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Is Organized Religion Good For Humanity?

Published November 19, 2015 • Written by Matthew Hartwick Filed Under: Faith, Youth

I recently came across a website of an organization called “Freedom from Religion” which had a very specific goal: to help all people purge religion from their lives so that they could be “free.” This view on religion is nothing new, and it isn’t surprising that a movement is currently happening to abolish religion from… [Read More]

Written by Matthew Hartwick • Published November 19, 2015

No Room at the Inn: an ongoing true story

Published May 5, 2015 • Written by Shawn Rain Chapman Filed Under: Blog, Family, Resources, Social Justice

My youngest daughter begged me to help a friend of hers whose family had no place to live. It was an emergency situation. They had tried everything. Her friend had come to her in tears- a friend who I had only ever seen smile and laugh- a kid I remembered by his radiant smile. This… [Read More]

Written by Shawn Rain Chapman • Published May 5, 2015

Austin CARITAS Mission 2015!

Published December 15, 2014 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Events, Social Justice

Dear readers! We are in the Third Week of Advent, with Gaudete Sunday! How are you going to share the joy of Christ? This is my Advent Challenge, simply put – how you will go out, as Pope Francis as said so many times, to the periphery to share the joy of the Gospel, to… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published December 15, 2014

My One on One with a Vincentian: Seeing the Face of Christ in the Poor

Published November 1, 2013 • Written by Julia Motekaitis Filed Under: Blog

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was founded by a college student, Frederic Ozanam, and six of his companions, who were challenged in a university setting which was openly hostile to Christianity and Catholics.  “What has Christianity to offer? Where are its works now? Show us your works!”  This was the attitude common in… [Read More]

Written by Julia Motekaitis • Published November 1, 2013

Lumen Fidei: Part II, We Have Believed in Love

Published August 16, 2013 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog

(This is the second reflection over Lumen Fidei in a series. This installment covers Chapter One: We Have Believed in Love. For the introduction, please see Lumen Fidei: Part I, Illusion and Illumination). Introduction We received a perfect inspiration to return to studying Pope Francis’ encyclical, Lumen Fidei, The Light of Faith, during last Sunday’s mass…. [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published August 16, 2013

Lumen Fidei: Part I, Illusion and Illumination

Published August 2, 2013 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog

With all of the excitement from World Youth Day in Rio, we’ve been receiving fresh doses of inspiration from our dear Pope each day. Pope Francis has been building a deep and coherent message for all of us these past few weeks, starting with the publication of Lumen Fidei, his first encyclical. Even as he… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published August 2, 2013

Quid Amor?

Published June 26, 2013 • Written by Henry Cuellar Filed Under: Column

Love, an emotion? a feeling? What is love? Today many people, when they think of love think of it as an emotion or a feeling. For them, love is possible of fading or dying. Love, for many, is just a state of mind that one can fall into or fall out of. But is this… [Read More]

Written by Henry Cuellar • Published June 26, 2013

What Love Really Means (Review: “The Four Loves”)

Published April 2, 2013 • Written by Lindsay Wilcox Filed Under: Faith, Marriage and Love, Reviews

Love is complicated. After I came back to the Church, I realized that the world’s definition of love wasn’t going to cut it. I knew that it had to be more than just a feeling, but I was still confused. How could I define something so powerful, so sacred, and so broadly applicable to everything… [Read More]

Written by Lindsay Wilcox • Published April 2, 2013

Fraternity: A Place of Charity and Indulgence

Published March 20, 2013 • Written by Josue Filed Under: Young Adult

What does it take to be a man of God? The place of fraternity cultivates what we as men aspire to, masculinity. It sounds easy enough, but we don’t always cultivate the word of God in our heart (Col 3:16). We don’t always act in charity toward our brothers, sometimes we indulge in sin. Sometimes… [Read More]

Written by Josue • Published March 20, 2013

Catholic Frenemies

Published November 15, 2012 • Written by Rita Suva Filed Under: Faith

Towards both God and others, at times we’re like Peter, at other times like Paul, sometimes we’re like John and even other times we’re like (doubting) Thomas. But what worries me the most is when we’re like Judas. Because when we’re like Judas, we often act as a frenemy. Frenemies. We all have them. Sometimes,… [Read More]

Written by Rita Suva • Published November 15, 2012

Everyone has a Right to… : Homosexuality & the Catholic Church

Published August 5, 2011 • Written by Rita Suva Filed Under: Blog

“Unfortunately, in our efforts to teach the wrongness of homosexual acts, at times all that has been ‘heard’ is the sound of condemnation and rejection. What is missed, then, what is not heard, is the Church’s teaching that people with a homosexual orientation, like everyone else, are created in God’s image and possess a human… [Read More]

Written by Rita Suva • Published August 5, 2011

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