Thank you so much for your prayers for my son last week. The problem is mostly resolved, and it happened more quickly and smoothly than I could have predicted. I know that must be because of everyone’s prayers, so I’m very grateful. I would just like to ask you to pray a bit more about the medication the neurologist put him on. Pray that it goes well, that he doesn’t experience side effects and that, if this is not the... Read more

Recently the BC School Trustees Association held their AGM at which they passed a motion to recommend to the government that they should STOP funding independent schools.www.news1130.com is doing an online poll asking “Should private schools receive public funding?”At this point in time the vote is 42% Yes and 58% No.While such polls are not scientific, they do shape public opinion. Therefore, in these hard economic times it is even more important to let your voice be heard.Please vote. This... Read more

Recently the BC School Trustees Association held their AGM at which they passed a motion to recommend to the government that they should STOP funding independent schools.www.news1130.com is doing an online poll asking “Should private schools receive public funding?”At this point in time the vote is 42% Yes and 58% No.While such polls are not scientific, they do shape public opinion. Therefore, in these hard economic times it is even more important to let your voice be heard.Please vote. This... Read more

…who was a *huge* help to me in writing Mary, Mother of the Son, writes: I’m contacting you now because I have just published a new book through Theotokos Books about Marthe Robin and the Foyers of Charity – you can see details of it here. The book looks at the life of Marthe Robin, the French mystic, who, with Fr Georges Finet, co-founded the Foyer of Charity community at Châteauneuf-de-Galaure in southeastern France in 1936. There are now 75... Read more

for Nicholas Kristof and Peg Noonan. Read more

besides the sanctity of unborn human life. The Coalition for Clarity is looking at some of it. Also, for you Western Washingtonians who are interested in exploring the reality that torture is not only gravely evil, but stupid, permit me to suggest you check out the upcoming talk at Blessed Sacrament parish in Seattle “How to Break a Terrorist” by Mathew Alexander Join us for a presentation by Matthew Alexander on the immorality and ineffectiveness of torture. Alexander spent 14... Read more

Today, because I am feeling particularly sadistic, I command you to sing and dance along: That is all! Read more

I’m swamped and will be back Monday. Ciao! Read more

If you were among those who watched last night’s videocast (or have interacted in some way with the Mark-Shea.com site) could you give your feedback in the combox below. Paladin Innovators (the tech people) need whatever information you can supply so that they can get the bugs ironed out. Ah, the joys of pioneering new web initiatives! Thanks, all y’all! Read more

From the Western Confucian, we get this dirty little secret about the Pro-Life Party: Laurence Vance informs us “that Planned Parenthood received government grants and contracts of $305 million (34%) during fiscal year 2005-2006,” a “time we not only had Bush the Republican president but also a Republican majority in Congress” — The Republican Party and Planned Parenthood. “Why wasn’t the Republican Party that concerned about abortion when clinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood performed 264,943 abortions in 2005?” Because they... Read more