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My Annual Advent Service
The Curt Jester - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Six years ago I decided to create my own Advent Wreath graphic instead of just using the normal animated gif that I used previously. If you would like it for your own blog you...
Brother where art thou?
The Curt Jester - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:09 pm We often here about the vocations crisis that concentrates almost totally on priests. Often forgotten is those living in religious life and when it is mentioned it concerns...
Mass Confusion
The Curt Jester - Nov 27, 2011 at 1:09 pm Last night was the premiere of the CatholicTV sitcom “Mass Confusion” staring Greg and Jennifer Willits along with Mac and Katherine Baron. As a long time fan of what was the...
Today on CMR — November 25, 2011
Creative Minority Report - Nov 25, 2011 at 12:49 am PETA Ad Features Baby as Main Course for Thanksgiving—What are they thinking?Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!—Really.Save the Tofurkey!!—Nooooo!Bishop Lori on "Immediate and Palpable...
Vainglory: Seeking the Praise of Men
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 24, 2011 at 11:02 pm “…the soul that desires to keep his piety hidden is the one who draws down the praise of the angels and saints.” Do you worry over what others think of you? Do you sometimes say...
Thanks be to God
The Forum - Nov 24, 2011 at 9:53 pm Not if you ask Barack Obama. From FoxNews:President Obama did not include any reference to God during his weekly address titled, “On Thanksgiving, Grateful for the Men and Women...
On Cohabitation
The Forum - Nov 24, 2011 at 9:13 pm I was pleasantly surprised by this article, appearing in match.com, that presents a strong case for living separately before marriage (a given for couples for generations, but...
PETA Ad Features Baby as Main Course for Thanksgiving
Creative Minority Report - Nov 24, 2011 at 7:17 pm The nutjobs at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) always try to get noticed for how loony they've actually become. And let's be honest, they do a good job at...
Modern Day Iconoclasm
The Forum - Nov 24, 2011 at 7:00 pm From Politico:A large cross that had been prominently displayed outside a chapel on an isolated military base in northern Afghanistan was taken down last week, prompting outrage...
Catholics to protest abortions performed at Church-affiliated hospital in Barcelona
LifeSiteNews - Nov 24, 2011 at 6:23 pm by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman November 24, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Catholic pro-life activists led by Fr. Custodio Ballester and the Saint Andrew’s Cross Association are preparing...
Revealed: Conservative gov’t memo to minister on meeting with Vatican
LifeSiteNews - Nov 24, 2011 at 5:51 pm by John-Henry Westen November 24, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Canadian Press revealed today that through an access to information request it has obtained a talking points brief...
Steve Jobs: ‘I’m glad I didn’t end up as an abortion’
LifeSiteNews - Nov 24, 2011 at 5:27 pm by John Jalsevac November 24, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since Steve Jobs’ death in October, numerous pro-life commentators have linked the fact that Jobs was adopted to the issue...
Report calling for more contraception to lower Canadian abortion rates criticized
LifeSiteNews - Nov 24, 2011 at 3:21 pm by Peter Baklinski VANCOUVER, British Columbia, November 24, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A report calling for increased access to contraception in Canada to reduce the country’s...
Panis Angelicus
Making Things Visible - Nov 24, 2011 at 3:18 pm Nobody is going to tell me that sacred music isn't essential to deepening your ability to pray the mass. It isn't a preferential thing. Each and everyone of us is called to lift...
Wisconsin pro-lifers launch personhood amendment effort
LifeSiteNews - Nov 24, 2011 at 3:12 pm by Patrick B. Craine MADISON, Wisconsin, November 24, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Undeterred by the recent defeat of a personhood amendment in Mississippi, Wisconsin pro-lifers have...
Archdiocese thrown in the Lions' den
The Busy Catholic - Nov 24, 2011 at 3:03 pm Grey Cup Fest grows around pastoral centre
As the Grey Cup Festival slowly engulfs the John Paul II Pastoral Centre at 150 Robson, the Archdiocese of Vancouver is embracing the...
Exhibition Review: Representing the Divine, Leonardo da Vinci - Painter at the Court of Milan
New Liturgical Movement - Nov 24, 2011 at 3:00 pm Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, National Gallery until 5 Februaryby Fr. Anthony Symondson, S.J. (Originally published in The Catholic Herald)Leonardo da Vinci (...
Geron Move Was Huge Blow to Embryonic Stem Cell Research
LifeNews.com - Nov 24, 2011 at 2:50 pm Out of nowhere Geron Corporation announced last week it was not only halting the first clinical trial of embryonic stem cell treatment on humans but getting out of the embryonic...
Every bishop must defend the faith, Vatican official says
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 24, 2011 at 2:20 pm Vatican City, Nov 24, 2011 / 03:20 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect for the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, said that every bishop is required to proclaim the Church'...
