Virtue: Aquinas believed what Aristotle never dreamed

The Meaning of Virtue in St. Thomas Aquinas by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Until modern times the relationship of morals to religion was taken for granted, and writers as far different in philosophy as Plato and Avicenna, or in theology as Aquinas and Luther, never...

Cardinal Newman: An Excellent Guide in Mariology

Cardinal Newman, Apologist of Our Lady by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. In their formal protest in 1950 against the definition of Our Lady’s Assumption, the Anglican bishops of England declared, “We profoundly regret that the Roman Catholic Church has chosen by this act to...

A Vocation Comes From Christ

Vocations and the Commitment Crisis by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. SRV Chaplain With the dwindling number of entries into seminaries and novitiates, we naturally ask, “What happened?” And we are inclined to put the blame where it does not belong, on a lack of vocations....