by Mark Shea
I’ve been a writer and scribbler since forever. In high school, I wrote a column for the school paper called “Teetering on the Brink”. Later, I was an English major and cranked out papers like there was no tomorrow. After that, I became a Catholic...
by Theresa Zoe Williams
If you haven’t seen it by now, there’s a great Nike commercial going around featuring Madonna Buder, nicknamed the “Iron Nun”. Check it out: In typical Nike fashion, the video is well executed and inspirational, but I love that it features an...
by Alex R. Hey
A re-make of the 1959 classic, Ben-Hur tells the epic tale of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a wealthy Jew, and his adopted brother Messala Severus (Toby Kebbell), a Roman. Eight years prior to the Crucifixion of Jesus, the latter brother, feeling he needs to prove...
by Doug Johnson
The title of this post should read more like the beginning of a corny joke. Three Catholic men and a Protestant cowboy go camping… This last weekend, me and 3 good friends ventured out into the wilderness for some good old fashion wife & kid-free fun. My...
by Matt Vander Vennet
We don’t have any written record of anything the St. Joseph said. Sure, there have been visions of St. Joseph to certain seers over the past few millennia, but those are private revelations and the faithful do not have to believe them. I like to think that Joe...
by Laura Hensley
In Luke 1, Gabriel told Mary to call her son Jesus, which means “God saves”. Throughout the Bible, we are also told of Jesus’ many other names, along with their meanings. Here are a few. 1. The Word John 1 gives us this profound name of Jesus. John...
