The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling upon the faithful to
take action to prevent the passage of the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is threatening to bring to a vote in the near future. Even though the vote must meet the 60 vote threshold, several Republicans have already promised to vote for the bill.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Abortion supporters are resorting to all kinds of fabrications to manipulate public opinion in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The story of a 10-year-old girl impregnated through rape who was forced across state lines for an abortion, and claims that women with ectopic pregnancies who seek abortions may end up behind bars, are just two examples of the kind of baseless hysteria we can all expect in the months ahead.
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A school board director for the Bellingham School District in Washington state is planning to host a class on sexuality for nine to 12-year-olds at the local sex shop she owns in downtown Bellingham.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
For those of us who have been fighting in the pro-life movement for decades, we’ll never forget where we were when we heard the news that Roe v. Wade had been overturned. For me, it was a notification that popped up on my phone as I was preparing to attend Mass on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Only God could create the kind of joy that gripped my soul in that moment.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSHistory was made in May 2017 when Women of Grace® founder, Johnnette Benkovic, now Johnnette Williams, delivered a message about the dignity and vocation of women on the world stage at the United Nations - a message delivered while standing in the shadow of the same Pilgrim Virgin Statue that first visited this global entity 65 years ago!
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Today is the annual day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking, a scourge that impacts an estimated 40.3 million victims a year – mostly women and children.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Speaking just days before the feast of the Most Holy Rosary in 2010, then Pope Benedict XVI advised the faithful to pray the rosary daily and use it to meditate on the mysteries of Christ "in union with Mary, the Virgin at prayer" which "strengthens us all in faith, hope and charity."
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For the third time in less than a year, a tabernacle containing the Blessed Sacrament was stolen from a Catholic Church, this time in Boone, North Carolina.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSHistory was made in May 2017 when Women of Grace® founder, Johnnette Benkovic, now Johnnette Williams, delivered a message about the dignity and vocation of women on the world stage at the United Nations - a message delivered while standing in the shadow of the same Pilgrim Virgin Statue that first visited this global entity 65 years ago!
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Reflections and meditations written around the May 1st Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker generally tend to focus on the many sterling qualities of the carpenter of Nazareth. His closeness to God, upright character, and masculine strength as husband to Mary and foster father to Jesus often provide the lead-in to the main point of the writing as appropriate to the feast: Joseph’s role as breadwinner. As the sole support of the Holy Family, surely he worked diligently at his craft, passing it on to Jesus, father to son.
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