“There is only one misfortune: sin. Everything else is smoke and dust.” These words of St. John Chrysostom of the fourth century AD illustrate the view of the ancient Christians concerning the harm rejection of God wreaks both on human ...
On October 17, 2010, there took place in the Vatican the solemn canonization of Brother André (Alfred Bessette), a Canadian religious, who initiated the building of Montreal’s St. Joseph’s Oratory, the world’s largest shrine to Saint Joseph, which draws millions ...
When I was in teacher’s college, I wanted to write my thesis on the effects of a religious conversion on a student’s academic performance. Even though I had measurable data, my adviser rejected my proposal, since in his view such ...
Looming somewhere in the background was the question, “why?” but this was quickly replaced by the prayer, “Jesus, I trust in You!” We have been married for almost four years. We have no children here on earth, but we do ...
Jesus assures us that whoever seeks the truth sincerely will find it (cf. Luke 11: 9). In this truth resides the ultimate meaning of human life. The remarkable story of the conversion of Scott Hahn, one of America’s leading contemporary ...