I recently finished Brandon Vogt’s Saints and Social Justice: A Guide to Changing the World and want to recommend it as an excellent introduction to Catholic social teaching. Too often we look at these teachings through the lens of politics instead of as core moral teachings that we need to integrate into our lives. Vogt gets …
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Aug 06 2014
Heroic Priesthood
Fr. Robert Baron’s Word on Fire has a new project out called Heroic Priesthood. You can watch this inspiring short film below and visit the website for more resources. Pass this along to others especially any young men who may be considering the priesthood. Remember that Holiness is Heroism.
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Aug 05 2014
Update from Iraq
Here is an update from the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Iraq dated August 3rd from the op.org website. So far, 510 families have been displaced from Mosul. Some were fortunate to leave before the deadline ISIS set as they were able to take their belongings with them. However, 160 families of …
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Aug 04 2014
Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages
As members of the Dominican family we are rightly proud of the Angelic Doctor St. Thomas Aquinas. He was undoubtedly one of the brightest men to ever live and his works such as the Summa Theologiæ and the Catena Aurea are treasure troves of the best of Catholic thought about the nature of God, Man, virtue, the …
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Aug 04 2014
The Catholic Gateway Drug
Ryan Kraeger describes his ascent into Catholic spirituality be beginning with just three simple Hail Marys a day. Once upon a time I was a teenage Catholic who wanted to go to heaven when I died, someday. I figured I would get the going to heaven thing taken care of and then get down to …
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