Spotlight on the Navarre Bible
According to happycatholic.org, what is “like having faithful Catholic experts and scholars sitting next to me to shed light on Holy Scripture?” The Navarre Bible! Reading the Navarre Bible is th...
The St. Benedict Medal: A Medal Rich in Meaning
Tomorrow is the feast day of one of the most influential saints of the West, St. Benedict of Nursia. This blog is meant to not only honor St. Benedict, but also explain and honor the famous and pow...
Catholic Games Prevent Boredom in Children
No, I don't have statistics from a focus group to support this claim! : ) However, I do remember what it's like being a kid on summer break with not much to do at home to make the hours, days, an...
Top 5 Supplement Materials to the Catholic Bible
The Catholic Bible, despite being the inspired Word of God, has been misunderstood, misquoted, and misused for centuries. Even some of the most educated people have poorly interpreted the most imp...
Catholic Jewelry and Non-Christians: A Good or Bad Mix?
Should just anyone wear a piece of Catholic Jewelry? This is a question that I have been wondering lately. For example, some non-Catholics wear Catholic jewelry regularly. For instance, if you t...
The First Christian Martyrs of the Church at Rome
Like the martyrdom of the Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul (see previous post here), a great number of Christians perished at the hands of Nero during the terrible persecution that lasted from ...
Saint Medals and Why We Wear Them
One of the things that caught me off-guard when I came to Belmont Abbey College was the number of people wearing saint medals. I personally had never worn a saint medal or Catholic medal for that ...
The Mystery of the St. Joseph Home Selling Kit
When I started working at the Catholic Company I instantly learned a great deal about the Catholic faith. I didn’t know anything about scapulars, mantillas, and especially St. Joseph Home Selling ...
Saint Barnabas: Facts and Fiction
Today is the feast day of St. Barnabas. St. Barnabas is one of the early Christian missionaries to the gentiles. He was born of the tribe of Levi and converted to the faith shortly following Pentac...
Lectio Divina and the Catholic Bible: A Match Made in Heaven
The buzz of the New Year is over and we are long past January. Where has the time gone? By now most Americans who have made New Year’s Resolutions have failed them, and thus the year that started w...