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Jared Staudt
Mar 23, 20233 min read
We need urgent action to protect kids from technology
A frightening trend emerged when I was working in Catholic school administration. The acceleration of problems related to sexuality for...


Jared Staudt
Mar 9, 20234 min read
Can the Eucharist save civilization?
The Blessing of the Wheat in the Artois by Jules Breton, c. 1857. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) We often repeat that the...


Jared Staudt
Feb 23, 20234 min read
Fasting: Fighting a Battle against Self
“He was hungry.” Luke tells us of Jesus’ struggle with the devil in the desert, during which he fasted for 40 days. At the end of it, as...


Jared Staudt
Feb 9, 20235 min read
Learning to Do Nothing
“All of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room.” Blaise Pascal, who offers this...


Jared Staudt
Jan 26, 20234 min read
Why is Ad Orientem worship so controversial?
Until the 1960s, Catholics worshipped ad orientem , with priest and congregation facing the East during Mass. Originally Christians...


Jared Staudt
Jan 12, 20234 min read
Making a New Start: Cardinal Sarah on the Spiritual Life
(Photo: Wikipedia/François-Régis Salefran/CC BY-SA 4.0) It would be easy to start 2023 with a healthy dose of cynicism. As we start the...


Jared Staudt
Jan 6, 20233 min read
Benedict XVI Was a ‘Cooperator of the Truth’ and a Truly Great Man
(Photo: Jüppsche / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0) I first met Joseph Ratzinger when I was 15 years old. No, not in person, but I was...


Jared Staudt
Apr 27, 20214 min read
St. Joseph: Our strong and silent spiritual father
Joseph — son of David, husband of Mary, the humble builder, and adoptive father of the Messiah — stands as one of the greatest saints in...


Jared Staudt
Feb 11, 20203 min read
Pray the new Consecration to St. Joseph beginning Feb. 16
“Now is the time of St. Joseph!” Although it possible to overlook St. Joseph in the story of salvation history due to his silence in the...
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