Rice Bowl offers chance for solidarity
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on CRS and the great work that they do through the Rice Bowl program.
Category Archives: Social Doctrine
Personal conversion can end consumerism
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on avoiding a consumerist Christmas.
Austrian farmer’s life reflects citizenship in God’s kingdom
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on Blessed Franz Jäggerstätter.
Sacredness of life underlies civic themes
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on four of the U.S. Bishops Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching.
Catholics have moral obligation to participate in civic life
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on our role as Catholics on the public square.
Standing up for faith in the public square
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on being strong Catholics in the public square.
Church teaching and facts guide decision-making
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on arguing properly with other Catholics.
Virtue of prudence critical to living Catholic faith
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on working on our virtue of prudence.
Issues aren’t equal in forming conscience to vote
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on how not all issues are equal when you’re deciding to vote.
Fr. Flanagan Wouldn’t Qualify Either
Check out my post over at CatholicVote.org. http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=28944
Dorothy Day on Love Without Hypocrisy
So, you want to help the poor, convert your neighbor, be wildly attractive to those who come to know you? Go to Mass.
Conscience demands doing good, avoiding evil
Here is my piece in The Catholic Voice on forming a good conscience.
Justice & Peace Gets It Right With Doc On Business
“Vocation of the Business Leader, A Reflection” draws on the Church’s social doctrine.It is a document that is supremely contemporary and addresses the reality and the challenges of trying to do business ethically and with a religious conscience in our day and age.
The Gospel Imperative vs. Cultural Despotism
One of the pressing issues in Washington these days is the drive to cut foreign aid. If anything, we need to increase foreign aid significantly.
A New Catholic Action
The work of the social teaching is not mere justice. It is the radical transformation of the world to Christ Jesus and his terrifyingly beautiful love.