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In the Dark, Remember, Grace Will Come!

Dec 13 11 • Msgr. Richard Soseman • 0 comments

Charles de Foucauld was a dandy, a fop, or perhaps an epicure. Having lost his faith as a young teen, he learned to enjoy the good things in life and did all he could to continue to enjoy them. Even amidst a military career, in which he performed quite daring exploits, he still loved to […]

The Perfect Family’s Christmas Letter 2011, Part 1

Dec 13 11 • Karen J Rinehart • 0 comments

You know the one. It arrives the day after Thanksgiving. The envelope is double foil lined, the picture of the kids resembles a Gap ad, and the Holiday Letter comes with a warning: Caution! May cause blurred vision, severe feelings of gross inadequacies and nausea. Do not drive motor vehicle or operate heavy machinery while […]

Obama Administration Bans Knowledge of Islam

Dec 13 11 • Raymond Ibrahim • 0 comments

The Obama administration’s censoring of photographs of the late Osama bin Laden, lest they offend Muslims, is one thing; but what about censoring words, especially those pivotal to U.S. security? The Daily Caller reveals that “the Obama administration has been pulling back all training materials used for the law enforcement and national security communities, in […]

Advent: A Time to Fix Our Eyes on Jesus

Dec 13 11 • Maurice Blumberg • 0 comments

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake of the joy that […]

Movie Review: Hugo

Dec 13 11 • Sister Helena Burns, fsp • 0 comments

Hugo is Martin Scorsese’s engaging adaptation of the children’s book by the same name. What’s it about? It’s an elaborate introduction to a slice of film history. The all-British cast plays out the story set in a 1930’s train station in Paris. At first, the story seems to be a tale of a misfortunate orphan-urchin […]

Genetic Warrior: Leticia Velasquez and the New Diversity

Dec 13 11 • Lisa Mladinich • 2 comments

If any one type is removed from the system, the cycle can break down, and the community becomes dominated by a single species. (Dr. Richard Lankau, “Loss of Genetic Diversity Threatens Species Diversity”) Leticia, I’d like to discuss your recent re-coining of the term “Genetic Diversity,” which I think is an important step toward reclaiming […]

<em>Fatherless, Motherless, Childless</em>: Great Pro-Life, Catholic Fiction

Fatherless, Motherless, Childless: Great Pro-Life, Catholic Fiction

Dec 13 11 • Rebecca Taylor • 0 comments

Fiction is as instructive as non-fiction, maybe even more so. The best fiction catches us up in a world outside our own all the while teaching us truths about ourselves and humanity. The pleasure of reading a great story cements those truths into the deepest corners of our mind. Dean Koontz has been quietly reeducating […]

Poem: “Wounded Healers”

Dec 13 11 • Stacy Peterson • 0 comments

Wounded Healers Welcome into my wounded-ness please rest awhile! Welcome into the hidden, secret spaces sin burrowed in my soul. Welcome into places Satan’s lies have taken root leaching my self worth. Welcome into my wounded-ness, please anoint me with your healing balm! Anoint my feelings of rejection with acceptance and love. Anoint the pain […]

A Predictable Fiasco

Dec 12 11 • Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. • 1 comment

The Egyptian elections have resulted in a rout for the throngs whose springtime hopes for freedom are now facing the prospect of a nuclear winter at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood and its fellow Salafists. These Islamists appear to have garnered 60% of the seats in the next parliament and the opportunity to shape […]

The Story of Guadalupe: Hope for Our Violent World

Dec 12 11 • Mark Armstrong • 1 comment

On December 8, 2006 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception), Mel Gibson released his epic movie, Apocalypto . Hopefully many eyes were opened by this movie’s portrayal of the evil of human sacrifices practiced by the Aztecs and other Indian cultures in what would become Mexico. The movie provides the historical backdrop of today’s Marian celebration: the Memorial […]

Is It Time for an Urban Version of the Homestead Act? Part 2

Dec 12 11 • Grace Potts • 0 comments

Many, many books, articles, and experiences have inspired and influenced this Urban Homesteading idea (see Part 1). I cannot possibly include them all here – but I have tried to include a few items that capture the major themes that have inspired me. This first article deals with urban agriculture and its economic impact. It […]

Male Nurse Claims He Was Fired for Treating Muslim Women

Dec 12 11 • David J. Rusin • 0 comments

In one of the more intriguing cases to emerge recently, male nurse John Benitez Jr. filed suit against the city of Dearborn, Michigan, for sex discrimination last [month], charging that he had been terminated for tending to Muslim women at a government-run medical facility after receiving contradictory instructions about the need to adhere to gender […]

