The Catholic World articles from January 1995

The Catholic World archives from January 1995

Light in the darkness: signs of hope amidst moral decay.
January 1, 1995... Making the case for the increase of moral decadence in the U.S. might look like the easiest task possible. What more evidence would you need than to enumerate the alarming statistics pointing to increases in violent crime, divorce rates, drug...

Virtues in the nineties and beyond.
January 1, 1995... Parents in contemporary America often feel under siege. They have a sense that their appropriate and traditionally celebrated role within the family is being eroded by the peer culture of their children, the influence of television and popular...

Unity beyond all understanding: being church today.
January 1, 1995... Eyes look but cannot see it Ears listen but cannot hear it Hands grasp but cannot touch it Beyond the senses lies the great Unity-- Invisible, Inaudible, Intangible Tao Te Ching[1] Through the centuries Christianity has earnestly reflected...

With charity for all: reflections on religion and virtue in American life.
January 1, 1995... In the spring of 1865, as the American Civil War was coming to an end, President Abraham Lincoln, in his second inaugural address, gave to history a profound reading of the fateful events which had transpired since he had first been elected...

Trustworthy knowledge: finding what's good in our culture.
January 1, 1995... Northrup Frye, in a book on biblical interpretation, notes that Christianity has always distrusted both gnosticism and agnosticism. Since the first word means "know" and the second "not know," there may not seem to be an alternative. But...

Education in the practice of virtue.
January 1, 1995... The talk of the decade of the nineties is virtue. Certainly the momentum is fueled by the need for a much more focused life, the thrust for reconnecting spirit and living, the drive to be reflective and meaning-centered, the move toward...

What Isaac Heckler can teach us about America. (Catholic evangelist)
January 1, 1995... Isaac Hecker, Catholic evangelist and author, loved to talk about America. As a Protestant become a Catholic, Hecker saw his own story as paradigmatic for all Americans, for he believed that a synthesis between the Catholic faith and American...

Can Virtue Be Taught?
January 1, 1995... As this issue of The Catholic World was about to go to press, I came across the announcement that Notre Dame University Press has just released the paperback edition of a marvelous 1993 anthology. The fruit of a three year study and lecture...