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CERC WEEKLY UPDATE - November 28, 2008 NEW RESOURCES EDITORIALS OF INTEREST EDUCATION MATTERS Note from the Managing Editor:
I think you'll find a good deal that will interest, edify, and touch your hearts in this week's update. And please remember, CERC exists by virtue of your generosity. Please say thank you this American Thanksgiving weekend, by making a donation to CERC. You can donate here. And happy Thanksgiving. - J. Fraser Field This CERC Weekly Update is also available on our web site here.
Quote of the Week: "It is impossible to be just to the Catholic Church. The moment men cease to pull against it they feel a tug towards it. The moment they cease to shout it down they begin to listen to it with pleasure. The moment they try to be fair to it they begin to be fond of it. But when that affection has passed a certain point it begins to take on the tragic and menacing grandeur of a great love affair." - G.K. Chesterton
• Quote of the Day - Whispers in the loggia • Friends in high places - Get Religion • $48 million bonds issue for Florida schools - CathNewsUSA • Children Need More than 'Happiness' - Real Clear Politics • Change Our Public Schools Need - Wall Street Journal • Home Schooling Goes Mainstream - Education Next Tough times are when gratitude counts most - Colleen Carroll Campbell - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, once said, "No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night."
How to strengthen our hope in God - Father John Hardon, S.J. - from Spiritual Life in the Modern World During my five years of teaching at a state university, I had some remarkable experiences and learned many things that would otherwise never have entered my life.
Christmas has devoured Advent, gobbled it up with the turkey giblets and the goblets of seasonal ale.
Among my most vivid memories of my father is being with him in Toronto, nearly 40 years ago, in the moments before he delivered a speech to a design convention.
In Israel, as in all countries that contain archeological sites of deep spiritual and religious significance, there tends to be three levels of authenticity and holiness.
By the dawn's early light on Nov. 5, two distinct Americas hove into view.
Alex Beam, a columnist for the Boston Globe, set out to write a book that wasn't great -- and, mirabile dictu, he has succeeded.
Goodbye, Charlie Brown. Hello, Bart Simpson - John Martin - National Post Students once identified with Schulz’s patient, hard-working also-ran. But today, everyone expects recognition -- even if they fail.
The Other Deficit - Cal Thomas - Townhall.com While Congress spends -- and plans to spend -- like the proverbial drunken sailor to "bailout" various industries for practices that are largely their fault and the fault of those in Congress who were supposed to provide oversight, another deficit looms which is at least as troubling as the economic one.
Created Equal - Dinesh D'Souza - tothesource The new atheism is going mainstream. Now atheist groups are taking out signs on public buses that say "Why believe in God? Just be good for goodness sake."
The Catholic Origins of Thanksgiving! - Taylor Marshall - Canterbury Tales This history books will tell you that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the pilgrims in 1621. Not true.
Quote of the Day - Whispers in the loggia "The Word of God also recalls the face of Christ, the universal king, as that of the judge, for just as God is the good and merciful Shepherd he is likewise the just Judge.
Art is sterile without concern for truth and goodness, Pope argues - Catholic Culture Contemporary culture is severely handicapped by a split between the search for beauty and the quest for truth, Pope Benedict XVI said . 
Papal Bullishness - IBD Italy's anti-globalist finance minister claims that Pope Benedict made a 1985 "prophesy" of this year's market drop. What he really said was not clairvoyant, but self-evident: Economic freedom demands ethics.
Pope considering moving sign of peace - CNA Pope Benedict is consulting with the world's bishops about moving the Sign of Peace during Mass. The proposed change of the Sign of Peace to the offertory, Cardinal Arinze said, would permit a more recollected atmosphere before the reception of Holy Communion.
Pope Questions Interfaith Dialogue - New York Times A letter from Pope Benedict to an Italian author said his book "explained with great clarity" that "an interreligious dialogue in the strict sense of the word is not possible."
New Springtime of the Faith - National Catholic Register The outlook for the Church is not bleak. The world is not descending into a morass of darkness unlike anything we have seen before. Don’t listen to the prophets of doom.
Advent helps light way for evangelicals - USA Today An ancient Christmas tradition widens its prayerful embrace.
The Hard Choice - Washington Post A young medical student tries to decide if she has what it takes to join the diminishing ranks of abortion providers.
It was all too easy to lose my son - Washington Post Victoria Lambert terminated her pregnancy because the baby was disabled, but is now troubled by how readily society accepts such action.
Americans Still Giving Despite Economic Downturn - Christian post As more Americans turn to charity amid worsening economic gloom, operators of food banks and other aid groups are relying on the surprisingly resilient generosity of their neighbors and finding that even when times are tough, people still give.
Vatican switchboard sees a human touch as the answer - LA Times "At least when they call us they don't hear a machine, they hear a voice," Sister Maria Grazia said. "There is always a voice."
Children are born believers in God, academic claims - Telegraph Children are "born believers" in God and do not simply acquire religious beliefs through indoctrination, according to an academic.
Obama administration reveals plans to advance gay agenda - CNA Citing what they call America's "promise of equality," the Obama administration plans to push for homosexual rights by including protections of sexual orientation, "gender identity" and "gender expression" as civil rights.
Bishop Expands on Why a Bishop "Would Consider It a Privilege to Die to End to Abortion" - LifeSiteNews Bishop Robert J. Hermann stated that for any bishop, it would be a "privilege to die tomorrow to bring about an end to abortion."
Pro-Life Television Commercials - Virtue Media Pro-life television commercials with a proven track record of substantially lowering abortion rates are set to air on MTV beginning the day after Christmas.
Gregorian Chant Revival - National Catholic Register "Gregorian chant holds a place in popular imagination as the province of hooded monks intoning monotonous melodies along dim stone corridors," according to this article published by McClatchey Newspapers. "It's not like that."
In Japan 188 martyrs to quench the thirst for God - AsiaNews.it The martyrs who were beatified today in Nagasaki are a spur to bear witness to the faith. For the Japanese they are also a possible answer to problems like suicide, youth crime, the crisis of the family and the economy.
Atheists Reach Out -- Just Don't Call It Proselytizing - Wall Street Journal Nonbelievers think the time is right to better organize their non-religion and swell the membership, 'Reason's Greetings'.
Catholic schools seek charter status - CathNewsUSA.com A new trend to save Catholic schools from closing by converting to publicly funded charter schools is drawing national attention.
Friends in high places - Get Religion It's not surprising that President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have chosen to enroll their adorable daughters at one of the best private schools in the area: Sidwell Friends.
$48 million bonds issue for Florida schools - CathNewsUSA Florida's Orange County Industrial Development Authority has issued $48 million in revenue bonds to build, enlarge or renovate 13 Catholic schools in the region.
Children Need More than 'Happiness' - Real Clear Politics A review of a new book by psychologists Aaron Cooper and Eric Keitel, "I Just Want My Kids To Be Happy! -- Why You Shouldn't Say It. Why You Shouldn't Think It. What You Should Embrace Instead."
Change Our Public Schools Need - Wall Street Journal Obama and the Democrats should put kids before unions.
Home Schooling Goes Mainstream - Education Next Everybody knows somebody who is teaching a child at home. Subscribe/Unsubscribe |
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