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There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love. (Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, +1153)

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Saint John Eudes and Giving Our All

A contemporary of his fellow Frenchman, Descartes, Saint John Eudes (+1680) was of quite a different mind and spirit. Rather that meditate like Descartes...

Assumption and the Resurrection

A blessed and glorious solemnity of the Assumption to one and all! A day commemorating the taking up of the Blessed Virgin Mary, body...

Sheer Cliffs and Discerning Risk

On August 13th in 1995, Alison Hargreaves, a wife and mother of two small children, summitted the notorious K2, one of the most dangerous...

Saint Cassian of Imola: A Teacher for the Ages

On this 13th day of August, we commemorate a little-known saint, Cassian of Imola, a Christian schoolmaster in northern fourth-century Italy. By edict of...

Jane Frances de Chantal’s Visitation

Jane Frances Fremiot (+1641) was a beautiful, refined young woman from Burgundy, betrothed to the handsome Baron de Chantal at 21 years old -...
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Distributism: The Original ‘Third Way’ for Shared Ownership, Social Justice, and Economic Equality & Democracy

For much of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, political economy has been dominated by two paradigms: capitalism, with markets and private ownership, and state socialism, with collective state control of production. Both systems promise prosperity and dignity, yet both have significant limitations.

A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome

I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldn’t just show up in Rome, so to make a pilgrimage of it.

Apologetics 101

Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peter’s admonition to ‘Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence’ (1 Peter 3:15).