Erie, Pa - Bishop Trautman 'stirring it up'!

Bishop criticizes translation
Proposed rewording of Catholic Mass draws defiance

In a rare show of defiance, a Roman Catholic bishop is using increasingly fiery language to spark a grass-roots revolt against a new Vatican-ordered translation of the Mass.

Bishop Donald Trautman of Erie, Pa., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, has used several essays and speeches to denounce the proposed translations, which he calls "not acceptable."

[snip]

"He's really being a true churchman," Father Reese said. "He's putting the good of the church over his own advance or standing in the Vatican or with other bishops."

Tooo bad! BXVI's in charge! You gotta get in line BEHIND BXVI! HE leads us and we are ALL to follow!

PRAYER ALERT - Catholic priest shot dead in Iraq

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Terrorists sack and occupy a convent in Baghdad - a convent of the Chaldean sisters of the Sacred Heart.

In this month of the SACRED HEART OF JESUS AND HER IMMACULATE HEART!

O JESUS AND MOTHER MARY HEAR OUR PRAYERS AND PETITIONS!

Catholic teachers 'must take public vow'

This is strange...why would you send this around to parishes for comment? Maybe to float a balloon, or placate someone? This would be like me asking to take a vote on the 10 commandments. Give me a break. Or unless this is a way for the media to leak this info to everybody before it gets to the parishes. If momma and daddy are in charge they don't take a vote or ask comments from the children about how they're going to discipline them. Talk about misguided compassion. Cardinal Pell should say this is what we're going to do and stand by it! Don't ask for ANY COMMENTS! Craziness.

The Catholic archdiocese of Sydney wants its school leaders to publicly commit to a vow of fidelity by adhering to church teaching on homosexuality, birth control and women's ordination.

The vow would apply to its 167 principals, its deputy principals and religious education coordinators and would be a first for the Australian church, Fairfax newspapers report.

The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, is behind the move to extend the oath - which is a requirement of church law for bishops, priests and heads of seminaries - to all senior educational leaders.

The requirement is contained in a draft pastoral plan circulated to all parishes of the Sydney archdiocese for comment.

Second Catholic bishop steps into abortion debate

More on Francis Beckwith's 'journey home'

Interview with Beckwith

“THE VIEW’S” CATHOLIC OBSESSION CONTINUES

Ooops...BXVI Forgot his passport when he traveled to Brazil

Report: Brazil issues fine because the Pope forgot his passport

Fr. 'Z' - John Allen in Hell’s Bible on the Motu Proprio

Warned in Scotland

Cardinal warns Catholic pols cooperation with abortion is a barrier to receive Eucharist

Do you think more of this will happen?

Immigrants sue employer for back wages

Other immigrants who worked in restaurants in Pittsburgh, New York, Anaheim, Calif. and elsewhere are expected to join the suit as early as this week. They plan to seek class-action status but would have to recover any judgment from the government, which has seized the shuttered firm's assets, lawyer Justin Mixon said.

Columbariums BANNED in Florida

'Veil tip' to Michael Brown at Spirit Daily, the 'Drudge Report' of Catholic News...

Wiser heads are now prevailing...
Bishops don't want responsibility of caring for 'burial grounds'

For a combination of earthly and theological reasons, the bishops have banned construction of new columbaria -- or cremation vaults -- at the state's Catholic churches. While funeral home directors like Dave Woodward, Holly Hill, say cremation is a popular trend in the funeral industry, Archbishop John C. Favalora of Miami said he worries about the legal ramifications of local churches taking on cemetery-like responsibilities.

"The care and tending of burial grounds is not a parish's primary mission, and its grounds are not set aside in perpetuity for that purpose," said the archbishop in an open letter last month. In a sentimental note, Favalora recognized that parish columbaria are "well-intentioned attempts to return to the ancient practice of having church members buried in the church yards."

But Catholic leaders also fear the parish columbaria will give the wrong impression that the church favors cremation over burials.

Ahhh, too late...remember New Jersey's -Bishop Paul Bootkoski of the Metuchen Diocese?
"This is what's happening today. This is the reality. It is the wave of the future."

Sounds like 'the wave' stopped outside the state of Florida! Maybe, the bishops of Florida can 'make waves' at the next USCCB General Assembly next month June 20-22. One can hope...and pray. Thank you Archbishop Favalora! God Bless YOU! His contact info here.

I'm Confused! Catholic Crematorium?

