Think Different
“We believe that people with passion can change the world for the better.” This summer, I spent a lot of time in a room that…
Isaac Hecker
Revisiting Old Heroes
“Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give to such men as do…
What Works: Discerning Your Calling
The other day, I was reading a biography of Fr. Isaac Hecker, founder of the Paulists, and it was describing the American challenge into which…
The Patron Saint of Spiritual Seekers
Isaac Thomas Hecker died on December 22, 1888, at the Paulist House on 59th Street in Manhattan. As the following biography of Hecker illustrates, being…