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Book Review: In Our Backyard

Oct 5 11 • Kathleen Woodman • 0 comments

There’s a brutal invasion sweeping across our country, attacking our decency and humanity from the inside out. While we enjoy eating fresh produce, consuming chocolate candy, staying at a clean hotel, or getting our nails done, human trafficking has often been crouching in the background as a ruthless supplier for these goods and services. Other […]

A Soul’s Journey: Rosalind Moss becomes Mother Miriam

Oct 5 11 • Dr. Robert Moynihan • 1 comment

We are all on a journey — the journey of this life. It begins in the mystery of “not being” before we are conceived, and seems to end, humanly speaking, in the “not being” of death. From dust to dust. But faith — not precisely scientific, repeatable, experimentally verifiable knowledge, but a type of knowledge […]

Poem: “Proud Plum”

Oct 5 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

Proud Plum In orchard of Peach and cherry Apple, pear and plum Children ran and Played so merry Picking fruit from some Apple, peach Cherry, pear Bade the children come But one tree Kept limbs up high She was the purpled plum Between her branches Green with leaves She was morose and glum From childrens’ […]

Take Good Care of Your Health Care Records — Or the Government Will!

Oct 4 11 • Steven W. Mosher • 0 comments

In another example of Obamacare overreach, the current administration is planning to pry into your private health care records. The proposed new regulation, issued by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), demands that insurance companies submit detailed health care information about the patients they insure.* What this means, in […]

New Movie Project, <em>Noah</em>, Prompts Hope, Trepidation, Prayer

New Movie Project, Noah, Prompts Hope, Trepidation, Prayer

Oct 4 11 • Mary Kochan • 0 comments

I received a press release yesterday about a new film project. In part it read: Paramount Pictures and New Regency Productions jointly announced today that Academy Award nominated director Darren Aronofsky will direct the feature film Noah, with Academy Award nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator) coming aboard to re-write the script by Aronofsky & […]

A Visit to Assisi: Blessings and Spiritual Growth

Oct 4 11 • Mark Armstrong • 0 comments

Today, October 4th is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Last year, on a pilgrimage to see the Shroud of Turin, north of Assisi in Italy, my travel companions (three teenage girls) and I got to spend a few special hours in Assisi. Seeing the Shroud left an indelible impression on me and spending time in […]

Win One of 5 Copies of Disney’s <em>The Lion King</em>

Win One of 5 Copies of Disney’s The Lion King

Oct 4 11 • Peggy Bowes • 22 comments

Robert Guillaume, 83 years young, provides the unique voice of Rafiki in Disney’s classic film The Lion King. Mr. Guillaume’s 50-plus year career includes accolades in both theater and TV. He won two Emmys (for Soap and Benson) and received a Tony nomination for his role in Guys and Dolls. I recently interviewed the charming […]

Book Review: <em>Francis Woke Up Early</em>

Book Review: Francis Woke Up Early

Oct 4 11 • Leticia Velasquez • 0 comments

One of the most vivid childhood memories is sitting in my parish church, gazing up at a large fresco of the Child Jesus and St Josephworking in their carpentry shop. I wondered what the pair discussed amid the rasping of their tools and fragrant wood shavings. My childish faith imagination helped me forge a deep […]

The Drama of Grace

Oct 4 11 • Robert J. Gieb • 0 comments

In the Gospel of St. Matthew there is Jesus’ parable of the merciful master and the merciless servant. The master holds one of his servants accountable for a debt owed to the master, and is ready to order the servant and his family sold into bondage, and all of his property sold as well, for […]

Study: The Pill Causes Memory Changes

Oct 4 11 • Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. • 2 comments

In case you missed it, the world celebrated Contraception Day 2011 on [September 26]. Here is USAID’s recognition of the day, complete with a happy Indian family with two children, (the average number the UN statisticians say Indians, and every other nation, will have by century’s end and a one child less than the average […]

Poem: “1927”

Oct 4 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

1927 Revolution virgin-pure Covered now in filthy sores, I wonder what he’d think of this: The paradox of class and war Between the lowly and the state – No servant of the Comintern Foretold which class the Party ate: I knew him at one hundred one Channeled Chinese generals For the International, Tangled with the […]

He Said What?! The How <em>and How Not</em> of Teaching by Personal Experience

He Said What?! The How and How Not of Teaching by Personal Experience

Oct 3 11 • Marlon De La Torre • 1 comment

“He said what?!” These were the first words that came out of my mouth when I heard my Confirmation teacher explicitly go into detail about how it was perfectly all right to have sex with your girlfriend if you truly “loved” her. Naturally, he told us he had sex with his girlfriend because he loved […]

