Posts by Tom Hoopes

Click here for all Fortnight for Freedom posts. These include: Day 1, Intro: We’re in God’s Hands Now Day 2: Seven Reasons to Go to Sunday Mass Day 3: Seven Reasons to

Click “Memorare Army” in the menu to join the prayer campaign. Keep Praying for Religious Freedom July 03, 2012 by Tom Hoopes When news came that the Health and Human Services mandate

The promise of the Declaration of Independence has never quite been fulfilled. But it can be, if religious people — and especially Catholics — do their job.

At the end of the Old Testament story of Joseph, the patriarch tells his brothers, who had sold him into slavery out of jealousy for their father’s love, that their actions did

 St. Benedict Hall at Benedictine College. My experience has convinced me that projects like the Gregorian Institute are key to the future of the Church. If you want to change lives forever,

Fortnight for Freedom, Day 9. The Gregorian Institute at Benedictine College is taking advantage of the U.S. bishops’ Fortnight for Freedom to share resources for promoting Catholic Identity in public life. Today’s

Fortnight for Freedom, Day 8 For each day of the Fortnight for Freedom, the Gregorian Institute at Benedictine College is offering practical suggestions for promoting Catholic identity in public life. Today: Don’t

It seems almost too terrible to be true: In our culture, many infants lives are snuffed out in their mothers’ wombs. But while human societies may find a way to sanction horrific

 How can we promote a more Catholic future for America? Evangelize Latinos with those things only the Catholic Church can offer — the sacraments, the Blessed Mother, and popular Catholic devotions. Americans

 Mary’s Grotto at Benedictine College. Today’s recommendation: Pray the Rosary every day and invite others to do so with you. This comes from personal experience. We Hoopeses didn’t used to say a