Father Joseph Blog Articles

The Necessity of a Catholic Education

Father Joseph Noonan, OFM The Catholic Church teaches that lay Catholics are responsible for learning the Catholic Faith. This thought is so simple yet so significant that it can hardly be overstated. Catholics have lived in all parts of the world. Some have had the...

The Day the Earth Stood Still

June 4, 2020 All that happens each day is a part of the Divine Providence of God. What does this mean? Everything which occurs each day is either directly willed by God or permitted by Him. This must be clearly understood for people to understand the events of each...

Our Lord’s Sufferings

May 31, 2020 It has been noted by many Catholic writers and verified by Our Lord Himself that most of His suffering was due to the sins of men. When one considers your own sins over a lifetime, there are an embarrassing number of sins committed by each of us. For...

The Family: The War Continues – Part 2

February 27, 2020 Part II Artificial birth control quickly created a number of societal and moral problems. It promoted infidelity among the married and promiscuity among the unmarried. Married couples began to limit the number of children in their families in a...