The Triumph of Humility

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“The Triumph of Humility” is the title of a play written by St. Therese for nuns in her convent in 1896, and it provided her with an opportunity to think about the struggle between good and evil.

“Level 5 Leadership: the Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve” is the title of an insightful article in the July-August, 2005 issue of the Harvard Business Review, and that article emphasized the humility factor found in the few unusually successful leaders. Remarkably disparate sources, but both focus on one of life’s most important counter-intuitive facts not commonly recognized, especially in secular literature.

Hitler, the War, and the Pope

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Credo is honored to welcome Professor Ronald Rychlak, author of Hitler, the War, and the Pope to our June 12^th, 2011 Forum. The book was cited by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in its investigation of Eugenio Pacelli, now The Venerable Pope Pius XII, and has been praised as "the best and most careful of the recent works" on the subject of his actions during the war.

Professor Rychlak will trace the life and character of Ven. Pope Pius XII from the Second World War until after his death, highlighting the rescue activities he undertook during the war, credited with saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jews.

Peter Kreeft on the Role of the Laity

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What is the role of the laity? Almost everything! Any questions?

That's how the ever-witty Peter Kreeft began his talk at the Washington University Catholic Student Center this past Wednesday evening. Three Credo Board Members were in attendance.

Fast & Abstinence

The very first command God gave the human race was to abstain. — Msgr. Matthew Mitas

The St. Louis Review has begun to put its articles behind a paywall with the explanation that they receive no subsidy from the Archdiocese, relying for all their revenue on subscriptions and advertising, and so if you can't log in, you can't read. If you are a subscriber, log in to the Review website with your subscriber number & zipcode, found on the address block of your last issue of The Review. You can tell your computer to remember your login credentials so that you (theoretically) need do this only once. Then you can read the article.

The policy makes sharing links like this one problematic. There are technical mechanisms they could implement to prevent abuse short of shutting off access entirely. Especially if you are a subscriber, you might write the editor and let him know how the policy impacts the mission.

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The St. Louis Review has a terrific article on Abstinence & Fasting, which may be of particular interest during Lent, but according to the article Catholics should still observe every Friday of the year. The especially zealous might observe Wednesdays too.

Articles of Historical Interest
for the Very Curious

• Abstinence


• Fast


• Black Fast

2011 Day of Recollection

The Oratory of Saints Gregory and Augustine will be the site of the 2011 Credo of the Catholic Laity Day of Recollection from 10:30 a.m. The day ends at 3:30 p.m.

St. Joseph Dinner April 20

Bishop Edward Rice

On Fatherhood

The Catholic Central Union of Missouri and Credo are pleased to present the Frederick P. Kenkel Memorial Lecture for the Feast of St. Joseph, 2011. Register Here!

Credo's New Website

“New horizons are now open that were until recently unimaginable; they stir our wonder at the possibilities offered by these new media” – Pope Benedict XVI

As you can see, Credo has a new website. In the past our website has been used almost exclusively as a place to announce our Forums and we had barely begun to exploit the possibilities of the medium.