In Processu - Seeking holiness by living in intimate and unceasing union with...
Seeking holiness by living in intimate and unceasing union with the Trinity Spiritual formation…should be conducted in such a way that the students may learn to livein intimate and unceasing union with...
View ArticleThe Heart of the Matter
In Pastores Dabo Vobis, Blessed John Paul II offered to those charged with seminary formation the framework by which to form men for the priesthood, namely, the four pillars of priestly formation:...
View ArticleLaying the Foundation for Forming Disciples in Our Parishes
A recent mailing of the Franciscan University of Steubenville declares, “The age of casual Catholicism is over. The age of heroic Catholicism has begun.”1 Men and women starving for truth and eager to...
View ArticleSexuality and Spirituality - An Attempt at Integration for Sexual and...
An Attempt at Integration for Sexual and Spiritual Health Abstract: This paper attempts to show the relationship between sexuality and spirituality, and ways to attain profound union between husbands...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Vice in Seminary Formation
We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. —C. S. Lewis from The Abolition of Man. (This article originally...
View ArticleTaking Up the Cross Daily by Praying with Our Senses - On the Role of...
On the Role of Mortification in the Christian Life The term “mortification” has become increasingly less common in contemporary discussions of the spiritual life. One might say it is now nearly absent...
View ArticleCatholic Men, the Spiritual Life, and Our Growth in Holiness-Perfection -...
Living Faith as Conversion, Knowledge, and Joy According to the Thought of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI A Catholic Christian spiritual life has often been described in terms of...
View ArticleDisciple-Making with Mercenary Love - “Gold, Silver, Precious Stones"? Or...
What is needed in these times to ignite a “new evangelization” that will return zeal and vigor to our Catholic parishes and dioceses? We certainly are in need of personal and ecclesial renewal that is...
View ArticleQuestions Answered
Question: Can you explain to me just what is referred to as the “dark night of the soul” in the mystical life? Should all Christians experience these? Answer: The question of the dark night of the soul...
View ArticleReal Celibacy Is an Invitation from Divine Beauty
The personal call of Christ to follow him in a life of chaste celibacy brings a seminarian into a suffering that involves his whole person. Seminary formation serves such a man by assisting him to...
View ArticleBook Reviews – January 2020
The Catholic Gentleman: Living Authentic Manhood Today By Sam Guzman. Reviewed by Austin Barnes. (skip to review) Still Amidst the Storm: A Family Man’s Search for Peace in an Anxious World By Conor...
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