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Photo Courtesy Sarah Underhill Over the last couple of months I have been freely following Pope Benedict XVI’s Wednesday Audiences where he highlights various holy women in Church history. Many women propelled into his spotlight are familiar to me: Joan of Arc, Clare of Assisi, and Catherine of Siena. Others, such as Hildegard . . . → Read More: Companions on the Journey: Holy Women of the Church Joel and I have a lot of Catholic books in our home, and I confess I’ve only read portions of most. Not because they aren’t good; most are passionately well written. Let’s just say I have some work to do on my follow-through! One of my goals this year is to finish a few of . . . → Read More: The Quotable & Quick-Witted Saint Thomas Aquinas On Wednesday evening, I had the opportunity to attend an advance screening of the The Genesis Code prior to its nationwide release in February. The movie was directed by C. Thomas Howell, and the cast includes former Presidential candidate Fred Thompson (Law and Order), and Academy Award Winners Ernest Borgnine (Marty) and Louise Fletcher (One . . . → Read More: 7 Quick Takes (Vol. 3): The Genesis Code  3 comments  Media, Schmidt, Joel, Seven Quick Takes  Atheism, Believer, Bible, Chastity, Christian, College, conversion, Creation, Darwin, euthanasia, Evangelical, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Genesis, Ignatius Press, Mary Eberstadt, Morality, Movie review, Physics, Prayer, Protestant, Science, Secularism, The Genesis Code, The Loser Letters, Truth 
It’s the journey, not the destination. Our society loves to churn out bumper sticker philosophies, doesn’t it? Someone coins a phrase, someone screens a t-shirt; and bing, bang, boom a life philosophy is born. I’ll admit that at first blush, that phrase has a certain existential charm, an overall “groovy” feel to it. In my . . . → Read More: The Purpose of A Journey is its Destination 
While the fight to uphold and defend life continues for many daily, the 38th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade on January 22 brought the state of regard for life in America again to the forefront. It is estimated that more than 52 million unborn children in the U.S. have died via abortion since it was made . . . → Read More: Promoting a Culture of Life 
It’s taken me a long time to fully grasp the idea of putting God first. Maybe my confusion came from the church worker who used to guilt me into working church functions by saying I needed to “put God first.” At the time I just kept thinking: no I need to spend more time with my . . . → Read More: Hooked On God First This past Friday I attended the Iowa Mass for Life celebrated by Des Moines Bishop Pates that served as a sending Mass for those from our diocese making the trek to the March for Life in Washington, D.C. It was a beautiful Mass and Bishop Pates’ homily was quite moving. There was a . . . → Read More: More Honey, Less Vinegar 
2011 Des Moines Mass for Life: The annual Mass for Life organized by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Des Moines will be celebrated on Friday, January 21 at St. Pius X Church in Urbandale, Iowa. Bishop Richard Pates will preside; diocesan priests are invited to concelebrate and deacons to vest and distribute communion. The . . . → Read More: Upcoming Events Celebrating Life 
This past weekend, the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Church gave us Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will. In true fashion, my daughter Kristy and now son-in-law Tyler walked down the aisle to those words. And the vows, “I, Tyler, take you Kristy to . . . → Read More: I Come To Do Your Will In honor of National Vocations Awareness Week, we have shared a handful of posts focusing on vocations. This week I also made an effort to ask my parish priests, Fr. Bob Hoefler and Fr. Ken Halbur, what I can do to help foster vocations. Their responses and other resources I’ve read helped create the following . . . → Read More: How to Foster Vocations (Seven Quick Takes, Vol. 2)  |
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