by John Clark | Dec 16, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
In 1984, Hollywood released “Gremlins,” a film about a father who brings home an unidentifiable furry little animal as a Christmas present for his son. Turns out, this little guy is even more unique than they realized. If you feed it after midnight, it spawns...
by Magis Center | Dec 6, 2019 | Church Teaching, Culture, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines anger as a desire for revenge. However, prior to the time of Jesus, anger was not interpreted as necessarily negative. Some stoic philosophers (e.g., Galen and Seneca) viewed anger as a weakness—and even a kind of...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Dec 2, 2019 | Happiness, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
“He looks on me individually, He calls me by my name, He knows what I can do, what I can best be, what is my greatest happiness, and He means to give it me.” -St. John Henry Newman As the Advent season begins, it might seem odd to mention happiness. Aren’t we...
by John Clark | Nov 29, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
“Do you know what happened to my heart? When I saw you, my heart fell in love with you.” These words were spoken by a little girl explaining how she felt when she first saw her adoptive mother. The recent video of this conversation has made the rounds on the internet,...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Oct 28, 2019 | Culture, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
From sports to politics, we are living in a world of extremes. Consider the news stories relating the “extreme views” of the recent mass shooters (described as eco-terrorists) or the claim that the Brexit vote is a straight path to fostering the growth of extreme...
by John Clark | Oct 17, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Virtue & Freedom
In the 1957 movie, “12 Angry Men,” a dozen jurors are assembled for the purpose of determining whether a boy, accused with the murder of his father, is guilty of the alleged crime. The first ballot, though one-sided, lacks the required unanimity to convict: 11 guilty;...
