USCCB Responds To Inaccurate Statement Of Fact On HHS Mandate Made During Vice Presidential Debate October 12, 2012 WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows: Last night, the following statement was made during the Vice Presidential...
This past week Joshua and I were in Oakland, California for a Vocation Directors convention. It was a great time, many many laughs, lots of learning, and tons of fun. I am sure that it will take weeks for me to process all of the things I learned or did during our six days there. I will share one of them with you now...
Earlier today I witnessed what I would describe as a horrible display of understanding of Church teaching I have ever seen and from "solid" Catholics. My heart is so heavy over this and while not despairing, I am close and clinging to Christ Crucified right now. We often hear of the tern "cafeteria Catholic" and it...
Catholic Church Teaching on Just War Doctrine: III. SAFEGUARDING PEACE Peace 2302 By recalling the commandment, "You shall not kill," [Mt. 5:21] our Lord asked for peace of heart and denounced murderous anger and hatred as immoral. Anger is a desire for revenge. "To desire vengeance in order to do evil to someone who...
No, this isn't just my opinion (though it has been for years), this is also the opinion of Adam Cardinal Burke, head of the Vatican’s Supreme Court. He was speaking at the launch of a book written by Father Nicola Bux. Below I have pasted a copy of the article for your viewing: Cardinal Raymond Burke: 'Liturgical...
I am not sure if you all have picked up that we are what some call "providentialists" when it comes to planning our family. That means, we do not, but God does. We do not do anything to avoid pregnancy, but we do not go out of our way to make as many babies as possible either. There has to be a lot of trust in God...
From this website comes the gem below. Thursday, November 25th Mass on the Grass Happy Thanksgiving! Plan to attend this Mass and experience the calm and tranquility before madness begins. If you have never attended, you must plan to do so this year. Bring a chair or blanket and a cup of coffee, sit back...