February, 2013 - Catholic Insight

Giving up Lent

By Sarah GouldPosted on February 7, 2013Posted in FeaturedTagged lent, Caryll Houselander, Sarah Gould, sacrifice

I remember Lent as a kid. It was basically the longest stretch of time EVER, next to Advent of course. Unlike Advent, Lent was chock full of not eating what I wanted, not drinking what I wanted, not watching TV and not doing most things I enjoyed. Whatever I liked, Lent took away from me.[…]

Relativism and the meretricious hero

By Carolynne EstisPosted on February 6, 2013Posted in BlogsTagged action, Carolynne Estis, relativism, hero, Eragon, C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, heroes, Beowulf, good vs evil, The Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, good, altruism, bad, heroines, Auguste Comte, G.K. Chesterton, courage

The word altruism is defined as concern for another without regard for injury to oneself. It is used, usually in psychology, to describe heroism—the act of risking your life for somebody else’s. The man who coined the word was Auguste Comte, the founder of positivism. Comte was by no means a great moral leader, or[…]

Sexual Revolevolution

By Mary WoodardPosted on February 1, 2013Posted in BlogsTagged human dignity, Fulton Sheen, Respect, The Telegraph, sexual revolution, changing sexual mores, sex, dignity, marriage, dignity of women, women, feminism, standards, Mary Woodard

While cycling through my blogroll the other day, I ended up being linked to an an article in The Telegraph. It starts out with quite a bang: A friend’s daughter recently started at a highly regarded boarding school. When her mother asked how she was enjoying the mixed-sex environment, the girl said quietly: “You have[…]

Month: February 2013