Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
There is an old hymn written by Maltbie D. Babcock, published after he died in 1901, entitled “This is My Father’s World.” The words to this hymn epitomize the seven themes of Catholic social teaching.
Several years ago a young man came to talk to me.
He had some major problems, among them alcohol abuse. He was a bright young man with a volatile temper and some pretty anti-social behavior when he was drinking.