Archive for July, 2013

Breaking Silence: Catholics, Contraception, and Same-Sex Marriage
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Breaking Silence: Catholics, Contraception, and Same-Sex Marriage

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by on Jul 24, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Marriage, The Homosexual Agenda
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As the dust settles on the Supreme Court’s marriage rulings, Catholics and other defenders of traditional marriage have stepped forward with new energy and comprehensive strategies to preserve marriage as the union of one man and one woman. On Redstate.com, Ryan T. Anderson sees the dissenting opinions of Supreme Court Justices Alito, Roberts, and Scalia in the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) ruling […]

How To Design A Simple Social Media Strategy For Your Catholic Parish
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How To Design A Simple Social Media Strategy For Your Catholic Parish

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by on Jul 24, 2013 in Featured, On Media, Tips, Tools, Tech
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As many may know, I am the guy behind the social media at my parish in Plymouth, Michigan – Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. I’ve been asked several times and contacted by many who want help or insights into developing and designing a social media strategy for Catholic parishes. So, I’ve decided to quickly […]

Extra Chromosome Silenced in Down Syndrome Cells
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Extra Chromosome Silenced in Down Syndrome Cells

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by on Jul 24, 2013 in Cloning, Embryo Research & Genetics, Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured
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Amazing news was announced in the field of gene therapy last week. Scientists in Massachusetts have taken the cells of a person with Down Syndrome and have silenced the extra 21st chromosome in those cells. The Guardian has the story: Scientists have corrected the genetic fault that causes Down’s syndrome – albeit in isolated cells […]

John B. Tabb - Priest-Poet
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Tabb’s Poetry XXVIII

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by on Jul 24, 2013 in Featured, Poetry
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Five poems by John B. Tabb.

Big-Hearted: Inspiring Stories from Everyday Families
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Big-Hearted: Inspiring Stories from Everyday Families

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by on Jul 24, 2013 in Featured, On Books, Parenting
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Patti Maguire Armstrong and Theresa Thomas, who previously paired up to write and compile the wonderful “Stories for the Homeschool Heart,” have now come together to create Big-Hearted: Inspiring Stories from Everyday Families (Scepter Publishers, 2013). What makes a family big-hearted? It is a spirit of generosity with a focus on putting God first. “The […]

Peter's Story
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Peter’s Story

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by on Jul 23, 2013 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Featured, Health & Fitness, Those in Need
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When I was 19 weeks pregnant, an ultrasound of my baby revealed markers for a condition called trisomy 18. We were offered amniocentesis, which we refused because we didn’t want to risk hurting our baby. We were told we would have more choices if we knew for sure. We said we would never abort our […]

The Window Fans
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The Window Fans

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by on Jul 23, 2013 in Featured, Humor, The Catholic Family
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Even on the hottest nights of the summer, my father knew how to make our house ice cold. We lived in a modest two-story home typical of the ’60s and ’70s — red brick on the bottom, white aluminum siding on the top. There were four bedrooms upstairs and a master bedroom downstairs (my parent’s […]

Decades - Liberalism - Greening - Detroit
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SUCCESS

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by on Jul 23, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, The Economy, The Social Order
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The Beauty of Worn Rings
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The Beauty of Worn Rings

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by on Jul 23, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ, Marriage
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One Saturday not long ago, I was sitting in my living-room and Colin, my 5-year-old grandson, was on my lap. I don’t remember what we were doing — watching “Peppa Pig” on TV or reading a Dr. Seuss book or playing out another episode of “Good Guys vs. Bad Guys,” I’m sure. Colin grabbed my […]

Researchers Acknowledge Abortion-Preterm Birth Link
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Researchers Acknowledge Abortion-Preterm Birth Link

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by on Jul 23, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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The World Health Organization ignored it. Medical journals downplayed it. Now researchers admit – backhandedly – a link between abortion and preterm births. Authors of a new study hypothesize that modernizing abortion methods reduces the risk of premature births. Yet most notably, it admits that the link to abortion existed in the first place. Abortion […]

Posing Nude: A Symptom of Illness in the Church
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Posing Nude: A Symptom of Illness in the Church

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by on Jul 23, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ, Sports
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The nude photograph of Agnieszka Radwanska has caused quite a stir inside and outside of the Catholic Church. Agnieszka is the fourth ranked world tennis champ who posed naked for ESPN Magazine. When the photo went public – and viral – she was dropped from the Polish Catholic youth movement, Krucjata Mlodych (Youth Crusade), where […]

Fear of a Racist Country
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Fear of a Racist Country

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by on Jul 22, 2013 in Featured, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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Faith in nothing but the power of racism leads to a hopeless future.

