Our World Needs Men to Become Fathers to the Fatherless
COMMENTARY: This Father’s Day, let us turn to God so that we may know the unfailing fatherly love we all need; then let us men recommit to spiritual fatherhood.
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Fatherhood, a Call to Heroism
Heroes rise to the occasion under many circumstances, but fatherhood itself is a call to heroism, say Bishop Thomas Olmsted, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers and leaders of Catholic men’s ministries.
Gratitude for Fatherhood’s Delight of Glory: Lessons From Holy Dads
COMMENTARY: I have come to realize that the delight of a father in his child has a weight of glory all its own.
‘I’m Absolutely Convinced I Survived Because of the Real Presence’
New Jersey deacon searches for meaning in a deadly wartime accident and finds it in the Eucharist.
The ‘Buy Catholic’ Men’s Gift Guide
Creative ideas from Catholic businesses, artists and entrepreneurs for Father’s Day or anytime.
June’s Feasts of Life-Giving Love: Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi
COMMENTARY: While June celebrates many different themes, they come together under the rubric of life-giving love.
A WWII Father’s Day Story About Father Flanagan, ‘America’s No. 1 War Dad’
Hundreds of young men fighting in World War II listed the founder of Boys Town, Father Edward Flanagan, as their next of kin. To most of them, he was the only father they ever knew.
St. Joseph Was the ‘Earthly Shadow of the Heavenly Father’
More than a foster father, St. Joseph is a model for all men raising children.
Lead, Protect, Teach — The Threefold Responsibility of Every Father
“The point of the book,” says the author of Because of Our Fathers, “is the same point the Church has been telling us for centuries: men are called to lead, protect and educate their children in a unique and primary way.”
Fathers, Let Us Shoulder Our Share of Piety
COMMENTARY: Lessons From ‘The Aeneid’ and St. Joseph
