UPDATED: 9 Sep. 2021 The State of Texas recently passed a law, SB8, to restrict the killing of children in the womb who are more than six weeks old. As expected, this has caused a furious reaction from the pro-abortion forces. Perhaps unexpected was that it was upheld, at least temporarily, by the Supreme Court […]
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Every once in a while, I will post items of interests to Catholic in the Greater Cincinnati community. Here are a few coming up. * The Angelico Project is a foundation to promote goodness, truth and beauty through the sacred arts, with a particularly Catholic focus. They are sponsoring an architectural tour of Mother
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The National Catholic Register has a good article on responses to the latest dangerous trend sweeping many of our schools: the attempt to erase the difference between men and women, because they are taught that they are arbitrary and changeable. We see this playing out in many spheres of life, from the threat to girls
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Several months back, the music director at the seminary, Dr. Mary Catherine Levir, wrote an excellent article in The Catholic Telegraph regarding why beauty is necessary for the Catholic faith. I want to highlight that piece, because it is so essential for us as Catholics to find beauty, especially in the holy Mass and the
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Archbishop Schnurr has a very brief video introduction to the Beacons of Light initiative to realign our parishes. Members of St. Mary and St. Peter parishes are invited to the first of our information sessions on this initiative on Tuesday, September 7th, at St. Mary Parish at 7:10 p.m. This will include a presentation by
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As the Covid-19 virus continues to be a threat to the health of many, there is increasing controversy over the question of whether various entities (governments, businesses, etc.) can mandate vaccination, and if so, if people should be allowed to seek exemption from such a requirement on medical grounds, general conscience objections, or on
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St. Maximilian Kolbe I have not written much about the saints of August. They include ancient and modern martyrs, including two who died in the terrible World War of the 20th century because of their ethnicity and their religious vocation (Edith Stein/St. Teresa Benedicta and Maximilian Kolbe). I’ll try to write a little bit
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In a tale of three baptized Catholics, it is instructive to remember that those who are baptized often turn radically against their own Church and the teachings of Christ. We are seeing that happen under the presidential administration of Joseph Biden (a baptized Catholic) who has appointed Xavier Becerra, a virulently pro-abortion and anti-conscience-protection
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