Catholic parishes yield to cremation trend

"This is what's happening today. This is the reality. It is the wave of the future," said Bishop Paul Bootkoski of the Metuchen Diocese, which is building the crematory. "We're going along with what our Catholic population is looking for."

So, now dioceses are allowing columbariums and crematoriums? The Cathedral of another diocese has recently built a columbarium on their property and I understand that the diocese has allowed (& promoted-?)the building of Columbariums. I can't understand why this is being allowed. If we're teaching that cremation should not be encouraged then why are 'we' building them on church properties?

Examples:
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Christ the King Catholic Church, NC

St. William Catholic Church - Murphy, NC

The Cathedral St. Paul -Birmingham, AL (pdf.-zoom in on left of 'lawn')

Diocese adds mortuary to cemetery services

Info on Cremation:

Cremation: History

Cremation: Ashes to Ashes

Return to the Earth

Cord blood stem cells produce insulin: researchers

'Chipped Cop'

Evangelizing with a smile

Arkansas parish tackles 'Catholic Extreme Makeover' on priest's home

"I am hopeful I can walk again, but I am more hopeful that God will restore in me what he wants to," Father Ogbuji told the Arkansas Catholic, Little Rock diocesan newspaper. "Even if he doesn't, I will still be the same person."Life is not just about physical appearances. It's much more than that," he added.

"Life is more about the image of God. It's about patience and understanding and accepting the will of God even if it conflicts with your own personal plans. Life is about service (even) if you are only able to smile at people. Even if I can't use my legs and limbs, I can smile and help people who are going through the same things."

The Holy Spirit

When the Holy Ghost Has Found Mary in a Soul

THAT Small COMMUNITY

Memorial Day 2007

Remember all veterans, military and military families today in prayer at 3:00 p.m. and most especially those that have sacrificed their lives for GOD and country.

Soldiers' Angels

Human rosary – Catholic youths join together in prayer for troops

Catholic mother promotes faith, fitness, and patriotism

The Gloria
Glory to God in the highest
and peace to his people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King,
almighty God and Father,
we worship you, we give you thanks,
we praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world:
have mercy on us;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit
in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Pentecost 5-27-07

Happy Feast Day!

Veni, Creator Spiritus

Litany of the Holy Ghost

Novena to the Seven Gifts Of The Holy Spirit - Day 9

Vigil of the Pentecost

May the LORD send forth the Spirit/and renew the face of the earth! Amen. (cf. Ps 104: 30)

Anti-Rudy Catholics Plan Their Assault

Peggy Noonan's WSJ - "Slow Down and Absorb"

Confraternity of Catholic Clergy Responds to 18 Catholic Dems

PRAYER ALERT: Bill Maher's Conversion

Bill Maher 'makes Imus look like a saint: HBO host cited for describing Catholic Mass as homosexual acts

LORD have mercy on his soul!

Click here to contact HBO.

Catholic League: TIME WARNER NEEDS TO CHECK BILL MAHER

Novena to the Seven Gifts Of The Holy Spirit - Day 8

Something to be proud of...NOT!

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC)Establishes Clergy Counseling Fund

A forerunner of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, the Clergy Consultation Service was a network of more than 1,400 ministers and rabbis who, despite the risks of public censure and criminal prosecution, helped thousands of women obtain safe abortions in the years before the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade making abortion legal. At that time, as many as 1 million women underwent dangerous illegal back-alley or self-induced abortions each year, without safety standards and often in unsanitary and dangerous conditions.

LORD HAVE MERCY!

Good News in OKLAHOMA!

Anti-abortion bill becomes law in Oklahoma

Spiritual Warfare - Fr. Euteneuer before Pentecost

The Advocate vs. The Accuser

In a few months I will publish a book on exorcism and deliverance by which I hope to educate the Church Militant on the reality of spiritual evil and the truth of the Church’s power against it. On this weekend where our Church celebrates Pentecost, the great Feast of the Holy Spirit, I offer an excerpt from this upcoming book to highlight the influence of the Holy Spirit in defending our cause against the accusing spirit of the devil. If we are to fight for the salvation of souls, we must know our enemy and experience God’s love as the protective shield against all his evil.

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As we celebrate the feast of Pentecost with our Church, let us make a profound act of faith in the Holy Spirit, that, no matter how evil our times may be, God will never abandon to the power of evil those who call upon Him. Let us call upon the Holy Spirit to protect us and our loved ones and to renew the face of the earth!

