by Editor | Feb 23, 2015 | Apologetics, Church Fathers, Evangelization, Saints
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The following is an excerpt from: The Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan The Catholic Church has been persecuted in every period of her history. However, the first three centuries of the Christian era are commonly known as the Age of...
by Editor | Feb 20, 2015 | Conversion, Lent
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present lecture is on conversion from sin as necessary for salvation. This, as you know, is our reflection on the Scriptures and, concretely, on what the Sacred Scriptures tell us about conversion. First, by way of introduction,...
by Editor | Feb 18, 2015 | Lent
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. It seems certain that a Lenten season preceding Easter goes back to the time of the Apostles. The length of time has varied. But by the Council of Nicaea (325 A.D.), which was the first general council of the Church, Lent was observed for...
by Editor | Feb 16, 2015 | Vocations, Year of Consecrated Life
by Fr. John A. Hardon Come & See Chapter 3: Vocations and the Commitment Crisis With the dwindling number of entrants into seminaries and novitiates, we naturally ask, “What happened?” And we are inclined to put the blame where it does not belong, on a...
by Editor | Feb 14, 2015 | Evangelization, Inter Mirifica, Vatican II
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J Our present conference is on how should Catholics be retrieved who have lost either their faith or they have at least lapsed from the practice of their Catholic religion. Our first conference, you remember, was on why there has been such...
