November will soon be ending and December beginning. To most people that erroneously means it is Christmas season. Catholic families trying to live counter-culturally know that this approaching time of year is actually Advent season.  It is difficult for parents and children alike to resist the tendency to think of nothing but Christmas starting no... Continue Reading →

A common name many Protestants and Evangelical Christians call themselves is “Bible Christians.” These same Christians criticize Catholics for not knowing their Bibles, reading their Bibles, and referencing their Bibles enough.  However, the truth is Catholics are indeed Bible Christians. Catholics believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. The Church maintains that Scripture,... Continue Reading →

The family is the essential cell of society, the basic building block of civilization. Without the family there can be no well-ordered society.  In the world today there are evil, perverse, and dangerous enemies who want to attack society, and they know the straightest line to their objective is to get to the family. You destroy... Continue Reading →

A trifecta of special days happen every October 31 through November 2. Catholic parents trying to raise their children counter-culturally would do well to instruct and involve their family in all three of them and not simply focus on the secularized, commercialization-aspect of one of them.  Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day are... Continue Reading →

Too many Catholics have deemphasized the lay faithful’s pious postures and mannerisms during the Mass which past generations understood as significant and purposeful. We need to be resolute and diligent in teaching our younger generation the proper gestures to take at Mass.  During my years as a Catholic school principal, each spring we had our... Continue Reading →

I grew up with a mom who always told me to “offer it up” whenever I complained about something that went wrong. Sometimes she would more specifically detail to me how to "offer it up.” For example, if we were in the car and I said I was thirsty - in hopes she would stop... Continue Reading →

Nowadays, many school teachers, most journalists, and the entire woke-culture focus solely on the negative-connected history of Christopher Columbus and not his positive achievements. Our politically-correct society has “canceled” Columbus’s legacy. Instead of cancelling Columbus, American culture should restore his reputation and resurrect his historical accomplishments. It is for his magnificent courage, the boldness of his... Continue Reading →

So much of the culture is dangerous and debased. Parents and their kids need supernatural help to help get through their lives in a safe and virtuous manner. This is where guardians angels come in. Just 300 years after Christ, Saint Basil stated, “Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life.” About... Continue Reading →

During my 40-year career as a Catholic school educator, with 34 of those years being a Catholic school principal, I witnessed a growing number of adults in Catholic school communities who were lukewarm or ignorant in their Faith. Most alarming is how many of the school faculty, including fellow principals, were not simply lukewarm or... Continue Reading →