By Br. Charles Marie Rooney, O.P., Catholic Exchange - When the going gets tough, the tough get going, or so goes the saying. In these turbulent times of ecclesial crisis, a flashback to the early days of the Catholic Church in America—days in which plenty of tough folks faced plenty of tough goings—would serve well to remind us that, even in the most dire of circumstances, God’s grace remains ever-present and efficacious in the lives of his faithful.