by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 9, 2008) Attorneys have come to the defense of several high school students in Virginia who were warned by school officials to stop wearing t-shirts proclaiming the abstinence message “Virginity Rocks!”
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Rising Food Prices Causing Global Suffering
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 8, 2008) While most Americans are just beginning to feel the pinch of rising food prices, the problem is already causing long lines, personal hardship and even riots and violence in some parts of the world.
NY Lets Stand Foreign Same-Sex “Marriage” Recognition
by Susan Brinkmann
Staff Writer
(May 8, 2008) Same-sex marriage may have come one step closer to reality in New York when a New York Court of Appeals declined to hear a challenge to a case that required the state to recognize a same-sex “marriage” contracted outside the state.
Mothers Who Make the Ultimate Sacrifice
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 7, 2008) Although we don’t often hear about it, women are still willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save the life of their unborn children. In the past year, two such cases have made headlines.
Single Motherhood: Conquering the Odds with Love
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 7, 2008) A young single mother and her daughter are seated in the front row of the theater, watching a tragic scene unfold on the screen above. In the movie, a little girl, the only child of a single mother, is struck by a car and killed. Instinctively, the young mother and her child grip one another and huddle close in their seats. No words are necessary. Their body language says it all – “Don’t let this happen to us!”
Family-Friendly Films Top Box Office in 2007
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 6, 2008) Americans made their movie preferences known at the box office in 2007 and chose family-friendly films such as Ratatouille and Enchanted over atheistic and occult films such as The Golden Compass and Harry Potter by sometimes huge margins.
Marian Apparition Receives Church Approval
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 6, 2008) The first Marian apparitions to be approved in the 21st century took place in France on Sunday, May 4, when Bishop Jean-Michel de Falco announced the official Church approval of apparitions that occurred to a French girl named Benoite (Benedicta) Rencurel between 1664 and 1718.
The Rosary is Experiencing a New Springtime
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 5, 2008) Pope Benedict XVI said the rosary is a powerful form of prayer that does not belong to the past but to the present where it can bring peace, reconciliation and all the healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus to mankind.
Homosexual Activists Stifle Free Speech
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 5, 2008) Only weeks after threatening the life of an Oklahoma lawmaker for speaking out against homosexuality, homosexual activists recently caused the shut down of a workshop on the subject by the American Psychiatric Association and stormed the stage during a speech at Smith College.
National Day of Prayer Under Attack
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
(May 1, 2008) On this 57th National Day of Prayer in the United States, while millions of Americans are attending prayer gatherings around the country, representatives of other faiths are protesting the “Christian slant” of the day and calling for more “inclusive” services.
