Catholic Church

September 22, 2017

Civility and Church Life

By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., First Things - Cyber-militias, like culture warriors, come in all shapes and shades of opinion. The lesson of history is simple. If we’ve learned anything over the past five hundred years, we might at least stop demonizing each other. On matters of substance, bad-mouthing the other guy only makes things worse.

September 21, 2017

McElroy and Chaput on Chastity

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Patheos - This week we have an American bishop and Archbishop writing articles touching on the question of chastity… Archbishop Chaput comments that faithful Christians are the West’s “new dissidents.” In the midst of writing about the openly anti-Catholic attack on federal judge nominee Amy Coney Barrett by Dianne Feinstein, Archbishop Chaput notes that the battleground is human sexuality.

September 21, 2017

How One Family Approaches Mass With Young Children

By Lorelei Savaryn, Catholic Stand - I’m always on the lookout for ideas and have read several articles on what age appropriate expectations are, as well as articles with ideas on how to engage kids in our Catholic faith, both during Mass and throughout the week… So, here is how our family approaches bringing our children to Mass. We have a 5-year-old, a 3-year-old, and an 8-month-old….

September 21, 2017

What Is the Priest Saying at Mass That You Can’t Hear?

By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - For much of the Church’s history many of the priest’s prayers at Mass were inaudible to the congregation. This wasn’t simply because they didn’t have microphones or because the priest prayed ad orientem, facing in the same direction as the congregation. It was the style of the liturgy...