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Silence Speaks

Some studies show that, on average, men say about 6,000 words a day, and women close to 9,000 (it may come as no surprise to many of you that the tally is higher for us ladies). Too many? Too few? Just about right? Every spring (this year it was Sunday May 20th) we mark World […]

Poem: “After Shots”

Jul 23 12 • Mary Harwell Sayler • 0 comments

After Shots sonnet broken by real tragedy in the theater Again and again, we shoot strong words of blame, shaming God alone when things go wrong that we have done with little thought of our free will to pray for this sad day to be redeemed of sorrow, fears, and ills that seem unceasing. Yet […]

What the Higgs Is a Boson?

Jul 22 12 • Michael Baruzzini • 2 comments

Science is worthwhile for its own sake — even if normal people don’t understand it. “Yes,” the reporter said, “But what can it do? What difference does the? Higgs boson make in the day-to-day lives of ordinary people?” The physicist on the radio stumbled over his words. He had already explained this once, but she […]

Human Shepherds of God’s Sheep

Jul 22 12 • Rev. Tucker Cordani • 0 comments

First he heard the bells. Sunday afternoon, mid-1920s, Blessed Sacrament Parish, the Bronx. The altar boy rang them during Benediction and young Jerry Ryan, then age four, thought the beautiful sound was coming from the monstrance. Now a monsignor, Father Ryan has been a priest for sixty-seven years. At age seventy-five, he retired, as required […]

Culture of Death and the Batman Shooting

Jul 22 12 • J. Matt Barber • 1 comment

Clearly, what our nation needs is more “separation of church and state.” If those obnoxious, right-wing Bible thumpers would simply quit bellowing about the need for revival – a return to the deeply held Judeo-Christian principles embraced by our Founding Fathers – America would be a much better place. Secular-humanism – that’s the ticket! We […]

Food Stamps: Let’s Provide a Safety Net, Not a Mattress

Jul 22 12 • Ken Connor • 0 comments

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” -Acts 20:35 (NIV) Government provision of food stamps has become the second-largest welfare program in the country and is […]

Movie Review: Magic Mike

Jul 21 12 • Sr. Helena Burns, fsp • 0 comments

Magic Mike will be the first time I am reviewing a movie that I have not seen. I am reviewing the concept of the film (male strippers), I have seen the trailer, and have read several reviews and “making of” articles. I read in Entertainment Weekly that when Channing Tatum (who plays “Magic Mike”) was […]

Egypt’s Sex-Slave Marriage

Jul 21 12 • Raymond Ibrahim • 0 comments

What is being dubbed as Egypt’s “first sex-slave marriage” took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muhammad Morsi was made president. Last Monday, on the Egyptian TV show Al Haqiqa (“the Truth”), journalist Wael al-Ibrashi began the program by airing a video-clip of a man, Abd al-Rauf Awn, “marrying” his “slave.” Before making the […]

The Two Become One Fry

Jul 21 12 • Jason Shanks • 1 comment

In my position with the Diocese of Toledo, I get to instruct people on the joys of Catholic marriage: The two become one flesh. Marriage is gift of self. My path to holiness is through my spouse. Marriage is free, total, faithful, and fruitful. As Christ died on the cross for his bride the Church, […]

<em>Boomsday</em>: Coming to a Theater Near You

Boomsday: Coming to a Theater Near You

Jul 20 12 • Ken Connor • 0 comments

In his 2007 book Boomsday, Christopher Buckley writes of a fictional future where an overwhelming number of elderly baby boomers are given tax incentives to end their lives early. With recent developments out of Switzerland, Buckley’s tongue-in-cheek novel may prove all-too-prescient. The Swiss canton of Vaud just passed a law mandating that doctors in hospitals and nursing homes provide […]

In the Absence of Fathers: A Story of Elephants and Men

Jul 20 12 • Fr. Gordon J. MacRae • 7 comments

Wade Horn, Ph.D., President of the National Fatherhood Initiative, had an intriguing article entitled “Of Elephants and Men” in a recent issue of Fatherhood Today magazine. I found Dr. Horn’s story about young elephants to be simply fascinating, and you will too. Some years ago, officials at the Kruger National Park and game reserve in South Africa […]

Help Wanted: Mom

Jul 20 12 • Patti Maguire Armstrong • 0 comments

Qualifications: Candidates must possess the desire to love unconditionally. Little or no training is required but willingness to learn on the job is a must. The initiation period is little or nonexistent, depending on the support staff you have in your extended family. You must have the ability to be aware of every departmental […]

Poem: “Gentle Tapping”

