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About Fr. Charles Fox
Rev. Charles Fox is an assistant professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit. He holds an S.T.D. in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome. He is also chaplain and a board member of Saint Paul Street Evangelization, headquartered in Warren, MI.
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The power of Christ and the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter

February 21, 2025 Fr. Charles Fox 27

On April 19, 2005, I was in the fifth of my six years of seminary formation,  serving as an intern at a rural parish in the northeastern part of the Archdiocese of Detroit. That morning, […]

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A Holy Family is one totally dedicated to God

December 29, 2024 Fr. Charles Fox 10

The celebration of Christmas has a way of amplifying our ordinary family experience. For a loving and harmonious family, Christmas tends to be the time when its familial bonds are tightened. The members of such […]

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Attention, Faith, and Worship: Honoring and Adoring Christ at Christmas

December 24, 2024 Fr. Charles Fox 4

A surprising number of Christmas carols were written under extremely trying circumstances in the world or in the lives of their creators. One such carol is “Do You Hear What I Hear,” the lyrics of […]

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Holiness and the giving of ourselves thoughtfully and recklessly

November 1, 2024 Fr. Charles Fox 2

“Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if […]

Essay

“Behold we live”: Msgr. Ronald Knox on the power of the Cross

August 23, 2024 Fr. Charles Fox 4

Ave crux spes unica. Hail to the Cross, our only hope. What are the implications of this hope for Christian discipleship as it is lived in this world? The English priest and apologist, Msgr. Ronald […]

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To know and do God’s will: A short Ignatian primer

July 31, 2024 Fr. Charles Fox 17

Because we are rational human beings, it is best for us not only to do God’s will, but also first to know God’s will and […]

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St. Thomas and the Sacrament of Charity

June 6, 2024 Fr. Charles Fox 16

Before establishing the feast of Corpus Christi in 1264, Pope Urban IV called upon the services of St. Thomas Aquinas for the composition of prayers and hymns for the liturgical celebration of the feast. These […]

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The Resurrection and the Meaning of Life

March 31, 2024 Fr. Charles Fox 2

If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have […]

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Advent is a call to holiness and transformation in Christ

December 7, 2023 Fr. Charles Fox 0

“The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.” The French Catholic author Léon Bloy wrote these words in his 1897 novel La Femme […]

Essay

Loving the Word of God in a world flooded with words

October 21, 2023 Fr. Charles Fox 10

“The tongue has the power of life and death.” –Proverbs 18:21 The power of words I don’t think it’s over-dramatic to say that words are like nuclear power.  Nuclear power can light an entire city […]

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