Saturday, November 13th, 2010
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…
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Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
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…
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Saturday, May 29th, 2010
We’ve covered
The Idling Man and
The Passion Bridge. The last critical lesson I believe every Catholic girl
must be taught before she is allowed to go out on a date with a boy is:
The Two Greatest Desires. You may have heard of Fr. Clair Bourdereaux. He was a Franciscan priest who was assigned to Sacred Heart Church in downtown Peoria in 1976. He remained there for 19 years (until his death in January of 1995). Fr.…
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
In last week’s article,
The Unspoken Invitation, I told you there are 3 lessons I think every Catholic girl
must be taught before she is allowed to go out on a date with a boy. I covered the first lesson last week:
The Idling Man. This week I want to tell you about
The Passion Bridge. I met my wife, Georgette, during the summer of 1978 (between my junior and senior year in college). Even though Georgette was raised in the…
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010
One Saturday evening in the early 1970’s (when I was in high school) I was watching the Miss Universe pageant on television with some of my brothers. At one point my mom walked into the room. On the TV screen was Miss Lebanon strutting around in a bikini. When my mom saw her she said (in a repulsive tone of voice), “She’s really ugly!” I immediately responded to my mom’s comment by saying, “No she’s not mom. She’s…
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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… Read More
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… Read More