Tag : WSJ

Church Done Right

Written on Aug, 28, 2019 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Formation | Leave a comment

…done right, or rather preached rightly, the Gospel even more so than “history rescues precious memories from the darkness into which they would otherwise disappear, forging a sense of continuity with the past” and more than in the past. Done right, or rather preached rightly, the Gospel and Holy Tradition connects us to God, to each other, and to the Kingdom that is to come.

For Consideration: Who Pays What?

Written on Oct, 09, 2017 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Moral Theology, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Source: (WSJ) Senator Phil Gramm writes: When is the last time you heard a tax-reform advocate point out that today the top 10% of income earners in America pay a larger share of the overall tax burden than anywhere else in the developed world? The most recent study on the distribution of the tax burden among nations was conducted by …

For Consideration: Liberal Education?

Written on Sep, 16, 2017 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Formation | Leave a comment

Don’t expect to find much guidance on liberal education in the mission statements of leading American colleges and universities. They contain inflated language about diversity, inclusion and building a better world through social transformation. Missing are instructive pronouncements about what constitutes an educated person or on the virtues of mind and character that underlie reasoned inquiry, the advance of understanding, …