Re-discovering Integrity How do we teach “integrity” to children and help them to become fully integrated persons? by Sister Maureen, O.C.D., Supervisor of Education Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles What is integrity? Integrity is a word that continues to fascinate me, and over the years the depth of its meaning [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the Feast of the Holy Family – Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40. The Passion of the Christ was the most intense movie I’ve ever seen. But there was a moment of comic relief, a flashback [...]
Advent and Christmas is a time of storytelling. After all, Christmas is the greatest story ever told. God sent his only son to be born in a manager only to ultimately die on the cross for our sins so that we could all be saved. So, the best Christmas stories have a spark of Divine [...]
The past eight months have been the best eight months of my life. In February, I met the man that I am blessed enough to spend the rest of my life with. When my fiancé, Ray, asked my dad for my hand in marriage, he told him that he desires nothing more in life than [...]
Socrates [i] was one. Plato [ii] too. So was John Taylor Gatto [iii] of New York City. And so was dear Mrs. Corey in rural Indiana who ushered 32 second grade students happily through phonics and arithmetic for many years. The greatest of all was Jesus Himself. I’m talking about great teachers of course. They [...]
In February, President Obama instructed the Justice Department to stop defending in federal court the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This act specifies that under federal law marriage is to be understood exclusively as the a legal union between one man and one woman and decrees that no state would be required to recognize [...]
Last week I had the fortunate opportunity to travel with seven of my children and my husband to Los Angeles to visit my oldest son who is now living in Hollywood and working at a talent agency in Beverly Hills. When Catholic friends or family find out that my son has moved to Hollywood they [...]
As we watch the days grow shorter and even a bit cooler, we parents find ourselves preparing ourselves and our children for another school year. There’s something exciting about the potential for another year of learning, of friendship and of spiritual growth that transcends age and inspires even us “grown ups” with loved ones heading [...]
Some years ago my children had a bathtub toy that was different from the usual tub toys. Rather than bobbing on top of the water, this particular toy would float in such a way that its bottom half would remain beneath the surface of the water, while its top half stayed high and dry. At [...]
I don’t get it. We have restrictions on the sale of tobacco and alcohol to minors. But we can’t hold video game retailers accountable for selling adult games to unaccompanied minor children? The answer to that question is “yes” according to a decision handed down last month by the U.S. Supreme Court. In its decision [...]
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Daily Catholic Quote from Fr. Benedict Groeschel
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St. Benedict for Beginners – The Third Step to Humility
This is the ninth in a series on St. Benedict for Beginners. – The Editors The Third Step to Humility ‘The third step of humility is that for the love of God a man should be obedient to his superior in all things.’ Obedience? What a sign of scandal in an individualistic age! The whole [...]
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