John Mattras is a social justice advocate who creates small business projects for charitable organizations in the U.S., Latin America and the Middle East. He also leads service projects to help promote awareness of using capitalism to empower the poor and marginalized.

The Christmas Spirit Survival Guide

Hollywood families (at least in their writers’ imagination) seem to have warm and fuzzy family Christmas dinners. Mine are more complex. Somehow, the relative morality…

Commenting on Condoms

Recently, on a pilgrimage in Italy, I heard a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal relay in a homily one of the many stories of St.…