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Highlights From the NRA Leadership Forum (videos) DIVINE RIPPLES - May 4, 2013 Source http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/saturday-movie-matinee-highlights-from-the-nra-leadership-forum/ 2013 NRA Annual Meetings: John Bolton: Have a box of tissues nearby for this one. SEAL Chris Kyle's wife Taya Emotional Speech at NRA-ILA Leadership Forum: Via The Blaze: Before Taya Kyle, the wife of slain Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, even said a word, the crowd at the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum was on their ...http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2013/05/highlights-from-nra-leadership-forum.html
Sandy, Was That You? ST. WALBURGA'S BLOG - February 7, 2013 ... She'd ask questions just as thoughtless. Like the Sandy I knew on the forum, the Sandy on EWTN had already made up her mind that that was what the Church taught. It was clear she had no interest in being confused by facts. The EWTN host tried to explain to Sandy what the Church teaches about the Blessed Virgin Mary and her sinlessness. He tried to tell her that Mary's sinlessness was a gift from God so that she, as a spotless vessel, could carry God in her womb. As an example, ...http://stwalburgas.blogspot.com/2012/08/sandy-was-that-you.html
Convention Votes in Favour of Referendum on Same-Sex Marriage CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 14, 2013 ... all of the participants who contributed to the Constitutional Convention's same-sex marriage discussion," Mr Arnold commented. "I am very pleased that proceedings were conducted in a fair and transparent manner with all sides getting an opportunity to make their respective cases. "This weekend's discussions have been both passionate and thoughtful, both heartfelt and rigorous." The Constitutional Convention on the Constitution is a forum of 100 people representative of Irish ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/convention-votes-in-favour-of.html
More on Church and Tax-Exempt Status ROMISH INTERNET GRAFFITI - March 21, 2013 ... Church property Arranging for groups to work for a candidate for public office Funding or financial support of any candidate, political action committee, or political party Inviting only selected candidates to address your Church-sponsored group, or permitting/hosting political meetings on Church property Conducting voter registration that is slanted toward one party Rating candidates numerically, or "favorably" or "unfavorably" Sharing parish resources, including mailing lists, with political ...http://romishgraffiti.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/more-on-churchs-and-their-tax-exempt-status/
"Editing Out the Truth" GW CATHOLIC Q & A - February 1, 2013 Here is a bold and spot-on commentary in an online university forum from one of our senior GW Catholics, Rosemary Holt. Well said, Rosemary. Your courage is refreshing! Editing Out the Truth by The GW Patriot (gwpatriot.com) The GW Patriot welcomes Opinion submissions from student leaders on campus. Rosemary Holt, Co-President of Colonials for Life, writes: 'Newspapers of record' are few and far between these days when it comes to accurately representing the abortion issue, ...http://gwcatholicforum.blogspot.com/2013/02/editing-out-truth.html
Constitution Convention Appeals for Proposals on Same Sex Marriage CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 14, 2013 ... making their views known on what is a very important subject for many in Irish society today," he said. Submissions, proposals and comments must be received by Tuesday 19 Mach 2013 and can be made on the convention's website www.constitution.ie. Mr Arnold said that they were keen that the convention's deliberations and subsequent decisions would be properly informed. "Therefore, we want to hear from all sides of the debate regarding the proposal to make a constitutional ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/constitution-convention-appeals-for.html
Palermo's Confronts Student Activists in Campus Forum MARQUETTE WARRIOR - April 18, 2013 ... this campus that people on two sides of any debate face off before an audience that gets to hear both sides. The carnage, in fact, was considerable. The representatives from Palermo's Pizza were Chris Dresselhuys, Vice President of Marketing and Tom Branigan, who teaches part time in the College of Communication. They faced a student audience, a substantial portion of which consisted of activists from Youth Empowered in the Struggle , an branch of the leftist, pro-illegal ...http://mu-warrior.blogspot.com/2013/04/palermos-confronts-student-activists-in.html
In the Heart of the Church VULTUS CHRISTI - March 14, 2013 ... debate, the role of the monk is to disappear even more radically into silence and adoration, seeking the One Thing Necessary, seeking the Face of the Lord. Quaerite faciem eius semper. In the Secret of Thy Face The monk lives hidden in the heart of the Church, beyond the veil, in her Holy of Holies, where nought is heard but the steady heartbeat of Love. The monk prefers the inviolable silence of the Church's mystic sanctuary -- the Heart of Christ -- to the wranglings of the ...http://vultus.stblogs.org/2013/03/in-the-heart-of-the-church.html
Can We Face the Truth, Deal With Reality? Καθολικός διάκονος - April 13, 2013 ... all that interested in the truth. I would be happy to debate anyone on the issue. Warning : if you take me up on the challenge it'll be no-holds-barred because it is too important an issue to beat around the bush (to give you an indication- instead of Gosnell we get Rainbow flags outside the Supreme Court and Jodi Arias porn from a Phoenix courthouse). Shafer draws attention to a conversation that my beloved Camus, who was not a professing Christian, had way back in 1946 with ...http://scottdodge.blogspot.com/2013/04/can-we-face-truth-deal-with-reality.html
Church Needs Saving From Its Dysfunctional Structure (Opinion) CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 23, 2013 ... shared his power in the church inescapably with European Catholic monarchs, prince-bishops of the Holy Roman Empire and a host of other fiercely independent local jurisdictions in cathedrals and the like, all of which were themselves the products of the happenstance of history. The revolution dealt them a devastating blow. As its consequences unfolded, it swept nearly all away, and the first World War delivered the coup de grace. To begin with, it looked as if the revolutionaries would do for ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/church-needs-saving-from-its.html
