By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Thomas More Society announced late yesterday afternoon that Michael Dvorak, St. Joseph County, Indiana prosecutor, dismissed the criminal trespass charges that he has pressed over the last two years against almost all of the "ND88," the individuals arrested for peacefully protesting the University's honoring of President Barack Obama at the 2009 Commencement. Dvorak dropped the charges as part of an agreement between the Thomas More Society and the University.
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"Look, my child, at my heart surrounded with thorns, which ungrateful men continuously nail into me with their blasphemies and sins. You, at least, try to console me and tell everyone that those who go to confession on the first Saturday of the month for five months, receive holy communion, say the rosary and keep me company for a quarter of an hour - these I promise to assist at the time of their death with the necessary graces for their salvation."
The Blessed Virgin Mary
(Fatima, August 13, 1917)
For Reflection:
To what extent am I willing to make reparation for sins against the name of Jesus?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
At the insistence of Democratic challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, the votes from a monastery of 18 Cistercian nuns have been tossed out in the Wisconsin Supreme Court recount because they lacked witness signatures, even though votes are rarely if ever discounted for this reason.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Muslim scholars are saying that the controversial burial of Osama bin Laden at sea, which many critics say the Obama Administration ordered out of a desire to appear "politically correct", was done incorrectly and actually breached sharia law.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Massachusetts Conference of Bishops has issued a statement demanding that the state defund a new website that promotes sex to minors, describes abortion in misleading terms and emphasizes ways for teens to get an abortion without their parent's knowledge.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The White House is involved in yet another attempt to "control the message," this time strong-arming a small California newspaper whose report on Marine One, President Obama's helicopter, made the First Lady look too snooty.
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"The knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by Mary's obedience: what the virgin Eve bound through her disbelief, Mary loosened by her faith."
St. Irenaeus
For Reflection:
Do I stand more in the footprints of Eve or the Blessed Mother? How do I show my obedience through faith even when it may be difficult? What is one example from my life that points to this?
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Members of the small Catholic parish in the city where Osama bin Laden was slain on Monday are holding their breath in fear of reprisals.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
During an appearance at an Orlando church this past weekend, Jim Caviezel, the actor who so famously played the role of Jesus Christ in the blockbuster hit, The Passion of the Christ, spoke about how his faith helps him to cope with a role that continues to haunt his career.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Just two weeks after the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a constitutional challenge to the National Day of Prayer, President Barack Obama issued an official proclamation declaring Thursday, May 5, as a day for "all people of faith" to join the presidnet "in asking God for guidance, mercy, and protection for our Nation."
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