You are here: Home » Site Map

Site Map

Site Feeds

Monthly Archives

All Articles

Poem: “The Great Trees”

Nov 14 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

The Great Trees Mid-summer and the woods are dry Soil on hillsides runs to sand, Ancient trees begin to die Unless their roots are deeper than the roots of Man Dry the season and the air Draws out the running where it ran, Beasts emerging when they dare Drink from what lies deeper than the […]

That Was Then. This Is….Gross.

Nov 13 11 • Karen J Rinehart • 1 comment

If her unrealistic body proportions weren’t enough of a controversy and reason for parental and feminist outrage, now Barbie has tattoos. Hang on–before you think Tattoo Barbie is going to be your daughter’s Must Have or Die Christmas Gift, don’t. Only 7,400 dolls were made and they’ve already been swooped up by “collectors”. And by […]

Poem: “Angels at Play”

Nov 13 11 • Michele Marie • 6 comments

Angels at Play I see beauty in a vicious storm An enraged green sea suspended above Opposing winds churn and whirl the nimbus A strange fierce loveliness to behold After the storm, something uncommon Green gives way to a gold that glows On trees and fences and yards and homes Heaven’s light breaks through for […]

Searching for a Moral to Story of Immorality

Nov 12 11 • Marybeth Hicks • 2 comments

Halloween came and went, but Marion Salmon Hedges wasn’t able to hand out the hundreds of dollars worth of candy she purchased for the underprivileged children who annually visit her Manhattan neighborhood. Instead, she has spent the past 10 days in a medically induced coma at New York’s Harlem Hospital Center. Mrs. Hedges was the […]

Report Abuse to Police, Not Higher-Ups

Nov 12 11 • Colleen Carroll Campbell • 3 comments

The story related in last week’s Pennsylvania grand jury report had all the ingredients of a classic sex abuse scandal: a popular, successful authority figure suspected for years of molesting boys, a host of higher-ups unwilling to report him to police and a trail of vulnerable children left to suffer unspeakable violations while powerful adults […]

Poem: “Light from Light”

Nov 12 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

Light from Light The ruby throat in air defers, Presents his forehead to larkspur, Walks as Christ on Galilee, Weightless goes as so did He Receives the pollen as a grace, A Eucharist on beak and face, Floating sign and metaphor, Convey to us: receive, adore Blood of wine, flesh of wheat, Wing of angel […]

The Parable of the Talents

Nov 12 11 • Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. • 0 comments

I’ve seen it time and time again. Someone decides to seek a better paying job, or pursue an investment strategy, or launch a new business. Invariably some pious person in the parish objects that maybe this is too worldly, that it will be a distraction from Church and family priorities, that one should be satisfied […]

The Revised Roman Missal: Mission, not Maintenance

Nov 11 11 • Rev. Tucker Cordani • 0 comments

“Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.” This is one of four forms of dismissal to be used at the conclusion of the Mass, according to the revised Roman Missal. Every moment of our lives is an opportunity to glorify God using the talents we receive in the Eucharist. “Let everything that lives […]

Lay Initiative Brings Catholic Radio to Fastest-Growing U.S. Diocese

Nov 11 11 • Jann FritzHuspen • 0 comments

What do a 70-year-old widow and a 45-year-old father of five have in common? Three things: They both reside in the Archdiocese of Atlanta (the fastest growing archdiocese in the country), they are long time friends and they both had a goal of starting a Catholic radio station in their diocese. After much prayer, Mark […]

Vatican Hosts International Conference on Adult Stem Cell Research

Nov 11 11 • Chelsea Zimmerman • 0 comments

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that the Catholic Church is “anti-science” or against stem cell research. Actually, she is very much in favor of stem cell research, so long as tiny human beings are not created, used and destroyed in the process, and now she’s putting her money where her mouth is with regard […]

“Nothing Dramatic” — Karl Blake’s War Story

Nov 11 11 • Dr. Paul Kengor • 0 comments

“It was nothing dramatic,” says Dr. Karl E. Blake of Wexford, Pennsylvania, retired surgeon and member of the World War II generation, “but it was important, and no one has written about it, at least that I’ve seen.” I got an unexpected call from Dr. Blake last Memorial Day, mid-afternoon, after just returning from the […]

Don’t it Make My Blue Eyes Green

Nov 11 11 • Julie Filby • 0 comments

I had one of those days last week. The kind that starts out with a bad hair morning and snowballs into: I have no cute clothes, I’m a lousy writer, I’m a bad mom, etc. Naturally, this “I’m-Not-Good-At-Anything” day morphed into a “She’s-Good-At-Everything” day. Yes, the green-eyed monster reared its ugly head. [Please note: in […]

