by Editor | Mar 20, 2015 | Religious, Vatican II
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Societies, like individuals, have distinct personalities. Or, more accurately, societies, no less than individuals, are as effective as they are distinctive, contributing their unique share to the welfare of mankind under the Providence of...
by Editor | Mar 18, 2015 | Come&See Book, Suffering, Vocations, Year of Consecrated Life
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Come & See Chapter 7: Suffering and Vocations When did Christ redeem the world? When He died on Good Friday. How did Christ redeem the world? By His Passion and Death on Calvary. Why do we make the Sign of the Cross? To remind ourselves...
by Editor | Mar 16, 2015 | Martyrdom, Religious
Rev. John A. Hardon, S.J. The new Code of Canon Law could not be more clear. It declares that, “The public witness to be rendered by religious to Christ and the Church entails a separation from the world proper to the character and purpose of each institute” (Canon...
by Editor | Mar 14, 2015 | Evangelization, Religious
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Dear Members and Friends, I believe the breakdown of religious life in the Western world is a phenomenon unique in the history of Christianity. There have been, since the last half of this century, more departures from Catholicism, more...
by Editor | Mar 11, 2015 | Come&See Book, Vocations, Year of Consecrated Life
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Come & See Chapter 6: Vocations and Prayer A vocation is a special grace that God gives to certain people to serve Him in the priesthood or the consecrated life. He gives this grace, as Christ Himself told us, in answer to prayer. Whose...
