Mon 21 Jun, 2010
I am intrigued with how many very different sources seem to promote the Church’s principle of subsidiarity in the form of creating family-based (home-based) business. Continue reading
Tue 19 May, 2009
A lot of buzz has been going around about the attempts made by Vermont and Ohio state legislatures to remove “sexting” (sending out naked pictures of others by cell phone) from the list of felonies that could label someone a sexual predator.
Some commentators have criticized Vermont and Ohio for not taking sexting (which is done especially by teenagers) seriously enough. Others have lauded them for saving young adults… Continue reading
Tue 10 Feb, 2009
Are we citizens of the world, or are we citizens of our local communities? As we often do, Catholics answer not with one or the other, but with both-and. However, the growing concept of being a “citizen” of the world may have some dangers associated with it. Catholics would do better to remind themselves that they are members of a universal Church that makes all of humanity part of the same Body. Continue reading
Sat 7 Feb, 2009
How has President Barak Obama measured up so far for Catholics? He has done some things well, but concerns over his promotion of the Culture of Death are ominous. Will Catholics who voted for Barak Obama cause us to pay a horrendous cost for a few good decisions by this president? Let’s take an honest look, and continue to do so. Continue reading
Wed 5 Nov, 2008
Our country once embraced the idea that citizens should practice virtue and be willing to sacrifice their own good for the good of the country. Politicians were seen as public servants elected to serve a term and then return to their role as citizens. Today our country embraces the idea that politics exists to serve the individual and professional politicians make a lucrative living and are motivated to keep office by toting the party line. The common good and subsidiarity have been sacrificed for private rights and entitlement. When did we change? Continue reading
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Jeff Arrowood taught moral theology, literature, US history and psychology at a Catholic high school for ten years. He is now a stay-at-home father who still teaches through the From the Abbey Catholic educational apostolate. In addition to this blog, the From the Abbey website offers Catholic educational resources, some of which are free and some of which are worth paying for! He also gives educational programs and writes online courses and educational curricula for Catholic schools and parishes. Jeff and his family live in central Wisconsin.
