The infamous year of 2020 is finally coming to a close. While it certainly contained some incredible challenges, the silver lining is that it also provided many opportunities for growth, including within Legatus.
Today we have an election computer system nationwide and worldwide – bizarrely named Dominion – which purportedly flips vote-chunks from one candidate to another at whim. It was used in over 28 U.S. states, including all battleground states.
A picture of St. John Bosco greets Judge John F. Cherry when he takes his seat at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. "I have his picture everywhere, on the bench, on my desk at home, in the bedroom, at my sink. He is a constant reminder to me," said Cherry, 69, the president judge at the Court of Common Pleas in Dauphin County. Cherry's lifelong devotion to the Apostle of Youth serves him well in presiding over cases involving delinquent, neglected, and abused children.
Legates soon will have a timely opportunity at Legatus Summit East 2021 to learn how to be salt and light in a world that has seen much decay and darkness amid the political unrest and Coronavirus lockdowns of 2020. Among the Summit speakers at the Jan. 14-1 conference in Palm beach, FL, will be Andrew Abela, dean of the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America, and Andrew Swafford, associate professor of theology at Benedictine College, Atchison, KS. Abela will discuss "Faithful Catholic Business Leadership in a Time of Moral Hyper-Confusion," and Swafford, "The Catholic Faith in the Letter to the Hebrews." Here is a preview of their talks.
In April 1988, I accepted the invitation to join the newly formed Legatus initiative. The mission of Legatus was complementary to my mission, and so I welcomed this opportunity to collaborate with other Catholic executives.
By the time you read this, the U.S. presidential election may have been resolved. Depending upon the outcome, our nation will take one of two starkly different paths. Since most of my work has been on pro-life issues, and the bulk of this in the international arena, let me lay out what these two paths mean to me, a fellow Legate who has been fighting for life for over three decades.
Despite his call for unity, Joe Biden threatens to unravel a longstanding source of harmony in America — religious freedom. He is entitled to his views on religion. He would not be entitled to employ the power of government to drive traditional religious actors and their beliefs from American public life.
My parents had their share of struggles in their marriage and in raising a family of six children. One son died in infancy, and then they lost another when he was just eighteen. I suppose one of the strongest lessons I learned from both my parents was that whatever we were facing, we could always turn to our Catholic faith for strength and support.
Indian-American political commentator Dinesh D’Souza has produced films before, namely politically conservative documentaries including Hillary’s America and his 2020 election-year release Trump Card: Beating Socialism, Corruption and the Deep State.
Childhood obesity has been increasing since the 1980s. According to the CDC, it now affects 13.7 million — nearly 20 percent — of American children. Obesity is defined as a body mass index above the 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex based on a 2000 CDC growth chart. That means nearly 20 percent of children today are as obese as the 5 percent most obese were 20 years ago.
The word "Christmas" comes from the Old English Christes maesse, or “Christ’s Mass.” It’s the celebration of the Holy Mass in honor of Christ’s birth. Other names for the great Solemnity of Christmas derive from the Latin word nativitas (nativity) — in Italian, Natale; in French, Noel; and in Spanish, Navidad.