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Please allow me also to express my deep appreciation to the hundreds of members whom I have come to know personally through my role as International Chaplain. Many of you have adopted me into your families, others have opened the doors to great opportunities for ethics and leadership, and all of you have been tremendously supportive to both me and Legatus with unparalleled generosity. I am so proud to have been part of your lives and will make every attempt to remain so in the future.

Known for his keen intellect, fidelity to the Church and focus on vocations, Bishop Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison, Wisc., is the new International Chaplain for Legatus. A native of Scranton, Pa., Bishop Morlino was ordained a priest for the Society of Jesus in 1974. He taught 11 years at Jesuit schools until he was incardinated into the Kalamazoo, Mich., diocese in 1981. Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of Helena, Mont., in 1999. Four years later, he was assign to Madison. He is the fourth Legatus chaplain.

In the end, Canizaro agreed to make a generous gift on behalf of all Legatus members to support the Legatus Healthnetwork initiative. Canizaro’s generosity and unbridled enthusiasm for Legatus Healthnetwork enables all members to have access to the best hospitals and physicians in the world through Healthnetwork. The new partnership is now Legatus Healthnetwork – Sponsored by First Bank and Trust.

Our best years were the ’80s. In fact, during that time we were the fastest growing restaurant chain in history. We went from 300 to 5,000 stores in 10 years with a record 954 store openings in 1985.

Today the patient is a “client” and the physician is a “healthcare provider.” The relationship is centered on the “fee for service” and the responsible party who pays those fees. The “payor” determines what services will be provided and expects that the physician will provide the service even if it’s not in the patient’s best interest.

Based on an incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis (Brown), the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Was the star of Bethlehem a legend created by the early Church, a miracle that marked the advent of Christ or a real astronomical event? From producer Steve McEveety (The Passion of the Christ) comes an amazing documentary on the Star of Bethlehem.

The American spirit is celebrated in this outrageous comedy produced by Steve McEveety (The Passion of the Christ) and directed by David Zucker (Airplane!). An anti-American Hollywood filmmaker (Farley) sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America.

Alzheimer’s is rampant among older adults worldwide, and as baby boomers age, it promises to be the Great American Epidemic of the 21st century. Unlike other books in the category (which primarily focus on caring for an Alzheimer’s patient after diagnosis), this book presents a program to lower your risk by 70%. While science stumbles in finding a cure, physicians agree on one treatment: prevention. Making proper lifestyle choices can keep you healthy.

Every four years we hear how the presidential election is the most important in history. The truth is that the stakes are higher with every year that passes. Denver’s archbishop pulls no punches in exploring the intersection of morality, reason and politics. This important book is a call to American Catholics (and all Christians) to serve the highest ideals of their nation by first living their faith deeply and authentically.

One frequently hears, “We treat our animals better than we do our fellow human beings” or “We are willing to watch our mother writhe in pain, and yet we don’t think twice about putting down our suffering cat.”

A popular Legatus speaker, Saab shares his hard-won insights into love, work, manhood and their source in his Catholic faith. The biggest problem by far facing men in their 20s is the crisis of manhood. Offering a completely new take on the so-called quarterlife crisis, Saab describes his reluctant confrontation with career, relationships, and spiritual disillusionment and reveals the surprising truths he learned about what it means to be a man.

I once heard a preacher say that many of God’s people look more like they’ve been baptized in pickle juice than in water. Is this holiness? Is piety all about being miserable, unsuccessful and glum? What are we to make of Jesus’ alarming words?

For many people, it’s shocking to learn that what they believed to be a real marriage was in fact lacking in key elements. But it’s important to remember that marriage is God’s idea. He established the conditions by which we enter into the sacrament of Matrimony. Christ bestowed the powers of binding and loosing on the Church rather than the civil authorities, so it’s the Church that defines Christian marriage. But here is a little understood fact: The priest doesn’t perform the sacrament of Marriage. He only “witnesses” the marriage. The husband and wife actually administer the sacrament to one another.

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, also known as the “Little Flower,” was one of the most ambitious saints in history. As a young girl she was determined to become a saint.

The good news is that Jesus Christ, the Divine Physician, brings healing to our wounded world and our wounded hearts. The problem is that we often fail to ask for his healing, and we often fail to be agents of his healing.

Please allow me also to express my deep appreciation to the hundreds of members whom I have come to know personally through my role as International Chaplain. Many of you have adopted me into your families, others have opened the doors to great opportunities for ethics and leadership, and all of you have been tremendously supportive to both me and Legatus with unparalleled generosity. I am so proud to have been part of your lives and will make every attempt to remain so in the future.