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Catholic Swimmer Makes Olympic Debut
By Randy Sly • Catholic Online • 8/12/2008
Kate Zieglar is a world-class swimmer who is devoted to her Catholic faith. A board member of Catholic Athletes for Christ, she is making her Olympic debut in Beijing. WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – Kate Zieglar is dedicated to her sport but devoted to her savior. The 20 year-old from Great Falls, ...
REFLECTION: The Liturgy of Life
By Deacon Keith A Fournier • Catholic Online • 8/7/2008
This morning, my grandson helped me to shake off the cobwebs and opened up a deeper understanding of the liturgy of life. CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - I awakened feeling very old this morning. As I have done for almost three decades, I chose to make what many spiritual writers have called ...
The Christian Family is a Domestic Church
By Deacon Keith A Fournier • Catholic Online • 8/1/2008
Through the renewal of the domestic church of the family we find insights needed for the renewal of the Universal Church. CHESAPEAKE,VA (Catholic Online) - In his encyclical letter entitled, "The Splendor of Truth" the late Servant of God John Paul II referred to the Sermon on the Mount as the ...
Fifteen Points to Remember for the New Catholic Teacher
By DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN • Catholic Online • 8/1/2008
The following are points that might help the young teacher maintain the beauty and luster of his own vocation as a Catholic teacher. We've all heard that teaching is a noble profession, and it certainly is. Nobility includes in its meaning the very notion of the beautiful. The Kalon, from the ...
Teaching Our Children to Pray
By Thomas Lickona • Catholic Online • 8/1/2008
Why do so many young people, even those raised in families that treasure the faith, fall away from the practice of their faith once they leave home? The best answer to that question, in my judgment, comes from a British Catholic priest, Father Hugh Thwaites. He says that in his experience, young ...
Raising Children of Character
Catholic Online • 8/1/2008
Adapted from CHAPTER 2 - Thomas Lickona, CHARACTER MATTERS: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues (Simon & Schuster, February, 2004) What used to happen to 10th-graders is now routine among 8th-graders. Trouble with the law. Promiscuity. ...
