Your Life
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17Religious Practice and Adolescent Chastity
Remaining chaste until marriage is not some abstract or unattainable goal.Our Lord’s request and command is a real possibility according to the...
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115The Role of Asceticism in Modern Spirituality
“Asceticism? Isn’t that like wearing hair shirts and whipping and punishing yourself? Does the Church still teach that?” Questions like this are...
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158A Freedom Found in Asceticism
Recently, I began my most extended period of prayer and fasting ever through participation in Exodus 90. It’s a challenging 90-day period...
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88Use of Marijuana by Adolescents
Currently, four U.S. states (Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska) have legalized the use of recreational marijuana and several other states have legalized...
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157Religious Practice and Adolescent Chastity
“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral...
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117Brought to you by the creators of That Man is You!
Today is the day. It’s happening again.I walk through the door and the drama of real life begins. The choices seem small...
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122Subsidiarity and the Family
God’s gift of marriage and family life extend further than you may realize, especially if you’ve adopted the attitude that marriage and...
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232Will Contraceptives Improve Women’s Well Being?
Contraception isn’t the only way to plan a family, and it certainly isn’t cost-free: contraception leads to sexual disillusionment and weakens the...
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213Choosing a sacred place for burial
How prepared are you for death? We realize death is an inevitable, natural part of our life cycle. We do not know...
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152God speaks to us The Gift of Counsel
When I was in the fourth grade at St. Anne’s School in Wausau, our teacher asked us to make some art showing...