For the last several years, Frito-Lay, the company that owns Doritos, has sponsored the Crash the Super Bowl contest. Consumers are invited to create their own Doritos ads and at least one fan-made commercial is guaranteed to air during the Super Bowl. Over the years Doritos offered bonus prizes ranging Read More
Tag Archives: Culture
The US Bishops on Secularism and the Family (With a Twist)
“Virtual Vestibule” readers may not yet have heard what the U.S. Bishops have been saying about the destructive impact of secular culture upon the family. So, here we go—incredible and insightful words about our contemporary predicament: Secularism has wrought havoc in the family. Even the pagans saw something sacred in Read More
Fr. Samson: Do not think like the world does…
A homily by Rev. Charles Samson, 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Saint Ambrose Church “Do not comport yourselves as the Gentiles do…but rather, be renewed in the spirit of your mind.” …or, if we had to update Paul’s language to contemporary English, he might say: “Do not think like the Read More
Marriage Is…
As you probably know by now, this morning the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriage. The definition of marriage has been changed in the law of the land. However, regardless of today’s SCOTUS ruling, for us Catholics, the definition of marriage as a Read More
The Most Controversial Blog I’ve Ever Written…
Given the breathtaking turn of events we’ve seen in our culture in the last month or so regarding gender, race, marriage, what I’m about to write will be the most controversial blog I’ve ever written. I am a white, heterosexual, Catholic woman. No, really, I actually am. There. I’ve done Read More
Winning the Culture War
By Seth Jansen Parish Evangelization Outreach Coordinator Almost daily we hear of the latest battle in what has been called the culture war – for example, attacks against our religious liberty or attacks against the dignity of the human person. There is no shortage of analysis about how we arrived Read More