Hope

“I’m not very conscious of His presence, but I hope He’s dogging my footsteps.”
Graham Greene

For Reflection:
Our culture tells us that certainty resides in our feelings. However, our emotions are subject to the fluctuations of many things. Where should our certainty reside? How does Graham Greene’s quote express this?

Deranged Man Desecrates Altar in Minnesota Catholic Church

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

A deranged man is being charged with committing a hate crime after he walked to the front of All Saints Catholic Church in Lakeville, Minnesota during Mass on Saturday evening and dumped a jar of what appeared to be urine on the altar.

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Hope

“When tempted to despair, I have only one resource: to throw myself at the foot of the tabernacle like a little dog at the foot of his master.”
St. John Vianney

For Reflection:
How does St. John Vianney recommend we find the grace we need to make it through a trial with right intention, fervency, courage, and trust in God? How much time a week do you spend before the Blessed Sacrament?

Crucial Pro-Life Vote in Senate on Thursday

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

In order to win concessions from the Democrats on budget cuts, House Speaker John Boehner agreed to remove a rider that would strip Planned Parenthood of all taxpayer funds, but on one condition – that the U.S. Senate be permitted to vote on the rider in spite of Majority Leader Harry Reid’s promise to never allow such a vote to take place. This historic vote has been scheduled for Thursday.

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Lap Dancers and Planned Parenthood on Catholic Campuses

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

In the same week that the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) issued a devastating report documenting more than 150 current and past connections between Catholic colleges and Planned Parenthood, Philadelphia’s La Salle University has announced that it is investigating a professor for hosting a business ethics forum in which three strippers gave lap dances to students.

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