by Band of Christian Brothers | Oct 25, 2016 | Faith, Sin
Written By: Dennis Buonafede As an archery coach in a Catholic high school I like to use archery as an analogy to the spiritual life. Since archery is rich in connections to real life it helps immensely when I try to get some point across to my students. One point in...
by Band of Christian Brothers | Mar 8, 2016 | Faith, Spiritual Warfare
Written By: Victor Penney There’s a man crisis in the Church – it’s no secret. The telltale signs of a losing battle are all around us. Broken lives and families are the walking wounded, the casualties of this struggle… and souls are in peril. So what do we do? Well,...
by Band of Christian Brothers | Feb 25, 2016 | Faith, Sacrifice, Suffering
Written By: Victor Penney I had a big, grandiose idea for how this article on Lent should go, but I’m dumping that plan. Why? Adoration. Recently, the Sisters of Life in Toronto were at a nearby parish for Eucharistic Adoration. So, I had to go – I just had to. While...
by Band of Christian Brothers | Oct 6, 2015 | Faith, Fatherhood, Suffering
Source: Fathers of St. Joseph Ben’s father-in-law, an owner of a profitable corporation, offered him a prestigious position that would double his current salary. The only downside to the proposition was that Ben and his family would have to leave his rustic dream...
by Band of Christian Brothers | Sep 25, 2015 | Faith, Priests
Source: The New Emangelization The New Emangelization Project has documented that a key driver of the collapse of Catholicism in the U. S. is a serious and growing Catholic “man-crisis”. One third of baptized Catholic men have left the faith and the majority of those...