Family Honor, Inc.

Providing a Catholic framework on the truth and meaning of sexuality, love, and family. Family Honor, Inc., a non-profit organization, was created in 1988 in South Carolina in order to provide a Catholic framework on the truth and meaning of sexuality, love, and family. The…

St. Patrick's Seminary & University

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, St. Patrick’s Seminary & University is a Catholic educational community dedicated to forming our future priests in the image of Jesus Christ, teacher, priest, and shepherd. The seminary’s goal is to serve the Roman Catholic Church in the religious…

Masks and muzzles

Citizenship is a liberal art.  If liberty is understood to be the freedom to avoid natural law rather than the freedom to embrace natural law the term ‘free society’ becomes a self-contradiction. Ruminate on these two provocative concepts which are found in Fr. John Courtney…

Hollow hallowing

“Dumb Ox”. Each time I find myself several steps behind in conversations with our grandchildren I relate to this moniker given to St. Thomas Aquinas by his confreres. In fairness, in his case it had to do with his laconicism and physical size and not…

A Family for Every Orphan

A Family for Every Orphan, afamilyforeveryorphan.org,  helps orphans find loving families in their home countries. Recently we helped the Zhirov family in Ukraine finalize the adoption of their little boy, Vanya (2). Vanya’s severe medical needs were not fully disclosed at the time of his…

Laborless leisure

“The only access to Heaven is the servants’ door” With our dependence on labor-saving devices and DYI (do-it-yourself) technology household ‘help’ today, and therefore service entrances, are a relic of a bygone era. Will the concept of service itself experience a similar fate? The heroic…

Higherarchy

Yes, it is misspelled, just as it is misunderstood. ‘Hierarchy’ derives from the Greek words for ‘sacred’ and ‘order’. With homophonic confusion many think the word refers principally to a ranking system of superiors and inferiors as in military or corporate management. With our democratic…

Avila Institute

Behind every priest is a story of discernment—seeking God’s will and making it a reality.  That is a work we are honored to participate in. The High Calling program from the Avila Institute serves dioceses, bishops and future priests by educating and equipping young men…

Saint Augustine Catholic School

Washington, D.C. Saint Augustine Catholic School was founded in 1858 by free men of color and emancipated slaves in Washington, D.C., during a time when this community was worshipping at St. Martin’s Chapel, in the basement of St. Matthew’s Church, which later became St. Matthew’s…