Good Steward Newsletter – May 2012

Joseph Ratzinger: Great Teacher, Good Steward Last month, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated two important anniversaries—his 85th birthday (April 16) and the 7th anniversary of his election to the See of St. Peter (April 19). As always, the Holy Father observed these great occasions with quiet dignity and genuine human warmth. Throughout his many years of [...]

Good Steward Newsletter – April 2012

Easter Good Steward “For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures; that he was buried; that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures; that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. After [...]

Good Steward Newsletter – March 2012

Lent Is a Time to Discover True Joy A selfish faith would be an unreal faith. Whoever believes in Jesus Christ and enters into the dynamic of love that finds its source in the Eucharist, discovers true joy and becomes capable in turn of living according to the logic of this gift. True faith is [...]

Good Steward Newsletter – January 2012

The New Evangelization and the New Year In a recent speech to bishops from the state of New York who were making the visit to Rome that is required of each bishop every five years, Pope Benedict XVI returned to two of the themes that dominated his visit to the United States in 2008: the [...]

Good Steward Newsletter – December 2011

We Give Back to God, In an Unequal Exchange, the Gift of His Love Clearly, it is only through God’s generosity that man, the beggar, who receives a wealth of divine gifts, is yet able to offer something to God as well; that God makes it possible for us to accept His gifts by making [...]

Opportunity, Risk and the Hierarchy of Goods in the Economic Order

By Patrick O’Meara Presented: November 19, 2011 — Toruń, Poland — “Higher School of Social and Media Culture” IVth International Congress – Catholics and the Economy: Opportunity and Risk • (printable version) Behold I make all things new (Rev 21:5) So far in this colloquium we have heard from economists and economic actors from five [...]

Good Steward Newsletter – October 2011

A Future Without God is a Future Without Hope Where God is, there lies the future. What this means is that we must restore God to our horizon, the God who is so often absent but of whom we have such great need. (Pope Benedict XVI) Secularism attempts to convince us that we have no [...]

Seeking God’s Will … Under African Skies

Tertium Quid – Vol. 2, Issue 8 – By Patrick O’Meara – October 3, 2011 (printable version) I write this article as I am flying over the Sudan on a trip that I never imagined I would take. When Pope Benedict’s Caritas en Veritate first came out, I was asked to speak on it around [...]

The Spirituality of Stewardship

Tertium Quid – Vol. 2, Issue 8 – By Dan Conway – October 3, 2011 (printable version) When the American bishops published their pastoral letter on stewardship in 1992, the title they chose for this historic document was Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response. How does the title for this document contribute to our understanding of stewardship [...]

Good Steward Newsletter – September 2011

What Does it Mean to Be Catholic? Some estimates suggest that a majority of those who identify themselves as Catholic (54 to 77 percent) do not attend Sunday Mass each week. How is it possible to call yourself a Catholic but ignore the most fundamental expression of what it means to be a Catholic—the obligation [...]

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