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Tips to Cultivate the Interior Life in the Family

John Paul Sonnen

Nearly a century ago, English writer G. K. Chesterton remarked that the “coming peril” of civilization was “standardization by a low standard.” Today, we can

On the Devil, Cultural Marxism, and St. John Vianney

Julia Meloni

Growing up, I often saw my father reading a thick biography of Saint John Vianney. Some years later, I would pick up my own copy

Battle Ready: No Mental Prayer, No Holiness

Fr. Cliff Ermatinger

“Nonne militia est vita hominis super terram, et sicut dies mercennarii dies eius?” —Job 7:1, Vulgate The book of Job asks, “Is not the life

TAN Academy: Voyaging Through Read Aloud Land as a Family

Amanda Evinger

It’s 8:00 a.m. and you are packing up for a seriously groovy adventure. I suppose you could say you are planning a sort of mature

The Catholic Response to Moral and Religious Deterioration

John Paul Sonnen

“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” —Flannery O’Connor The Christian is called to heroism wherever and

Before Time (Part I)

Conor Gallagher

Your humility had no beginning, O Lord, for You had no beginning. You were eternally begotten from Your Father. Your very essence is that of

Parents as Spiritual Guides

John Paul Sonnen

“The family is the foundation unit of the human race. God Himself solemnized and witnessed the first marriage and ordained that through marriage the race

The Last of the Martyrs of the Coliseum

John Paul Sonnen

“The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians.” —Tertullian There is an old story told in Rome of a fifth-century monk named Telemachus, whose

On Discerning the Treasury of Sacred Music

John Paul Sonnen

“Cantare amantis est (singing belongs to one who loves).” —St. Augustine It is a matter of fact that in the vast majority of Catholic parishes

The Clash of Angels (Part II)

Conor Gallagher

As tradition holds, O Lord, the radical idea of Your incarnation became known to the angels. Your greatest of angels of the highest choir, Lucifer

Look Upon Your Child as An Immortal Creature

Conor Gallagher

Look at your little child. See the little smile, the little nose; see the little arms and legs; hear the sweet little voice that calls

From Mother’s Heart to Your Home…

Mother Miriam

Beloved, this is my first column to you within the wonderful and God-blessed family of TAN. I am honored to be invited to write this

Parents as Primary Teachers

John Paul Sonnen

“In the work of education, the family forms man in the fullness of his personal dignity according to all his dimensions, including the social dimension.