We will all need to learn these lessons. Thank you, Fr. Euteneuer, for your courage and wisdom and for sharing it with the warriors under your charge. And I too, pray that the HOLY SPIRIT will bless all of us with the gifts needed to assist GOD OUR FATHER in these battles.

GOD BLESS YOU FR. EUTENEUER!

VeriChip - The Future

VeriChip: Ready for a breakout?

Yet to be approved by insurance companies as a covered procedure, the concept is still relatively new for use in people but based on the ongoing push by the company and its placement of chip readers in the hands of doctors, insurance company approval is strictly a matter of time.

And it will be a matter of time. Again, why would this company offer to implant for free the chip in the arm of a emergency personnel and their families?--"free to emergency services personnel and their families in tribute to Emergency Medical Services Week."
Why? How does this help them and their families?

Device holds key to medical history

That hasn't stopped VeriChip from pushing its product. Firefighters, police officers and emergency medical workers, and their families, can have the chip implanted for free and maintain the service for life through Wellington Regional. They must sign up by Friday at the hospital's emergency services area.

Tranchant lifted weights a few hours after his implant - working on his triceps, no less. He's hoping his initiative will inspire others in law enforcement and the fire service to do the same.

Again, what is the purpose?

Kissling Dares Catholic Hierarchy to Excommunicate Her for Abortion Advocacy

Anti-Catholic bias alleged

Priest blasts school move (in the UK)

Novena to the Seven Gifts Of The Holy Spirit - Day 7

VeriChip Expanding

PBC sergeant implanted with medical-information chip

Verichip and Wellington Regional since Monday have offered the implants for free to emergency services personnel and their families in tribute to Emergency Medical Services Week.

Why would they offer their implants in tribute? Does this make any sense?

After the news item on ABC's Good Morning America (read their forums)...and after the announcement of 'chipping' Alzheimer patients....VeriChip Is I.D.'d As A Winner &
VeriChip Shares Gain on Florida Program

Still 'moving through' the healthcare industry...Digital Angel Corporation and Verichip Corporation Form Joint Committee to Design and Develop Implantable Glucose-Sensing Microchip

VeriChip Adds 78 New Hospitals to Its Network at EDPMA Conference

The sick and elderly: first targets for chipping

Novena to the Seven Gifts Of The Holy Spirit - Day 6

Row in Italy Over Priest Sex Abuse Documentary

Novena to the Seven Gifts Of The Holy Spirit - Day 5

Catholic Bishops launch legal case over South Park episode

Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts - Day 4

Church workers in Mali, Italy must explain Sacrament of Marriage- "is a reflection of the never-ending love of God" - Pope Benedict XVI

Catholic Church workers must explain marriage reflects God's love, pope says

Novena to the Seven Gifts Of The Holy Spirit - Day 3

Tell Congress You Oppose Their Amnesty Bills!

And this could be your weekend reading-the text to the proposed Immigration Bill.(pdf.file)

Novena to the Seven Gifts Of The Holy Spirit - Day 2

House Committee Kills Dangerous Grassroots Language

VeriChip Catches Wall Street's Eye & News Items

Update: VeriChip Shares Gain on Florida Program

VeriChip Is I.D.'d As A Winner

Do Chip Implants Protect or Violate Privacy?

Alzheimer's Patients To Be Tagged In Controversial Trial

Arphid Watch: Katherine's Prayer Vigil Redux

Alzheimer's Community Care Center Prayer Vigil Report -"Successful"

AntiChips

'Amnesty' Bill & the GOP

Are you as upset as I am? I understand that the country is jamming the phone lines at their Senator's offices. Good!

CONTACT SENATORS link

Whitehouse Contact Info-Pres. Bush

Well, read these:"Not His Best Day"-From an email to Kathryn Jean Lopez at NCRonline - "I am the son of a legal Latin American immigrant. My mother is appalled that her relatives are still waiting to enter America legally but sees millions of law-breakers make a mockery of the people who try to follow the rules."

Is there justice in this?

S.1348Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (Placed on Calendar in Senate)

Z Visa = Z End of the Line

Stop the GOP Senate Cave-in: Call 202-225-3121 (Bumped)

Rush Limbaugh - This is Worse Than Doing Nothing: Immigration Bill Will Make Things Worse

Those Who Cannot Remember the Past

The Republican Senate: Selling Out America On Illegal Immigration

RedState vs. House Repubs

Redstate.com

National Review Online


Have you made a pledge recently? mmm?

Politely and firmly voice your opinion!

