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30 Rock & the Big Snip

By On December 7, 2009 · 4 Comments

I love 30 Rock. Despite her politics, I love Tina Fey. She’s so dang clever, and freakin’ hilarious. She gets a ton of mileage out of the ugly duckling writer thing–even though everyone knows she cleans up nice.

Well, I was watching 30 Rock a couple [...]

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Sez who? NFP in Scripture

By On December 3, 2009 · 3 Comments

Update: Check out this Talk by Christopher West on Sexuality and Scripture.

Update: Another web site on Scripture/ Church Fathers on Contraception.

A commenter on another blog got me thinking….Just [...]

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Awe, Anger, Frustration, Relief

By On November 22, 2009 · 11 Comments

Part two of Michelle’s testimony of why they ditched contraception. This part includes more of their actual discovery of the Church teaching, the wonders of fertility, the horror of abortifacients, and the joy of desiring children.

What I think will resonate deeply with readers is the anger of [...]

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Apostle(s) of Common Sense

By On November 18, 2009 · 8 Comments

Mark Shea, devotee of the Apostle of Common Sense, has birthed a mini-conversation at his blog, inviting conversation on the NFP witch hunt taking place here (with NFP being the witch hunted for–not [...]

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Priest accuses Diocesan Programs of Mortal Sin!

By On November 14, 2009 · 134 Comments

Do you belong to the “NFP cult”?

Blogger and Seattle acquaintance Mark Shea recently gave NFPworks a little nod in a post, which has attracted a clergyman in the combox who snarkily calls (and implies that I think [...]

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Is Birth Control a Lightning Rod for Catholics?

By On October 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

…this blogger at Young Adult Catholics (little bit of a misnomer, since they reject many of the Churches teachings outright) seems to think it’s not.

I like that she puts [...]

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We Now Break for an NFPworks PSA

By On September 4, 2009 · 3 Comments

For the practice of love of God and neighbor and self, I recommend highly St. Ignatius Loyola’s Rules for Discernment, which come from his spiritual masterpiece “The Spiritual Exercises.” (

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Contraception: Wyeth Not!

By On August 11, 2009 · 1 Comment

A Catholic German Bank, Pax Bank, got caught with their lederhosen down recently when it was discovered post-facto that they’d invested money in three companies against Christian morals. One is a tobacco company (not exactly an intrinsic evil but whatever), [...]

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NFP Awareness Week is Six Weeks Away

By On June 10, 2009 · 5 Comments

The USCCB’s site has some resources like homily helps, prayers of the faithful, prayers, couples’ witnesses (to be published in your local paper the week of/ before), and this awesome poster above (en espanol, tambien).

What are you doing in your area? Here are [...]

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And for the Defense: Janet Smith

By On May 29, 2009 · 1 Comment

The last post I had on the West-Schindler-VonHildebrand controversy points out some simple but frank points of examination on Christopher West’s work, with link to Jimmy Akin’s reasoned response. Who can top Jimmy Akin?

Dr. Janet Smith, [...]

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CD Review: Why Contraception Matters

By On May 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I just re-listened to a CD that One More Soul included in an order as a freebie a while back, and wanted to share some thoughts.

About the CD:
Title: “Why Contraception Matters”
Speaker: Stephen Patton, M.A., J.D., [...]

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Christopher West's blind spot

By On May 14, 2009 · 2 Comments

Update: I just spoke with my husband who just heard from personal friends of Christopher West who asked for prayer for West and his family. He’s evidently under personal and spiritual attack in addition to the professional critique he’s received. Please note that while I advocate a healthy and humble dialogue about this controversy, uncharitable remarks or [...]

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