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Notre Dame passes up a golden opportunity
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 4, 2013 at 10:19 am Each of the colleges participating in the January 7 national championship football game will have an opportunity to air a nationwide televised ad. George Weigel argues that Notre...
Courts offer mixed rulings on HHS mandate
USCCB Media Blog - Jan 4, 2013 at 10:19 am The travesty of the Health and
Human Services mandate in the Affordable Care Act continues to rankle. The
mandate requires employers to underwrite for employees contraceptives,...
Jesuit climbed Himalayas for decades
The Busy Catholic - Jan 4, 2013 at 10:16 am Father J. Murray Abraham educated Indian poor in Darjeeling
Father J. Murray Abraham, SJ, stands with a congregation in Kurseong, India. The Jesuit dedicated his life to helping...
Gifts from the King
CatholicMom.com - Jan 4, 2013 at 10:15 am Gifts from the King
The new calendars are up, the wrapping, bows and boxes that surrounded our feet on Christmas morning are gone and many folks have breathed a deep sigh and...
Paul Ryan to Headline Pro-Life Women’s Groups Annual Gala
LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2013 at 10:12 am Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a pro-life Wisconsin congressman, will headline the annual gala for the Susan B. Anthony List.
Ryan will keynote the Susan...
L'Arche sees the giftedness in everyone
The Busy Catholic - Jan 4, 2013 at 10:09 am Edmonton's community formed in 1972 and continues to respond to the needs of its members
Residents of L’Arche Edmonton enjoy their Christmas luncheon Dec. 14 at Fulton School in...
Daily readings: January 6 – 12
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2013 at 10:00 am Ordinary Form
Divine Office Week II
Sunday, January 6: The Epiphany of the Lord Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 Monday, January 7: Weekday after Epiphany or St...
Malory’s book Morte d’Arthur should be required reading for all who care for souls
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:56 am I freely admit to being deeply interested, possibly even obsessed, by the story of King Arthur. One of the most rewarding books I studied at university was the Morte D’Arthur by...
Christmas: December 25 or January 6?
Commonweal - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:49 am Don’t tell the kids, but it’s almost time for Christmas!
That is, if you live in Armenia.
One of the lesser known facts about Christian history is how little concern there was —...
Hobby Lobby CEO Pens Tragic Letter About Loss of Religious Freedom
LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:44 am The CEO of Hobby Lobby has penned a tragic letter about the loss of religious freedom and liberty in America. The Christian crafts company has been forced by the Obama...
Five things to know January 4, 2013
USCCB Media Blog - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:34 am Five things to know
January 4, 2013
1.
The annual Collection for the Church in Latin America
(CLA) will be the weekend of January 26-27. The 2013 campaign highlights the...
Religious persecution watch
Commonweal - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:32 am Hospital workers and nurses in a Goshen, Indiana medical center are being forced to get a flu vaccine or else. One hospital fired eight, including three nurses, at least one of...
The remarkable journey of Atlanta’s new auxiliary bishop
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:26 am He’s got quite an unusual background—and was influenced by the writings of Thomas Merton : Msgr. David Talley, a former Southern Baptist who became a Catholic at the age of 24 and...
National Prayer Service to Mark 40 Years of Legalized Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:18 am The month of January marks 40 years since the Roe vs. Wade decision, and the national prayer service to mark the occasion has been announced. The National Memorial for the Pre-...
“He felt led by God to the diaconate”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:13 am From Philadelphia comes this remembrance of a deacon who died just after Christmas: Paul Michael Parchinski was a chemical engineer who over a 34-year career worked his way up the...
Symbolic defeat for a Christian business in Maryland
GetReligion - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:05 am After spending more than a week on the road, I returned home — as always — to find a large stack of ink-stained dead tree pulp that needed to be sorted a read. I refer, of course...
Thousands to shop at Hobby Lobby Sat. to support company’s fight against HHS mandate
LifeSiteNews - Jan 4, 2013 at 9:04 am by John Jalsevac January 4, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than 30,000 people have signed up to support Hobby Lobby in its fight against the Obama administration’s HHS mandate...
Christopher West’s New Book & Mega-Giveaway!
Brandon Vogt - Jan 4, 2013 at 8:58 am
This week I'm thrilled to share with you Christopher West's newest book, Fill These Hearts: God, Sex, and the Universal Longing (Image, hardcover, 244 pages.)
This book follows...
Like the Wise men, we are all called to be seekers after truth
Catholic Herald - Jan 4, 2013 at 8:52 am “Arise, shine out Jerusalem, for your light has come, the glory of the Lord is rising on you, though night still covers the earth and darkness the peoples.” The poetry of the...
Meet the man who plays “Taps” for his neighbors every night
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 4, 2013 at 8:02 am From my former colleague Steve Hartman at CBS News, a lovely slice of American life: Every evening, for two years now, Don Brittain walks out onto his porch with his trusty...
