Tag: Robert Royal

Two for Catholic Schools Week

Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg If you send your children to a Catholic school, you should ask the principal or a teacher if they can answer two questions: “What is a human person?” and “What is the purpose of an education?” You’ll likely hear about…

War – The Catholic Thing

War is a dreadful thing. If we find glory in it, it’s because we admire soldiers for their bravery, prowess, and sacrifice. I’ve known soldiers who march in parades on Memorial Day or the Fourth of July and are proud of their service, exactly as…

The Lives of Christian Moms

When I taught CCD, I used to tell my kids, ‘If everybody else is doing it, it’s probably wrong.’  The Christian life is difficult. The truth is difficult.”  So said Kelley (as we may call her) when I interviewed her, in January 1999, a few…