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St. Alphonsus Liguori: Living in Friendship with God-Pt. 2

Posted on August 1, 2022October 1, 2022 by Tony Crescio

In Part One, we saw how, though not without difficulty, St. Alphonsus left the potential power, wealth, and prestige that were before him, together with many “friendships” of utility behind, to pursue authentic and lasting friendship with God. W...
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St. Alphonsus Liguori: Living in Friendship with God-Pt. 1

Posted on August 1, 2022September 30, 2022 by Tony Crescio

Last year, hoping to fill in a gap in current research, a group of psychologists from Columbia University and Michigan State University, sought to investigate the “cultural moderators of the link between friendship and important outcomes” (Peiqi...
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St. Jerome: The Slow Work of Sanctity

Posted on September 30, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Happy feast of St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church! Friends, what comes to mind when we think of the saints? For starters, perhaps paintings, images in stained glass windows, and statuary. If we take an interest at all in these heroes of the fai...
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Perpetua & Felicity: Striving for Eternal Happiness

Posted on March 7, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

The desire for happiness is a universal human experience. From of old philosophers have constructed their theories of what it means to live a good life based on this self-evident truth and have sought to articulate for the human family the path ...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. John Paul II: Fear Not!

Posted on November 9, 2020October 22, 2022 by Tony Crescio

October 22 Happy Memorial of St. John Paul II!Fear not! So goes one of the most often repeated commands of the Bible, a message St. John Paul II made central to his pontificate. It is a message we need to hear constantly, perhaps most especia...
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