Contact the GOP

Phone Numbers:

Comment Line & General Information: 202.863.8790

Phone: 202.863.8500 Fax: 202.863.8820

mailto:202.863.8820info@gop.com

Office of the Chairman Mike Duncan, RNC Chairman

Phone: 202-863-8700Fax: 202-863-8820

Email: Chairman@gop.com


Office of the Co-Chairman Jo Ann Davidson

Co-Chairman Phone: 202-863-8545Fax: 202-863-8631

Email: Info@gop.com

Political Campaign Operations Voter Programs

Phone: 202-863-8600 Fax: 202-863-8808

Email: Political@gop.com


Finance

Marketing

Donor Programs

Phone: 202-863-8720 Fax: 202-863-8690

Email: mailto:Finance@gop.com

Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Picayune, Mississippi

Look at their tabernacle and take a virtual tour of their Parish.

Look at their Devotion page.

Catholic Car Decals

"Traditional Catholic Car Decals for the 'Roamin' Catholic"

Novena to the Holy Spirit for the Seven Gifts - Day 1

VeriChip CEO on GMA Friday A.M. - 7-18-07 to discuss 'chipping' Alzheimer's patients

CEO can be seen on Friday May 18th during the 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. eastern time period. In the interview, he will discuss VeriChip's potential safety uses in the Alzheimer’s community through its VeriMed Patient Identification System, which identifies individuals, such as Alzheimer’s patients, and their medical records when they are unable to speak for themselves.

APPLIED DIGITAL PRESS RELEASE HERE

CONTACT YOUR SENATORS!

Republicans, Democrats strike immigration deal with White House
'DEAL STRUCK'...."an immigration overhaul that would grant quick legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. and fortify the border."

The plan would create a temporary worker program to bring new arrivals to the U.S. A separate program would cover agricultural workers. New high-tech enforcement measures also would be instituted to verify that workers are here legally.

[snip]

The key breakthrough came when negotiators struck a bargain on a so-called "point system" that would for the first time prioritize immigrants' education and skill level over family connections in deciding how to award green cards.

The draft bill "gives a path out of the shadows and toward legal status for those who are currently here" illegally, said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

What's wrong with the laws we already have?

Blair 'to be Roman Catholic'

Prayers for Pope Benedict XVI as he teaches TRUTH

International Day Against Homophobia

Apparently our Holy Father made a list of shame. Ahhh. Too bad.

It's good to be on CHRIST'S SIDE!

St. Matthew
The Beatitudes:
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Verse 10)

Day 2 Novena to Our Lady Help of Christians

Meditation

Sincere humility: Luke 1: 48

Day Two

O Mary most holy, kind and merciful mother, with your visible help you freed the Christian people from the ferocious assaults of the Muslims. Free our souls from the attacks of the devil, the world, and the flesh, so that we may always overcome the enemies of our salvation.

Recite the Hail Mary and Glory be to the Father

PRAYER

Almighty and merciful Lord, in a marvelous manner you deigned to make the most holy Virgin Mary a powerful helper in defense of Christians. Grant that, having fought the good fight under her protection during our life, we may be victorious over our infernal enemy at the hour of our death. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.

This novena was supplied by Salesian Father J. Sesto of the Marian Shrine in Stony Point, NY

PRAYER ALERT - Fr. Euteneuer 'Calls Out' 'Gang of 18' - Dems

Fr. definitely needs prayer protection!

Please pray for Fr. Euteneur the

Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Our faith and action will assist Fr. in his battles!

***Reminder - Should We Deny Communion to Dissenters on Church Teachings?

HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: John Mallon, 405-720-2575
May 17, 2007 johnmallon@cox.net

Catholic Priest Invites
Gang of 18 To Leave Church

FRONT ROYAL, VA — The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today said “Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) and seventeen other members of Congress who describe themselves as Catholic not only are ignorant of their faith but also need a civics lesson.”

Father Euteneuer was responding to their rebuke of Pope Benedict XVI in a press release from DeLauro’s office which stated that the Pope’s recent comments that Catholic politicians risk excommunication and should not receive Communion by saying, “Such notions offend the very nature of the American experiment and do a great disservice to the centuries of good work the church has done.”

Father Euteneuer said, “It is an embarrassment that a Catholic, much less a member of Congress should make such an absurd statement. Even if this statement were true, the Holy Father answers to a Higher Power than Rep. DeLauro and the Gang of 18.”

