Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSOctober 11 was recognized as the official International Day of the Girl Child which was meant to recognize the rights and girls and the unique challenges they face around the world – but why stop at just one day? Aren’t our girls worth a lifetime investment?
October 11
“For myself, I know of no better way of establishing the kingdom of God, Eternal Wisdom, than to unite vocal and mental prayer by saying the holy Rosary and meditating on its fifteen mysteries.”
-St. Louis de Montfort
After suffering major backlash, Twitter has decided to reinstate a pro-life ad by Rep. Marshal Blackburn (R-TN) that it deemed “inflammatory” for its references to Planned Parenthood and the sale of fetal body parts.
On Saturday, October 14, hundreds of thousands of Catholics across the country will be gathering in public to pray the Rosary and beg the Blessed Mother to intercede for the salvation of America.
October 10
“The reason why we get tired of saying the Rosary so much, is because we think about it so little.”
-Father Ronald Knox
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSHistory was made this year when Women of Grace® founder, Johnnette Benkovic, delivered a message about the dignity and vocation of women to 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!
While speaking at the World Congress on Child Dignity in the Digital World in Rome last Friday, Pope Francis implored participants to do more to protect children from sexual exploitation on the Internet.
October 9
“The Rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men; it is the book of the aged, whose eyes close upon the shadow of this world, and open on the substance of the next. The power of the Rosary is beyond description.”
-Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
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