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U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Review San Francisco’s Anti-Catholic Resolution

Feb 17 11 • Thomas More Law Center • 2 comments

The Thomas More Law Center, [Tuesday] afternoon, filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that it reverse a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision which upheld San Francisco’s virulent anti-Catholic resolution. San Francisco’s resolution, adopted March 21, 2006, refers to the Vatican as a “foreign country” meddling in the affairs of the City and […]

The Blue Nail Polish, Saint-Making and Stepping Out

Feb 17 11 • Greg Schlueter • 0 comments

Amidst their other literary interests, our children invariably return to their various saint books and Glory Stories CD’s (etc.). Of course, we’re delighted. More and more often I see in them glimmers of virtue that put me to shame. Sports’ metaphors work in our home: while they all get that our playing field is about […]

Give Us Back Our Words, Please

Feb 17 11 • Thomas Colyandro, MA, MDiv • 0 comments

The debate over the impact of the media on the minds and hearts of adults and children has raged since the onset of radio and television and never more pointedly than in the two decades since the explosion of the Internet. During that time we have argued over explicit song lyrics, ratings systems for movies […]

First Entertain!

Feb 17 11 • Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D • 0 comments

An Open Letter to Christian Producers, Publishers, and Writers in four parts 1. INSPIRE OR EXPIRE As a producer, publisher and distributor of media products I am constantly approached by authors, artists and their representatives to assist them in either producing, publishing or distributing their products. In the last week I have been approached by […]

Stories and the New Evangelization

Feb 17 11 • Mary Biever • 0 comments

Two thousand years ago, the Son of Man walked by the Sea of Galilee and told stories to His friends. With His stories, He applied the Law of the Prophets to the lives of real people. After His death and Resurrection, His followers shared his story, first by oral tradition and then by written word […]

Peruvians Reject Abortion, Gay ‘Marriage’ in New poll

Feb 17 11 • Matthew Cullinan Hoffman • 0 comments

Despite the aspirations of major presidential candidates to legalize abortion and homosexual ‘marriage’ in Peru, the vast majority of Peruvians say they are opposed to both ideas, according to a new poll. More than three quarters of Peruvians, 76.3%, said they were opposed to the legalization of abortion, and only 17.4% said they support it. […]

How Does One Determine The Goodness Or Badness Of An Act?

Feb 17 11 • Fr. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P. • 0 comments

How do we determine the goodness or badness of an act? For instance, what makes murder evil and almsgiving good? Simply, acts are good if they perfect human beings. They make us the persons we were made to be by fulfilling those needs that we have by virtue of our common human nature. Bad acts, […]

8 Steps to Stop or Fix Facebook Hacks

Feb 17 11 • Mary Biever • 0 comments

Oops, somebody did it again! A friend’s page has been hacked, with links posted across dozens of their friends’ walls. What to do and how do they fix it? Stop the Hack So It Never Happens Think before you click. Even if it’s your best friend’s wall, DON’T click on a link if it promises you […]

Local Churches Hard Hit as Recession Spreads

Feb 16 11 • Jordan J. Ballor • 0 comments

As the effects of the Great Recession continue to ripple outward, many churches are having a difficult time meeting their budgets. There has been an uptick in foreclosures of church properties across America, and this is in addition to the budgetary belt-tightening that congregations are performing in order to stay solvent. And as local governments […]

Let the Hustlers Hustle

Feb 16 11 • Anthony B. Bradley • 0 comments

If necessity is the mother of invention, then there is nothing worse than quenching the entrepreneurial spirit of people seeking to improve their situation by imposing arbitrary third-party constraints. America’s unemployment problems linger because hustlers cannot hustle. For many, “hustling” connotes business activity that is shady, or even illegal. But in the black community it is […]

Marriage: Like an Open Café

Feb 16 11 • Heidi Bratton • 0 comments

Along Rte 28A in Falmouth on Cape Cod there used to be this quaint, seasonal café that a good friend and I loved to frequent. The building that housed the café was really just an ordinary old barn. However, when the café’s owner returned each summer and arranged three or four small umbrella-covered tables on […]

Reduce, Reuse, Refuse to Despair

Feb 16 11 • Heidi Bratton • 0 comments

My job in the economy of our family is to plug the holes of unnecessary spending in order to stretch my husband’s income as far as possible. It’s a challenging position, but one that has become a bit easier since the advent of the “economic downturn” of recent years. Yes, that’s right, I did write easier, […]

Appreciating The Gift Of Suffering

Feb 16 11 • Gary Zimak • 1 comment

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His Body, that is, the Church (Col 1:24). When I first read St. Paul’s words to the people of Colossae, I was stunned and I’m sure that I’m not alone. […]

Activating Our Faith as Catholic Men

Feb 16 11 • Maurice Blumberg • 0 comments

Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen. Because of it the ancients were well attested. By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible (Hebrews 11:1-3). What more shall I say? […]

What is Catholic Bioethics?

