Franciscan at Home

The Very Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S. T.D., founded The Catholic Answer in 1987, editing that periodical for seventeen years.  In 2004, he founded The Catholic Response. He is the author of thirty-six books and more than 600 articles.  He is also the founder and superior of the Priestly Society of the Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman, a clerical association of the faithful, committed to Catholic education, liturgical renewal and the new evangelization.  Father Stravinskas is also the executive director of the Catholic Education Foundation, an organization providing financial assistance to Catholic high school students and serving as a resource for heightening the Catholic identity of Catholic secondary schools. This article is based on an address given to the religion department chairmen of the high schools of the Archdiocese of New York at Cabrini High School in Manhattan on 18 November 2009.