Gov. Christie, Ronald Reagan, Woodrow Wilson and God’s Call

Oct 3 11 • Dr. Paul Kengor • 2 comments

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is being urged to seek the Republican presidential nomination. There is a genuine groundswell for Christie. Asked [last] week at the Reagan Library whether he will enter the race, Christie gave a very interesting answer. Citing the example of Ronald Reagan, he stated: “I know, without ever having met President […]

Ladies, We Can’t Let Mormons Be the Only Ones with Empowering Underwear

Oct 3 11 • Karen J Rinehart • 4 comments

Over the years I’ve shared many an undergarment adventure–from the Invisible Underwear investigation to the Perfect Panty my niece insisted I buy (yes I still talk to her). Finally, it appears my quest for THE brand has ended. And you know me, I’ve even found where to buy them at a discount. I mean please, […]

The Secret Weapon Against Abortion: An Interview with ‘180’ Creator Ray Comfort

Oct 3 11 • Kathleen Gilbert • 0 comments

After the pro-life documentary film 180 was published on the Internet [last] week, the spellbinding display of young people changing their views about abortion in real time was an instant hit, garnering over 320,000 views on Youtube in only four days (Click here to watch the movie on Youtube.). New Zealand Christian minister Ray Comfort, creator […]

Reflections for Sunday, October 9, 2011

Oct 3 11 • Maurice Blumberg • 2 comments

Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Isaiah 25:6-10; Psalm 23; Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20; Matthew 22:1-14) Accepting God’s Invitation to His Heavenly Wedding Banquet Many are invited, but few are chosen. (Matthew 22:14) “Don’t touch the stove; it will burn your fingers!” “Don’t cross the street until you look both ways.” Just as […]

The Good and Bad of Fear

Oct 3 11 • Stu Walker • 0 comments

We have often heard the quotation, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” The correct quote reads, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” This quote comes from the Inaugural address of Franklin D Roosevelt in 1932. Right after the infamous stock market crash of 1929, which led to the Great […]

<em>Courageous</em> is a Must-See Movie for Families.

Courageous is a Must-See Movie for Families.

Oct 3 11 • Katherine Andes • 0 comments

I attended the opening night of Courageous with some trepidation. I had seen Fireproof, made by the same filmmakers, and I had not cared for it. Fireproof was just “okay” and I gave it an “A for Effort,” but, to my mind, the Christian message was too on-the-nose. But, last Friday night, some friends wanted […]

US Lambastes $238K Average UN Salaries and More

Oct 3 11 • Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. • 1 comment

The US representative to the UN for mangagement and reform delivered a scathing critique of the new UN budget–which was delivered piecemeal and incomplete to donors and reflects a massive spending increase that outpaces inflation. With 15 reports still to be considered, the UN budget is already at “an alarming” $5.5B, the US said. Considered […]

Poem: “The Birch Tree”

Oct 3 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

The Birch Tree Shale-gray morn Lace in purse Thin-paged Missal Scriptural verse. Rosary rattles Scooped from table Will pray ‘fore Mass If I am able. Quiet still Children sleeping One more coffee For my keeping. Back porch view Conscience-clear Trees stand guard There’s naught to fear. For like the tree With anchored root When […]

The Call of Catholic Men to Daily Prayer

Oct 3 11 • Maurice Blumberg • 0 comments

First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. This is good and pleasing to God our savior, who wills everyone to be saved and to come […]

Poem: “Saint Teresa of Jesus”

Oct 2 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

Saint Teresa of Jesus This present life we live, she said A darkness at a lousy inn – Have you no patience then? Bedbugs scuttle in the bed, God send us the morning sun – When is dawn? This night is long Just one night, a restless dream, It will be shorter than it seems […]

Media Getting It About 40 Days for Life

Oct 1 11 • 40 Days for Life • 1 comment

The media likes 40 Days for Life — and we have the abortion industry to thank. No, I have not lost my mind just four days into the campaign! Yes, I know at the national level, the media seems to have an agenda that’s radically in favor of abortion. But I’m seeing 40 Days for […]

Fears for Christians in Syria

Oct 1 11 • ACN-USA News • 3 comments

The situation of Christians in Syria could worsen under a new government. This was the fear voiced by Bishop Samir Mazloum of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch, in a discussion with international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). According to Bishop Mazloum, whose See is in Bkerke, Lebanon, the Church is […]