Musician and musicologist Fr. Reynold Furrell, 50, played in Hollywood orchestras for movies and sitcoms before divine inspiration struck a different chord. Today he is founding pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Ladera Ranch, Calif., and the founding chaplain of the Orange Canyons Chapter, which chartered last November.
Richards and Robison tackle tough moral and political issues facing Christians today, including abortion, stem-cell research, marriage, economics, health care, the environment, judicial activism, terrorism, free trade and more.
Monsignor Georg Ratzinger hasn’t always lived in the shadow of his younger brother, Joseph. Georg was an accomplished musician, who for over 30 years directed the world-famous boys choir of the Regensburg Cathedral.
The sexual revolution brought a terribly distorted vision of the body and sex into the mainstream. With his revolutionary Theology of the Body, Pope John Paul II challenged the modern world not to stop at the surface, but to enter the depth of the “great mystery” that the body and sex reveal: a mystery that lies at the heart of the Gospel itself.
A member of Legatus’ Phoenix Chapter, Sears delivers a gripping sequel to In Justice. His dramatic tale reveals how slippery the slope of “tolerance” really is. The story picks up with a pastor who is jailed for preaching about Jesus and the Bible.
Just in time for Easter, DeStefano delivers an inspiring version of the beloved Bible story of Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem by introducing the young donkey who has yet to realize his important mission.
Whether you are experiencing stress due to a recent situation or you have been experiencing stress for a long time, your body and mind may be experiencing different symptoms. Here are some warning signs that stress is affecting your body and mind.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule on Jan. 20 requiring all insurers to include free coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization procedures and prescription contraceptives in their insurance plans — including those sponsored by employers. All of these “preventive services” are instrumental to engaging in intrinsically evil actions, as consistently taught by the Catholic Church.
Socrates once famously stated that “all knowledge begins with a definition of terms.” This insight captures an essential characteristic of philosophy and the branch of philosophy called ethics. Without proper discrimination between and among contested terms, intellectual confusion (a roadblock to truth and philosophical clarity) will always result.
The last International Eucharistic Congress held in Ireland was in 1932, shortly after the founding of the Irish Free State. Massively attended and with an air of patriotic zeal and religious fervor, the Congress also marked the 1,500th anniversary of St. Patrick’s arrival in Ireland.
The 40 Days for Life campaign has garnered massive attention since it went nationwide in 2007. It is held each spring and fall in front of the most hopeless places our world has ever known — abortion mills that profit from the systematic killing of human beings at their most vulnerable stage of life.
A native of Milan, Italy, this modern saint served as a stretcher-bearer during the Second Italian War of Independence. Horrified by the war, he left military service and asked God for direction. Inspired by the spirit of St. John of God, he entered the Order of the Hospitallers of St. John of God in 1860, took the name Benedetto, and began studies for the priesthood.
I’ve recently been reflecting on my younger years. You know, those seminal, impressionable years of elementary school, high school and college that form so much of who we become in adulthood.
Musician and musicologist Fr. Reynold Furrell, 50, played in Hollywood orchestras for movies and sitcoms before divine inspiration struck a different chord. Today he is founding pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Ladera Ranch, Calif., and the founding chaplain of the Orange Canyons Chapter, which chartered last November.
The last International Eucharistic Congress held in Ireland was in 1932, shortly after the founding of the Irish Free State. Massively attended and with an air of patriotic zeal and religious fervor, the Congress also marked the 1,500th anniversary of St. Patrick’s arrival in Ireland.