Feb 15 11 • Fr. Basil Cole, O.P. • 4 comments

Strictly speaking, there is no such science as “Catholic Bioethics” just as there is no such thing as “Catholic Baseball,” “Catholic Dentistry,” “Catholic Garbage Collection,” or “Catholic Plumbing.” Catholics do these activities, but they are not based upon divine revelation. Bioethics is a species of the science of ethics concerned especially about the beginning and […]

Web Site Construction: Hire the Writer First!

Feb 15 11 • Katherine Andes • 0 comments

I spoke with a business associate not too long ago. He mentioned that he was rebuilding his Web site and then said, “I’m working with the Web designer right now. I’m not ready for the writer, yet.” That’s crazy. The writer of your Web content is of critical importance. Web sites designed to sell products […]

Preparing the Way for the Roman Missal 3rd Edition, Part 10: The Liturgy of the Eucharist

Feb 15 11 • Louie Verrecchio • 0 comments

We continue our examination of the Liturgy of the Eucharist at the Ecce Agnus Dei: After once again receiving the Lord’s blessing, The peace of the Lord be with you always, and responding, And with your spirit, the next change that we encounter takes place when the priest elevates the Host and Chalice and says: […]

Preparing the Way for the Roman Missal 3rd Edition, Part 9: The Liturgy of the Eucharist

Feb 14 11 • Louie Verrecchio • 0 comments

In the final two installments of this series, we will focus our attention on the people’s parts in the Liturgy of the Eucharist, addressing each instance of change in the text as it comes. Suscipiat Dominus Shortly after the beginning of the Liturgy of the Eucharistic, we are encouraged to pray that our sacrifice may […]

Freedom and Voluntary Death

Feb 13 11 • Fr. Christopher M. Saliga, O.P. R.N. • 0 comments

Arguments for or against voluntary suicide and/or voluntary euthanasia (hereafter referred to as voluntary death) usually presuppose reductionist understandings of human attributes such as freedom. For example, folks sometimes ask: what is so terribly wrong with a person coming to a substantially-autonomous decision to die? In more personal terms, why should “you” be able to […]

Chernobyl Diaper and Parental Joy

Feb 13 11 • Greg Schlueter • 0 comments

As a two-year old, our Grace had a certain “gift.” We were eager to get her potty trained, as were the garbage men (whom we’re sure drew straws every week, or received hazardous duty pay). Steph called from the other room: “Greg, do you want to change Grace’s diaper, or run to get some milk?” […]

Rwandan Genocide Redux

Feb 12 11 • Steven W. Mosher • 0 comments

Not too many years ago, 800,000 Rwandans perished when their country descended into a bloody civil war. Now their government, with the encouragement of groups funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, appears poised to launch a nationwide sterilization campaign that may have equally disastrous demographic consequences. The plan calls for 700,000 men to […]

The Morality of the Growing Public Debt

Feb 12 11 • Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula • 0 comments

If we promote the family and the related idea of generosity with life, we have to be concerned with the ability of young couples to form and raise their families. In order to raise children, a family needs a degree of economic stability; and even more it needs a real non-inflationary economic growth that steadily […]

You Might Be in a Cult If…

Feb 12 11 • Mary Kochan • 2 comments

(With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy) • You might be in a cult if — you have a horror of having the number 144,001 stamped on your forehead. • You might be in a cult if — “there is more than one way to skin a cat” is a line from your liturgy. • You might […]

Of Morlocks and Black Swans

Feb 12 11 • Dr. Marvin Folkertsma • 0 comments

Two books that should top any reading list for progressives who believe in “winning the future” by waging war against its current inhabitants are H. G. Wells’ classic The Time Machine and Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan. The former’s narrative has entered the culture, especially through a film version that appeared in 1960, starring […]