There’s a very perceptive tribute to the great quarterback written by James Penrice for Catholic Online website. It’s worth a read. “It is always heartening when a perceived weakness that draws criticism reveals a true strength that merits praise. Such … Continue reading
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U.S. Immigration Judge Grants Political Asylum to Persecuted German Homeschool Family
In a case with international ramifications, Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman granted the political asylum application of a German homeschooling family. The Romeikes are Christians from Bissinggen, Germany, who fled persecution in August 2008 to seek political asylum in the … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen to Offer Traditional Latin Mass in Hong Kong for Easter Sunday
From Rorate Caeli website: Cardinal Zen frequently celebrates the Traditional Mass for the Latin Mass Society of Hong Kong. His last public Mass as Ordinary of Hong Kong was a Solemn Pontifical Mass according to the 1962 Missal on Easter … Continue reading
Update on Father Jarecki
Our chaplain, Father Michael Jarecki, is now back home after a three-day hospital stay. He needs more care and attention than he did prior to his recent illness. The brothers, with the help of visiting nurses, are attending to him … Continue reading
May 3 – 7 Fatima Center to Hold Symposium in Rome
Tuesday, January 26, 2010: Fort Erie, Ontario: A unique event of major importance to the Catholic Church and all those affected by the Church’s actions is set to take place in Rome from May 3 through May 7. The Fatima … Continue reading
NC Public School Civics Instruction Cites Pro-Life Laws as “Oppressive Government”
Here is an example from the curriculum questions: “Using three Supreme Court Cases (e.g., Brown v Board, Roe v Wade, Korematsu v US) as support explain how the US Supreme Court has upheld rights against oppressive government?” Read more here.
Pro-Abortion Women Activists Call Pro-Life Tebow Ad “Attack on Choice”
Mrs. Tebow is a rebuke to them just for telling her story. They cannot endure her presence in this new culture of death. She disturbs them because she chose to have her baby and now the little boy has grown … Continue reading
Devout 80 Year Old Woman Murdered After Mass in Church Parking Lot
Catholic Culture reports: An 80-year-old woman was shot in the head in an Ohio parish parking lot following morning Mass on January 23. Each day, Angeline Fimognari attended Mass and spent three hours praying at St. Dominic’s Church in Youngstown. … Continue reading
House of Lords Blocks Unconscionable Equality Bill
Catholic Culture reports: By a 216-178 vote, the House of Lords has blocked provisions of an Equality Bill that could have forbidden churches in the United Kingdom to “restrict jobs to believers and refuse to hire people whose private conduct … Continue reading
Leading English Catholic Bishop Has No Problem Hiring Civil Unioned Homosexuals to Teach in Catholic Schools
LifeSite News reports: Despite clear teaching from the Vatican, a member of the English Catholic Bishops conference, and the head of the Catholic Education Service, has denied that there is any Catholic objection to homosexual civil unions. Speaking to The … Continue reading
Father Michael Jarecki Hospitalized
Our longtime chaplain, Father Michael Jarecki, was hospitalized Saturday evening at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, NH. He has an infection in his leg. The problem is not life-threatening per se, but at Father’s advanced age (92), such a condition … Continue reading
Oakland A’s Minor League Standout Leaves Bat Behind and Will Enter Norbertine Abbey Seminary
I have just written an article about a Norbertine priest, Blessed James Kern. His biography was translated from the German by Father Hubert Szanto who was one of the founders, along with recently deceased Abbot Ladislas Parker, of the monastery. … Continue reading
Father of Eleven Describes Horror of Haiti Earthquake
“They are a very prayerful people anyway, they pray a lot.” Patrick O’Malley was taking a taxi ride in a pick-up truck, just two miles from the epicenter, when the quake hit. His description of the devastation is from what … Continue reading
Media Grossly Distorts and Falsifies Real Numbers at Annual March for Life
Typical. I mean, they do this every year. More of the same this year, only worse. CNN’s Rick Sanchez was clueless, perhaps deliberately so: “As far as we can tell,” he reported, “following this protest on this day, the bulk … Continue reading
‘Dear Abe Foxman… You Infuriate Me’
One need not be a neoconservative, a Rush Limbaugh fan, or a partisan of Israel to appreciate this Jewish lady’s frank words to Abe Foxman. I’m none of those things and I appreciate them immensely. She is not alone. There … Continue reading