Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

Family First: Pope Leo XIV’s Mission

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | June 9, 2025 |

“We have the family, the ‘society’ of a man’s house — a society very small, one must admit, but none the less a true society, and one older than any State. Consequently, it has rights and duties peculiar to itself which are quite independent of the State.” ― Pope Leo XIII, Rerum novarum It has…

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Christmas 2025 Reflection: The Incarnation and the Dignity of the Human Person

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | December 22, 2025 |

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” ― John 1:1, 14 With these words…

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