Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa. Let’s take a moment today to celebrate the life of a woman devoted to God and performing good works in His name on Earth.
Nobel Lecture1
As we have gathered here together to thank God for the Nobel Peace Prize I think it will be [...]
I didn’t even know Alverno College was considered to be Catholic. Imagine my surprise.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting this morning on another professor researching Gay and Lesbian issues from Seattle University who was offered the same job back in 2001. Great. First Milwaukee steals Seattle’s baseball team, then the Catholic University tries to become a clone of Seattle University.
Patrick McIlheran, in his column today for the Milwaukee [...]
Publication:Waukesha Freeman (Conley);
Date:May 20, 2010;
Section:Opinion;
Page Number:10A
What part of ‘Catholic’ don’t they understand?
MU stays true to beliefs in dean non-hiring
(James Wigderson is a blogger publishing at http://www.wigderson.com and a Waukesha resident. His column runs Thursdays in The Freeman.)
What is it about any Catholic institution that when it remembers its Catholic identity and acts accordingly [...]
MEETING WITH CATHOLIC EDUCATORS
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
Conference Hall of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Your Eminences,
Dear Brother Bishops,
Distinguished Professors, Teachers and Educators,
“How beautiful are the footsteps of those who bring good news” (Rom 10:15-17). With these words of Isaiah quoted by Saint Paul, I warmly greet each of [...]
Scot Ross on Facebook commenting on Marquette’s decision to rescind their offer to Jodi O’Brien:
“Rescinding the offer took no small amount of courage.” – lapdog Marquette adminstrator Wm. Thorn in Sunday’s MJS on the O’Brien debacle. Kowtowing to homophobes isn’t courage, it’s pathetic. Thorn and Marquette, go eat a bag of fuck.
Just another reminder that [...]
From Vatican Radio:
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I bring you the Easter proclamation in these words of the Liturgy, which echo the ancient hymn of praise sung by the Israelites after crossing the Red Sea. It is recounted in the Book of Exodus (cf 15:19-21) that when they had crossed the sea on dry land, and saw [...]
If this is true, it ends the myth of the pro-life Democrats.
WASHINGTON — A Democratic chairman says a leading abortion foe will back President Barack Obama’s health care bill. But the office of Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan says no decision has been made.
Rep. Henry Waxman of California says party leaders have been able [...]
Because of a new law in Washington D.C. making homosexual marriage legal that does not make any provision for religions that believe differently, Catholic Charities will stop offering health care benefits to spouses of new employees in the district.
Rather than cancel its partnerships with the District of Columbia, Catholic Charities of Washington, D.C. has announced [...]
Blogger Dad29 passes along the following story about foster care in Washington D.C.:
WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has been forced to give up the foster care program it ran with the aid of public funds, after repeated warnings that there would be no other choice should the D.C. [...]
