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Fr. Michael Fugee, center, with his longtime friends Michael and Amy Lenehan.
The tremors out of the Archdiocese of Newark can still be felt. The latest news concerns the termination of lay youth ministers, Michael and Amy Lenehan, longtime friends of Fr. Fugee
Below is a copy of Bishop O’Connell’s e-mail to priests dated yesterday afternoon announcing the above developments. [Read more...]
Certainly by now you’ve heard that the present Administration, through the Health and Human Services Department, is mandating that all employer healthcare insurance plans provide coverage for procedures which violate the beliefs of the Catholic Church, and Catholic institutions. Basically, the new rules require the Church, and the institutions operating faithfully under the aegis of the Church, to provide “preventative services for women” to their employees. We’re talking about contraception, and even sterilization. We’re talking the “morning after” pill, and other services “free” for the patient. No co-payments required. [Read more...]
Piles of shoes, Dachau
Argentinean blogger, Marcelo Gonzalez? He’s a Holocaust denier. Is there any better way to flush one’s credibility down the toilet? I can’t think of one.
Dawn writes, [Read more...]
Recently a friend I met on Facebook asked folks about spiritual music. You know, something along the lines of ”what is your favorite piece of sacred music, hymn, poem, etc. ?”
The first thing that popped into my head? [Read more...]
Justice Anthony Kennedy, during discussion of arguments for overturning California’s Proposition 8, stated that same-sex marriage was like heading into “uncharted waters.” Not so, at least not from the perspective of the Catholic Church. She would argue that these are well known shoals, clearly labeled on the navigators’ charts.
But the culture in America is not steeped in the Church’s teaching, [Read more...]
is a Facebook page by a group of folks that could use your support.
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Even people with gay sexual orientation are allowed to support traditional marriage— 1 man, 1 woman, for life— for the good of our society or the sake of our faith. [Read more...]
Sarah Houghton is her name, and she’s the Director of the San Rafael Public Library, out in California. She has been blogging since 2003, sharing her knowledge of libraries and information science with folks the world over.
She has a “must read” post up today that will appeal to all freedom loving peoples. [Read more...]
Joe Six-Pack, USMC here with a little vocabulary lesson, and a heads up on the mission at hand. [Read more...]
Here’s another post by your Sun crazy blogger. There was a little black spot on the Sun a few days ago, about the size of the Earth. Then it exploded. Take a look. [Read more...]
Here is a snippet of the amicus brief of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
California’s Proposition 8 encourages and supports the union of one man and one woman, as distinct from other interpersonal relationships, by giving it alone the name “marriage.” This is rationally related to legitimate state interests for several reasons. [Read more...]
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