Fr. Joseph Levine graduated from Thomas Aquinas College and after a long journey was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Baker, Oregon. He currently serves as pastor of St. Peter Catholic Church in The Dalles on the Columbia River.
Last week I began presenting some personal reflections on the historic events of January 6, 2021. Some people might be surprised because I failed to condemn ‘rioting’. Actually, I did not say anything about the...
Over the course of the past year and more I have been writing a series of reflections on ‘social justice’ as the right order of human society. Nevertheless, in view of the events of historic...
Last Sunday, I wrote began writing about the common good, a good in which each member of the community shares, each in his own way, and which unites the members of the community. The common...
Last year, I left off my treatment of the role of government in respect to social justice (the right order of human society) by affirming that “The first role of government then is to provide...
At the end of each year, I have had the custom of making book recommendations for the following year. This year, I am focusing on history and biography. History is important. Good history gives us...
In my last essay, I proposed that the apostolic authority of the Catholic Church, which comes directly from Christ and is not subject to any earthly human authority, teaches the truth that serves as the...
In my essay series on social justice, I began writing about the role of government in establishing and maintaining social justice. My point, so far, has been that just government needs to be rooted in...
Last week, starting from the need for truth to serve as the foundation for just government, I went on to elaborate the need for some form of divine revelation to manifest that truth and make...
After arguing that ‘rights’ is an inadequate foundation for just government, last week I argued instead that truth is the only adequate foundation. I then went a step further to point out that the three...
In my treatment of social justice, after discussing religion, marriage, and work, I have finally turned my attention to the role of the government. Over the past two Sundays I argued that the protection of...