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The Power of Festivity in Unfestive Times

By Dr. Daniel McInerny

Download PDF You are very brave to sit down to read a piece by a philosopher on the theme of festivity. We philosophers do not exactly have a reputation for spreading joy and the festive spirit. We can, in fact, be rather dull at parties, especially when we start...

The Lord’s Day: Reclaiming Sunday and Transforming the Culture

By Cardinal Francis Arinze

Download PDF “The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein”, sings the psalmist in Psalm 24:1. In making the incisions on the Paschal Candle at the Easter Vigil initial ceremony, the celebrant solemnly proclaims: “Christ...

Our Hidden Treasure: The Catholic Vision of History

By Dr. Timothy T. O’Donnell

Download PDF Ask a typical university student what he considers to be the most important event in all of history. He might offer responses such as “the invention of the printing press,” or “the Industrial Revolution,” or “the civil rights movement.” These are...

Three Sane Decisions to Help You Save Your Soul

By Fr. Robert Spitzer

Download PDF The following is adapted from the 2019 Commencement Address delivered at Christendom College. It is a real honor to be with all of you here today, and I want to open with saying, congratulations to the class of 2019. I can already tell from that...

The Scandal of Uneducated College Graduates

By Dale Ahlquist

Download PDF A few years ago, a friend said to me: “At some point, everything becomes a TLA.” I admitted that I didn’t know what he was talking about. “What’s a TLA?” I asked. “Three Letter Acronym.” Although amused, I did not respond with: “LOL.” Of course, LOL had...

Understanding and Responding to Our Transgender Moment

By Dr. Ryan Anderson

Download PDF America is in the midst of what has been called a “transgender moment.”1 In the space of a year, transgender issues went from something that most Americans had never heard of to a cause claiming the mantle of civil rights. Can a boy truly be “trapped” in...