Under Fr. Michael Scanlan's direction, Franciscan University of Steubenville went from a small, failing regional college to one of the most prestigious and influential Catholic universities in the world.
Burial in sacred ground prevents the deceased from being forgotten and encourages family members and the wider Christian community to remember the deceased and to pray for them.
Studies have shown that the majority of people who support assisted suicide do so because they fear the loss of personal autonomy and dignity in their final days. Suffering, they say, is meaningless and should have no place in the human experience.
Unsolicited advice is said to be the best kind because it is the most easily ignored. But even if this letter accomplishes nothing else, at least it will help me focus my own thinking about what I expect from you as president.
Picture a young man sitting in a church in the Congo listening to a priest, hearing the word of God and perhaps not knowing that a seed has just been planted.
Usually, our trips to the train station are mad dashes. Stressful, time crunched zig-zags through traffic to retrieve or drop-off a child before hurriedly moving on to the next event or responsibility. But this time, four days after Christmas, was different.
A living lighthouse
Three great images of the church have been given emphasis by the Second Vatican Council. They are the church as the Body of Christ, the church as the People of God and the church as the Temple of the Holy Spirit.