In a letter to Betty Hester dated August 28, 1955, Flannery O’Connor wrote: “If you live today you breathe in nihilism. In or out of the Church, it’s the gas you breathe.”[1. Flannery O’Connor, The Habit of Being, hereafter HB (New York: Far … [Read more...]
About Fr. Damian J. Ference
Fr. Damian Ference is a priest of the Diocese of Cleveland, where he serves as Vicar for Evangelization and as Professor of Philosophy at Borromeo Seminary. He holds a licentiate in philosophy from The Catholic University of America and a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Fr. Ference is the founder and director of TOLLE LEGE Summer Institute and is a lifetime member of the Flannery O’Connor Society. @frference
Flannery Was Right
The Problem of Nihilism Within the Catholic Church
February 26, 2022 by Fr. Damian J. Ference
On Smoking and Running
August 18, 2012 by Fr. Damian J. Ference
It becomes very clear that when we say “no” to things that threaten our vocations—sometimes even good things—we imitate Christ in saying “yes” to the will of the Father. I entered the seminary right out of high school. And believe it or n … [Read more...]
Why vocation programs don’t work
Living examples of discipleship are the only things that will increase vocations.
February 1, 2011 by Fr. Damian J. Ference
For some time now we as a Church have been scrambling in an earnest attempt to remedy our vocation problem. The vocation of marriage has taken the worst beating, as over half of the marriages in our country end up in divorce, Catholic … [Read more...]
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