Social Justice – Page 15

Show me your #ashtag

Autumn Jones March 19, AD2014 3 Comments

I started a new job a couple weeks ago, and I happen to be in the office on Wednesday mornings. I walked into my office,

Sterilization: Is it Getting \”Fixed\” or Getting Broken?

Leila Miller March 12, AD2014 3 Comments

Those of us who defend Church teaching on human sexuality often focus on the immorality of contraception: condoms, diaphragms, spermicides, birth control pills, birth control

Bob Buschine: A Child Prodigy and the Social Revolution

H. L. Duncan March 3, AD2014 3 Comments

We all are attracted to the stories. This story begins with a kid who was keying symphonic melodies on the piano only at the age

10 Things You Need to Be Reminded Of

Chelsea Houghton February 28, AD2014 3 Comments

We live in a modern world. We are often blinded by distractions and every now and then we need to be reminded of simple things

‘Sweet Baby Jesus’…Is a Beer?

Mary Rice Hasson February 22, AD2014 13 Comments

A trip to my local Giant grocery store the other night brought an unpleasant surprise. Back near the store’s beer coolers, clerks were stacking case

On Rocky Ground

Autumn Jones February 20, AD2014 3 Comments

\”Other seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep… And some seed fell on

Social Media: Are We Excarnating Ourselves Online?

Joel and Lisa Schmidt February 18, AD2014 3 Comments

Mystery: from Latin mysterium or Greek mystērion. Various definitions suggest something secret, private, or not easily understood. We all probably know someone whose life seems

Evangelization: Don’t Argue on the Internet

Bob Kurland February 14, AD2014 3 Comments

“Non in dialectica placuit Deo salvum facere populum suum” (“It is not by arguing that God chose to save His people”). -St. Ambrose “Fortunately, there

The Sheer Idiocy of \”Every Child a Wanted Child\”

Leila Miller February 4, AD2014 23 Comments

“Every child a wanted child” has to be one of the more insidious pro-abortion slogans. Think about this silly little euphemism for a second. There

Walk For Life West Coast

H. L. Duncan January 27, AD2014 1 Comment

Another year, the 10th to be exact, just this last Saturday on a beautiful warm California day, the weather was great, the message was the

My First Fifty Years: What I’ve Learned

Anthony S. Layne January 23, AD2014 4 Comments

Eight years ago, I was playing around with Microsoft® Money and found an add-in for investment advice. As part of the program, it asked

The Truth About Premature Babies and Pro-Life Arguments

Tammy Ruiz Ziegler, RN CPLC January 21, AD2014 8 Comments

As a professional who cares for childbearing losses and as a Catholic who believes in the sacredness of life, I pay very close attention to

Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood: Are the Cookies Finally Crumbling?

Birgit Jones January 15, AD2014 43 Comments

They come to your door, or stand outside Wal-Mart, fresh faced, smiling little girls, selling their cookies. It’s an image as American as apple pie,

New Year\’s Resolutions: Ways and Means

Michael Lane January 8, AD2014 3 Comments

Like everyone else I make New Year\’s resolutions every year. Some years are better than others, but I have yet to complete a year with

A Catholic Priest Survives the Gulags – What About America?

H. L. Duncan January 6, AD2014 11 Comments

What is the American equivalent of what the Russian’s called a Gulag? A familiar word to Americans, because of our cold war relations with the

The Devil Has a Microphone

Patti Maguire Armstrong January 2, AD2014 7 Comments

“It’s my life!” a teenager rants. “Then, turning to the talk show host he explains, “That is why I should have the right to kill

Religion, Duck Dynasty, and Journalistic Malpractice

Greg Yoko January 2, AD2014 6 Comments

On the first day of every Basic Communication college course I teach, I stress that when communicating it is essential to be clear. This may

Catholicism & Conspiracies: Christmas

Foxfier December 17, AD2013 23 Comments

A collection of Christmas and/or holiday myths. I’m going to justify this description by saying a ‘myth’ a sort of old, sideways conspiracy… please play