The Spirit of St. John Bosco
In the 19th Century, the great Saint John Bosco came to the rescue of generations of young people to save them from a moral, spiritual and cultural shipwreck. Due to radical and drastic changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution, the displacement from the rural to the urban milieu produced an upheaval that affected seriously the […]
I’m writing this post exactly 24 hours before my sons will receive their first communion. I’m excited. They’re excited. The entire population of celestial souls in heaven is excited. But there’s a sense of discontent in the air. You see, I’ve been an elementary teacher for almost 20 years now and, as a professional educator, […]
It is a rough time to be a teenager. The combined pressures of school, relationships, social media, and a constant negative news cycle are bearing down heavily on this generation. Teenagers today are lonelier and more depressed than ever before. According to a recent study, the number one reason why teen depression rates are so […]
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