Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Idiot’s Catechism

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Guest Blogger Mary DeTurris Poust Cate-what? Admit it: When you hear the word “catechism,” you’re eyes start to glaze over, or, if you’re of a certain age, you may even have flashbacks to those line drawings of a red-horned … Continue reading →

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New Doctor for the Year of Faith: St. John of Avila

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Guest Blogger Br. John Paoletti [Pope Benedict opened the Synod on the New Evangelization on October 7 and declared two new doctors of the Church, St. John of Avila (1500-1569) and St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)] Pope Benedict XVI announced, to all … Continue reading →

Proclaiming the Gospel of Suffering

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Blogger Dr. Tom Neal, PhD I was talking the other day with a fellow theology professor about the challenges of evangelization in a culture that, in its increasingly post-Christian form, becomes progressively more inimical to the Christian worldview. The … Continue reading →

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New Evangelizing Priests

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Guest Blogger Father James A. Wehner, S.T.D., Rector/President, Notre Dame Seminary Pope Benedict XVI announced the Year of Faith in October 2011 in the apostolic letter Porta Fidei in which he recalls Saint Paul’s apostolic ministry in Acts 14 when Paul … Continue reading →

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Faith and Perinatal Loss

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Guest Blogger Lisa Schmidt {This excellent Catholic blogger from Iowa reflects on how her diocese allows faith to help in healing from pregnancy/infant loss} Does your diocese or parish offer a healing Mass for those who have suffered perinatal … Continue reading →

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Lily of the Mohawks

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Guest Blogger Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B. For more than 300 years, generations of faithful Catholics have prayed for the sainthood of Kateri Tekakwitha. Today in Rome, they’ll celebrate her canonization. We offer here a reflection on her life as a … Continue reading →

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Saved by Beauty: The Sacred/Pop Art of Colleen Nixon

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Blogger Tom Neal, PhD If you want to hear what ‘faith seeking music’ might sound like, give ear to my take on a wildly talented young woman whose gift of music has the power to lift hearts in a … Continue reading →

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Vatican II and Modernity

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Guest Blogger Fr. Chris Winkeljohn Gaudium et spes Gaudium et spes, the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, is a document that is different from other Council documents. Not only is it addressed … Continue reading →

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Woman of Faith: St. Teresa of Jesus

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Guest Blogger Pope Benedict XVI Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the course of the Catecheses that I have chosen to dedicate to the Fathers of the Church and to great theologians and women of the Middle Ages I have … Continue reading →

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Faith of Martyrs in America

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

By Guest Blogger Heather Jordan Amidst seventy-eight acres of rolling hills on the east side of Tallahassee, Florida, people are working and praying to honor those who died for the Faith, those who planted the early seeds of Christianity in … Continue reading →