Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “Dear young people, let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life. Be amazed by what is true and beautiful, what is of God!”
Tag: Millennials
They Ended Up Teaching Me About Life, and Faith
A couple weeks ago David Brooks wrote an astonishingly un-self-aware column in which he dismissed those who wrote college essays entitled “I Went to Panama to Teach the Natives About Math but They Ended Up Teaching Me About Life.” At the risk of drawing Mr. Brooks’ contempt, this is one such blog post. My story… Read More They Ended Up Teaching Me About Life, and Faith
Is Pope Francis Revitalizing The Catholic Youth?
HuffPost Live had a very thoughtful discussion on young people, Pope Francis, and the Church earlier today. The discussion featured Rev. Paul Raushenbush, Jess Montoya, Christopher White, and Jonathan Lewis. Lewis, the Coordinator of Evangelization and Young Adult Initiatives for the Archdiocese of Washington, recently wrote one of our most popular guest posts: The Danger… Read More Is Pope Francis Revitalizing The Catholic Youth?
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Check out these recent articles from around the web: Pot and Jackpots by Ross Douthat: “There are significant differences in the ways gambling and pot have won America….But both have been made possible by the same trend in American attitudes: the rise of a live-and-let-live social libertarianism, the weakening influence of both religious conservatism and… Read More Around the Web
Fishers of Men and Women, Go to Those You Wish to Catch
I’d like to think that when my now-brother-in-law asked me to stand by his side at his wedding it was to show off what a good looking family he was marrying into, and that my sister wanted me to offer the Prayers of the Faithful to display what an excellent speaking voice I have. Sadly,… Read More Fishers of Men and Women, Go to Those You Wish to Catch
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Check out these recent articles from around the web: 7 Questions: keeping college students Catholic by Michael J. O’Loughlin: “Katie Diller: Young adults are filled with passion and they are thirsty to live radically. Atheism can seem radical to students who might be shrugging off a flavorless experience of growing up Catholic. We have to… Read More Around the Web
Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Policy of Rape Continues by Nicholas Kristof: “We’re at the 10-year-anniversary of the beginning of the genocide in Darfur, yet, instead of subsiding, it has been amplified this year. Just in the first five months of 2013, according to the United Nations, another 300,000 people… Read More Around the Web
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