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Wisdom from Often Forgotten Proverbs

Anna Rose Meeds April 3, AD2015 4 Comments

Proverbs is the book of wisdom that is said to be written by King Solomon. We often cite verses from this book of the Bible

Who Is Deserving of Life and Love?

Birgit Jones March 26, AD2015 6 Comments

If I were to tell you that I only love my blue-eyed children, what would you think? There would surely be well deserved outrage! What

Evangelium Vitae: 20th Anniversary Novena

Birgit Jones March 12, AD2015 2 Comments

The idea of contraception isn’t new; Egyptian scrolls, dating back as far as 1900 BC, refer to birth control of varying types. It seems, mankind

The Rape Exception: Getting to the Roots of Abortion

Birgit Jones January 26, AD2015 60 Comments

Love him or hate him, Matt Walsh has a way of purposefully stating the obvious with a take no prisoners approach. I haven’t read many

Being One, Holy and Catholic

Cynthia Millen October 31, AD2014 13 Comments

Holy People in Daily Life Several rolling, rural counties of Northeastern Ohio are home to the largest Amish community in the world. Ohioans are very

Stop Rushing and Be in God’s Presence

Anna Rose Meeds October 24, AD2014 18 Comments

Each day is a rush from beginning to end for many people. Scarf down breakfast, run to catch a bus, work all day, pick up

12 Thoughts on Marriage As We Approach Our 40th Anniversary

Birgit Jones September 19, AD2014 24 Comments

As Holy Mother Church plans the World Meeting of Families, my husband and I are approaching our 40th wedding anniversary. As a child bride of

Killer Grandparents

Patti Maguire Armstrong September 12, AD2014 8 Comments

Across the country, pro-lifers battle for parental consent laws so that a girl as young as twelve can’t just walk into an abortion clinics and

Pro-Life Messages in Ten Popular Movies

Anna Rose Meeds August 24, AD2014 9 Comments

Often Christians lament the darkness in the world around us. War, abortion, euthanasia, and murder are regular occurrences even in our own communities. No wondering

When Life Begins and Why It Matters

Denise J. Hunnell, MD August 12, AD2014 36 Comments

Part of the strategy of abortion advocates is to cloud the starting point of life so that the act of abortion is seen as inconsequential

Evangelizing for Life – Chemo While Pregnant

Birgit Jones July 25, AD2014 16 Comments

Pope Francis has repeatedly urged us to evangelize. His oft repeated message calls us to share the word of God where we are, saying, “The

The Fragility of Human Life

Melanie Jean Juneau July 7, AD2014 6 Comments

A couple of months ago, I realized how fragile human life really is when I almost lost a daughter during childbirth. During labor, she almost bled

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Facebook: 5 Ways It Can Bless Your Life

Birgit Jones June 27, AD2014 9 Comments

Facebook is a vastly overused, much maligned facet of social media. Of that there can be no denial. We’ve all read stories of mothers neglecting their

Conspiracies And Catholicism: Life Science

Foxfier May 7, AD2014 8 Comments

“Quit forcing your religion on me! Your Pope might think that a fertilized egg is alive, that it’s human, but that’s your opinion. I believe in

Wendy Davis, Let\’s Talk

Patti Maguire Armstrong March 26, AD2014 75 Comments

Hey Wendy, that was some filibuster you did as a state senator, last summer. Wow! 11 hours of non-stop talking in an attempt to defeat

The Secrets of Happiness

Chelsea Houghton February 1, AD2014 3 Comments

How happy really are we today? How do we define that we have really \’lived\’? We live in a marketing led world – a place of big

Children Make Us Better, Even After Abortion

Patti Maguire Armstrong January 29, AD2014 3 Comments

Every Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, across the country, the question is heard from little voices: “When is it Children’s Day?” Mothers and Fathers laugh

Now Is the Appointed Time

Susan Anne January 16, AD2014 8 Comments

Beginnings and endings, finite measures of years meted out for us again and again, season after season, generation after generation, age after age—all amount to

A Salute To The Courage of Newborns

Melanie Jean Juneau December 6, AD2013 4 Comments

Although I am a mother of nine and a grandmother to two other little ones, my first encounter with my third grandchild startled me. I

Life Created by Feelings? So Says the Latest Modern Heresy

Jennifer Hartline August 3, AD2013 6 Comments

MSNBC\’s Melissa Harris-Perry has a wacky theory for us that she believes should be the determining criteria for human life. Life itself, it\’s very beginnings,