Resources for Catholic Teachers (Subject Specific)

Great articles to help students see science, history, literature, politics, and culture through a more Catholic frame of mind.
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• A Day Without Yesterday’: Georges Lemaitre & the Big Bang, by Mark Midbon
•  The Human Genome in Human Context, by Stephen M. Barr
• Alpha and Omega: Reconciling Science and Faith, by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
• The Permanent Limitations of Biology, by Leon R. Kass, M.D.
•  The Pope’s Astrophysicist, by Margaret Wertheim
• DNA and Other Designs, by Stephen C. Meyer
• Charles Darwin, by Donald DeMarco and Benjamin Wiker
• Billions of Planets, But Only One Earth, by Ben Wiker
•  Science and the Story that we Need, by Neil Postman
•  The Biblical Basis of Western Science, by Rev. Stanley Jaki
•  Galileo Galilei, by Bertrand Conway
• When Pigs Fly and Monkeys Type, by Gerald Schroeder
• Why Catholics Like Einstein, by George Sim Johnston
• Modern Physics, the Beginning, and Creation: An Interview with Physicist Dr. Stephen Barr
• The curious metaphysics of Dr. Stephen Hawking, by Father Robert Spitzer, S. J., Ph.D.
• Retelling the Story of Science, by Dr. Stephen M. Barr
• God Vibrations from Physics, by Dr. Stephen M. Barr
• Modern Physics, the Beginning, and Creation, by Dr. Stephen M. Barr
• Planets, Priests and a Persistent Myth, by Dr. Stephen M. Barr and Dermott Mullan
• New Physics, New Theology, by Patrick Glynn
• Creation, Evolution, and Thomas Aquinas, by William E. Carroll
• An Amazing Creation: When Science and Faith Meet, by Peter Finney Jr.
• How Contemporary Physics Points to God, by Father Robert J. Spitzer, S. J., Ph.D.

• Christianity as the Soul of the West, by Christopher Dawson
• How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and the Success of the West, by Rodney Stark
• 800,000 Saved by Pius XII’s ‘Silence’, by Donald DeMarco
• A Righteous Gentile: Pope Pius XII and the Jews, by Rabbi David G. Dalin
• Beyond the Myth of The Inquisition: Ours Is “The Golden Age, by Fr. Brian Van Hove S.J.
• How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
•  What We Owe the Monks, Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
•  Who Invented Charity? – Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
•  The Catholic Church and the Creation of the University, by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
• The Crusades, by Paul Crawford
•  Roman Cruelty, Christian Purity, by Mike Aquilina
•  Status: Inquisition in the Catholic Church, by Benjamin D. Wicker
•  The Battle over the Crusades, by Robert P. Lockwood
•  The Church and the Jews in the Middle Ages, by Thomas F. Madden
•   Who Burned the Witches? – Sandra Miesel
•  Pascal: The First Modern Christian, by Edward T. Oakes

• Christianity Reflected In Two Historic Writings From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – by Eric Buehrer
• On Being Neither Liberal nor Conservative, by Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.
• Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day, by Abraham Lincoln
• The Truths They Held: The Christian and Natural Law Background to the American Constitution, by Robert R. Reilly
• Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) – Acton Institute
• John Locke (1632–1704) – Acton Institute
• Globalization and the Church’s New Challenges, by Mary Ann Glendon
• Mary Ann Glendon’s letter to Father Jenkins, by Mary Ann Glendon
• University Students Today: Portrait of a Generation Searching, by Mary Ann Glendon
• Feminism and the Family an Indissoluble Marriage, by Mary Ann Glendon
• “Can We Have Rights Without Duties?” by Iain T. Benson
•  A Man for all Seasons: an Historian’s Demur, by Marvin O’Connell
• The influence of Christianity on Modern Democracy, Equality, and Freedom, by Rev. Joseph M. De Torre
• A World Split Apart, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
• God, Man, and Money, or How to Succeed in Business Without Going to Hell, by Michael Novak
• Why We’re Here, by Charles J. Chaput
• What African Women Want (not “Reproductive Health Care”), by Steve Mother
• What Women Want, by Barbara Kay
• Fighting AIDS with African Common Sense, by Jennifer Roback Morse

