Mary Margaret was born into the world on Monday at 5:51 p.m. Thank you for all your prayers leading up to the delivery. Patty and the baby are doing fine (except for the hit-by-a-truck-cold that wifey and I brought home from the hospital). The big smile on Patty’s face shows how well she came through [...]

When I posted this in the week leading up to the March for Life in Washington, I foresaw it to be the attitude of the Main Stream Media which ended up not covering it at all. What I didn’t expect was that we’d get this reporting from a Catholic publication. But then I read this [...]

For any of you who saw Catholicvote.com’s video during the presidential campaign, you know what a coversation starter it was. They now have a new, also powerful video on their website. Please check it out and show them your support.

This article from Zenit might be helpful to all the Catholic Dads out there.

That’s how I expect the media to cover this year’s March for Life. However, you and I know better. Thousands will gather at the nation’s capitol to stand in witness to the sanctity of life from the moment of conception (that means fertilization, oh by the way) until natural death. Never since Roe v. Wade [...]

cross-posted from Exultet The Day of New London ran this editorial on Friday which just about sent me over the edge. The concept of sexting is not new, it’s just a new delivery method, and if you didn’t see this coming, you must have your eyes closed. What burns me up is when the editor [...]

Special thanks to Nathaniel Peters for linking this on the First Things blog. We sang this one year at the sem (though not nearly this well). Biebel’s Ave Maria is one of the most beautiful choral pieces I’ve ever heard. Happy Advent. Please don’t watch it distracted, as beauty like this deserves your attention.

I have a question for the other Catholic Dads here. I was reading this post and commentary a couple of days ago and it got me to thinking of my own history and development. Then I had a startling realization. I don’t believe that I ever engaged in a conversation about chastity as a virtue [...]