X - CLOSE

Make your gift today!

Help keep Catholics around the world educated and informed.

$1000
$500
$100
$50
$25
$
$5 USD is the minimum online donation. All donations are tax deductible in the US.
One Time
Monthly

Already donated? Log in to stop seeing these donation pop-ups.

No tree-hugger, he

By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Jun 05, 2003

Have you hugged a tree today? An oak tree, perhaps?

Or have you said a prayer to St. Boniface instead?

(Don't know what I'm talking about? Check here.

Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.

Sound Off! CatholicCulture.org supporters weigh in.

All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a current donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work, and Sound Off!

There are no comments yet for this item.

Thu27 November
Ordinary Time

Thursday of the Thirty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of Thanksgiving Day (USA)

Image for Thursday of the Thirty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of Thanksgiving Day (USA)

Today in the United States is the Optional Memorial of Thanksgiving Day in the dioceses of the United States. In 1621 colonists in New England gave communal thanks and praise to God for his abundant mercies and blessings. This became a tradition and in 1863 Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed a legal holiday.…

Learn more about this day.

November Calendar ›