Tuesday, October 30, 2007

My Feelings about Halloween

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I do not look forward to Halloween, and have seen my own participation as a reluctance concession to the Americanized version of this holida...
Monday, October 29, 2007

UNICEF: Trick or Treat?

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"Tuesday June 20, 2006 Abortion-Pushing UNICEF Back for Hallowe’en – Whole Month of October new Collection Drive By Hilary White TORONT...
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Saturday, October 27, 2007

40 Days for Life Tele-Rally and Webcast

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"To build on the amazing momentum that is growing across America -- and to learn how people in every city in our nation will be able to...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Explaining Abortion to Children

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One day late last October, my then-nine-year-old daughter came home from school and told me about an informal poll that had been taken in he...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

St. Philomena and "Bella"

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I am so excited about going to see Bella with my daughters this weekend! I would like to share this letter that I received regarding this ...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

Not According to Plan

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Yesterday was one of those days composed of things not going quite right, yet ending up well. Sunday morning I had a terrible time with the ...
Saturday, October 20, 2007

College for Kids

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My fourth-grader was at St. Joseph’s College for a language arts class this morning. It just so happened that the school was hosting “Make ...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

All Right, But Done the Wrong Way

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“Who do you think your teacher is, me or your mother?” the math teacher yelled at my sixth grader today. I somehow doubt she would have trea...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Communications and a Visit to Highbury

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“ A Visit to Highbury: Another View of Emma ”, is an entertaining and well-written novel by Joan Austen-Leigh , the great-grand-daughter of ...
Monday, October 15, 2007

The Backpack Misadventure

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I went through a great deal of worry and aggravation today over a relatively minor thing. My ten-year old ran a cross-country race after sch...
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Saturday, October 13, 2007

The Pro-Life Channel

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I was channel-surfing last night and caught an awful idea of George Carlin’s for an unmentionable [anti-life] reality channel. It gave me a...
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Friday, October 12, 2007

The Visitation

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The theme of the 2007 Respect Life Program is The Infant in My Womb Leaped for Joy . [The angel Gabriel had just told Mary the extraordinary...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

Like a Little Child

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Over the past week, my 14 ½- month-old has experimented with standing up in the middle of the room and taking one small step. At first that...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Strawberries and Cream

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The baby was in her high chair having strawberries and a bowlful of plain vanilla yogurt. The bus stopped in front of our house and she tur...
Monday, October 8, 2007

Apple Picking for President

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This Columbus Day was the perfect day for apple picking. So I packed up my kids, an apple crate, and our good old red Radio Flyer wagon, an...
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Sunday, October 7, 2007

My First Pro-Life Picket

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"Praise to God for His salvation and Judgment. Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise in the assembly of saints....
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Saturday, October 6, 2007

Stand Up For Life!

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At fourteen months, my youngest daughter is just now starting to bring herself to a stand in the middle of the room. As we have all been ho...
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Friday, October 5, 2007

Apple Crisp

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My good friend called me yesterday to confirm coffee at her house this morning. The two of us have been so busy that it was all we could do...
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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Just for Fun (?)

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I received this meme from my dear friend Leticia over at Cause of Our Joy , Causa Nostrae Laetitiae , The Dr.Jerome Lejeune Society , and Th...
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Monday, October 1, 2007

October is Respect Life Month!

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I believe it is no coincidence that Long Island’s Newsday chose this week to run a five-part series on the Katie Trebing Story, reported by ...
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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Fun at Shea

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“Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets, Step right up and greet the Mets; Bring the kiddies, Bring your wife, Guaranteed to have the time of your lif...
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Friday, September 28, 2007

A Child is Born

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In print for four decades, A Child is Born , by Lennart Nilsson , is a work of science, art, and beauty. Using pioneering techniques in mic...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Fathers’ Rights, Then and Now

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In 1854, Elizabeth Cady Stanton addressed the New York State Legislature. “. . . .4th. Look at the position of woman as mother. . . . The f...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

40 Days for Life

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89 cities in 33 states across the nation will unite in a fast called 40 Days for Life from September 26 - November 4. Check with your dioce...
Monday, September 24, 2007

How Pro-Life are you?

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Elitism and hypocrisy are alive and well in America. There is a topic I have avoided since the start of writing this blog, although it is qu...
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Northanger Abbey

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Northanger Abbey , by Jane Austen , is not a difficult read. It is filled with humour and tongue-in-cheek commentaries on the art of writin...
Friday, September 21, 2007

The Rock

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“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against i...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Painting the Rosary

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My current project is not a very exciting one. I am staining the rails of the deck that comes off my kitchen. It is a job that needs to be...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Last Minute’s Notice

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The phone rang at 8:20 on Monday morning. I looked at the caller ID and my heart jumped a beat. When the children’s school is calling, the ...