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Catechism: Magna Carta of the Pro-Life Movement
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Twentieth century is the most homicidal in the history of the human race. Its principal claim to this tragic title is the widespread legislation of abortion on a scale and with a violence unknown in all the ages of mankind. Not...
Faith in Christ is Shown by Our Loyalty to the Pope
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. There are certain events in the Gospels that synthesize what a Catholic is supposed to be. These events are at once both mysteries and challenges. They are mysteries because, though revealed, we cannot fully understand them. That, by the...
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 questioned the basic truth expressed on Mt. Sinai...
A Religious Vocation is a Grace
Come & See Chapter Two: What Is a Religious Vocation? A vocation to the religious/consecrated life is a special grace that God gives to certain persons, calling them to a life of the evangelical counsels. There is more than passing value in stressing the fact that...
Great Saints and Their Spiritual Contribution
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The History of Religious Life Great Saints and Their Spiritual Contribution St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane Francis de Chantal Conference transcription from a talk that Father Hardon gave to the Institute on Religious Life Fr. Hardon: The...
Priests Reconcile a Sinful People with Their God
Come & See: Chapter 1: What is a Catholic Priest? What is a Catholic priest? He is a man ordained by Christ to continue the Savior's work of redemption until the end of time. He is therefore a person specially chosen to proclaim the Gospel of salvation and lead...
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Vatican II: Under the Guidance of the Holy Spirit
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. (An address to a regional meeting of the Society of Catholic Teachers of Sacred Doctrine, University of Dayton, Ohio, November 28, 1959.) Taken collectively, the councils of the Church are a synthesis of Catholic teaching on faith and...
We Don’t Deserve the Vocation
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Institute on Religious Life and the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence of Chicago bring you the third in a series of lectures given by Fr. John A. Hardon S.J. on the theme, History of Religious Life. Father John Hardon is a professor...
Woe to Me If I Do Not Preach the Gospel
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Catholic Church is going through the most remarkable development of her twenty centuries. At the heart of this development is her growth in understanding the revealed faith bequeathed to her by Jesus Christ. Another term for this growth...