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Being Pro-life with the Saints

Oct 24 11 • Fr. Edward Looney • 0 comments

One of the most central elements to the Catholic pro-life movement is prayer. As Catholics we have the power of the communion of saints and in my own reflection, I have come to identify a handful of saints who could be considered “co-patrons” of the pro-life movement. The Holy Family exemplifies for us a common […]

Greed is a Real Sin

Oct 24 11 • Mary Kochan • 7 comments

There is a lot of talk on the streets and in the media about a thing called “corporate greed.” This greed is supposed to reside in entities called corporations that are somehow exploiting people to make a profit by valuing profit over people. The only problem with this construction is that a corporation is a […]

Book Review and Parents’ Guide: <em>The Hunger Games</em> Trilogy

Book Review and Parents’ Guide: The Hunger Games Trilogy

Oct 24 11 • Jann FritzHuspen • 2 comments

***Spoiler Alert—The plot is discussed here in detail for parental benefit. I intend for the level of detail I provide here to help facilitate a discussion with your child even if you have not read the series yourself. Parents want to know who their children are spending time with, what music they are listening to, […]

The Radical Rabbi and the Great Commandment

Oct 23 11 • Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. • 0 comments

They are at it again. In this Sunday’s gospel Jesus’ opponents enlist a lawyer to do what lawyers do best- ask a question that puts a person on the hot seat. “Which commandment of the law is the greatest?” (Matthew 22:34-40). If the law consisted in only the Ten Commandments, this would be tough enough. […]

Film Review: <em>John Paul II: The Man, The Pope, and His Message</em>

Film Review: John Paul II: The Man, The Pope, and His Message

Oct 22 11 • Leticia Velasquez • 0 comments

Catholics have long enjoyed the work of papal videographer Alberto Michelini. Now, under a special arrangement with the Vatican, a four DVD set on the life of Blessed John Paul II has been made available. It contains five hours of dramatic documentary footage, organized by topic into ten films that are each 30 minutes in […]

In Politics, Money Talks

Oct 22 11 • Ken Connor • 0 comments

They say that money is the mother’s milk of politics, and now that the field of Republican presidential hopefuls has solidified, the media has locked onto fundraising numbers as the primary means of measuring the viability of the candidates. Not surprisingly, establishment favorite Mitt Romney is far and away the best funded candidate. Rick […]

The Difference Respect for Human Dignity Makes

Oct 22 11 • Marlon De La Torre • 0 comments

As many of you have already witnessed the disturbing video of a young Chinese girl involved in a hit and run and seemingly ignored by the whole world as she lay on the street with life-threatening injuries, it prompts the question: do we truly see ourselves as children of God? If you were to pose […]

Detacho: Modular Dollhouses for Fractured Families

Oct 22 11 • Kathy Schiffer • 0 comments

Okay, now this is just sad. Toys help children to learn and prepare them for life. That’s why industrial designer Ben Forman (benformandesign.co.uk) has introduced a new dollhouse to help today’s modern preschooler prepare for the inevitable unhappy changes in her family structure. It’s called Detacho. Detacho families, like so many contemporary American families, can […]

Poem: “Don’t be Gloomy…”

Oct 22 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

Don’t be Gloomy… Don’t be gloomy, we could be As cheerless falling from the tree, Scarlet, crimson, dark of gold Rich with browns of autumn mold Let the wind swing out, detach The wings of us the earth to catch, Do not grieve or boast thereof, It is more colorful to love We are born […]

The Word of God Takes Root in Thessalonica

Oct 21 11 • Rev. Tucker Cordani • 1 comment

“For our gospel did not come to you in word alone but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much conviction” (1 Thess 1:5). In ancient times the city of Thessalonica was an important trade city situated along the Via Egnatia, the Roman Empire’s major east-west thoroughfare, running from Byzantium to the […]

Movie Review: The Mighty Macs

Oct 21 11 • Patti Maguire Armstrong • 1 comment

The Mighty Macs is the kind of film that makes you want to cheer from your seats. It’s a Cinderella in basketball sneakers story of an underdog earning the crown. The film is based on the true story of the 1971-72 Immaculata University women’s basketball team. This small — under 800 students — Catholic women’s […]

Catholic Historical Sci-Fi for Teens,Young Adults: <em>Young Chesterton Chronicles</em>

Catholic Historical Sci-Fi for Teens,Young Adults: Young Chesterton Chronicles

Oct 21 11 • Kay Anne Kelly • 0 comments

The Tripods Attack! is the first book in the Young Chesterton Chronicles, an adventure series aimed at middle and high-school age boys. Its main character is a fictional, teenaged GK Chesterton. In The Tripods Attack! Gilbert fights off an alien invasion with the help of his mentor, Father Brown, and his best friend, the youthful […]

