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Kindling, and Rekindling, the Faith in Ohio
Read ☛: Kindling, and Rekindling, the Faith in OhioWe should look to Bishop Fenwick and Archbishop Purcell. While our challenges are not precisely the same, the principle underlying their success is: Both uncompromisingly sought… the Kingdom of God.
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Will Beauty Save the World?
Read ☛: Will Beauty Save the World?There are many people today who view art and culture as a form of religion, because it offers a glimpse of transcendental reality. Beauty entices and ravishes one to a perception of truth. Yet truth in art is necessarily elusive, refracted, and cannot lend itself to a total integrity and self-giving, and can be no…
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A Brief Schema of the Person
Read ☛: A Brief Schema of the PersonToday, many seem to be confused about the exact point at which human life begins… Although science is a necessary part of the answer, a proper philosophy of nature that goes beyond the mere facts is needed, and who is better to turn to than Aristotle?
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Political Success, Social Failure
Read ☛: Political Success, Social FailureIn Ohio, the Republicans have been winning elections for decades, yet we stand on the precipice of enshrining a “right” to abortion in our constitution.
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Think Smaller
Read ☛: Think SmallerAs a people we have lost much of our common life and common culture. Without these foundations we cannot begin to work towards the larger goals above. We must first reestablish ourselves in our real lives and with our real work at a personal level.
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For Politics
Read ☛: For Politics“Nevertheless there is a point that needs to be driven home: no community will survive long term if there is no, or very limited, involvement in electoral politics.”
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Continuing the Conversation
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Children learn to form letters, phrase sentences, then to write paragraphs, then essays. In the same way, we have watched our community learn to say hello, to small talk, then to gather and bounce around ideas. But it mustn’t end there.
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The principles of neighborhood and subsistence will be disparaged by the globalists as ‘protectionism’ — and that is exactly what it is. It is a protectionism that is just and sound, because it protects local producers and is the best assurance of adequate supplies to local consumers. And the idea that local needs should be met first and only surpluses exported does not imply any prejudice against charity toward people in other places or trade with them. The principle of neighborhood at home always implies the principle of charity abroad. And the principle of subsistence is in fact the best guarantee of giveable or marketable surpluses. This kind of protection is not ‘isolationism.”
― Wendell Berry