A Catholic School Principal Counsels Parents to Help Them Save Their Kids in Today's Turbulent Culture
On our side of the spiritual warfare we are engaged in these days is genuine Christianity, with authentic faith in the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit and in objective truths. On their side, which unfortunately is currently winning the battle, is the godless religion of political correctness and wokeness, with devotion to the secular... Continue Reading →
One of the most well-known parables Jesus told was the Parable of the Sower. The point of Jesus telling this story was to explain to His disciples that one's reception of God’s Word is determined by the condition of one's heart. But did you realize that this parable has another underlying message? The Parable of... Continue Reading →
...CONTINUED FROM PART 2... In October of 2021, at the age of 60, beginning the 41st year of my career as a Seattle Archdiocesan teacher/coach/principal with 34 of those years as principal of St. Louise School, I found myself with a decision to make: A) Pick the harder right – which would result in losing my... Continue Reading →
"One may never do evil so that good may result from it. ...A human being must always obey the certain judgment of his conscience. If he were deliberately to act against it, he would condemn himself." (Catechism of the Catholic Church) ...CONTINUED FROM PART 1... In mid-August with less than one month before the start... Continue Reading →
THIS IS THE 1ST OF A 3-PART SERIES OF POSTS. The coronavirus pandemic that began in 2020 with the national closing of schools was the catalyst that ended my career in Catholic education. At that time, I was approaching my 34th year as the principal of St. Louise Catholic School in Bellevue, Washington, and my... Continue Reading →
Almost 200 years ago, Hans Christian Andersen wrote the famous folktale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” There are a couple of morals to this story - that people should be willing to speak up if they know the truth and that people should not believe things without empirical evidence. As you recall from this tale, it... Continue Reading →
A good parent instills in their children the principle that their initial and main job is to be a student. That means not skipping school for anything other than a contagious illness and doing homework and studying for tests five nights a week (i.e., Monday night through Friday night, or substitute Saturday or Sunday for... Continue Reading →
“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it." (Matthew 7:13) Entering through the narrow gate that leads to the perfect supernatural happiness we call heaven means we must follow all of Christ’s teachings and all of God’s commandments, not just... Continue Reading →
Admit it - we are in the spiritual battle of our time, with true Catholics being constantly publicly assaulted because of our beliefs regarding marriage, sexuality, the sanctity of human life in the womb, and family values. And the assaults aren’t just coming verbally. There were over 329 physical attacks on Catholic churches, such as... Continue Reading →
A PRINCIPAL'S PRINCIPLES FOR PARENTING 