How Women of Virtue Can Form Men of Virtue

In the 2015 movie Cinderella, the titular character lives by the motto that her mother taught her at a young age: “Have courage and be kind”.  This saying is a good reminder that courageousness can be done in a spirit of kindness and that kindness does not mean remaining silent in the face of wrongdoing.…

Actual Practical Catholic Advice for Quitting Porn: The Ultimate Guide

Software filters, accountability partners, prayer . . . heard it all before and still struggling? You’re not alone. Let’s get as practical and real as possible – it’s time to leave porn behind, once and for all. Finally. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been frustrated with advice that’s just too lofty or flowery, vague,…

Where Can I Find the Truth of My Identity?

From the early age of five years old, I learned to root my identity in what I could do. It started as early as the T-ball days! Maybe you are like me and have been conditioned to see your value in terms of your productivity and talent. I’m here to tell you the good news- …

Contraception Doesn’t Bring Freedom

I was recently talking with someone who is newly married. When he was speaking, he shared how beautiful it was to fully give of himself on his wedding night in a way he had never experienced before.  We throw around this phrase of “fully giving of ourselves,” but what does it mean? While there’s many…

A Walking Miracle

When I was a sophomore in college, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Florence, Italy. It was an amazing semester of adventure. We visited new cities and countries, tried new foods, experienced new cultures and made new friends. I also remember going into SO many churches and holy sites. They seemed to be…

Learning to Love What You Hate

I am terrible at art. Just terrible at it. You could give me every single art tool that has ever been created and I could maybe MAYBE make a stick figure. Art is something I never just had a talent for, and it was never something I saw myself improving in over time. There are…

Everybody Needs Somebody!

Like most other young men and women out there, you and I have the same problem.  We are weak and fallen human beings who get bucked off the horse sometimes!  What do we need in those times? What will keep us steady? There are many things, but a very important one is each other.  Imagine…

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility… and with Great Responsibility Comes Great Chastity

It’s been said across almost every form of media, comics, cartoons, movies and more. With great power comes great responsibility; a simple sentence that becomes the guiding principle for one of the world’s most popular superheroes. Spider-man’s mission statement is unique because it tells us not what he does but why he does it. This…