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CERC WEEKLY UPDATE - October 15, 2009 NEW RESOURCES EDITORIALS OF INTEREST EDUCATION MATTERS Note from the Managing Editor:
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Quote of the Week: "If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself." - St. Augustine
• My day with the relics of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux - Guardian • Clubs about nothing - Telegraph • A Tale of Two Colleges - NCRegister • Confessions of a Middlebrow Professor - The Chronicle of Higher Education • Wrong Lessons Learned - The Catholic Thing • Help parents and you help the whole family - Mercatornet • Working mums have the unhealthiest children, research finds - Times • China’s stolen babies - LA Times Why Study Philosophy and Theology? - Peter Kreeft - The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College What are philosophy and theology, and why are they crucial to a young person’s education today?
The last acceptable prejudice - Michael Coren - National Post t was as predictable as an Orangeman putting on his sash or a latte coffee-drinker buying but not actually reading the latest risible volume from one of the new, inflated atheists.
When the poet Matthew Arnold wrote of faith's "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar," the thought was that scientific inquiry had forever undermined claims to certitude. In hindsight we see Arnold was only half right.
Human pregnancy begins whenever a sperm unites with an egg inside the fallopian tube. The newly-minted embryo must then travel along the fallopian tube during the next few days before finally implanting into the wall of the mother's uterus.
If young people desire to be truly happy -- and not just contented -- they need to reach out and grab onto a branch, climb out of the water, and begin climbing to greater moral heights. For the happiness of a person is directly related to upward movement, that is, to the pursuit of what is truly larger and greater than oneself.
On Christmas Day, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev transferred the Soviet nuclear codes to Boris Yeltsin, called President George H.W. Bush to wish him a happy Christmas, and picked up a pen, intending to sign the document that would dissolve the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, created by Lenin seventy-four years before.
There I was, bleary-eyed after another night of round-the-clock feedings and struggling to balance the morning's newspaper on my lap as I nursed two squirming infants, when I read the latest rap on stay-at-home mothers.
Richard Strauss: the Bavarian Joker in the Pack - Paul Johnson - The Spectator Richard Strauss died 60 years ago this year. Not only is he one of my top ten favourite composers, he is also the one I would most like to be cast away with on an island so that I could pluck out the heart of his mystery.
Lahey outrage shows Church is learning as well as sinning - Father Raymond J. de Souza - National Post Regarding the distressing news about the child pornography charges brought against Bishop Raymond Lahey, former bishop of Antigonish, one cannot improve upon the letter Archbishop Anthony Mancini sent to the faithful of Nova Scotia and read in all parishes last Sunday.
My day with the relics of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux - Guardian Thousands of pilgrims are queueing, night and day, outside Westminster Cathedral. Why does this 'ordinary' saint have such extraordinary appeal?
The Greatest Grassroots Movement of Our Times - On the square When I received a letter from Dr. Wanda Franz telling me about the “Proudly Pro-Life Award,” I was, quite simply, overcome with emotion.  Behind the Scenes: Picturing Fetal Remains - New York Times The New York Times' "Lens" blog has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.
A Child is Born: Photographs of the foetus developing in the womb, by Lennart Nilsson - Telegraph When Lennart Nilsson's pictures of developing embryos were published in Life magazine in 1965, they caused a sensation. Within days, the entire print run of eight million had sold out. More than 40 years later, the photographs have lost none of their power.
The Courage to Say No - NRO Mary Ann Glendon, “a real confessor of the faith,” calls upon Catholics to remember the fundamentals of that faith.
Healthcare and Catholics: True and False Arguments - Acton Healthcare reform – it’s one of those causes almost everyone favors, but which almost automatically produces sharp arguments when we ask what it means and how it might be realized.
Cardinal George Interview - NCRegister In his first book, The Difference God Makes — A Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion and Culture, Cardinal Francis George aims to bring together some of the most influential writings on the Catholic vision — “not just of the Church herself, but also of all the peoples of the world,” according to the book’s synopsis.
Worldwide trend - Washington Times Violence against Christians is spiking, especially in Pakistan.
Actor Mickey Rourke Says a Priest Saved His Life - NCRegister Actor Mickey Rourke, who made a comeback in last year’s film Wrestler, has revealed that a Catholic priest helped to save his life.
Americans Don't Want Government-Funded Abortions In Health Reform - Fox News If the president’s plan goes forward, checks will be written to abortionists and to health insurers covering abortions.
Islamic explosion - BBC A new report puts the worldwide Muslim population at more than a billion-and-a-half.
Not if but when - AP President Obama will lift the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy with regard to homosexuals.
Timely reflection on war - Telegraph As Mr. Obama considers America’s options in Afghanistan, a reconsideration of just-war theory.
Catholics cannot be pacifists - Guardian Just wars are possible – under strict conditions. But when those conditions apply, the church cannot stand aside.
Growth in Self-Giving - NCRegister Dr. Rick Fitzgibbons has practiced psychiatry for more than 30 years. As director of the Institute for Marital Healing near Philadelphia, Fitzgibbons specializes in helping married couples heal their relationships.
Moving Windmills: The William Kamkwamba story - You Tube William Kamkwamba's new book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, written with Bryan Mealer was released September 29th in the US.
Obama and the Lama - On the Square When the Dalai Lama arrived in Washington this past Monday for, among other things, a scheduled audience with the president, it was disclosed that his visit to the White House had been cancelled.
As Maine goes . . . - Keene Sentinel Voters in the Pine Tree State will soon either endorse or repeal the legislature’s approval of same-sex marriage.
Report from the Flood - Fathers for Good As the waters receded from Metro Manila they left something much more difficult to clear: mud.
The Pastor Who Has Obama's Attention - The Washington Post Seventy miles from Washington's prying eyes, Barack Obama has been attending church from time to time at Camp David, where services are led by a 39-year-old Navy chaplain with a famous last name, a compelling life story and a fervent belief in a God who works miracles.
Rescuing the World -- 10,000 Students at a Time - Catholic World Report Former university president Robert Spitzer, SJ now teaches faith and reason in the world’s largest classroom -- the Internet.
Clubs about nothing - Telegraph Chicago’s Cardinal George expresses his concern about the new, evangelical atheism.
A Tale of Two Colleges - NCRegister The Cardinal Newman Society has reported that Boston College’s student health plan includes coverage for “family planning services,” including contraception.
Confessions of a Middlebrow Professor - The Chronicle of Higher Education When Great Books were good for you.
Wrong Lessons Learned - The Catholic Thing On September 15, “StandForMarriageMaine.com” released a television ad.
Help parents and you help the whole family - Family Edge British family researchers seem to be working overtime to keep up with trends that have won the UK the label, Breakdown Britain.
Working mums have the unhealthiest children, research finds - Times Children brought up by mothers who work are less healthy and more likely to have poor dietary habits and a more sedentary lifestyle, research suggests.
China’s stolen babies - LA Times Girl babies adopted by American and other overseas couples from orphanages in China in recent years may have been forcibly taken from their parents, not abandoned, as the adoptive parents were told. Subscribe/Unsubscribe |
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