August 18
Feast of St. Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641)
"Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to him. That is all the doing you have to worry about."
-St. Jane de Chantal
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Hope from Heaven: Charlie Gard Foundation Set to Launch
Less than a month after 11-month-old Charlie Gard passed away, his parents have announced that they are about to launch a foundation aimed at helping other children with mitochondrial and other rare childhood diseases.
Another Conservative Law Firm Defamed as Hate Group
For the second time in two months, a pro-family legal group has been falsely labeled as a hate group by the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center.
Program Offers Hope for Divorced/Separated Catholics
Lisa Duffy (YouTube)Catholics from all over the country gathered in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this month to participate in a national conference were the family law in Missouri was invited and the purpose of this was to aimed at reaching out to the divorced and separated.
God's Mercy
August 17
“It is not our perfection which is to dazzle God, Who is surrounded by myriads of angels. No, it is our misery, our wretchedness avowed which draws down His mercy.”
-Blessed Columba Marmion, O.S.B.
Cardinal Sarah and the War on Families
In a homily honoring the Vendee martyrs of France, Cardinal Robert Sarah dared the faithful to stand up to the modern persecutors of the family and to become the “joyful spearheads” of a revolt against this “new dictatorship of selfishness.”
When Email Prayer Chains Become Superstitions
CM writes: “What do you think of prayer chains? I receive a lot from friends to pray for different things and at the end it says do not break this chain, contact 10 more friends!! It makes me feel uncomfortable can you give me your take on it please.”
Woman Appointed Chancellor in Diocese of Orange
Pia de Solenni, SThD, a gifted theologian, author and expert on bioethics and the new feminism, has been appointed to serve as Chancellor of the Diocese of Orange, a post which is the highest office available to a lay person within the Catholic Church.
CBS Celebrates Down Syndrome Genocide in Iceland
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSCBS is experiencing severe backlash over a recent On Assignment episode in which they jubilantly declare that Down syndrome had almost entirely “disappeared” in Iceland – but not because of medical advances. It’s disappearing because they are aborting unborn babies who have it.
Be Honorable
August 16
Feast of St. Stephen of Hungary (969 – 1038)
“Be strong lest prosperity lift you up too much or adversity cast you down. Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be truly moderate and do not punish or condemn anyone immoderately. Be gentle so that you may never oppose justice. Be honorable so that you may never voluntarily bring disgrace upon anyone. Be chaste so that you may avoid all the foulness of lust like the pangs of death.”
-St. Stephen
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