Happy Human Rights Day

Megan Sweas| Print this pagePrint | Email this pageShare
blog
Today we celebrate the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Human Rights. This year the focus is on ending discrimination.

10 Things I Hate About Christianity

By Sarah Sharp| Print this pagePrint | Email this pageShare
Article Culture

By Jason Berggren (X Media, 2009)

So much for Paul's assertion to the Corinthians that "the greatest of these is love." Jason Berggren openly admits in his debut book, subtitled "Working Through the Frustrations of Faith," that hate isn't what you're supposed to feel, but he's an angry young man and he does anyway. He hates that parts of his faith don't make sense, he hates that faith takes so much work, and he hates that he wouldn't have it any other way.

Sarah Sharp is a Claretian Volunteer who writes for U.S. Catholic magazine.

See more posts by Sarah Sharp

A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop

By J. Peter Nixon| Print this pagePrint | Email this pageShare
Article Culture

by Rembert Weakland (Eerdmans, 2009)

When Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland resigned in May 2002, he did so in the midst of a media firestorm. Earlier that month, ABC News had broadcast an interview with Paul Marcoux, who claimed that Weakland had sexually assaulted him two decades earlier. In the days that followed, the public learned that the Archdiocese of Milwaukee had paid $450,000 to Marcoux in a confidential settlement. Subsequent revelations suggesting that the relationship had been consensual did little to salvage Weakland's reputation.

J. Peter Nixon is a regular contributor to U.S. Catholic. 

See more posts by J. Peter Nixon

Outliers: The Story of Success

By Patrick McCormick| Print this pagePrint | Email this pageShare
Article Culture

by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, and Company, 2008)

Patrick McCormick is professor of Christian ethics at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. See more posts by Patrick McCormick

You are what you read

By Mary Margaret Keaton| Print this pagePrint | Email this pageShare
Article Culture

In choosing a story, simply follow the advice of C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, who said, "No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not equally worth reading at the age of 50." In addition to the titles mentioned in the article, here are some suggestions for reading with kids.
 

Classic reads

Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1940): An elephant cares for an abandoned egg.

Mary Margaret Keaton is a writer in Matthews, North Carolina and author of Imagining Faith with Kids: Unearthing Seeds of the Gospel in Children's Stories from Peter Rabbit to Harry Potter (Pauline Books and Media, 2005, pauline.org) See more posts by Mary Margaret Keaton

Book marked: Stories to raise your children by

By Mary Margaret Keaton| Print this pagePrint | Email this pageShare
Article Life
From nursery rhymes to fantasy anthologies, fill your shelves with stories to raise your children by.
Mary Margaret Keaton is a writer in Matthews, North Carolina and author of Imagining Faith with Kids: Unearthing Seeds of the Gospel in Children's Stories from Peter Rabbit to Harry Potter (Pauline Books and Media, 2005, pauline.org) See more posts by Mary Margaret Keaton

Learning experience: Teaching programs for college grads

By Jeff Parrott| Print this pagePrint | Email this pageShare
Article Life
Catholic schools are filling in the teacher gap with new grads looking for a challenge.
Jeff Parrott is a reporter at the South Bend Tribune in South Bend, Indiana. See more posts by Jeff Parrott

From Catholic schools to Congress

Megan Sweas| Print this pagePrint | Email this pageShare
blog

Life lessons from a basketball loss

Megan Sweas| Print this pagePrint | Email this pageShare
blog

Here's a reason not be proud of your school:  

The Covenant School, a Dallas Christian school, has been widely criticized for running up the score of a girl’s varsity basketball. The score: 100 to 0.