The conflict between nationalism and the Church at the outset of modernity came about because the Church believed society and human nature to be hierarchical. This belief clashed with the (relative) egalitarianism of nationalism. The Church saw society as a hierarchy of communities, from the family upward, with the Church at the top of this…

We’ve all seen the headlines about America becoming a majority non-Christian country someday. Though we are encouraged by recent waves of conversion, we all know people who have lost their faith. We read that “while most Catholics have remained within the religious fold, a significant number have left the Catholic faith: 15 percent of the…

During the month of June 2025, our family continued our journey into the Sacred Heart of our Lord and King. The Saturday after the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a group of twenty family friends gathered in our home chapel for the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart…