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Second Fortnight for Freedom to Highlight Marriage, Mandate CLERICAL WHISPERS - May 18, 2013 ... March, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two gay marriage cases, Hollingsworth v. Perry and U.S. v. Windsor. One challenges California's Proposition 8, a state measure which recognizes marriage as existing solely between a man and a woman, and the other challenges the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law which defines marriage as the union of one man and ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/05/second-fortnight-for-freedom-to.html
Fr. Charles F. Suver, S.J. "The Jesuit of Iwo Jima" GOOD JESUIT, BAD JESUIT - May 18, 2013 ... 's 1993 book, "Battlefield Chaplains: Catholic Priests in World War II." Father Suver, a Navy chaplain, was among 19 Catholic chaplains and 58 chaplains assigned to minister to the three Marine divisions that wrested Iwo Jima from the Japanese in the war's bloodiest battle in the Pacific, Father Crosby said in his book. On the eve of the landing assault, the then 38-year-old chaplain gathered with friends in his cabin after supper to chat. "One young officer in the group said that if he could ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ZlcTj/~3/VqLN5ME4_mM/fr-charles-f-suver-sj-jesuit-of-iwo-jima.html
The First Day of the Rest of My Life MAN WITH BLACK HAT - May 12, 2013 ... marriage, or whatever fate decided to bestow upon you as an adult. Mine actually occurred in the weeks before graduation, in two parts. The first was forty years ago this evening. + + + I spent my senior year of Catholic high school in the advanced placement "Humanities Seminar," which combined the mandatory subjects of English, Religion, and Social Studies, into a unique interdisciplinary symbiosis. It was quite the challenge compared to conventional high ...http://manwithblackhat.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-first-day-of-rest-of-my-life.html
Living As a Catholic in a Secular World GROW THE ROSES - May 9, 2013 ... responsibilities and my own teen insecurities. Perhaps because it was good childhood memories of going to mass with my grandparents. Perhaps because of the good friends I made who went to youth groups and Catholic youth camps. But I remember at the time feeling peace when I was near a church. Life was busy, and full of noise, and the Pentecostal Church I had grown up in had had great music and preaching and all that. But when I was at the Catholic Church I found peace. I loved the physicality ...http://growtheroses.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/living-as-a-catholic-in-a-secular-world/
Out and About – Winter-Spring 2013 THE WILD REED - May 3, 2013 ... and left: Minnesotans United for All Families ' Freedom to Marry Day rally at the State Capitol – February 14, 2013. That's the Catholics for Marriage Equality MN banner suspended from the highest balcony! For more images and commentary, click here . Above: On Saturday, March 2, 2013, while driving on I-94E from Minneapolis to St. Paul, I was involved in an accident. A young man driving two lanes over hit a patch of black ice, lost control, and T-boned ...http://thewildreed.blogspot.com/2013/04/out-and-about-winter-spring-2013.html
Love in Joy and Sorrow: A Day in the Life of a Priest and a Young Couple BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES - May 3, 2013 ... more about that. In the movie about this episode in Jack and Joy Lewis' life, Joy, in a brief, happy respite from the cancer--makes this point: "the pain then is part of the happiness now--that's the deal." (I'm sorry the clip is rough, it's the only clip of this scene I could find.) And we talked about something I read from Pope Blessed John Paul's Crossing the Threshold of Hope --a startling account of the crucifixion as God allowing humanity to put him on trial, and punish him, so that ...http://frmartinfox.blogspot.com/2013/05/love-in-joy-and-sorrow-day-in-life-of.html
Dr. Kermit Gosnell Is a Horrifying Microcosm of What Has Been Taking Place in America for Four Decades ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP - May 2, 2013 !!!! Late Term Abortionist Kermit Gosnell and the Banality of Evil May 2, 2013 By Rev. Marcel Guarnizo Subscribe to Rev. Marcel Guarnizo RSS 13 2 "Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when one day the veil has fallen from our eyes and the most horrible of crimesâ"€crimes that infinitely outdistance every human measureâ"€reach the light of day." – Sophie Scholl of the White Rose – German ...http://abyssum.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/dr-kermit-gosnell-is-a-horrifying-microcosm-of-what-has-been-taking-place-in-america-for-four-decades/
Our Ninth Anniversary in the Catholic Church CROSSED THE TIBER - April 30, 2013 ... who created the world yet humbles himself to come to us in the appearances of bread and wine. I can walk down my street to Saint Joseph the Worker parish (about 4/10ths of a mile) any day of the week and allow this God to come into me and experience his life-changing grace. I hope and pray for however much time left that He grants me, I will continue to be open to an on-going conversion of my mind, heart and soul. Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, ...http://crossed-the-tiber.blogspot.com/2013/04/our-ninth-anniversary-in-catholic-church.html
Why France's Gay Marriage Debate Has Started to Look Like a Revolution BLAZING CAT FUR - April 26, 2013 ... demonstrations (including the daily ones held throughout last week, which culminated in a massive impromptu rally of 270,000 people on Sunday afternoon) are attended by an overwhelming number of people in their late teens and early twenties ." Now , a French ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/NWSav/~3/zkGw4d-HZu8/why-frances-gay-marriage-debate-has.html
Who Is Truly Rich Mom? CATHOLICMOM.COM - April 23, 2013 ... a fulltime pastoral worker for Couples for Christ or CFC, the Catholic charismatic community to which my family and I currently belong. My family, especially my parents, changed a lot by being in community, and we have God and CFC to thank for that. It was around this time, too, that I met my husband. We had a "whirlwind" romance of sorts. You can read a bit more about that over here if you like. I started out serving fulltime for CFC Youth for Christ , the youth ministry of CFC, and am ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/2Gi3UteteC4/
On Tuesday of last week none less than Karl Rove came hither, invited ... THE E'ER GOOD PUNDIT - April 18, 2013 ... Complex. Posters on the walls clearly stated that no signs larger than copy paper size were permitted, but predictably a Leftist came around, smilingly distributing "fact sheets" on Karl Rove that accused him of being a war criminal (snore), and--wait for it--folded out to read "Karl Rove should be in jail" in a sign twice the size permitted. Shortly afterward, someone with the event came around, and routinely collected the impermissible fliers, thwarting the juvenile scheme. Of course, two or ...http://crusader888.blogspot.com/2013/04/on-tuesday-of-last-week-none-less-than.html
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Report No Evil VOX NOVA - April 15, 2013 ... you perform late-term "abortions" by inducing labor, you get babies. Live, breathing, squirming babies. By 24 weeks, most babies born prematurely will survive if they receive appropriate medical care. But that was not what the Women's Medical Society was about. Gosnell had a simple solution for the unwanted babies he delivered: he killed them. He didn't call it that. He called it "ensuring fetal demise." The way he ensured fetal demise was by sticking scissors into the back of ...http://vox-nova.com/2013/04/15/see-no-evil-hear-no-evil-report-no-evil/
Another Take on Selmys Versus Voris. ABBEY-ROADS - April 8, 2013 ... com-box.) - The fact is that it was revised from the original to suit Vatican requirements. Many people may not be aware of that fact. "One can conclude that it's their [gays'] behaviour that's causing the problem," the problem being elevated rates of mental illness in homosexuals. This is a very delicate topic, and the research into it is highly contentious and problematic. The production favours studies which do show elevated rates of mental illness, and then considers two reasons why this ...http://abbey-roads.blogspot.com/2013/04/another-take-on-selmys-versus-voris.html
Irish Bishops and Gay Marriage CLERICAL WHISPERS - April 7, 2013 This month, the Constitutional Assembly of Ireland is to discuss a referendum on legalizing gay marriage. Irish Bishops Conference (IBC) gave a tough warning to the Government against legalizing such unions. Otherwise, the Catholic Church will refuse to support the state system of registration of marriages. For Ireland this is a serious protest, because in order to be legally recognized, a marriage must be certified by one ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/irish-bishops-and-gay-marriage.html
Looking Back at Holy Week BACK BAY VIEW - April 7, 2013 http://backbayview.blogspot.com/2013/04/looking-back-at-holy-week.html
Not Liberal or Conservative but Orthodox and Unconventional THE WORLD LOVES ITS OWN - April 5, 2013 ... very anxious to reunite the Church with the Orthodox East, so I would not expect any significant departures from common tradition of the two lungs of the ancient Church which would include the recognition of same sex marriage, women priests/bishops or relaxation of pro-life issues. These are impossible changes in any case but liberal progressives believe that the Church is like a secular polity which evolves over time. Many of these advocates are ...http://theworldlovesitsown.blogspot.com/2013/04/not-liberal-or-conservative-but.html
Gay Marriage and the Catholic Moral Tradition IVY ROSARY - April 2, 2013 ... mean that he was making himself rich by his protest work.] Right after Vatican II, when I was in my early years of priesthood, there was a move toward replacing the old moral theology manuals that had been used in seminaries. In my theology years, the early 1960s, we used a 17th edition of a Latin text published at Louvain in Belgium, authored originally by Ed. Genicot, S.I and Ios. Salsmans, I.S., with the title Institutiones Theologiae Moralis . After ...http://ivyrosary.blogspot.com/2013/04/gay-marriage-and-catholic-moral.html
The Catholic Foodie, Lent, and NPR THE CATHOLIC FOODIE - March 27, 2013 ... to see Maureen again. The setting for the interview was classically appropriate. We met at the historic Parkway Bakery & Tavern . And the interview was conducted over alligator sausage po-boys. Not bad, huh? [ Thanks, Maureen! ] It was fun. And once the story aired, I figured that was it. No more gator talk. Of course I talked about gators on the last episode of The Catholic Foodie podcast , and I even played the clip from WWNO. But I figured that was it. No more gators after that. Then my ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCatholicFoodie/~3/adO9lGldyfg/the-catholic-foodie-lent-and-npr
Conservatives and Same-Sex Marriage SKY VIEW - March 25, 2013 ... same-sex marriage. Some deny the importance altogether like Fox News commentator Glenn Beck and others affirm the importance of it but do not believe it to be a higher priority than the economy like 2008 presidential candidate Michael Huckabee. Gretchen Carlson, host of Fox and Friends, has said that homosexuality is not immoral. Sean Hannity insists that he doesn't care what couples- heterosexual or homosexual –do in the privacy of their bedrooms. There ...http://catholic-skyview-tremblay.blogspot.com/2013/03/conservatives-and-same-sex-marriage.html
Fiction and Fun: Interview With Author AnnMarie Creedon CATHOLICMOM.COM - March 22, 2013 ... give other Catholic writers? Pray to the Holy Spirit for guidance every time you sit down to write. Writing is a charism to be used to build up the Church. The talent is not yours, it is a gift given to you by God. Use it for His glory. Pray for your readers. Write about themes that will build up their faith life, not lead them into temptation. Another bit of advice is to develop a thick skin. If you are writing from a Catholic perspective, you're going to get backlash from some of the secular ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Catholicmomcom/~3/PrPo8GTJ2ug/
