Perpetual Adoration » Catholic Men

An Atheist Madman & A Catholic Hero

Harry — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:43:42 +0000

Larry King, the television talk show host who recently retired from CNN after 25 years of hosting his own show, once commented: “If you want to get on my show, all you need to do is take out a gun and blow your parents away.” He wasn’t encouraging that type of behavior; he was simply stating a fact. What he did not say was: “If you want to get on my show, all you need [...] Read More »

The Critic & The EXTREME Parent

Harry — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:22:45 +0000

On a Friday night about eight years ago, I got myself into an argument with one of my college age children (“the college student”). The argument centered around a certain movie that I thought was morally objectionable. At one point, the college student blurted out: “Dad, most Catholics would not agree with you about this movie. You’re too extreme when comes to things like this. I can only think of two other people who would [...] Read More »

A Revolution Against Fatherhood

Harry — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:39:48 +0000

Webster’s Dictionary defines the word revolution as “a sudden, radical, or complete change … a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something.”

There was a sudden, radical, and fundamental change that took place in the United States during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. That change involved the complete and total reversal of state laws that required a showing of good cause before a person could obtain a divorce. After the change [...] Read More »

Religion On A Sleeve

Harry — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:11:02 +0000

A Son and His Father

About 22 years ago, during a discussion with one of my brothers about religion, the issue of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary came up. When I tried to point out the reasons why it was important to pray a Rosary every day, my brother got irritated with me and told me he didn’t want to talk about it anymore.

In a final attempt to try to convince him that he [...] Read More »

Say Hello To Your New “Friend”

Harry — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:30:14 +0000

In last week’s article, A Prowler In The House, I threw down the gauntlet and challenged fathers to start conducting surprise inspections of their son’s iPods, cell phones, computers, and other devices.*

After I wrote the article, I kept hearing the same imaginary questions being repeated over and over in my mind: “Yea, right Harry. How do you expect me to go up to my 16 or 17 year old son and tell him I’m going [...] Read More »

A Prowler In The House

Harry — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:46:13 +0000

About 10 years ago I stopped by another attorney’s office to talk to him about a case we were working on together. After we were finished discussing the case, I asked him how his two sons were doing. He responded by telling me that he had recently caught his 18 year old son viewing pornography on the internet. I asked him how he handled the situation and he said he told his son it was [...] Read More »

The Ability To Avoid Surrender

Harry — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:12:42 +0000

Earlier this year in an article I wrote entitled Ambushed By My Cousin, I told you I was going to write 3 articles about how to raise boys into responsible Catholic men. The articles were going to be entitled: (1) Hammerheads, Bricks & Challengers; (2) A Prowler In The House; and (3) Religion On A Sleeve.

My plan for the first article was to discuss how most boys have a tendency toward laziness and how critically [...] Read More »

A Replaceable Commodity

Harry — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:38:48 +0000

When I was a junior in college, I got into a discussion with my dad about the role of large companies in America. I remember the conversation like it was yesterday. We were standing in the kitchen at my parents’ home and I told him I believed that one of the primary responsibilities of large companies was to provide employment for individuals. He looked at me like I was a two headed creature from outer [...] Read More »

Lombardi Time

Harry — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:08:12 +0000

Any discussion about what it takes to transform boys into men should always include a consideration of the lessons used by great coaches to train boys and young men on how to be winners. Although I am not an avid fan of professional sports, I am a fan of the late Vince Lombardi who some claim was the greatest football coach of all time. Before I talk about what Lombardi himself called “Lombardi Time,” I [...] Read More »

Walk Like A Matador

Harry — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:06:35 +0000

Do you know the name of the first grocery store in Peoria that had scanners at checkout lanes (instead of cash registers where everything had to be rung up one at a time by hand)? I know the name of the store because I worked there when I was in high school. The store was Randall’s Foods and it was located in the Westlake Shopping Center (across the street from Northwoods’ Mall).

I started working at [...] Read More »