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To my fellow Legates, I extend a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year on behalf of myself and the board of governors.

André Bessette, Canada’s first male saint, was a brother of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, which oversees Notre Dame University in South Bend, IN.

Christ spoke of the mustard seed to represent the small beginnings of His Church, which — like the mustard seed — would grow into a vast tree. And it did.

No longer business as usual: ‘The Great Resignation’ has forced companies to sweeten their offers in order to lure workers to return after the pandemic

Mario Costabile, president of Legatus’ Newark Chapter and winner of the Legatus 2020 Bowie Kuhn Award, was enjoying a successful career as a music industry producer when certain life events prompted him to feel that God was calling him not only to the more serious practice of his Catholic faith, but to use his media talents to bring young people for Christ.

Not long ago, prostitutes were scorned and discounted in respectable society. But as the real layers of human trafficking were peeled away, it became apparent that many prostitutes are victims trapped in slavery.

Legatus topped off the year by welcoming two new chapters. Tom Monaghan made his traditional visits at chartering ceremonies in Raleigh, North Carolina and Evansville, Indiana in November and December.

On December 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most important case of this generation: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

The moral acceptability of using abortion-derived cell lines in research has been an area of debate in Catholic bioethics for some time. The Magisterium first weighed in over a decade ago.

This spring or summer, the Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Mississippi’s 15-week abortion limit, and pre-viability limits on abortion generally, are constitutional.

“And He said to them, 'Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while.’” - (Mark 6:31)

When we actually start acting the Gospel out in the lived reality of economics, politics, and culture, we start getting into trouble.

...Lewis embraced Christianity only as an adult after a long and circuitous path, first of apathy and later of intellectual inquiry.

Some people live for years with AFib without problems or symptoms. Others may experience heart palpitations, lack of energy, lightheadedness, fainting, chest pain or pressure, or shortness of breath even at rest.

"A fresh start" - what a sense of renewal these words carry. We look forward to what the future holds, reminisce on what has happened, and work within ourselves to change for the better.

"Restoring a 'marriage culture' will heal society, as it attracts people back to God"

Retired Monsignor remains 'workaholic' in ministry out of deep affection for the Savior