Jul 20 12 • Brenda Kay Farber • 0 comments

Gentle Tapping Inspired by 1Kings19:11-13, Mt 26:44 I heard a gentle tapping But maybe I was wrong. Soon I was distracted By a melancholy song. I felt a gentle breeze Mild, warm and meek. But I chose to ignore it And turned the other cheek. I saw a gentle smile On a stranger whom I […]

Reproductive Wordplay

Jul 19 12 • Judie Brown • 0 comments

Experts claim that Planned Parenthood has such a serious foothold on government policy and finances that it would literally take a jackhammer to pull them apart. In fact, some historians have even suggested that Planned Parenthood softened many of its early positions from the hard-line culture of death posture in order to garner respectability among […]

Turning to Jesus (Healing in the Fire, Part 5)

Jul 19 12 • Mark Davis Pickup • 0 comments

Click for: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. The next eight years were spent in a spiritual wasteland. The only bright spots were that I married LaRee in 1973 and we had two more children we both adored. But even those bright spots were threatened by my alcoholism. I carried the emotional and […]

Why the HHS Mandate is No Big Deal

Jul 19 12 • Dr. Mark Discher • 0 comments

[Editor’s note: In June, Mark Discher, Professor of Philosophy and Theology at The College of St. Mary Magdalen was asked to give a speech to the Massachusetts Citizens for Life annual convention on the HHS mandate. In his address, Dr. Discher masterfully placed the mandate into the context of the wider problem we are facing, […]

What We are Defending was Bought by Blood

Jul 19 12 • Ron Quinlan • 0 comments

The Fortnight for Freedom may be over but we must continue to stand against the Health and Human Services Mandate to force Catholics to pay for contraception and abortion. There are many reasons to oppose this. It makes a mockery of the First Amendment. It pushes on an unsuspecting public birth control pills which many […]

Egypt Needs Christian Witness

Jul 19 12 • ACN-USA News • 0 comments

“For Egypt, the Christians are an indispensable force. They can contribute to opening up the country.” With these words, the Coptic Catholic Bishop of Assiut, Kyrillos William Samaan, affirmed the significance of Christians in the reshaping of Egypt. Since mid-February, Bishop Kyrillos has deputized for the seriously ill Patriarch of Alexandria (with headquarters in Cairo), […]

The Overwhelmed Parent’s Prayer for Peace

Jul 19 12 • Bill Donaghy • 1 comment

OK. Deep breath…. pray! Oh Father, Son, Spirit, Three-fold Family from Whom all families are founded… Help us this day to rejoice in the chaos that is our family. To enter intentionally into the endless mystery of the exhausting energy and tempestuous roller coaster ride of our children’s emotions, all raw and real; primordial mixtures […]

92% and Perfect Babies

Jul 18 12 • Cindy Bird • 1 comment

I read a fact the other day on the internet: Eight percent of all babies in the womb who test positive for Down syndrome or a genetic anomaly survive and are born. That means 92% of all babies who test positive are aborted. Ninety two percent never get a chance. Reading that fact shook me […]

Being Pro-Life 3.0

Jul 18 12 • Rebecca Taylor • 0 comments

This characterization of the many facets of being pro-life is so brilliant I wish I could say I thought of it. Scott Rae, in an interview with John Stonestreet at BreakPoint.org, brings the pro-life movement into the 21st century in an attempt to get us all to wake up to the perils we are facing. […]

How to Kill a Billion People — Part 3: “Precautionary” CO2 Policy and Food Crisis

Jul 18 12 • William Schuh • 0 comments

Part I explained that almost half the world’s people are dependent for their food on industrially fixed nitrogen fertilizer, and that nitrogen fertilizer production is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Part II explored several plausible mechanisms by which forced suppression of CO2 would induce food shortages and starvation in the poorest nations. Among the key mechanisms discussed […]

“Story of Stuff” Videos Aim Stealth Indoctrination at Students

Jul 18 12 • Marybeth Hicks • 1 comment

Yesterday, I noted a sure sign that summer is nearly over: There were commercials on TV for ingredients to make school lunches. Already, the folks at Oscar Mayer are offering suggestions for how to make a lunch that kids will find nutritious and delicious, though they don’t offer any advice in the ads on how […]

40 Days for Life Applications Now Open

Jul 18 12 • 40 Days for Life • 0 comments

It’s time! If you’re ready to conduct 40 Days for Life in your city this fall or if you’re just thinking about leading a local campaign in your community, please take the time to watch this 12-minute video to find out everything that’s involved in leading a local campaign: The next internationally coordinated 40 Days for Life campaign will be conducted […]