August 21, 2007

Resource for Catholic Businessmen

As a worker in the world, I'm always looking for good resources that will help me integrate my faith into my work. I just found an interesting new website, Catholic Business Journal, that seeks to do just that. As employees...

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October 25, 2006

Catholic Search Engine

Google now allows you to create tailored search engines, so I took an initial shot at it. Here's a Catholic search engine. Basically it moves the sites that I've (along with help) marked as "Catholic" to the top of the...

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October 17, 2006

A Catholic Press needs your Help

Sophia Press is asking for help. They are an excellent publisher of Catholic books for adults and kids, but they're having an issue: slow sales have resulted in financial problems that requires help from outside. Sophia has published some excellent...

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July 05, 2006

The Bishops are Blogging

The blogging craze has now moved up a level to Catholic Bishops - at least for the World Meeting of Families. They have launched the V Encuentro Mundial de las Familias blog to discuss this event. However, as you may...

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June 01, 2006

Quality of Life & The Age of Materialism

In our modern culture we are often bombarded with the appeal of material gain. We want new homes, new cars, new clothes, bigger TVs, Surround Sound, iPods, etc. We want higher salaries, retirement funds, and vacation homes. Many are willing...

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May 15, 2006

Produce Fruit Where You’re Planted

It’s rare to find a Christian workplace in our post-Christian age. Furthermore, it’s easy to imagine that you could be a better person – or a better Christian – if you worked in such a place. However, God has us...

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April 25, 2005

Ignatius Press grows . . . Quickly

When I have a little money, I buy books from Ignatius Press, so I've long been a fan of the publisher. They are the "official" publisher of Pope Benedict XVI's books, so they've been doing quite a bit of business...

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February 02, 2005

Following Our Leader: Pope John Paul II and Our World

I’ve started reading Witness to Hope the biography of Pope John Paul II written by George Weigel. Several people I know have suggested it – it’s more than just a biography since Weigel analyzes the theological background of the Pope’s...

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October 27, 2004

Household Chores and the Spiritual Value of Work

There isn't a lot out there on the importance of household chores from a spiritual angle. We all have heard or read about it being good for our children to have chores in order to earn an allowance, that it...

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October 14, 2004

Living Catholicism at Work

In our work, we have the most difficult place to live out our faith combined with the best opportunity to be a witness for others. How can we become the employee God expects?

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