Contemplation and Service are Not in Opposition
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Contemplation and Service are Not in Opposition

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by on Jul 22, 2013 in Featured, The Shepherd's Voice
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The Holy Father’s Sunday meditation before praying the Angelus this morning was dedicated to Jesus’ visit to the house of Martha and Mary in Bethany in the Gospel of St. Luke, and the two key themes of Christian life: contemplation, listening to the Word of God and the concrete service of our neighbor. These are […]

Common Core
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Worried About Privacy? How About Common Core?

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by on Jul 22, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, The Social Order
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We’re facing unchecked data collection as part of a significant and sweeping federal educational mandate.

We Need Saints!
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We Need Saints!

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by on Jul 22, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ
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Why are the Philippines, Malta, Costa Rica and now Ireland succumbing to the population control mentality and anti-religious sentiment? Compared to so many other Catholic nations, these have long held firm. What has kept the anti-life agenda at bay for so long has been the vibrant living of the gift of faith. It permeated every […]

The Trial the Media Missed - Death Sentence Commuted!
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The Trial the Media Missed – Death Sentence Commuted!

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by on Jul 22, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Those in Need
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For the past several weeks the nation has been focused and absorbed with the George Zimmerman trial. This trial ended on 7/13/13 when a “Not Guilty” verdict was rendered by the jury after much evidence and testimony was presented in the courtroom. Another trial was also occurring this past week involving an unborn child who […]

Why Do We Homeschool?
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Why Do We Homeschool?

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by on Jul 22, 2013 in Education, Featured
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“Why do we homeschool?” Often when we begin homeschooling there is something that prompted us to begin. It may have been a child struggling with school, a negative socializing experience, or any number of issues. Once the mom begins, she may feel conflicted that her children will miss out on some great academic experience. She […]

Massachusetts Legislature: Public Hearing from Hell
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Massachusetts Legislature: Public Hearing from Hell

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by on Jul 22, 2013 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, The Homosexual Agenda, The Social Order
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If you want to see how a third-world country treats its citizens, you need look no further than the Massachusetts Legislature. As the hearing began, Gardner Auditorium was packed. But most of the people in attendance never got the opportunity to testify. On July 9, 2013, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a major […]

My Slogan: "Practice Saved Sex!"
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My Slogan: “Practice Saved Sex!”

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by on Jul 21, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Marriage
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NFP Week is July 21 – 27, 2013 I am a journalist and a convert. That sounds like an oxymoron. Two years after joining the Catholic Church, my wife and I began practicing Natural Family Planning (NFP). I found that the chastity required to get through the periods of abstinence caused profound changes in me. […]

Are You Dating a Terrorist?
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Are You Dating a Terrorist?

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by on Jul 20, 2013 in Dating & Singles, Featured
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In today’s troubled world, we sadly have the word “terrorist” presented to us on a regular basis.  When we hear that word, our thoughts are immediately drawn to those who perform public acts of violence and destruction with an intent to kill people. Did you ever give any thought to the possibility that the person […]

Does Your Blog Matter? Tracking Your Influence
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Does Your Blog Matter? Tracking Your Influence

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by on Jul 19, 2013 in Featured, Leadership, On Media, Tips, Tools, Tech
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In the coming months I’m definitely going to diving deep into the topic of influence; be that influence online, in person, or in business. The fact of the matter is that you are either an influencer, or you are being influenced. Hopefully there is some balance between the two. But if you’re trying to influence […]

Doctor Executioners
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Doctor Executioners

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by on Jul 19, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
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If we could count the ways that physicians have become the politicians of their chosen profession, perhaps we would better understand why human lives are like poker chips, popular votes or, even worse, trash. Lest we forget, when the ballyhoo started in Texas and Senator Wendy Davis began her infamous filibuster, the question before the […]

Lookism - John 7:24
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Lookism

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by on Jul 19, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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