Modesty in Motion
by Celeste Behe in News on Monday, August 10, 2009 6:00 AM
Shakespeare may have been right to write that “all that glitters is not gold.” But some young Catholics are out to buck that logic with a little spiritual alchemy.
Working amid the glitz and glamour of the entertainment and communications industries, these young people are, through their faithful witness, successfully transforming elements of the media into spiritual treasure.
Their tool is zeal. Their message is modesty.
Music With a Message
Paige Rees of the Cajun band L’Angélus is one of these... READ MORE
Pro-Life 'Franchise' Helps Moms
by Joseph Pronechen in News on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:00 AM
When Darlene Wagner and the board she chairs decided to open a crisis-pregnancy maternity home in Norwich, Conn., they wanted to pattern themselves after a proven winner.
So did Chris Ricketts, executive director of a group home in Winchester, Va.
Both found the ideal in Good Counsel Homes. Today’s hope is to see homes modeled after Good Counsel across the nation.
“When you’re searching for the ideal maternity home, you want to have the best model,” said Wagner. “We selected Good Counsel because... READ MORE
Good Fathers Figure
by Joseph Pronechen in News on Friday, July 03, 2009 6:00 AM
There’s no avoiding it: Dads take a beating in the popular culture. When they’re not portrayed as hopelessly inept, fathers are made out to be crude, ignorant or otherwise loathsome (often in some new, shocking, “envelope-pushing” way).
The Knights of Columbus are out to fight back against the lies with their new, Web-based initiative called Fathers for Good.
“The goal of Fathers for Good is really to restore a positive image of the father and a confidence in the father,” explains the website’s... READ MORE
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