Snowmen: A Film for Humans

Oct 21 11 • Susan Soesbe • 0 comments

As I walked into the theater for a screening of Snowmen, the film’s publicist handed me materials and remarked that there was no sex and no explosions, “just cute kids in snow.” She was right, but that doesn’t fully explain why this movie is good. Goodness cannot be defined by what it is not. In […]

The Council of Europe Recognizes Necessary Restrictions on Abortion

Oct 21 11 • Grégor Puppinck, Ph.D • 0 comments

On 3 October 2011, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted Resolution1829 (2011) and Recommendation 1979 (2011) on Prenatal Sex Selection. For the first time in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the promoters of an alleged right to abortion have, on their own initiative, admitted that abortion has negative […]

Poem: “Why do some Trees Dance?”

Oct 21 11 • Michele Marie • 0 comments

Why do some Trees Dance? Why do some leaves flutter, wave, and tremble, Shimmering sunlight Like a thousand tiny mirrors, With barely a breeze going by? Why are some branches quite limber? Shaking leaves in spritely waves, Making a new music of light and sound On the stillest of days? Why do some trees dance? […]

Presidential Aspirants Clamber Over Mutilated Bodies of Their Grandbabies

Oct 20 11 • Mary Kochan • 9 comments

The state of American politics is such that the question of whether or not their own grandchildren should be torn limb from limb and thrown in the garbage has become a routine subject of speculation for presidential candidates. The state of American presidential candidates is such that they can dispassionately entertain the dismemberment of their own smallest progeny. They are the men of whom C. S. Lewis wrote, the men without chests.

Book Review: <i>A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms</i>

Book Review: A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms

Oct 20 11 • Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur • 1 comment

There are many wonderful books about Catholic saints available. Most of you probably own some of them. Perhaps you even have some collecting dust in your home. They looked so interesting, but you never found the time to read them. So, why should you purchase another one? Because in the new A Book of Saints […]

The Persecution Has Begun

Oct 20 11 • Russell Shaw • 2 comments

“What the Catholic Church in the United States really needs to stiffen its backbone is a good persecution.” How often, I wonder, have I heard somebody say something like that? How often have I said something like it myself? Be careful what you ask for—you may get it. The persecution of religion in America has […]

The Rosary: A Weapon of Mass Instruction, Part 3

Oct 20 11 • Louie Verrecchio • 0 comments

We continue our reflection on the mysteries of the rosary as a means of entering more deeply into sacred mysteries made present in Holy Mass with an examination of The Sorrowful Mysteries 1. The Agony in the Garden And going out, he went, according to his custom, to the Mount of Olives. And his disciples […]

<em>St. Mary’s Messenger</em>, Catholic Magazine for Kids

St. Mary’s Messenger, Catholic Magazine for Kids

Oct 20 11 • Patti Maguire Armstrong • 0 comments

How would you like to be splashed with water as you walk down the street? In Poland, that’s how they say, “Happy Easter!” If you had read last Easter’s issue of St. Mary’s Messenger magazine for children, you would have known that. I recently stumbled upon St. Mary’s Messenger through a phone call from Kris […]

The Role Monogamy Must Play in the Future of Marriage

Oct 20 11 • Steve Pokorny • 0 comments

The Atlantic recently posted an article by Rachel R. White entitled, “The Role Non-Monogamy Will Play in the Future of Marriage” (Oct. 3, 2011), in which she interviews Pamela Haag, the author of the book Marriage Confidential. Haag claims that “marriage has changed over time in both perception and practice,” stating that “even the Bible was […]

Poem: “Stars of Mercy”

Oct 20 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

Stars of Mercy What strange dreams, what nightmares! Aztec temples and cathedrals, Pyramids and blazing terrors, Fortresses, Great Walls And yet three horses graze at night Beneath the silent quarter moon, Rivers flow of endless light, Shine as smooth as stone For one such night I would give all The temples to the sun To […]

Our Lord Deserves It!

Oct 19 11 • Michael Seagriff • 8 comments

Adoration is not for a handful or a selected few. It is for everyone. It is what our loving Lord asks for, and more importantly, what He deserves. Blessed John Paul II went so far as to urge EVERY parish in the world to have Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. Let me put one hour of Adoration […]

Is Whether Mormons are Christians a Political Question?

Oct 19 11 • Ken Connor • 3 comments

A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic – on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg – or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your […]