New on Patrick’s Blog
- Random Acts of Kindness in Russia May 3, 2013
- Today, a great silence reigns on earth because the King is asleep March 30, 2013
- St. Patrick’s Breast-Plate: the powerful prayer of a powerful man March 17, 2013
- What I Did on My Summer Vacation March 7, 2013
- What if the next pope is the one Saint John Bosco saw in his Dream of the Two Pillars? February 12, 2013
Recent Articles
What Congressman Paul Ryan sees as America’s greatest challenge might surprise you
Leave a Comment Do you know what Congressman Paul Ryan identifies as the single most dangerous problem the U.S. faces right now? If you guess “the economy” or “debt” you would be wrong. His answer might surprise you when you listen to this free audio download of an eye-opening interview he did last year with [...]
Who are your favorite Catholic speakers?
Leave a Comment Young Brandon Vogt, author and new-media expert, has launched an online poll where folks can vote for up to 15 of their favorite Catholic speakers. If you’d like to weigh in, just click here, or click the microphone image, and you can cast your vote. I [...]
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, [...]
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