Nigerian Catholics at Risk

Nov 11 11 • ACN-USA News • 0 comments

Renegade politicians whipping up religious hatred are to blame for bloodshed and violence in northern Nigeria according to the local bishop who says the police have failed in their duty to protect the people. Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri said local politicians were exploiting the region’s religious divisions to “whip up” anger in a […]

The Mercy of God, Not the Merit of Man

Nov 11 11 • Philip Primeau • 20 comments

The matter of grace is a real puzzle. There is obviously tension between the freedom of man and the providence of God, both of which are affirmed by the church. Right from the start, let me state that I do not think this enigma is fully solvable. Our minds are unfit to comprehend the interaction […]

A Call to Patriotism

Nov 11 11 • Stacy Peterson • 1 comment

Thomas Joseph Dudley, USMC died in Afghanistan during combat on July 7, 2011. He was 29 years old, married, and had three children. He was laid to rest in Rock Hill, SC on July 15, 2011 amid an outpouring of patriotism and support for his young family. During Staff Sergeant Dudley’s funeral, his young son, in […]

Sexual Politics and the GOP Kaleidoscope

Nov 11 11 • G. Tracy Mehan, III • 3 comments

Theodore Roosevelt’s great image of politics as a kaleidoscope hardly captures the present pandemonium over Herman Cain’s alleged sexual misdeeds. For a Republican primary, usually a pretty button-down affair, this is pretty steamy stuff. Compared to Bill Clinton’s escapades-proven, admitted and forgiven by his wife, Hillary — this matter is still in the realm of […]

The New Roman Missal: The Confiteor and the Gloria

Nov 11 11 • Dr. Edward Sri • 0 comments

In the prayer known as the Confiteor (which begins, “I confess to almighty God…”), the new translation cultivates a more humble, sorrowful attitude toward God as we confess our sins and accept responsibility for our wrongdoings. Instead of simply saying, “I have sinned through my own fault,” as was done in the old translation, we […]

Ark of Grace Ch. 8, Was Mary Rebuked by Jesus?

Nov 11 11 • Carlos Caso-Rosendi • 0 comments

Chapter 8 Was Mary Rebuked by Jesus? Those who read the Holy Scriptures without any knowledge of biblical languages, sometimes fall into serious misinterpretations of the text. One good example of such misunderstandings is “Jesus’ rebuke of Mary” at the time of the wedding in Cana of Galilee. Was Jesus ever disrespectful of his mother? […]

Paterno, Pedophiles, Homosexuals, and Cowards

Nov 11 11 • Robert Struble, Jr. • 6 comments

Coach Jerry Sandusky, the now notorious pedophile, and his boss, coach Joe Paterno, have some Catholic background. Paterno played football for a Catholic high school in New York. The New York Times states that Paterno is a “practicing Catholic.” The most I could ascertain about Sandusky is that his paternal grandparents emigrated from Poland. To […]

Poem: “De Profundis”

Nov 11 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

De Profundis Every Sacrament I could… Immersed my soul In graces good. Every penance That I uttered In fear and trepidation Shuddered. Every child I birthed in pain I offered Him So souls would gain. And now my soul In night won’t cease For you my prayers… De Profundis. Hilary M. Flanery

Perry’s Tax Proposal Would Harm Marriage: Schlafly

Nov 10 11 • Kathleen Gilbert • 2 comments

Although Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been embraced by some as an ideal presidential candidate for mainstream social conservatives, he has at least one strong critic in conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly, who says his tax plan would damage society by undermining marriage. In an op-ed for Creators.com, Schlafly wrote that the governor’s 20 percent “flat-tax” […]

Onward, Christian Soldiers

Nov 10 11 • J. Matt Barber • 0 comments

Liberals are nervous. They should be. As the 2012 election grows closer a soft rumble builds throughout thousands of Evangelical Christian churches across America. Pastors and churchgoers alike are waking up to the disturbing reality that we as a nation have strayed drastically from our historical Judeo-Christian moorings. Though many may try, none can honestly […]

Searching for the Better Part

Nov 10 11 • Amy Ekblad • 0 comments

I’ve long been confused by the story of Martha and Mary from Luke 10:38-42. It reads: As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what […]

Poem: “In What Way do you Know of Death?”

Nov 10 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

In What Way do you Know of Death? He said: There is no afterlife, no God I asked him for his date of birth His time of death He knew when he was born On the basis of authority For he did not have full sentience then But as for when he dies He says: […]