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Catholic Bishop Instructs Faithful on Catholic Voting
The Most Reverend David L. Ricken, DD, JCL Bishop of Green Bay, WI has released a letter to the faithful in his Diocese about the upcoming election in the United States. The Bishop highlights intrinsic evils that Catholic voters must not support by voting in a candidate that promotes these evils. Some of them include…
Read More“Taking a Toke” is No Joke
My 21-year-old nephew recently said, “Come on, Tom, taking a toke is no different than drinking a beer!”
Read MoreFr. Blazek (Readings and Homily October 25th, 2012)
Readings from St. Paul to the Ephesians, and the Gospel according to Luke. Father speaks on the bigger picture, thanking God for our trials, niceness being the sin against the truth, and division that Christ spoke of.
Read MoreSaint Kateri Canonization – Kateri Prayer Days 2012
Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 at Ossernenon (Auriseville), an Iroquois village, in what is now New York State. She converted to Catholicism at 18 years of age and died at the age of 24 from small pox. Tradition tells us that when she died her small pox was healed, and her complexion miraculously cleared.…
Read MoreThe Politics of Homeschooling – Part IV
Part IV: Sweden, a Case Study, Cont.
In this fourth part of our inquiry dealing with the politics of homeschooling, we continue our review of Sweden’s educational policies as an illustration of what one can expect when socialist principles run amuck in the land of the free. In the last article, we pointed out Sweden’s socio-democratic political bias, and drew attention to the reality that in a political system that has socialist dispositions, uniformity is a preferred model, even when it comes to the behavioural traits of its citizens. Key words that are repeated consistently on Sweden’s official web site are equal, equity, and egalitarian. Note that although we are “equal” in the eyes of God, He created us as “individuals.” One must draw a distinction between this sense of “equal” and “equal” in the “collectivist” sense.
Read MoreDo You Sting Like A Scorpion?
Once there was a scorpion who wanted to cross a lake. Since scorpions don’t swim, he had a problem.
Read MoreCourt Challenge Catholic Public Schools
Here we go again folks, a court case in Ontario is challenging Publicly funded Catholic Schools again. Maybe this is really a blessing, so that our Catholic schools of disarray can finally free themselves from the tyranical Ontario Government and finally stick to solid Catholic teachings. You can read the article over at CTV News.…
Read MoreGreat Photo of Vatican
On this dreary Monday I willl simply give you an awesome photo of the Vatican courtesy of HD Wallpapers. Click on the picture for a larger view. https://www.hdwallpapers.in/walls/catholic_church_vatican-HD.jpg
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