Articles by John M. Grondelski, Ph.D.

In a previous essay, I wrote about why prayer for the dead is a necessity—not just a “nice thing to do” during November. For all our prayers and good deeds to be spiritually efficacious we […]

Many people watching the post-election meltdown of the Left on social media view it with some measure of Schadenfreude and I suspect the average American dismisses it as silly. In some sense, it is silly. […]

Forty years have passed since October 19, 1984, when Polish priest and Solidarity chaplain Jerzy Popiełuszko was kidnapped and murdered by agents of the Communist secret police in Poland. The then-37-year-old priest was abducted from […]

Two Blesseds appear on national liturgical calendars this week: Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher this past Sunday, October 6, in Canada and Blessed Angela Truszkowska on Thursday, October 10, in Poland. Both women deserve our attention. Both […]

In today’s Gospel, Jesus takes a little child and, counterposing him to his childish disciples, tells them: “Whoever receives a little child like this receives me and receives not me but Him who sent me…” […]

“Sunday scaries” refers to the “unique anxiousness that Sunday nights bring.” It’s the awareness—sometimes creeping, sometimes sudden—that another “manic Monday” is imminent. (At this time of year, it’s often accompanied by a related syndrome, the […]

Earlier this year, I reviewed Tim Carney’s new book Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be.  Carney’s thesis is that the movers and shakers of our culture […]