How few parents realize the immense power they possess for moulding the character and shaping the future career of their children. The tiny babe just born to them comes from God’s hand with vast possibilities for good and evil; like … Continue reading
Category: Marriage and Family
Courtship and Marriage
Anyone who is contemplating marriage has a lot to think about, indeed. However, there is one modern trend that should be avoided once you have determined that marriage is your vocation. To explain this pitfall and how to overcome it, … Continue reading
The Temperament God Gave You
The Temperament God Gave You: The Classic Key to Knowing Yourself, Getting Along with Others, and Growing Closer to the Lord, by Art and Laraine Bennett. Published by Sophia Press. The four temperaments: “Catholic astrology” or solid science? In this … Continue reading
Father Hugh Barbour on Marriage and Chastity
Catholicism.org has recently published a few things on marriage, the editors being of the conviction that the restoration of the family is necessary for the restoration of the Church and the State. It’s good to see that there is an … Continue reading
Courtship: The Chaste Preparation for Holy Matrimony
(This was written in preparation for a series of conferences on vocations and states in life that I gave at Saint Benedict Center in the Spring of 2005. Please see the end of this piece for a small table of … Continue reading
Holy Matrimony: Choosing a Partner
(This was written in preparation for a series of conferences on vocations and states in life that I gave at Saint Benedict Center in the Spring of 2005. Please see the end of this piece for a small table of … Continue reading
The Great Sacrament: Holy Matrimony
(This was written in preparation for a series of conferences on vocations and states in life that I gave at Saint Benedict Center in the Spring of 2005. Please see the end of this piece for a small table of … Continue reading
Here’s One for the Feminists
The unnatural phenomenon we know as feminism has de-feminised the female. Some former feminists are reckoning with this stark reality. That there are important differences between the sexes — something children understand and are made to “unlearn” in state-sponsored propaganda … Continue reading
A Yoke of Love and Peace
My thoughts are full of the recent wedding of my son. There is a great deal involved leading up to this major event: the prayerful choice of a vocation, the months of courtship, the endless details, the physical and emotional … Continue reading
How Did THIS Happen? Preventing Birth Makes for Fewer Humans?
File this one under D for “Duh.” Mr. Carl Djerassi is an octogenarian who has the unenviable distinction of having made a key discovery in the creation of the pill. He is now saying, in effect, that it was all … Continue reading
Ten Ways to Make a Delinquent (Guaranteed to Work!)
The police department of Houston, Texas, gave the following ten rules for raising delinquent children. 1. Begin with infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he will grow up to believe the world owes him a … Continue reading
Hundreds of Thousands Rally in Madrid for Family and Life
Hundreds of thousands is a wide approximation. I remember last year at a similar rally in Madrid the same figure was given. Well, whether it was two hundred or nine hundred thousand, that’s a huge gathering. Viva la santa fe … Continue reading
Spanish Judge Stands Up Against Homosexual Lobby
Judge Fernando Ferrin Calamata is not the only Catholic judge left in Spain who opposes the socialist government’s fait accompli on legalizing same sex “marriages.” But he is the one now on trial for refusing to go along to get … Continue reading