’t God heal amputees?           This is a very important question… Read more “God Is: An Introduction to the Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 31”

3. The Son, therefore, came, sent by the Father. It was in Him, before the foundation of the world, that the Father chose us and predestined us… Read more “Reflections on Lumen Gentium, Part 3”

The Trump Administration announced this week that it would roll back the HHS mandate requiring employers to provide contraception, including abortifacients, to employees at no cost. In… Read more “Trump Keeps A Promise … Finally!”

         Several articles, such as those by Sam Eaton and Rachel Held Evans, have been making the rounds on the internet (where else?) about… Read more “Millennials and The Church”

Many years ago, a gave a presentation at a church in Memphis. After my presentation, I became engaged in a conversation with a woman and her teenage… Read more “Family Prayer”

An Introduction to St. Augustine, Part 1: An Introduction to St. Augustine, Part 2: This is the first of four presentations I am scheduled to give as… Read more “Restless Heart: An Introduction to St. Augustine of Hippo, Part 1, His Life and Impact”

This is instructive: According to this article, as many people were killed by guns on the streets of Chicago in September as were killed in the shooting… Read more “Chicago and Las Vegas”

I had to share this. This is one of the best posts I’ve seen in response to the tragedy in Las Vegas. It was posted on Facebook… Read more “We All Bleed the Same”

Today, October 4, is the Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi. Is there any saint, besides our Blessed Mother, who is more revered, more universally known and… Read more “St. Francis of Assisi”