A Time to Pinch Ourselves

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Letter to the Editor: February 2002

Has the "Holy Cross" In Holy Cross College Been Crossed Out?... Expose the Works of Darkness... Stolinsky's Thesis Confirmed...

New Oxford Notes: February 2002

The All-Wise Laity and Their Cheerleaders in the Priesthood... Inspiration for (Uncommitted) Partners?... On the Road to Oblivion... Priestesses Would Be Unfeminist?

A Private's Affair

OLD PRIEST, NEW PRIEST

Brent T. Zeringue

Yag Nam has approached young Fr. Logicus, the new priest assigned to Yag’s Bay Area church, to hear his confession...

What Is the Purpose of This World?

TRUTH OR (ULTIMATE) CONSEQUENCES

James V. Schall

God took a risk in inviting, not demanding, our acceptance of salvation. The invitation can be accepted, or it can be rejected.

She's Singing Our Song

THE REMARKABLE MARIE BELLET

Stanley T. Grip Jr.

For Catholic wives, husbands, mothers, and fathers immersed in the culture of death, her prayers are a beacon of hope, a sign that we are not isolated.

"This Is My Body...My Blood"

THE REAL PRESENCE IS A PHYSICAL PRESENCE

Regis Scanlon

The glorified physical Body of our Savior is able to be in more than one place at one time. This is a miracle in which the natural laws of physics and biology are superseded.

The 'Odor of Sanctity'

IN BAD TASTE?

Dwight Longenecker

The miraculous tells us that the other world is far closer than we think. When we smell flowers instead of death, we are reminded that the spiritual realm is more real than this realm.

St. Monica: Mother, Wife & Homemaker as Saint

THE QUINTESSENCE OF WOMANHOOD

Mitchell Kalpakgian

Her character and life epitomize an ideal of sainthood essential for a modern world suffering a crisis of the family and the deconstruction of the home.

MTV: A Recruiting Ground For Priests?

GUEST COLUMN

Michael S. Rose

No diocese that has successfully attracted vocations has enlisted marketing professionals to make the priesthood attractive.

An 'Inside Story' About Lourdes

GUEST COLUMN

Joseph P. Neville

For the past 14 years I have been a volunteer at the shrine in Lourdes. Assignments are based on the needs for staffing and one's physical abilities.

'Praise Worship': Sharing a Pillow With God

GUEST COLUMN

Larry D. Harwood

Why are emotions more trustworthy than reason? And speaking of reason, why not try to conduct worship without using the word "worship"?

If Only the Prolife Movement Were So Favored

Maclin Horton

Review of Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Martin Luther King Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Bookmark: February 2002

Thomas Ellis

Review of Welcome Home! Stories of Fallen Away Catholics Who Came Back... Life is a Blessing: A Biography of Jerome Lejeune