Virtues of a Catholic Man
By Bishop Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
• A Catholic man has some sense of what or whom he would die for if necessary.
• A Catholic man passes his faith to his children and sees to their religious education.
• A Catholic man informs himself about his faith, reads Scripture, select Catholic literature, and studies the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
• A Catholic man insures that there are sacred symbols in his household, such as, a crucifix(es), Bible, use of sacramentals such as the Advent wreath, Christmas cre`che, etc.
• A Catholic man leads prayer in his household at significant domestic events, such as, birth, Baptism, graduation, marriage, illness, death, and other special meals and events with use of a passage from Scripture or other Catholic sources.
• A Catholic man practices presence with his wife and children.
• A Catholic man invests himself in some project or apostolate at the parish or diocesan level.
• A catholic man is faithful to his wife, his children, his Church and his friends, indeed all his commitments
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