“The truth is,” Father Euteneuer said, “nothing threatens the American experiment more than the legal but unjust killing of human beings by abortion which stands in stark contrast to the very first right enumerated by our Declaration of Independence: The Right to Life. The humanity of the unborn child is no longer even debated. It is a scientific fact. Abortion is murder, and murder is against the law. Like Dred Scott before it, which violated certain citizens’ Right to Liberty, Roe v. Wade is bad, dishonest law and will eventually fall.”

“Excommunication is a pastoral and medicinal penalty, not a political one. The Pope is well within his free expression of religion guaranteed by the US Constitution—and his pastoral duty—to warn any Catholic when their eternal salvation is jeopardized by their actions” Father Euteneuer said. “This is what the Catholic Church teaches and what Catholics believe. If the Gang of 18 believes otherwise, honesty and integrity requires they find another church that tells them what they want to hear. If they have that much of a problem being Catholic, no one is forcing them to stay. We certainly don’t need their hypocrisy.”

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Prayer to Saint Michael

Saint Michael, Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into Hell Satan and the other evil spirits who prowl the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.

Putting Faith to the Test

Novena to Our Lady Help of Christians

Our Lady Help of Christians -May 24th

Celebrated in Australia and promoted with great devotion by St. Don Bosco - Salesian who consecrated his order to Our Lady Help of Christians.

Novena to Our Lady Help of Christians

Mediation
Faith and the acceptance of the Word of God: Luke 1: 26-38

Day One
O Mary, powerful help of those Christians who approach the throne of your mercy with trust! Listen to the prayers of your children who invoke your help to avoid sin and the occasions of sin.

Recite Hail Mary and Glory be to the Father

Prayer

Almighty and merciful Lord, in a marvelous manner you deigned to make the most holy Virgin Mary a powerful helper in defense of Christians. Grant that, having fought the good fight under her protection during our life, we may be victorious over our infernal enemy at the hour of our death. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.

This novena was supplied by Salesian Father J. Sesto of the Marian Shrine in Stony Point, NY

Rome denies apocalypse secret

PRAYER & ACTION ALERT - Contact The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CBC TV Offends Catholics with Show Mocking Sacraments in “The Altar Boy Gang”

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is coming under fire for a new show that depicts the Catholic Mass as a background for drug and gang-related activities, in what the Catholic Civil Rights League has called blasphemy of the sacred rituals of Catholicism.

Titled The Altar Boy Gang, the show features a group of Montreal altar servers who use their role in the parish to cover up their involvement in the drug trade. Two 30-minute pilot episodes of the show were aired at nine p.m. on Friday.

CBC’s program description at CBC.ca says the show is about “Teenage boys who use their “vocation” as altar boys to be bad.”

The Communion host is shown as “munchable snack food, possible poker chips and a repository for drops of LSD,” the CCRL stated in press release May 15. “Drug-laced hosts are left in the confessional for pick-up.”

To contact the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:

Toll-free phone (Canada only): 1-866-306-4636

Mail: Audience Relations, CBC, P.O. Box 500 Station A, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5W 1E6

Web form:http://www.cbc.ca/contact/index.jsp

The Divine Praises

The Divine Praises are offered in reparation for the sins committed against the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our LORD JESUS CHRIST in the BLESSED SACRAMENT and those sins committed against the Truths of the Catholic Faith, committed daily throughout the world by poor sinners.

Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints.

May the heart of Jesus, in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored, and loved with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time. Amen.

UK - 'Big Brother' in mother's womb

PM unveils early intervention measures -Mothers and their unborn babies are to be targeted for help as part of the latest drive to prevent social exclusion.

A £7.5m government trial of the US initiative - aimed at using early intervention tactics to prevent vulnerable youngsters from falling into difficulty and becoming involved in anti-social behaviour - was launched earlier this month.

The pilots are in place in 10 areas nationwide, including London's Tower Hamlets and Manchester.

Under the scheme, those considered most at risk receive weekly visits from health workers or nurses from when the mother is 16 to 28 weeks pregnant until the child is two.

They will offer mothers advice on diet, exercise, relationships and parenting skills.

Oh, so we can monitor them and offer advice? Is this plan for all mothers? And what measurement are they using to determine what mother/child is at risk?

This prevents social exclusion? Really?

And doesn't this 'initiative' scream that a child is not just a fetus at 16 weeks?!

In support of Jewish-Christian dialogue

The Papal household preacher, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, "responds to concerns raised in The Tablet last month by the executive director of the Cambridge-based Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations"

His homilies in Papal household.

Homilies

Greensburg, Kansas - Prayers HEARD!

