October 23
"Love the Madonna and pray the Rosary, for the Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world."
-St. Pio of Pietrelcina
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Are You Contributing to Your Child’s Anxiety?
A new book by author and popular blogger, Jeannie Cunnion, takes a no-nonsense look at America’s anxiety epidemic and what parents can do to make the world a less stressful place for themselves and their children.
The Contemplative Gaze of Mary
October 20
“The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model in Mary. In the recitation of the Rosary, the Christian community enters into contact with the memories and the contemplative gaze of Mary.”
-St. Pope John Paul II
Entrepreneur with Down Syndrome Defies Stereotype
A 21 year-old man with Down syndrome is turning the usual stereotype on its head by partnering with his father to turn his passion for crazy socks into a booming business.
Listening Daily
October 19
“If [the pray-er of the Rosary] should listen daily to this secret teaching in the depth of his heart, this prayer would kindle in him the desire of heaven, of the glory of God, and the salvation of souls; it would give him a love of the cross and strength to carry it, and from time to time a foretaste of heaven, a certain savor of eternal life.”
-Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Harrisburg Women's Conference Renews and Inspires
More than 900 women gathered at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pa on October 14Women of Grace had a very large footprint at the Diocese of Harrisburg’s Women’s Conference where more than 900 women gathered to be inspired and renewed in their vocation as daughters of God.
Experts Caution About Meditation Risks
Even though Eastern-style meditation techniques such as transcendental meditation and mindfulness are taking the country by storm, researchers at Brown University are sounding the alarm about the very real risks associated with these practices that are getting far too little publicity.
Spirit of the Rosary
October 18
“The proficient who would thus live a little better each day by the spirit of the Rosary, would reach the contemplation of the mystery of Christ, a certain penetrating understanding of the life of the mystical body, or of the Church militant, suffering, and triumphant. Under the continual direction of Jesus and of Mary Mediatrix, he would enter increasingly into the mystery of the communion of saints.”
-Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
Senate Supports 20 Week Abortion Ban
During a press conference Monday on tax reform, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which bans abortion after 20 weeks, has the full support of the Senate.
Another Contraceptive Horror Story
A 23 year-old Michigan woman is warning women to think twice before agreeing to a long-lasting contraceptive implant that not only caused severe mood swings but migrated into her body and went missing for five months before doctors located it in her armpit.
