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January 29 – February 3 is Catholic Schools Week Copyright © 2011 NCEA/USCCB This is one week each year that students, staff, and parents celebrate the gift of a Catholic education. Make no mistake; it is a gift. I spend my days as a first grade teacher at a Catholic school in Des Moines, . . . → Read More: Out of the Mouths of Babes: In Celebration of Catholic Schools Week We are elated to announce the arrival of Jude Leonard Schmidt, born at 10:56 a.m. on Friday, January 27, 2012. He weighed in at 10 pounds, 7.7 ounces, measuring 21 3/4 inches long — a big boy! Our son is named after Saint Jude, also known as Jude Thaddaeus, a brother of Saint James the Lesser and . . . → Read More: The Evolution of Jude Schmidt In a few hours I will be in surgery undergoing a Caesarian section to deliver another Baby Schmidt. Our family of three will soon become a party of four. Yesterday I took our three-year-old Lucy out for a special lunch, just the two of us enjoying a mommy-daughter date. There was a family of five . . . → Read More: Headed to the Hospital: Prayers, Please Some news items and blog posts worthy of attention . . . Source: Idealaunch.com Frank, St. Frank January 24 marks the feast day of St. Francis de Sales, a Doctor of the Church and the patron of writers and journalists. Joel has been on a spiritual journey with Francis de Sales over the last . . . → Read More: Wednesday Round-Up  Leave a comment  Media, Pro-life, Saints, Schmidt, Lisa, Wednesday Round-Up  Blessed Mother Teresa, Doctor of the Church, Introduction to the Devout Life, March For Life, Patron of Journalists, Patron of wrtiers, Pope Benedict's World Communications Day Message, Prolife Females, Prolife Youth, Silence, St. Francis de Sales, St. Ignatius of Loyola, World Communications Day On the 39th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, in remembrance of the 51 million children lost to abortion . . .
“Along with the work of advocacy, and the importance of our vote, in the struggle to secure the rights of the unborn I urge us all to embrace the truth of what . . . → Read More: Building a Pro-Life Culture in Honor of the Millions Never Born
— 1 — I was hoping to introduce you to the newest member of Das Schmidt Haus today. That’s not going to happen as Babe is still resting comfortably in my womb. I have another ultrasound today given doctor is monitoring baby’s weight (all indicators point toward B-I-G). We . . . → Read More: 7 Quick Takes — The No Baby News Edition 4 comments Schmidt, Lisa, Seven Quick Takes Adopt-A-Seminarian, Ames Iowa, Among Women Podcast, Arial, Audrey Assad, Big Baby, Das Schmidt Haus, Decent Films Guide, Digital baby book, Fonts, Frutiger, Garamond, Georgia, Helvetica, Holy Orders, Matt Maher, National Catholic Register Film Critic, National Vocations Awareness Week, Of Gods and Men, Opus Dei, pat Gohn, Popular Post Widget, Prayers for women approaching labor, Saint Cecilia Catholic Church, Saint Josemaria Escriva, Steven Greydanus, Supreme Google Webfonts, There Be Dragons, Top Films of 2011, Verdana, WordPress 
Council Bluffs, IA Knights of Columbus at the 2011 March for Life Dave Anson has an interesting story. Ordinary guy, who happened to be raised without a firm faith foundation. He served in Vietnam, experiencing, as did many of the very young men who served there, a lot of terrible things. Anson worked hard at bringing . . . → Read More: Living Out the March For Life 
New trading cards promote Catholic religious vocations Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki is among a handful of Catholic religious leaders featured on a new deck of trading cards circulating around Milwaukee. The initiative launched last week is meant to drum up interest in religious vocations. Distribution of the cards began after Mass at two diocesan parishes on . . . → Read More: I’ll Trade You Father Paul for Archbishop Listecki 
A friend who will soon board a bus with the Iowans for L.I.F.E group to participate in the annual March for Life was getting materials together for the long bus ride from Des Moines to Washington D.C. She came across her Gabriel Prayer Book and wanted to send a few prayers my way given I’m counting . . . → Read More: Prayers for Women Approaching Labor For those who haven’t seen this video making the rounds on various social media outlets, check out a clip of Mark Wahlberg’s recent interview on Piers Morgan Tonight. Mark Wahlberg on Faith, Family, Hard Work, and What He Prays For Hat tip: OneBillionStories.com  |
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