A new study has found that one in ten young men studying for ordination to the priesthood in the United States was homeschooled.
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Can Christians Use Headspace?
Several of our readers have asked about the Headspace app and if it’s something that Christians should use.
Facebook Under Fire
During an intense grilling on Capitol Hill yesterday, Facebook co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, did little to assuage the suspicions of millions of Facebook users that the social media platform is blatantly biased against the conservative viewpoint.
Why You Should Never Hire a Spiritual Divorce Coach
GM asks: “Just how problematic is Debbie Ford, and more specifically her book Spiritual Divorce?”
Students Across America Stage Walkout for Life
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
At 10:00 a.m. this morning, prolife students from hundreds of schools across America walked out of their classrooms for 17 minutes of silence and prayer to honor the 10 babies that will die violently at an abortion clinic during that time.
April 11, 2018
April 11
St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr (1030-1097)
“The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians.”
–A maxim of Tertullian
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Hawaii Bishop Speaks Truth to Power
Hawaii State Capitol, Honolulu
Bishop Larry Silva of the Diocese of Honolulu wrote a hard-hitting editorial about the new law legalizing assisted suicide in his state and raises serious questions about how it requires people to lie on death certificates and to insurance companies, how it disregards the eternal consequences of this choice and the guilt it imposes on families, and how it sends a dangerous message to youth that sometimes killing yourself is better than living.
Former Model to Cosmopolitan: Good Riddens!
Nicole Weider (YouTube)
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Nicole Weider, a former model and founder of Project Inspired, a ministry dedicated to helping young women live a life of value and purpose, was glad to see Cosmopolitan magazine stripped from the shelves of Walmart because women are fed up with its hyper-sexualized content.
April 10, 2018
April 10
“The great truth that God is all, and the rest nothing, becomes the life of the soul, and upon it one can lean securely amid the incomprehensible mysteries of this world.”
–Traditionally attributed to Bl. Marie-Therese De Soubiran
Bishop Issues Statement on Status of Fr. Yozefu Ssemakula
There have been recent developments on the status of Father Yozefu Ssemakula, author of a book entitled, The Healing of Families, which has been the subject of controversy for several years.
