Month: January 2015

Is Facebook’s new Policy That Bad?

Is Facebook’s new Policy That Bad?

Posted by | Jan 29, 2015 | |

Recently, Facebook updated its policy on user profile names. The bottom line is that Facebook will no longer allow for occupational prefixes to to be included in a person’s public name – a change that has some concerned. This affects Catholics particularly because there are many priests, deacons, and religious in the ecosystem who currently have a profile name with a “Fr.” or “Sr.” or “Deacon” as part of their name. Many are objecting to this citing that the priesthood is not a mere occupation but is a sacramental reality, or that it is otherwise anti-Catholic. I don’t think that...

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The Narthex is Back!

The Narthex is Back!

Posted by | Jan 20, 2015 | |

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3309259/height/50/width/350/thumbnail/no/theme/standard-mini” height=”50″ width=”350″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Check out the latest episode of The Narthex! Links mentioned in the podcast” Catholic Blogger Awards March for Life Checklist Common Misconceptions About Large...

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The Catholic Scholar’s Most Needed Tool

The Catholic Scholar’s Most Needed Tool

Posted by | Jan 9, 2015 | |

Since converting to the Catholic Church I’ve had a hunger for knowledge and evangelization. This led me to start another Masters program; I wanted a MA in Dogmatic Theology. Soon after enrolling and getting started, I realized there was an ocean of material to learn. Not just this, but I didn’t know of any way to organize it all in order to make the most of my time and energy. Studying multiple subjects at once, and taking vastly different courses semester-to-semester, I needed to be flexible. Synoptic Gospels while studying the Summa, then to the Documents of Vatican II and the Church Fathers, onto the apocrypha and the rest...

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