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Keep reading to learn how to win a copy of this terrific book! Given we have recently developed a miscarriage ministry for Joel’s deacon formation requirements, we have become more attuned to the acute need for healing in this area. Joel and I have learned there is a lack of awareness of the resources available . . . → Read More: The Infertility Companion for Catholics It’s been said that our generation will be remembered for what we did or did not do to combat abortion. What will your grandchildren say about your efforts? Biking For Babies founders Mike & Jimmy (and an adorable baby!) A group of young adults is doing something worth remembering. In efforts to promote the . . . → Read More: Biking For Babies Do you know someone who has experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or ectopic pregnancy? Many of our lives, either directly or indirectly, have been touched by miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or other such perinatal loss. As with any death, the need for healing in these situations is great. However, many of us fail to . . . → Read More: Healing After Perinatal Loss: How Can You Help?  2 comments  Pro-life, Schmidt, Joel  A Gentle Place to Fall, Ann Valdez, Death, Des Moines, Ectopic Pregnancy, Elizabeth Ministry, Grief, Healing, Infant Death, Mercy Hospital, Miscarriage, Molar Pregnancy, Perinatal bereavement, Perinatal Hospice, Perinatal Loss, St. Augustin Catholic Church, Stillbirth, suffering Well-intentioned axiom has out-lived its usefulness, should be retired. We’ve all been there. You’re way behind on laundry so you dig deep into your closet, rummaging through clothing you haven’t worn in years. Amid all the outmoded items you find what appears to be a gem, something you used to wear all the time. Okay, it . . . → Read More: Reconsidering the Seamless Garment 5 comments Pro-life, Schmidt, Joel abortion, Cafeteria, Capital Punishment, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Catholic, Cherry-Pick, Consistency, Consistent Ethic of Life, Donum Vitae, Eileen Eagan, Fordham Univeristy, Fr. Richard Rohr, Goodwill, Homeless, Human Dignity, Hungry, Jesus, Joe Biden, John 19:23, John Kerry, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Kathleen Sebelius, Law, legislation, love, Michael Uhlmann, Moral Authority, Nancy Pelosi, Pro-Life, Right to Life, Rights, Scandal, Seamless Garment, Sexual Morality, sin, Social Justice, St. Louis University, The Catholic Thing, The Center for Action and Contemplation, Truth, Unborn, Womb During my undergraduate studies in Family & Consumer Sciences, I developed a series of lesson plans for an education course I took. I created a unit on family communication patterns, and one of the activities I incorporated was called the “No Sandwich.” The basic premise of the No Sandwich is this: to make a negative . . . → Read More: Sandwiching an Extra Chromosome Obama administration empowers dissident Catholics to represent the Church, tries to shift conversation from religious freedom to contraception. EWTN's Teresa Tomeo interviews NY Archbishop Dolan at 2012 March for Life “Click, click.” Did you hear that? It’s the sound of the Obama administration taking aim at the Catholic Church. I’m sure there are some . . . → Read More: Catholic Church in the Crosshairs 4 comments Pro-life, Schmidt, Joel abortion, Accommodation, America, Barack Obama, Catholic Church, CDC, Cecile Richards, Centers for Disease Control, China, Conscience Rights, Contraception, Culture of Death, Department of Justice, Ethics, Fellowship of Catholic University Students, First Amendment, FOCUS, HHS Mandate, Joe Biden, Kathleen Sebelius, Nancy Pelosi, Natural Family Planning, NFP, Notre Dame, Obama Administration, Obammunism, One-Child Policy, Planned Parenthood, Reconciliation, Religious Freedom, The Family Plan, Tim Murphy, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, University of Texas, US Constitution, USCCB, White House, Women's Health, Women's Rights “With all the problems in this world, with the economy, with terrorism, with our country being sold to China, with Iran possibly becoming a nuclear power, with all these things, why is [the Obama administration] so obsessed on reproductive services? When did reproductive services become the national cry of our nation? . . . → Read More: President Obama: Let Us Be Catholic Leave a comment Media, Pro-life, Schmidt, Lisa abortion, Bishops, Catholic, Catholic Church, conscience, conscience clause, Conscience Protection, Contraception, education, Faith, Fr. Maletta, Health Care, Healthcare, HHS Mandate, Human Rights, legislation, morally repugnant actions, morals, murder, Obamacare, president, President Obama, Religious Freedom, Reproductive Services, social services, St. John Indiana, St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church, sterilization, Truth, USCCB The desire to have a family leaves couple stranded with a moral dilemma Editor’s Note: In 1987 the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, under the direction of Pope Blessed John Paul II and prefect Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), issued a document known as Donum Vitae (“The Gift of Life”). . . . → Read More: One Couple’s Story: The Moral Shipwreck of In Vitro Fertilization 7 comments Pro-life, Schmidt, Lisa Artificial, Begotten Not Made, Catholic Teaching, CDF, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Donum Vitae, Embryos, In Vitro Fertilization, Infertility, Joseph Ratzinger, Marital Embrace, Marriage, Marriage Act, Morality, National Catholic Bioethics Center, Pontifical Academy for Life, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Pro-Life, Procreation, Religion, Science, The Gift of Life, USCCB, Vatican, Vocation of Marriage Joel and I often say that the “attitude” of this blog embodies what a practicing Catholic ought to be — intentionally, joyfully, and faithfully Catholic all the time. Our blog posts attempt to be the antidote to the perception that piety is boring or that the Church is filled with “sour-faced saints,” as St. Teresa . . . → Read More: Save Us from Sour-Faced Catholics & Silent Priests The 40 Days for Life campaign begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22, in 258 locations in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, and Spain. See the list of locations to get involved in the campaign nearest you! . . . → Read More: 40 Days for Life  |
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