Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” (TOB). In the resurrection of the body, our human nature will be transformed and perfected. Scripture describes this as being “like angels in heaven” (Mt. 22:30, Mk. 12:25). However, as I …

When many think of Gerry Faust, they think of football. That’s a fair place to begin. Faust had an impressive resume on the field as coach at Moeller High School and the University of Notre Dame. Beyond football, however, he was a man of great faith with a special devotion …

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as …

by Kevin J. Jones Washington D.C., Jan 20, 2020 / 16:17 pm Last year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day marked the first without Sister Mary Antona Ebo, the only black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, Ala in 1965. “I’m …

Mike Aquilina has distinguished himself as the foremost communicator of early Church history to a general audience. His forte is sifting through a pile of sources, finding valuable nuggets that will capture and keep the attention of a typical reader and presenting that material in an appealing, winsome fashion. In …

Real World Broadcasting Experience in the Classroom!! By Kary Ellen Berger It’s a Friday night as you tune into a high school football or basketball game. One might expect such a broadcast from a local news station, but this is the ENN—Elder News Network. Established at Elder High School in …

by Matt Hess The Lord’s final mandate to His disciples before the Ascension was to preach the Gospel to all the world. To do this today, followers of Jesus are called to be communicators, passing on the faith through word and deed. Not everyone is called to this professionally, but …

What will Heaven be like? Heaven surpasses human understanding. None of us knows for sure what it will be like. The Church’s teaching provides few details, calling Heaven “a mystery of blessed communion with God,” which “is beyond all understanding and description” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1027). While it …

Requirements to be a Catholic Godparent: “Each child may have a godfather and a godmother, the word ‘godparents’ is used in the rite to describe both.” (Rite of Baptism for Children 6) Only one godparent is necessary. The godparent must be a fully initiated Catholic (Baptized, Confirmed, received Eucharist), at …