Church Needs Saving From Its Dysfunctional Structure (Opinion) CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 27, 2013 ... shared his power in the church inescapably with European Catholic monarchs, prince-bishops of the Holy Roman Empire and a host of other fiercely independent local jurisdictions in cathedrals and the like, all of which were themselves the products of the happenstance of history. The revolution dealt them a devastating blow. As its consequences unfolded, it swept nearly all away, and the first World War delivered the coup de grace. To begin with, it looked as if the revolutionaries would do for ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/church-needs-saving-from-its_28.html
True Communication DONUM VITAE - January 24, 2013 ... communion. If the networks are called to realize this great potential, the people involved in them must make an effort to be authentic since, in these spaces, it is not only ideas and information that are shared, but ultimately our very selves. The development of social networks calls for commitment: people are engaged in building relationships and making friends, in looking for answers to their questions and being entertained, but also in finding intellectual stimulation and sharing knowledge ...http://donum-vitae-blog.blogspot.com/2013/01/true-communication.html
The Great Blended Learning Debate – Part 1 THE SOUL OF A NATION - February 26, 2013 ... jump right in, and see where the dialogue takes us. The first post is TJ's: Some are technology enthusiasts. I do not count myself among these ranks. I like my iPhone and wish I had an iPad, but technology doesn't light my fire the way it does for some educators. The enthusiast covets the novelty of technology – at least in part – for the sake of novelty. Technology is seen as an end in itself. I am enamored with a different question: How to unlock human potential? To Educate: ...http://soulofanation.org/2013/02/26/the-great-blended-learning-debate-part-1/
For B16'S Communications Day, a Call to Cyber-"Commitment" WHISPERS IN THE LOGGIA - January 24, 2013 ... challenges to those who want to speak about truth and values. Often, as is also the case with other means of social communication, the significance and effectiveness of the various forms of expression appear to be determined more by their popularity than by their intrinsic importance and value. Popularity, for its part, is often linked to celebrity or to strategies of persuasion rather than to the logic of argumentation. At times the gentle voice of reason can be overwhelmed by the din of ...http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2013/01/keeping-with-decades-long-vatican.html
Pope's Message for 47th World Communications Day ARCHDIOCESE OF TORONTO BLOG - January 24, 2013 ... social communication, the significance and effectiveness of the various forms of expression appear to be determined more by their popularity than by their intrinsic importance and value. Popularity, for its part, is often linked to celebrity or to strategies of persuasion rather than to the logic of argumentation. At times the gentle voice of reason can be overwhelmed by the din of excessive information and it fails to attract attention which is given instead to those who express themselves in ...http://archdioceseoftoronto.blogspot.com/2013/01/popes-message-for-47th-world.html
Ben Carson's National Prayer Breakfast Speech THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC - February 13, 2013 ... Party and the applauding conservatives in the audience (there were many liberals there, too, as well as people from what organizers said were more than 100 nations and all 50 states). If Carson wanted to voice his opinion about the president's policies, he could have done so backstage. Even better, he might have asked for a private meeting with the man. As a fellow African American who faced personal challenges and overcame them, the president might have welcomed Dr. Carson to the White House. ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AmericanCatholic/~3/HTnajva25Is/
Social Networks: New Spaces for Evangelisation NEWS.VA - January 24, 2013 ... with the World of Culture, Bélem, Lisbon, 12 May 2010). The challenge facing social networks is how to be truly inclusive: thus they will benefit from the full participation of believers who desire to share the message of Jesus and the values of human dignity which his teaching promotes. Believers are increasingly aware that, unless the Good News is made known also in the digital world, it may be absent in the experience of many people for whom this existential space is important. The ...http://www.news.va/en/news/social-networks-new-spaces-for-evangelisation
Sex, Power Scandals to Loom Over Vatican Pre-Vote Talks CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 2, 2013 ... meetings before this month's papal election after two senior cardinals called on Tuesday for more internal debate about them. A leading support group for victims of clerical sexual abuse also made what it called a "last-ditch plea" to Pope Benedict to use his authority before resigning on Thursday to discipline bishops who have protected predatory priests in their dioceses. The abuse issue took on new urgency after Scotland's Cardinal Keith O'Brien, accused of improper ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/sex-power-scandals-to-loom-over-vatican.html
One Third CAELUM ET TERRA - May 3, 2013 ... theology, which if one is neither a cleric nor an academic is a ticket to the working class): orchards, construction crews, factories, and for twenty nine years, carrying mail. In any working class job, whether the good union ones with decent pay and benefits or the crappy low wage ones, time is closely watched, productivity is expected (and enforced). The thought that anyone could piddle away a third of their time at work is mind-blowing. My own employer, the US Postal Service, is notorious ...http://caelumetterra.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/one-third/
Pope Francis (Roundup of Links) ...THE HELL WITH IT - March 18, 2013 ... that we should realize that the previous popes of late memory have all been diocesan priests, and this pope is from a religious order, and will of course have different strengths and ideals than the previous popes. Keep that in mind. Via Deacon's Bench , the Pope will wear a used ring. UPDATE ON THE RING: OK. Lombardi clarifies. Ab Macchi's ring was model for Pope Francis' fisherman's ring. — Catholic News Svc (@CatholicNewsSvc) March 18, 2013 LarryD at Acts of the Apostasy connects the ...http://oxyparadoxy.blogspot.com/2013/03/pope-francis-roundup-of-links.html
