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Good evening Mr. & Mrs. Catholic, and all you other Christians at sea. We interupt this blog with this news flash. As fate would have it, right on the heels of our review of Oz The Great And Powerful, the…

Okay, so this is actually a scene from The Simpsons television show and not the movie, but hey, blogger’s privilege or something like that. Anyway, I don’t know about all of you out there who probably have perfect families, but…

I attended a funeral recently and noted a couple of things that seem routine at such events but had me thinking (nothing new here!) – For instance:

As I listened to several people speak about the deceased person’s life, I…

Just before the Christmas break the latest and largest painting was installed in the college chapel. It is Christ in Majesty. In painting this and placing it behind the crucifixion I had in mind two things: first that we are…

BMC MOVIE OF THE WEEK: SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY

by David December 17, 2012

“This strange children’s film was partially directed by exploitation filmmaker Barry Mahon (The Beast That Killed Women). Santa Claus sits in Florida, sweating and dejected until some kids bring animals to help him get his sleigh out of the sand.…

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European Union: Life Begins At Conception

by J.C. von Krempach, J.D. November 29, 2012

The German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH = the supreme judicial instance in Germany in all matters pertaining to civil law) has today issued the final decision in the case Brüstle vs. Greenpeace.
Mr. Brüstle is a German researcher who has…

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Update on Ireland: What Are the Facts?

by J.C. von Krempach, J.D. November 27, 2012

For the international abortion lobby, the whole story was just too convenient to be true: at the very moment when the Irish government is discussing controversial plans to liberalize abortion, a pregnant woman dies in an Irish hospital because she…

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CUTAWAYS – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END

by David November 9, 2012

You might remember that the last time we brought up reading through the Catechism in one year as a part of the Year of Faith, we tossed around the idea that while we Catholics use a number of formulas in…

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Wonderful

by CE Editor November 4, 2012

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Saving Hope

by Cassie Everts October 22, 2012

Meet Hope Jude.  Here she is about 15 weeks old perfectly formed [pictured right].  Almost looks like she could even be sucking her thumb already, isn’t she beautiful!  The gift of life truly is a miracle!
Awhile back my husband…

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