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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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I Support Trevor Dal Broi

By On October 14, 2009 · 2 Comments

If you live anywhere near East Griffith NSW (west of Syndey and north of Melbourne, I think) in Australia, bring your prescription to Trevor Dal Broi, one of many chemists (pharmacists) whose personal and moral beliefs (which happen to be religious) forbid him for prescribing contraception [...]

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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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Marketing with Magnanimity: Hope for NFP Promotion

By On August 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

[This article appeared in the July/ August issue of Family Foundations Magazine.]

[Update: For future installments in this series, bookmark or RSS this blog.]

When is the last time you saw a movie about Natural Family Planning (NFP)? [...]

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Top Five Reasons to Go to the St. Gianna Conference

By On July 15, 2009 · 2 Comments

I’ve been remiss to post something about this AMAZING one-day conference happening in LaCrosse, Wisconsin at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine on Sunday, August 2. So, here it is.

Top Five Reasons to Go to the St. Gianna Conference

5. Archbishop [...]

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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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Course on Male-Female Complimentarity

By On May 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment

 

If you’ve been interested in the Theology of the Body, of have studied it but not really dug in, there’s a three-week online course through Catholic Distance University that might interest you:

Marriage and the Complementarity of Men and Women (Noncredit) Online Seminar – July 13 – Aug. 3, 2009 [...]

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Would You Like to See a Hip NFP commercial?

By On May 10, 2009 · 2 Comments

Me too.

Go to Catholicvote.org (you don’t have to be Catholic), register–it’s super simple–and vote for a commercial on non-contraceptive family planning! Let’s show them we think it’s important, beautiful and life changing!

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Sex Sells…and Saves (Updated)

By On May 7, 2009 · 11 Comments

(Newly Updated 5/8/09)
ABC’s Nightline did a piece tonight on Christopher West and Theology of the Body tonight, and I tuned in to see how badly the media would mess it up.

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Carslon links Vocations "Crisis" to Contraception

By On April 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The world won’t understand this, but I’ve just upgraded my opinion of Archbishop Robert Carlson, the newly appointed AB of St. Louis, Missouri. With this audio clip (fast-forward to 3:10), I’ve got from fan to uber fan to super duper fan.

I’m on a roll today on the link [...]

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Mothers' Day is Today: Gianna Beretta Molla's day!

By On April 28, 2009 · 8 Comments

St. Gianna Molla, mother and physician, is called “the martyr of maternal love.” If you’re not familiar with St. Gianna’s life, read St. Gianna’s story here or here. Quick facts:

Born: 4 October 1922
Died: 28 April 1962

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NFP Talk Do’s & Dont’s

By On April 16, 2009 · 8 Comments

Have you ever heard someone talking about NFP, doing their very best–bless their hearts–and you just want to cring because they say something like, “Did you know Pastor so-and-so is against contraception? [Yes, he's a Catholic pastor. What do you mean?] Well he’s against NFP [NFP is *not* contraception.] Same difference, right?” [NO. And further, [...]

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