• A gardener must be a philosopher but never an atheist, by Paul Johnson
• A Word About Sparrows: Evangelizing the Animal Rights Movement, by Helen Valois
• Catholicism and the Natural World, by Thomas Storck
• Eating our Friends, by Roger Scruton
• The Use of All Creation, by Fr. William Saunders
• Another Green Revolution, by Bjorn Lomborg
• Man Is Not an Intruder in Creation, by Monsignor Charles Pope
• Is environmentalism the new religion?, by Joseph Brean

• After the Tragedy at Columbine High, by Archbishop Charles Chaput
• CS Lewis on “Xmas and Christmas”, by Archbishop Charles Chaput
• Family Decline: A Political Response and a Religious Response, by Paul Vitz
• Family Decline: The Findings of Social Science, by Paul Vitz
• Paul VI vs. Playboy, by Donald DeMarco
• Picking God Over Basketball, by James Warren
• The Legacy of Ayn Rand, by Charles Colson
• The Roman Catholic Psychiatrist, by Dr. Luz G. Gabriel
• There are No Secular “Unbelievers”, by Iain T. Benson
• “Always to Care, Never to Kill”, by Robert P. George
• Robert P. George Takes Students Questions
• End No-Fault Divorce? A Debate between Maggie Gallagher & Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
• Modern Myths About Cohabitation, by Jay Copp
• Too many people? Not by a long shot, by Steve W. Mosher
• Too many people?  By Jacqueline R. Kasun
• Condoms vs. Abstinence, by Steven Mosher
• Abraham Lincoln, by Donald DeMarco

• The Top Ten Myths of Divorce, by David Popenoe
• The Top Ten Myths of Marriage, by David Popenoe
• A Father’s Heart, by John Trent
• Preparing Children for the ‘Real World’, by Dr. Ray Guarendi
• Beyond Dating, by Kate Ernsting
• Children and the Media: A Challenge for Education, by Pope Benedict XVI
• How to Ruin Your Children – Author unknown
• Moral Imagination Filling Our Children with Good Things, by James Duffy
• Nip brats in the bud, by Carol Milstone
• Our Culture’s Pressure on our “Tween”-age and Teenage Girls, by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle
• Girls, Be Wary!, by Douglas McManaman
• Saving Childhood, by Michael Medved
• Selecting and Sharing Good Books: Some Guidelines, by Suzanne M. Wolfe et al.
• The Essential Father, by James Dobson
• The Problem with Self-Esteem, by Dr. Paul C. Vitz
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Parental Irresponsibility, by B.K. Eakman
• You Must Know the Reasons Behind A Behavior to Change It, by Dr. Ray Guarendi

•  Not your usual sports & God story, by Terry Mattingly
•  Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei, by Rev. George W. Rutler
• Don’t Follow Your Dream, by Harrison Solow
• Irena Sendler, 98; member of resistance saved lives of 2,500 Polish Jews, by Elaine Woo
• 7 Sons Lay Hero Dad to Rest, by Tim Drake
• A Patron Saint for Astronauts, by Thomas J. Craughwell
• Archbishop Romero and Latin American Martyrs, by Robert Royal
• Blaise Pascal, by Carl Olson
• Clarence Thomas, by Thomas Sowell
• Determination, by Donald DeMarco
• Father Solanus Casey and his ‘favors’, by Vivian M. Baulch
• Forbearance, by Donald DeMarco
• Judge Bork Converts to the Catholic Faith, by Tim Drake
• Mother Teresa of Calcutta: The Light of Love, by Rev. Joseph Langford
• Saint Juan Diego and Our Lady, by Fr. William Saunders
• Our Lady of Guadalupe, by Fr. William Saunders
• Kindness Therapy and Our Lady of Guadalupe, by Pope Francis
• St Thérèse of Lisieux: The Last Eighteen Months, by Stephen Sparrow
• St. Edith Stein: Martyr for Truth, by Robert Royal
• Edith Stein — Convert, Nun, Martyr, by Laura Garcia
• St. Joseph of Cupertino: The dunce – 1603-1663, by Rev. Alban Goodier, S.J.
• St. Thomas More, by Mark Shea
• St. Thomas More, by G. K. Chesterton
• St. Thomas More and London Bridge, by K.V. Turley
• The Hidden Life of St. Thomas More, by Kevin Perrotta
• Saint Thomas More (1478-1535), by William Fahey
• Thomas More for Our Season, by Robert H. Bork
• Bishop John Fisher and Thomas More, by Hadley Arles
• After St Junípero Serra statue torn down, Archbishop Cordileone offers exorcism prayers, by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone