In George Macdonald’s children’s classic 'The Princess and the Goblin', Princess Irene meets a grandmother when she goes exploring...
Read More »Confessions In The City Of God: 6 Things Saint Augustine Still Teaches The World
by John Clark | Since today is his feast day, it seems appropriate to take a glimpse at the wisdom of Saint Augustine. Though he gave us a great wealth of theological insights, below are several that seem to particularly apply to our world today.
Read More »Living the Sacred Heart: The Loving Brother in Hopkins’ “Brothers”
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | John (Jack), the younger brother, has been selected for one of the roles while his older brother Henry (Harry) attends his younger brother’s debut as an actor. However, more than one drama is occurring on the stage that night.
Read More »A Miscarriage of Humanity: A Brief History of Abortion Arguments
by John Clark | In the early 1970’s, abortion advocates asked: How could you assign the word “human” to a blob of tissue that has no recognizable human parts like a heart, lungs, or liver?
Read More »Little Men: Cultivating Virtues in the Good Old-Fashioned Way
by Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian | All good parents are teachers, and all good teachers have the virtues of good parents. in 'Little Men', the founders of Plumfield Academy, Father and Mother Bhaer incorporate all the virtues of family life into their school and govern with both motherly love and fatherly discipline.
Read More »How to Defend Planned Parenthood (When There’s No Real Defense)
by John Clark | If you’re like me, you’ve come across some newspaper articles defending Planned Parenthood against the recent allegations of misdeeds.
Read More »Back to (Home)School: My 5 W’s of Homeschooling
by John Clark | If you need a little motivation to begin another academic year, here are my five W’s of homeschooling.
Read More »Heaven on Earth: Diamond in ‘At the Back of the North Wind’
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In George Macdonald’s children’s classic of fantasy literature' 'At the Back of the North Wind', Diamond travels to the back of the North Wind where he receives heavenly glimpses of a beautiful, pure world of abounding joy, laughter, and mirth.
Read More »3 Ways to Defund the Culture of Death & 3 Ways to Fund the Culture of Life
by John Clark | Twenty years ago, with the issuance of Evangelium Vitae, Pope Saint John Paul II observed that there exists a "struggle between the 'culture of life' and the 'culture of death.' "
Read More »The Perfect Daughter: Cordelia from Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | Cordelia, however, cannot lower herself to pretend, dissemble, or exaggerate. Her simple answer to her father’s request for a proof of love is the simple, eloquent, honest truth:
Read More »Why Have Legal, Same-Sex Unions Come About in Our Time?
by Dave Armstrong | The relation to same-sex “marriage” has to do with the fundamental purposes of things, and what is natural as opposed to unnatural.
Read More »Parents: First Heralds of the Gospel to our Children
by John Clark | Our first journey as a family centered on the Gospel, and served as a reminder that all our journeys as a family must center on the Gospel.
Read More »Does Holiness Make Us Sad?
by John Clark | Because we sometimes consider the relationship between holiness and happiness to be contradictory, we condition ourselves to think that holiness is something that happens afterward...
Read More »The Inspiration of Don Quixote: 5 Ways to Keep Knighthood Alive Today
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | Don Quixote one day feels inspired to emulate the knights of old and restore the ideals of chivalry, honor, truth, courtesy, and service that his own age has relegated to the past.
Read More »What am I Protecting? How This Dad Stepped Up for His Kids
by Eric Harrah | I think sometimes God has a rather twisted sense of humor. Take the role of Dad. According to the Catholic Church, the father is meant to...
Read More »Atheism & the Denial of Happiness?
By John Clark | Let’s begin with what Christians and Atheists can perhaps agree on — the subject of happiness. First, man desires happiness...
Read More »Defying Convention: Elizabeth Bennet’s Hunt for a True & Happy Marriage
by Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian | A “proper match/marriage” meant a gain in a woman’s economic status and social respectability. She no longer had to feel financially dependent on her family or embarrassed by the stigma of old maid.
Read More »Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness: 15 Catholic Reflections on Inalienable Truths
by John Clark | As we Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, here are Catholics statements on these inalienable...
Read More »Chesterton’s Father Brown: The Detective of Truth
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | Father Brown is never fooled—either by appearances, theories, half-truths, or disguises. He is not fooled because he uses both faith and reason in his thinking while others attempt...
Read More »The Vine & Branches League: Where are YOU Going to College?
by John Clark | Being homeschooled before Seton started graduation ceremonies, I ‘graduated’ only once; May of 1992 on Christendom College campus.
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