Make a Catholic Advent

Dec 1, 2013 | faith

You probably share my frustration. A week or so after Labor Day, you’re walking through The Home Depot or Walmart and you hear “Jingle Bells,” and as you round the corner: Christmas trees and tinsel. I get it. Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Wouldn’t...

The Christmas Candle

Nov 29, 2013 | culture, faith

While there are many Christmas movies to choose from during the holidays, there are a rare few that actually have something to do with the true meaning of Christmas — the incarnation of the Word Made Flesh, Jesus Christ. Based on a Max Lucado book by the same name,...

Bob Newhart: A stand-up guy

Nov 22, 2013 | culture, faith

NOVEMBER 22, 2013 — Bob Newhart didn’t need another award. The 84-year-old actor and comedian has enough trophies to fill a warehouse. But when he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy earlier this year, nobody thought he would win — including Newhart himself. “It...

Overcoming the darkness

Nov 1, 2013 | faith, politics

NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — For most people, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to allow Catholic priests contracted by the government to voluntarily minister to our troops, including Sunday Mass during a partial government shutdown. But that wasn’t the case last month. One...

Pope Francis at six months

Sep 17, 2013 | faith

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 — Patrick Novecosky, editor of this blog and editor-in-chief of Legatus magazine, was a guest on Iowa Catholic Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, this morning. He appeared on the Iowa Catholic Radio Morning Show with Jeanne Wells and Mark Amadeo. They asked...

For life and peace

Sep 16, 2013 | culture, faith, politics

by Patrick Novecosky The world has been on edge for more than a month over the civil war in Syria, and whether or not the U.S. should intervene militarily after the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime on Aug. 21. Pope Francis called for a day of...