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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Legatus’ monthly membership magazine picked up two international press awards on June 20.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Legatus’ monthly membership magazine picked up two international press awards on June 20.

St. John Paul the Great left the Catholic Church — and the world — a legacy that will last until the end of time. His 26-year pontificate revolutionized the papacy and launched a new wave of fervent Catholicism that is still growing.

Many who love Collin Raye — one of country music’s most celebrated performers — don’t know much about the man and the many trials he has endured with faith and courage. Most recently his beloved nine-year-old granddaughter, Haley, died in 2010 from an undiagnosed neurological disease. Since Haley’s death, he has become an advocate for the sick and disabled.

Conversion stories are always uplifting reading, and Fulwiler’s memoir is one of the best in recent memory. Raised an atheist, she had all the success a young woman could want, yet a creeping darkness followed her.

Hahn’s latest book, subtitled A Mission Manual for the New Evangelization, is a remarkable tool for Legates to learn, live and spread their faith. He asserts that to be a Christian is to be an evangelizer.

Subtitled Ten Answers to a Very Important Question, Madrid’s new book offers readers a way of looking at the Church — its members, teachings, customs, and history — from perspectives many may have never considered.

This richly illustrated book tells John Paul II’s fascinating and deeply inspiring story in a graphic novel format. As a young man, he witnessed the Nazi and Soviet invasion of his country. As a young priest, he stood up to the communists. As pope, he traveled the world to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to people around the world.

Discover John Paul II’s five great loves through remarkable unpublished stories about him from bishops, priests, students, Swiss Guards, and others. Evert uncovered these many gems, all with great insight into the new saint’s life. After a brief overview of the Pope’s life, Evert explores in depth his five great loves: the Eucharist, Our Lady, the cross, young people, and human love.

Likening himself to a circus plate-spinner, Fr. John Love serves as pastor of St. Mark’s University Roman Catholic Church in Isla Vista, Calif. The parish is “essentially a Newman Center, but with the canonical status of a parish.” He’s also a chaplain for Legatus, the Order of Malta, and the Air National Guard. “My interest in helping military personnel to find God derives from my family’s military tradition,” says this son of an Army surgeon. Of his vocational plate-spinning act, he says, “Through the grace of God, a plate has yet to fall!”

Is that so? Haven’t you been reading the headlines? Many people behave as though they’re basically evil, including many who never make the news.

Sleep is a basic human need like eating, drinking and breathing. Sleep is a vital part of the foundation for good health and well-being throughout your life.

Pope Leo XIII made this observation in 1889: “We see faith, the root of all the Christian virtues, lessening in many souls; we see charity growing cold, the young generation daily growing in depravity of morals and views, the Church of Jesus Christ attacked on every side.”

The environmental movement has long indulged a tinge of misanthropy at the fringes. For example, advocates for a “deep ecology” argue that each facet of the natural world (including humans) are equal, and must be given “equal consideration” when reaping the bounty of the land.

ObamaCare. The Patriot Act. Common Core. Increasingly in America, power and policy have been centralized in the hands of the federal government at the expense not only of state and local authorities, but of individual freedom as well.

When Pope Francis was informed last year that a second miracle had been approved for the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul II, opening the way for his canonization, he asked his Vatican aides: What about John XXIII?