Christmas Message 2011
The Christmas carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem, includes a verse that for decades has made me pause—even outside the Christmas season—to ponder its ineffable meaning and astonishing implications: Yet…
‘Miracle’ Did Auschwitz Victim’s Intercession Save Benedicta’s Life?
Teresia Benedicta McCarthy is a happy, healthy little two-year-old named after a Jewish Carmelite nun killed at Auschwitz by the Nazis in 1942. A few weeks ago, Benedicta was literally…
Some Guiding Reflections on the Icon of the Servant of Yahweh: Blessed Teresia Benedicta of the Cross
An icon is meant to be a manifestation of the living God. It is meant to bring forth a reverent awe of God through contemplation of his inscrutable mercy at…
Franz Jagerstatter-The Refusal Transcript
This is the transcript of the video The Refusal. Blessed Franz Jägerstätter was a devout Catholic, a daily communicant who prayed the rosary while doing farm chores. Sexton of his…
DOW-CIA: November 18, 1969-November 18, 2004
This document includes a letter written in November 2004, by Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy to the students who were expelled from the University of Notre Dame in December of 1969…