morals Archives

Passing Along All that is Noble and Worthwhile

by Randy Hain | Jul 10, 2014 | Men of Faith, Surrender & Strength | 0 |

I was blessed to grow up with great parents. We didn’t have much, but my parents made sure my...

America, the Resilient

by Randy Hain | Jul 4, 2013 | Surrender & Strength | 0 |

Reminiscing seems to go hand in hand with getting older. When I slow down enough to look at life through the eyes of my children, I see a world vastly different from the one in which I grew up. As a product of Generation X, my...

Reviewing the “Legacy of the Stone Harp” (books 1 and 2)

by Sarah Reinhard | Mar 12, 2012 | Media | 0 |

I have learned, over time, to be a bit careful when I’m soliciting review copies of books. My inner editor in me has very little patience for shoddiness, short-cuts in writing and editing, and error, especially of the grammar...

The Catholic Difference

by Patti Maguire Armstrong | Feb 3, 2011 | Family | 0 |

My husband, Mark, and I were sitting next to each other across from an English teacher at the public high school’s parent/teacher conferences. She and another teacher had just been laughing about something. Turning to give us...

When Catholic Hospitals Lose Their Identity and Way

by Msgr. Roger Landry | Jan 10, 2011 | General | 0 |

Before Christmas, as the Christian world was preparing to celebrate the birth of the child Jesus, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix had to deal with a Catholic hospital that carried out a decision to kill a child made in Jesus’...

How Important is Virtue?

by Dr. Donald DeMarco | Nov 9, 2010 | General | 0 |

Virtue is understated, underappreciated, under-valuated, and misunderstood. This is a sad litany for something as important as virtue. And how important, then, is virtue? It is as important to the moral life as money is to...

Daily Quote from Pope John Paul II

by ICL Editor | Oct 10, 2010 | Quote | 0 |

Finally, true freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the name of freedom proclaims a kind of general amorality. It is a caricature of freedom...

Because We Love Them So Much

by Randy Hain | Jun 29, 2010 | Family | 0 |

My wife and I are blessed with two wonderful boys, Alex and Ryan, ages 12 and nine. The catalyst for this article occurred after a recent family birthday celebration. We went to a nicer restaurant than usual because of the...