Oct 24
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St. John Paul II, the Polish Poet

St. John Paul II always saw himself as a poet. However, many descriptions of the late pope overlook his poetic heart. A couple of weeks...

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Oct 24
5 min

St. John Paul II, the Polish Poet

St. John Paul II always saw himself as a poet. However, many descriptions of the late pope overlook his poetic heart. A couple of weeks...

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Oct 12
13 min

Vatican II Sixty Years Later

In his Letter to the Duke of Norfolk, Saint John Henry Newman said, “It is rare for a council not to be followed by much confusion.”...

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May 18
4 min

Saved by the Bells

"Remember the ringing of the Portuguese bells." I wrote this in my notebook as a reminder of my experiences of the Holy Triduum in...

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Apr 4
5 min

Metropolitan Meh: Georg Simmel Gives Insight to the Rise of the Blasé ‘Nones’

“Blasé” best describes a psychic attitude and outlook prevalent in many wealthy metropolises, and realizing that is key to understanding...

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Jan 26
4 min

Pilgrim Vacation

Like Clark Griswold from the Vacation film series, my dad was known for taking our Chicago suburban family on long, cross-country...

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Dec 21, 2021
3 min

Teaching the Faith Through Advent and Christmas Hymns

Traditional Advent and Christmas hymns can be surprisingly effective tools for catechesis. Even when Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for...

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Dec 18, 2021
4 min

Advent: To What Do You Give Your "Amen"?

The choice of a college class says a lot about a person and his or her worldview. During my senior year, I had the choice of one elective...

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Robert Mixa holds the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Fellowship for Catholic Education at the Word on Fire Institute. Mixa studied for a BA in philosophy at Saint Louis University then earned an MTS in biotechnology and ethics at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of America. His research interests are in Platonism, pedagogy, modernity, and the thought of John Paul II and Hans Urs von Balthasar.

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Bound for Beatitude is Reinhard Hütter's magnum opus, brilliantly addressing many of the current debates in Catholic theology. His project of ressourcement Thomism is exactly the direction theology needs to take to better serve the Church and her mission.