Issue 10.1 of Envoy Magazine
Features: A Goal-Driven Life By Luke Vercollone Being a professional athlete is something most people can only dream of. But pro-soccer player Luke Vercollone is, as they say, living the dream. And living it well. As he explains in this article, the world of professional sports can be extremely rewarding and fulfilling, but it also has [...]
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Issue 9.3 of Envoy Magazine
What is Love? by Peter Kreeft, Ph.D. It has been said that “love is a many-splendored thing,” and this is true. Yet what exactly is love? The definition of “love” can be quite elusive. Is it happiness, affection, charity, desire, friendship? A regular contributor to Envoy, philosopher Peter Kreeft considers what love really is (and [...]
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Issue 9.4 of Envoy Magazine
Featuring: How I Grew Up Atheist and Ended Up Catholic By Jennifer Fulwiler You’ve heard the term “cradle Catholic” before — referring to someone raised Catholic from infancy. But how often have you heard about “cradle atheists”? Well, you’re about to meet one. Jennifer Fulwiler, a highly successful blogger, writer, author, wife, and mother of five [...]
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Issue 9.1 of Envoy Magazine
Features: Rejoice in the Lord Always! by Msgr. Stuart Swetland, s.t.d. Do you radiate gospel joy wherever you go? Can people tell that you are a Christian and a Catholic, just by your sunny smile? In this feature, Monsignor Stuart Swetland illuminates the path to joy, true joy in the love of Jesus which differs [...]
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Issue 10.1 of Envoy Magazine
Features: A Goal-Driven Life By Luke Vercollone Being a professional athlete is something most people can only dream of. But pro-soccer player Luke Vercollone is, as they say, living the dream. And living it well. As he explains in this article, the world of professional sports can be extremely rewarding and fulfilling, but it also has [...]
Envoy Articles
Too Many People?
By Dr. Jacqueline R. Kasun Illustrated by Dean Macadam It’s a day like any other. Your child comes home from school with an assignment. Only today, the assignment is to detail the problems that “overpopulation” is causing the world’s ecosystem. And part of this assignment is to educate you about the world’s population “problem.” What [...]
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Fr. Robert Barron named new rector and president of Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary
Leave a Comment This is welcome and not entirely unexpected news, given Father Barron’s meteoric ascendancy in the Catholic media world, especially on the strength of his impressive tour-de-force video series “Catholicism” and accompanying book. With a doctorate in sacred theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris, a slew of scholarly yet accessible books on the [...]
Envoy Articles
Too Many People?
By Dr. Jacqueline R. Kasun Illustrated by Dean Macadam It’s a day like any other. Your child comes home from school with an assignment. Only today, the assignment is to detail the problems that “overpopulation” is causing the world’s ecosystem. And part of this assignment is to educate you about the world’s population “problem.” What [...]
New on Patrick’s Blog
- Fr. Robert Barron named new rector and president of Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary May 11, 2012
- My Advice to Catholic Parents: Don’t Let Your Kids Date Non-Catholics April 19, 2012
- Do you know where the saying “God helps those who help themselves” comes from? February 7, 2012
- Quo vadis? January 26, 2012
- Seeing people through the eyes of Christ changes your view of them January 24, 2012
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Fr. Robert Barron named new rector and president of Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary
Leave a Comment This is welcome and not entirely unexpected news, given Father Barron’s meteoric ascendancy in the Catholic media world, especially on the strength of his impressive tour-de-force video series “Catholicism” and accompanying book. With a doctorate in sacred theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris, a slew of scholarly yet accessible books on the [...]
My Advice to Catholic Parents: Don’t Let Your Kids Date Non-Catholics
23 Comments Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. My basic premise, which I advert to in this audio segment is that, more often than not, mixed marriages (i.e., when a [...]
Do you know where the saying “God helps those who help themselves” comes from?
1 Comment Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac quotes it, and an English politician named Algernon Sydney (d. 1683) is said to have also proclaimed it in slightly different wording. But neither man was responsible for originating this idea. Actually, the ancient Greeks appear to have coined the phrase. Interestingly, most people assume that the phrase, [...]
Quo vadis?
1 Comment The American actor James Farentino died yesterday at the age of 73. He is perhaps best known for his deft portrayal of Saint Peter the Apostle in the landmark mini-series-movie “Jesus of Nazareth.” Personally, having re-watched that excellent, moving, and instructive film countless times since its release in 1978, I’ve always felt that he [...]
Quo vadis, Petre?
Leave a Comment The American actor James Farentino died yesterday at the age of 73. He is perhaps best known for his deft portrayal of Saint Peter the Apostle in the landmark ini-series-movie “Jesus of Nazareth.” Personally, having re-watched that excellent, moving, and instructive film countless times since its release in 1978, I’ve always felt that [...]
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