Featured Articles by Father John McCloskey
Friendship: The Key to the Evangelization of Men
Strong male friendship must be revived if Catholic men and their progeny are to get on with the holy and ambitious task in this young millennium: to build the civilization of love and truth in the 21st century.
The Courage To Be Catholic Book Review
George Weigel critiques the Catholic Church in the US with respect to the sexual crisis among the clergy, the lack of fidelity to the Church's teachings, and the shortage of vocations. He accompanies his criticism with analysis into the roots of the problems as well as his suggestions for the future.
The Family: Seedbed of Vocations
God calls a chosen few... to follow him even more closely in a life of apostolic celibacy for the kingdom of God, whether it be as a priest, religious, or layperson. Those called by God owe ninety percent of their vocation to their parents.
Go Out Into the Deep
It is time for today's college graduates, in this time of renewal and hope, to go out into the deep, to lower the nets for the catch, and to count on the Immaculate Heart of Mary along the way.
Recovering Stray Catholics
Calling back stray Catholics to the Father's embrace.
The Seven Daily Habits of Holy Apostolic People
These are the principal means to achieve holiness. If you are a person who wants to bring Christ to others through your friendship, these are the instruments by which you store up the spiritual energy that will enable you to so.
A Spiritual Consultant
As Blessed Escriva put it, "You wouldn't think of building a good house to live in here on earth without an architect. How can you ever hope, without a director, to build the castle of your sanctification in order to live forever in heaven?"
Spiritual Reading
Despite the lure of secular media, Catholics must spend time reading the Sacred Scriptures and other spiritual classics. Father John explains why we need spiritual reading and offers advice on what and how to read.
Spirituality in the Workplace
The laity are all called to labor in the vineyard, and the vineyard is the world and there is no excuse not to be involved. They are free and responsible members of the Church called directly to evangelization.
Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church, a 2000-Year History Book Review
H.W. Crocker makes the history of the Church come alive in this new book. Crocker writes with an attitude: he presumes that the Catholic Church is a divine institution founded by Christ and destined to last until the Second Coming.
2030: Looking Backwards
First published in May of 2000, Father McCloskey takes a speculative and controversial stand on what the Catholic Church might look like thirty years from now in this entertaining letter from a fictional Father Charles to a fictional young priest named Father Joseph.
Winning New Converts
As the Catechism reminds us, winning converts to our Faith should be a constant concern for all Catholics: "The true apostle is on the lookout for occasions of announcing Christ by word, either to unbelievers... or to the faithful." How should we go about it?