What Is Truth: Revelation versus Man’s Vain Imagination

Dec 12 11 • Philip Primeau • 2 comments

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:31). As I slowly reread The Confessions, savoring every jot and tittle, I am struck by the intensity of Saint Augustine’s search for truth—rather, for the Truth. Aurelius Augustine embraced many falsehoods during his life, but every successive identity he assumed […]

<em>Who’s Got You?</em> Observations of a Catholic Homeschooling Father

Who’s Got You? Observations of a Catholic Homeschooling Father

Dec 12 11 • Patti Maguire Armstrong • 1 comment

If you do an Internet search for “Catholic Fatherhood” how much data would you find in comparison to Panda Bears, Applied Linear Algebra, and Welding Theory? According to John Clark, author of Who’s Got You, Catholic Fatherhood comes in last. The results respectively were 1,914, 1,706, and 284. Catholic Fatherhood netted 270 results. Clark surmised […]

Nigerians Fight to Uphold Marriage Under Obama’s Pressure

Dec 12 11 • Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. • 0 comments

The Catholic Medical Association of Nigeria (CMAN) congratulated that country’s Senate for defending marriage in law, but it condemned what it called the “coordinated ferocity” of foreign governments, NGOs, and international organizations which pressured the Senate not to pass the bill. CMAN called this interference “forces of neo-colonialism, imperialism, and secular humanism.” The bill, which […]

Poem: “The River of Egypt”

Dec 12 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

The River of Egypt They build a dam of sandstone blocks – Manganese washed from the rocks Turns the run a bloody brown So that the snakes and minnows drown Ferns, the pool where minnows swim A summer refuge cool and dim Red and sterile now until The engineers have flushed the fill But if […]

Poem: “Christmas”

Dec 11 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

Christmas Let the poor have Santa Claus, Let the rich, a cruise, Let the rest have what they want But Jesus, just refuse. Hilary M. Flanery

Hope After Poor Prenatal Diagnosis

Dec 10 11 • Monica Rafie • 4 comments

Parents who receive news that their unborn child has a serious birth defect, genetic syndrome, or other medical complication are often left to sort out their responses on their own. As co-founders of the network Be Not Afraid, for almost ten years, we have had the privilege of supporting parents who carry their babies to […]

Randians Left and Right are Wrong

Dec 10 11 • James Curley • 0 comments

There was a piece on National Public Radio (NPR) a week or so ago charting the influence of novelist/philosopher Ayn Rand in today’s politics, specifically in economic policy touted by certain Republicans in Congress. Ayn Rand was a proponent of “objectivism,” that is quoting from the NPR piece: It is, she says, a system of […]

Gaudete Sunday and the Letter of Joy

Dec 10 11 • Rev. Tucker Cordani • 0 comments

Eleven-year-old Ralphie Parker knows what he wants for Christmas. He begs his parents to buy it for him but when they say they won’t he takes his plea straight to the top: Santa Claus. “What do you want?” Santa asks. Ralphie confidently answers: “I want an official Red Ryder carbine-action two-hundred shot range […]

John the Baptist and the Path to Joy

Dec 10 11 • Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. • 0 comments

On the third Sunday of Advent, penitential purple gives way to pink and we celebrate “Gaudete” or “Rejoice!” Sunday. “Rejoice heartily in the Lord, says Isaiah” (61:10). “My Spirit finds joy in God my Savior,” says the Virgin Mary (Luke 1: 47). “ Rejoice in the Lord always,” says St. Paul (I Thes 5:16). “Make […]

How 4-H Helps With College & Scholarship Applications

Dec 10 11 • Mary Biever • 0 comments

“My 4-H achievement record is a waste of time that no one will ever look at,” a teen grumbled at me this summer. I disagreed. Now that I’m the mother of a daughter on the quest for college acceptance letters and scholarship offers, I can back up my disagreement. Each college has its own questions […]

Poem: “A Splendor”

Dec 10 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

A Splendor For RS Lou is 98 He sits beside a table with a top that shines and reflects As you were standing there, he says, I saw a figure Tall, and in a robe, and with a hood But it was you, he laughs, in your reflection on the table top Only you and […]

Former Employees Offer to Testify Against Planned Parenthood in Congressional Probe

Dec 9 11 • John Jalsevac • 0 comments

Seven former Planned Parenthood employees have expressed their support for Congress’ current investigation of the abortion giant, and offered to testify against the organization, in a letter released this week. News broke in September that the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce had launched an investigation into Planned Parenthood to determine whether the group mishandles criminal […]