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St. Peter Damian, a Doctor of the Church, is one of its greatest reformers.

We hoped that when we rang in the New Year, we would truly have a better year than the last. However, as I write this column two weeks into January, it has become apparent that this year may rival 2020 in many ways.

So here we are. Most wonder what just happened with the U.S. elections, why the obvious is never investigated or properly reported, and where God is in all this.

Couples who work together must balance relationship across career and family life.

Whether husband and wife are equal partners at work, they certainly must be at home, according to Meg Cadoux Hirshberg, author of For Better or for Work: A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs and Their Families.

Quarterback-turned-financial advisor, Travis Lulay values faith, family, and football – in that order

Carl N. Karcher (1917-2008), founder and CEO of one of the nation’s largest fast food chains, Carl’s Jr., was an unabashed Catholic – a daily communicant, man of prayer, and avid supporter of religious, pro-life, and politically conservative causes.

Sarah Landman had been stuck on a problem at work for several months when she happened to mention it to her Legatus Networks business deals group.

When Legatus’ editor asked me in late November to consider writing a piece on a topic related to ethics and life for Catholics post-election, her request really struck me.

In our time of loneliness, made worse by the frailty of families, the withering of community life, and the mutual suspicion of the sexes, many turn to same-sex relations as something, anything to make their lives bearable.

Pope St. John Paul II famously said: “The future of the world and of the Church passes through the family.”

Unlike the rest of material creation, human beings are self-conscious, thinking beings invested with the capacity for free choice.

[We must abide by] our faithfulness to daily duty, whether as a doctor, a farmer, a lawyer, a homeschooling mother of eight, a divorced dad of three striving to live a chaste life, a religious-order priest, a diocesan priest, a cloistered nun within a monastery enclosure, an active religious sister teaching in the classroom, a retired grandparent, a working grandparent, a recently widowed grandparent, a middle school or high school student, a college student, or whatever else we might be called to as part of our vocation and state in life.

It’s a beautiful day. All is well with your family and business. You’re out for a hike, and suddenly, through the trees, you see a large bear. And worse, he sees you.

We’ve heard the phrase “It’s just business, it’s not personal.” I‘ve never agreed with that old adage. It is personal. Entrepreneurs and business associates are persons. I am in the food manufacturing business, and in this industry, as in most others, the human person plays an essential role in the success or failure of a business.

Each December, the annual Legatus Gala in Midtown Manhattan is a Christmas season highlight for members from New York City and far beyond. No event combines the incomparable, grandly decorated Park Avenue setting with the traditional chapter-meeting format – enjoyed by many different chapters adorned in black-tie elegance.

Austin Chapter’s Father James Misko named 2020 Central Region Chaplain of the Year