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Paul Mankowski and the Jesuit Vocation

Joseph W. Koterski

News of the passing of a good friend and fellow Jesuit naturally elicits memories and thoughts about the Jesuit vocation. One of the last times I was with Fr....

What Good Are Promises?

Joseph W. Koterski

Promising and the Good by Guy Mansini, O.S.B. Sapientia, 173 pages, $21.95 Why do people today seem to have so much trouble making and keeping lifelong promises? Ever more...

Beware of Counterfeit

Joseph W. Koterski

Natural and Divine Law: Reclaiming the Tradition for Christian Ethics by Jean Porter Eerdmans, 399 pages, $28 Like the special threads the U.S. Mint implants by which genuine dollar...