Prayers were louder than the tornado, says Kansas parish secretary

During the storm she crouched down and closed her eyes. She could hear things batting against the house and before long she could feel pieces of her home's new insulation in her hair. Because of the wind she could hardly keep holding the blanket she had grabbed and she held on desperately to her oxygen tank, thinking that if she went, it was going with her.

"I didn't know what was louder, the tornado or me praying," she said, pointing out that she prayed whatever came to mind and certainly said a few Hail Marys "over and over" to make sure God heard her.

"He must have, because I'm here," she was quick to add.

Without any hesitation, she said her faith was strengthened by the tornado because she is convinced she would not have survived without praying.

Before and AFTER photos to see how her prayers were answered!

Oh Dear: The Pope Is Catholic!

Again, Kaiser Family Foundation Reports on Pope Benedict XVI's Brazil Trip

Advocates React to Pope Benedict XVI's Comments About Mexico City Legislators Who Voted for Abortion-Rights Law

Thompson's 1994 Issue Positions

American College of Pediatricians Calls for End to Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Pope meets Jewish representative

Tony Snow's Commencement Speech- Passing his beautiful wisdom on to others

'Veil Tip' to the Anchoress: 118th Annual Commencement Address: "Reason, Faith, Vocation"Tony Snow, White House Press SecretaryBasilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate ConceptionMay 12, 2007

May GOD continue to richly bless TONY SNOW and his family!

Thank YOU GOD for Tony Snow!

GET TISSUE!

You've been warned!

Listening to them, but not to us?

San Francisco's Archbishop George Niederauer says he will attend conference featuring speakers who openly challenge Church’s magisterium “to be able to hear what Catholic laity have to say”

Dems ready to go head to head with BXVI!

House Dems repudiate Pope’s abortion remarks

Eighteen House Democrats, led by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), are responding to Pope Benedict XVI’s statement that indicated he would support Mexican bishops if they were to excommunicate Mexican legislators who voted last month to legalize abortion in Mexico City.

This is very easy: Don't present yourself to receive the BODY AND BLOOD, SOUL AND DIVINITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST in THE EUCHARIST, while you continue to obstinately fight for pro-death issues! YOU'VE excommunicated YOURSELF!

Catholic Education in the UK

Catholic schools purge

John Haldane, professor of philosophy at St Andrew’s University, made his dramatic claim at the annual conference of the Catholic Headteachers’ Association of Scotland last week. He said an increasing emphasis on secularism among intellectuals would “trickle” through society over the next 15 years.

“Some of the most powerful forces are really quite hostile to Catholic education,” he said. Professor Haldane argued that there was already a “quite determined effort to purge the public space” of Catholic education, because it was “incompatible with a new ideal of public virtue”.

The battle has been going on, only now, the battle allows HIM to enlist more warriors. What graces await each of us in this moment. Will you answer if HE calls YOU?!

Pope urges Catholic activism, faith

Conflict Over Relocation Divides a Catholic Law School

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Crowds rally in Rome against bill for unmarried couples

Aerials of Greensburg Tornado Damage

Signs?

Our prayers continue for all those that survived this destruction.

Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with with confidence, I fly to you, O virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.

The Amero - North American Currency

YOU Decide!

More than 50,000 signed up to attend Rosary Bowl

Fr. Euteneuer's last installment on Contraception

Should We Deny Communion to Dissenters on Church Teachings?

Spirit & Life Archives

'E-Word'- Excommunication - BXVI proclaiming HIS TRUTH to the world!

Pope's excommunication comments cause stir in Church

Pope Benedict's mere utterance of the E-word, excommunication, when talking about Roman Catholic politicians who support abortion has caused a stir in the Church and could strengthen the hand of conservatives.

Our Lady of Guadalupe pray for us and protect our Holy Father Benedict XVI!

Pope Benedict XVI's Trip to Brazil makes Kaiser Foundation Report

Pope Benedict XVI Speaks Out Against Abortion, Mexico City Law Legalizing Procedure on Visit to Brazil (a medical-news website)

Our Holy Father BXVI really makes an impression. He apparently affects the medical community too! Whoa! Go Holy Father! Go!

My prayers continue for him as he travels - proclaiming HIS truth TO ALL!

GA Public School Scans Parents' ID

School scanning parents' IDs
All Clarke Middle visitors checked against sex offender lists

Latvian conservatives begin Pride backlash

*Warning graphic content*

Latvian Catholic leader calls homosexuality a sort of prostitution

Cardinal Cardinal Janis Pujats in Lativa needs our prayers and support!

