March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day, which was “created to celebrate the lives of people with Down syndrome and to make sure they have the same freedoms and opportunities as everybody else.” But it […]
For nearly 12 years, American Life League’s Culture of Life Studies Program has served parents, teachers, and students by providing authentically Catholic pro-life materials for kids in pre-K-12th grade. What began as a small program has […]
The 40 days of Lent point us to the cross and to the hope and joy of Easter Sunday. During the fast-approaching Lenten season, it behooves us to take part in spiritual exercises that will, […]
They arrive in the dark of night to give Christmas joy to grieving families who have suffered unimaginable losses. Quietly, they leave gifts, decorate trees and walkways, and then depart, hopefully undetected. The Christmas Commandos, as […]
Advent is upon us, and as it always includes two special Marian feast days—the Immaculate Conception and the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe—we cannot help but ponder the gift of motherhood and the Christ […]
In the Catholic Church, the month of November is dedicated to praying for and “relieving the sufferings of the souls in purgatory”—also called the Church Suffering. Those in heaven are the Church Triumphant, and we here on […]
As a woman and as a mother, I was both disgusted and saddened by this recent NBC headline: “A Student ‘Womb Service’ Works Covertly to Deliver Contraception at a Catholic College”. The story covers the […]
On my way to the store last week, I found myself behind an SUV that had several stickers on its windows. The first that caught my eye was one that boasted “Happy Heathen.” When I […]
I am not a big fan of films. Give me a sports event or a good TV show, and I am happy. But from the moment I saw the previews for Bau, Artist at War, […]
In 1981, a little boy was born several weeks early, enduring a broken clavicle during the birthing process. His young parents, both just 22, soon came to see that the early birth was a blessing. […]
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