God or Mammon?
Michael J. Lichens2015-05-04T03:43:09-05:00January/February 2015 SAMPLE ARTICLES FROM ISSUE January/February Table of Contents Agrarianism and Christendom
American Literature and Christian Faith
Michael J. Lichens2015-05-04T03:43:09-05:00November/December 2014 SAMPLE ARTICLES FROM ISSUE November/December Table of Contents The Desire for Place in the Great American Novel
Recusants and Martyrs: English Resistance to the Tudor Terror
Michael J. Lichens2015-05-04T03:43:09-05:00September/October 2014 SAMPLE ARTICLES FROM ISSUE September/October 2014 Table of Contents Tudor Church Music and Revisionist History
Depression Does Not Discriminate
Michael J. Lichens2014-08-14T18:08:53-05:00In my latest piece at The Catholic Gentlman, I go into some more details with my struggle with MDD and also try to bring home the fact that mental anguish touches a lot of people, the Catholic, the non-Catholic, and even the successful. Depression doesn’t give a damn about your status, vocation, race, or financial situation. [...]
Stratford Caldecott: Go With God
Michael J. Lichens2014-07-22T17:44:39-05:00On July 17th, Stratford Caldecott fell asleep in the Lord after a long battle with prostate cancer. Already, many have written great words of mourning for one of the most powerful voices of Catholic cultural renewal. The author of several books (and a contributor to many more) and the co-founder and editor of Second Spring, a Catholic journal [...]
Memory Eternal, Stratford Caldecott
Michael J. Lichens2014-07-18T05:28:56-05:00I just received word that Stratford Caldecott, a good friend to many of us here at StAR, has fallen asleep in the Lord. There will be many more good words and articles written about this amazing man. He was a true man of faith, a lover of theology and comic books, and a devoted husband, father, [...]
St. Robert Southwell: Priest, Poet, Martyr
Michael J. Lichens2015-05-04T03:43:09-05:00July/August 2014 SAMPLE ARTICLES FROM ISSUE July / August 2014 Table of Contents A Powerful Silence: The Enduring Legacy of Robert Southwell
Truth, Beauty, and Comic Books
Michael J. Lichens2014-05-19T18:40:28-05:00I've been on a writing binge (well, my kind of binge). My newest piece over at Ignatius Press Novels is about the three greatest things that have shaped my life: comics, GK Chesterton, and a wise teacher. Similar to G.K. Chesterton’s fine defense of fairy tales, it is not hard to find a defense of the classic [...]
Black Dog Days: How to Deal with Depression
Michael J. Lichens2014-05-19T16:25:30-05:00My latest piece is over at The Catholic Gentleman, wherein I offer some practical advice on how to struggle with a particular issue I have and that I note is widespread. While my condition is as much chemical as it is psychological, I hope I can give a hand to my brothers in Christ and help [...]
Over at Catholic Lane
Michael J. Lichens2014-05-16T16:50:22-05:00I'm over at Catholic Lane today to give a brief reflection on the Pope's latest audience. This week, we are discussing fortitude, a necessary but misunderstood virtue. “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.” –GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy Continuing his Catechesis on [...]