‘We cannot keep silence. In a month’s time, there will be calls to tolerate homosexuality in the context of another attempt to organize a pride march on June 3’, Cardinal Pujats writes.

The cardinal has urged the Latvian government to stop what he calls ‘an action inspired from abroad, in which a handful of people with dubious morality tries to force the government to accept their perverted views’. ‘No international document on human rights views homosexuality as a sign of minority to be protected’, he stressed. Cardinal Pujats noted that if a gay parade was held in his country, it would be ‘a real attack on the national morality, religion and family values’, adding that people ‘will not watch it in silence’.

Married Catholic priest -- exception or indication of a change?

My prayers continue for all...

More than 70 men have used the 27-year-old provision to become Catholic priests in the U.S. Lowe, who is 68 and retired in 2002 after 32 years as an Episcopal priest in Newton, Mass., is the first in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Mahony said people should view the ordination as an exception and not an indication the church may change its requirements and bring in more married priests.

Many of the parishioners weren't listening. Worried about the shortage of priests, they viewed the ordination as a symbol.

"I think it's opening a door for married priests in the future," said Michelle Paschen of Camarillo. "And yes, I think priests should be married."

John Blankenship, 68, of Camarillo went further.

"I think it's great that we're moving forward," he said. "Hopefully that will eventually lead to women being priests."

Pope Says He Suppports Excommunication

Maybe the US Catholic politicians will hear this...a prayer for a deep, penetrating and complete conversion is needed. Please pray for all of them - all those politicians that continue to support abortion legislation.

Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday he supports excommunication for politicians who backed Mexico City's decision to legalize abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Church doctrine calls for automatic excommunication for anyone procuring an abortion. "It's nothing new, it's normal,'' Benedict said during an airborne news conference aboard the plane carrying him to Brazil on his first pilgrimage to Latin America.

Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi later told reporters that the politicians who voted for abortion had automatically excommunicated themselves by their actions.

Mexican church officials have said that doctors and nurses who performed abortions as well as lawmakers who supported the legalization would be excommunicated. Church teaching also says any woman who get an abortion faces automatic excommunication, meaning the Vatican doesn't have to issue a formal excommunication order.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen.

Goodbye U.S. dollar, hello global currency

Groups to protest Pope Benedict XVI trip while in Brazil

Feminists, homosexuals to protest Pope's visit to Brasil

Scholar: Ordaining Women Is Disrespectful
Says Promotion of Female Priests Overemphasizes Masculinity

FEMALE RELIGIOUS: THE PRIORITY IS INTIMACY WITH CHRIST
"May your primary concern be to help your consoeurs to seek ... Christ and to put themselves generously at the service of the Gospel. Do not lose heart and dedicate every possible effort to the human, cultural and spiritual formation of the people entrusted to your care, that they may be capable of responding to modern cultural and social challenges. Be the first to set the example in shunning comforts, luxuries and convenience to accomplish your mission."

..."to share the wealth of your charisms with those who are committed to the one mission of the Church, which is to build the Kingdom. To this end, establish serene and cordial collaboration with priests, the lay faithful and especially families, in order to meet the suffering, needs, material poverty, and above all the spiritual poverty of so many of our contemporaries. Cultivate, moreover, sincere communion and close collaboration with bishops, who are primarily responsible for evangelization in the particular Churches."

Our Holy Father needs great prayer. Protect him Blessed Mother!

'Picturing Mary' in her month of May 2007

AmericanPapist's Coverage - Pope Benedict XVI's Brazil Trip<

From Fr. Odon de Castro - Limbo

LIMBO - Pope Benedict's INSIGHT

Fr.'s blog is spiritually awesome!

Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference WARNED!

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Warns Catholic Bishops of 'Danger'

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has dismissed criticism from the country's Catholic bishops over his controversial rule as "nonsense" and warned that his government could start treating the clergy as political foes.

Immediate prayers are needed for this situation!

Naming Names - 12 Catholic Colleges have Pro-Abortion Commencement Speakers for 2007

More Helpful Info on REAL ID from CNET News

Tech Politics Podcast: Real ID may be coming to U.S.

The REAL ID flow-chart to the right of this column is exceedingly informative! Use it!

FINAL DAY Real ID comments - EMAIL NOW!

