Good news is hard to find these days, but some sites are dedicating time, talent, and treasure to delivering God’s message across the world.
H2O news is one of those sites.
H2onews is a Catholic news service on a worldwide scale that creates and distributes multimedia news, every day, in nine languages. The news focuses on the [...]
Society has lost it’s moral compass, Pope Benedict XVI says. It often denies the existence of truth and is trying, in seemingly every which way, to push God out. Prayer is banned in schools. Politicians of supposed faith argue that faith and the public square are separate, and voters do the same. Lawsuits abound as [...]
As the digital generation grows up, effects of technology’s influence are starting to appear. And many are suggesting the laptops be put away sometimes and the good ole pen and paper be brought back out.
As a teacher, I can attest to the copious amounts of debate surrounding the topic of students, computers and learning.
Should schools switch to [...]
It takes courage to correct someone’s error. Especially someone supposedly of your same morals and beliefs. And to do so publicly.
Last spring, Mary Ann Glendon displayed such courage when she turned down the University of Notre Dame Laetere Medal due to the University’s decision to honor a pro-abortion politician. She received much verbal praise for her courage [...]
Posted in Activism, Culture, Government, Politics on Sep 22nd, 2009
Democrats for Life are working overtime to remove abortion funding from the health care bill and defend all life. Many blue dog democrats are putting principles above politics as they understand, a human life is worth more than a political win in the next election.
But the Republicans, known for their conservative values, are having a [...]
Posted in Abortion, Activism, Culture, Education on Sep 18th, 2009
Wednesday afternoon, someone sent me the following email blast, less than two hours after it was sent to it’s original recipients:
Subject: Letter regarding post commencement initiatives
Reply-To: <ndalumni@nd.edu>
Dear Members of the Notre Dame Family,
Coming out of the vigorous discussions surrounding President Obama’s visit last spring, I said we would look for ways to engage the Notre Dame community with [...]
Posted in Culture, Government, Society on Sep 17th, 2009
In honor of the 222 anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, may every American remember these words of the Preamble of the United States:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,[1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the [...]
Posted in Activism, Culture, Government, Society on Sep 13th, 2009
People are fed up with government officials and their expansive power. Citizens are talking, loudly and with force and conviction. “This is community organizing with adrenaline pumping,” says Sheila Liaugminas.
The tens of thousands of protesters marched to the U.S. Capitol chanting various slogans and waving posters that voiced a rather broad array of grievances against big government [...]
The struggle over life has reached a point of brutal conflict between individuals for and against abortion. And what a jarring disconnect it’s creating in regards to each side’s supposed stance on the issue.
A few months ago, abortionist George Tiller, was gunned down on his way into church. Pro-life groups deplored the act, exclaiming that [...]
On this day, Americans are reminded to ’never forget.’
A glance at the images from the day and one wonders, how could we?
We could never forget.
Images courtesy of Google images