“The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us.’”
Dorothy Day, Loaves and Fishes
Sunday, September 4, 2016, is a providential date for many reasons. Not only is it a beautiful capstone for the Year of Mercy through the
Rich Dad, Poor Dad is one of this generation’s most iconic financial literacy books. Written by Kiyosaki and Lechter in the late 1990s, it has sold
This is how I have become accustomed to opening and closing each day. For most of my adult life, I have been a banker and in the
As business people, sometimes we forget just how connected the world of work is to the work of God in the world. Without question, individual
For those who know economics, Adam Smith is a beloved patriarch. Not only was the 18th-century Scottish thinker the father of modern economics, he was
No matter what your ideology, there is common disdain for market manipulators, fraud, and theft. There is little disagreement about the repugnance of taking advantage
A few years ago, I had an interesting conversation with one of our country’s most well-known and respected business leaders. It started as I was
For Valentine’s Day this year, I am taking a new approach. No more chocolate, fancy dinners or jewelry. This year’s gift is the ultimate. This
Recent studies show a need for a greater understanding of labor as a Christian call to work. Nearly half the people on the planet are
Two years before his death, renowned Catholic social scientist Dr. Rupert Ederer wrote a book entitled Economics as if God Matters. In this book, he endeavored
Suffice to say, the establishment of world peace is not in the job description of most CEOs. But after the most recent terror attacks that
Today, I say goodbye to a little boy whom I have never met but whose very existence touched hearts around the world. This story began
This week we celebrate the feast day of Saint Matthew, patron saint of bankers. Reflecting upon my patron saint, I recall many times having been
One of the enduring lessons from the most recent Papal Encyclical, Laudato Si (Praise Be to You), is the simple notion that the “natural environment is a
It was a nun and not an economist or political philosopher that reminded the world there is one timeless measure of a home’s value: love.
There are more of us than there are of them. More laity than religious, that is. Throughout history, the great saints have gifted the Church with
Ask an accountant what a capital asset is and you will be told that it is an asset owned to generate a profit, but is
For some, the answer to the question “what does it mean to be rich?” is revealed every year in the Forbes magazine list of the World’s Billionaires.
We have all done it. We have walked past a beggar on the street. We have purchased groceries from a cashier whose eyes we did
VIRTEU (Vat fraud: Interdisciplinary Research on Tax crimes in the European Union) is an eighteen-month (April 2020 – September 2021) high-profile legal research project, which
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