DHS Privacy Committee Declines to Endorse REAL ID

The Department of Homeland Security’s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee is filing comments on the REAL ID regulations. Comments close today (Tuesday). Instructions for commenting can be found here, and apparently, due to difficulties with the automatic comment system and with receiving faxes, DHS has opened an email address for receiving comments: mailto:oscomments@dhs.gov?subject=DHS-2006-0030. Emails must have “DHS-2006-0030” in the subject: line.

Jim Harper will be testifying today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. SEE WEBCAST BLOCK (right side of press release info)

Homeland Security's Own Privacy Panel Declines to Endorse License Rules

While the committee's 12 final recommendations are mostly predictable (such as restricting what the ID can be used for and making sure that the machine-readable portion of any REAL ID should not be easily readable by unauthorized persons), the importance of Homeland Security's own advisory board explicitly saying it won't endorse Real ID as workable or appropriate shouldn't be underestimated.

Yes, this really does say alot! THANK GOD!

We will remain prayerful and vigilant in protecting ourselves and our privacy!

Catholic Watchdog Reports Fewer Pro-Abortion Commencement Speakers

YEA GOD! Our prayers continue!

"Will REAL ID Actually Make Us Safer? An Examination of Privacy and Civil Liberties Concerns"

From the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on

“Will REAL ID Actually Make Us Safer?

An Examination of Privacy and Civil Liberties Concerns”

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226 10:00 a.m.

Witness List

Allen Gilbert Executive Director The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont Montpelier, VT

Jim Harper Director Information Policy Studies CATO Institute Washington, DC

Dr. James Carafano Assistant Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies Senior Research Fellow
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies Heritage Foundation Washington, DC

Bruce Schneier Founder and Chief Technology Officer BT Counterpane Minneapolis, MN

Janice Kephart President 9/11 Security Solutions, LLC Alexandria, VA

NCReporter's John Allen-Political tightrope looms in EU/Vatican relations

A look ahead to Benedict in Brazil
"John Allen will be travelling on the papal plane, and will be posting reports on the trip to his Daily News and Updates column on NCRcafe.org."

Pro-Life Group to Protest Hillary Clinton at Catholic Charity Event

Pope Benedict XVI's Trip to Brazil

Last week he asked us for prayers. He is guaranteed those prayers...prayers of protection and prayer support for all that he says and does while away from the Vatican!

And today he entrusts his trip to Brazil to Our Blessed Mother-BENEDICT XVI ENTRUSTS TO THE VIRGIN HIS TRIP TO BRAZIL in the month of May-her month!

The month of May "is for many Christian communities the Marian month par excellence. As such it has, over the course of the centuries, become one of the forms of devotion most dear to people and has always been adopted by pastors as an opportunity for preaching, catechesis and community prayer."

"Marian devotion underwent a profound renewal. And the month of May, which partly coincides with Easter time, is an appropriate moment to present the figure of Mary as the Mother who accompanied the community of disciples gathered in joint prayer while they awaited the Holy Spirit. This month, then, can be an occasion to return to the faith of the early Church and, together with Mary, to understand that today too our mission is to announce and bear witness with courage and joy to Christ, crucified and risen, the hope of humanity.

"To the Holy Virgin, Mother of the Church," the Pope added, "I wish to entrust the apostolic trip I will make to Brazil from May 9 to 14. Like my venerated predecessors Paul VI and John Paul II, I will preside at the opening of a General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean," the fifth such meeting "which will take place next Sunday at the great national shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, in the city of that name."

This, said the Pope, "is my first pastoral visit to Latin America and I am preparing myself spiritually to meet the ... subcontinent where almost half the world's Catholics live, many of them young. For this reason it has been called 'the continent of hope:' a hope that touches not only the Church, but all America and the word entire."

Pope Benedict called upon the faithful to pray to Mary Most Holy "for this apostolic pilgrimage and, in particular, for the Fifth General Conference of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean, so that all Christians of those regions may feel themselves as disciples and missionaries of Christ, Way, Truth and Life."

"There are many different challenges facing us at the present moment, that is why it is important for Christians to be formed to become a 'ferment' of goodness and a 'light' of sanctity in our world."

Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with with confidence, I fly to you, O virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.

Fulltext Search Engine II Vatican Council Documents

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Catholic Teachers Test Dogma and Discrimination

A Catholic school teacher fired after using in-vitro fertilization is taking her case to Wisconsin's Equal Rights Division. She joins a roster of others penalized by the Catholic school system for their reproductive activities and activism.

Fred Thompson — ‘I’ve never casually run for anything’

Fred Thompson on the issues.