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After five years of practicing law in Manhattan, a young attorney surrendered to God’s call to the priesthood. The founding chaplain of Legatus’ Long Island Chapter, Fr. John McCartney says he heard God’s call while attending daily Mass. He also recounts that he gained a deep understanding and appreciation for Legatus after one of Legatus’ founding fathers, Bowie Kuhn, invited him to his home on Long Island for breakfast.

As an advocate of preventive medicine, Legatus Healthnetwork encourages members to be wary of prolonged exposure to the sun. People exposed to excessive amounts of sunlight are susceptible to skin cancer or melanoma if they fail to defend adequately against UV rays, says Dr. Sewa S. Legha, a medical oncologist at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, a Healthnetwork GOLD hospital in Houston.

In chapter after chapter I have observed men and women who are at one and the same time business professionals and people of faith who come together to grow in that faith. Legatus is feeding their spiritual hunger while they serve Jesus Christ and his Church.

Gentle-heartedness follows from humble-heartedness. When I know my proper place and am therefore free to appreciate and affirm the invaluable goodness of my neighbor, I can afford to be gentle. By “gentle,” I do not mean the gentility of a superior patting an inferior on the head, but rather a fundamental recognition of the depth, uniqueness and transcendentality of another person emanating from their eyes, voice and mere presence. This vision of the other engenders a profound insight into my co-equality with them, which in turn engenders a deep insight into my co-responsibility with them for the common good.

Some prospective parents carry a genetic defect that they might pass on to their children. One way to avoid giving birth to a child with a genetic defect is to have the child engendered through a procedure called in vitro fertilization (where the child is engendered in a glass dish outside the body)

The idea of “social business” is fantastic marketing. What an inspiring concept: to use your business skills for the betterment of society. People are excited by the idea of imbuing their business life with social significance.

In the early Church, where one loaf of unleavened bread was used, the bread was broken so that everyone might partake. In later centuries, the Church began using hosts already cut from a sheet ready-made for Communion. Unfortunately, the symbolism was lost in the process. However, it is still retained in the breaking of the priest’s larger host.

When I got a little older and started earning a paycheck, I began to appreciate work for more than just its economic benefits. But I have never come to embrace pain wholeheartedly. After all, pain hurts!

In chapter after chapter I have observed men and women who are at one and the same time business professionals and people of faith who come together to grow in that faith. Legatus is feeding their spiritual hunger while they serve Jesus Christ and his Church.