by Editor | Mar 9, 2015 | Articles, Religious, Vatican II, Year of Consecrated Life
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Introduction 1. As we approach our next subject, the apostolate of religious witness, it will be useful to recall that both the Second Vatican Council and Pope Paul VI stress the role of religious as witnesses to the world. 2. We know...
by Editor | Mar 6, 2015 | Lent, Penance
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Penance and reparation are the consequences of sin. Or again, penance and reparation are the price we have to pay for our own and other people’s sin. Penance and reparation, finally, are what God requires from sinners as a condition...
by Editor | Mar 4, 2015 | Come&See Book, Eucharist, Vocations, Year of Consecrated Life
by Fr. John A Hardon, S.J. Come & See Chapter 5: The Eucharist and Vocations It is impossible to exaggerate the close relation between the Holy Eucharist and vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated life. This is only to be expected once we realize that...
by Editor | Mar 3, 2015 | America, Evangelization, History
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We are addressing ourselves to the subject of The Catholic Discovery of America. This year [1992] is the five-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. It is also the five-hundredth anniversary of the birth...
by Editor | Feb 27, 2015 | Virtue
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. This is our closing conference. I mean it when I say it pains me to have to leave. But, I promise from today on, first time I made this promise, I will remember the Handmaids of the Precious Blood by name every morning after rising and the...