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Believe it or not, the first Thanksgiving in Ameirca was Catholic

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Colonial history was not exclusive to the 13 original colonies. We forget the epic sagas of Spanish pioneers advancing into territories like present day Florida, Texas, New Mexico and California. If those adventures were chronicled in our...
First Thanksgiving was Catholic

2013 Naughty and Nice List

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If you're looking where to shop for your last minute Christmas gifts, you may want to patronize those stores that literally care about Christmas.Each year the American Family Association (AFA) makes its own "naughty and nice...
Naughty and Nice

Why He came as a baby

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He could have burst through the clouds in all His power and glory. {As Creator of the Universe He certainly had the ability.}He could have arrived in mighty majesty and challenged the current rulers of earth. (Tiberius and Herod...
Baby Jesus

Diocese of Orange celebrates National Catholic Schools Week

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Imagine a cool, crisp morning here in Orange County California. Early sunlight is starting to paint the sky. Birds are painting the "sound scape" with their chirping. Children in clean uniforms, freshly scrubbed faces and neatly combed...
National Catholic Schools Week 2014

Cigna's in Denial

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This is a real life drama I hope never happens to you. Moms, you may want to keep this one from your children. Dads, I invite you to listen up. On National Cancer Awareness Day, this seems like an appropriate...
Cigna logo

Cigna's in Denial: Part 2

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There I sat, bursting at the emotional seams, holding in 24 oz of water, trying to reach anybody of importance at Cigna, hoping to go back and finish the cat scan.During lunch time, the day before Thanksgiving, it was...
Cigna logo

The Pharisee Syndrome

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Sounds like the title of a hit movie, doesn't it.It puts a three word label to the point Jesus made time and time again in the Gospels: don't get so far into the trappings of...
Pharisees

The Easter Cathechism. Back at The Laguna Playhouse.

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Sister's Easter Catechism, the hilarious episode of the Late Nite Catechism comedy series that wowed critics and audiences last year, is back at the The Laguna Playhouse for a repeat performance.Easter is the focus of this season...
Easter Catechism

Remembering now Saint John Paul II

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He supported Solidarity against the Communist regime. He initiated the new evangelization movement. He helped bring down the Itron Curtain. He attracted great crowds whenever he appeared.But no matter what his influence or popularity on the...
Pope John Paul II

Remembering a religious experience

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No angel visited me in a dream. I never saw tears from a statue. Jesus never showed me His face in the clouds. My most memorable religious experience came in high school, compliments of my senior religion teacher, Father Gardiner...
Consecration

The problem with sola sciptura

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Jesus endured the desert for forty days. I’ve had to endure 40 days of radiation treatments. But the comparison goes beyond the number of days. I also had to face a good number of challenges to my religious...
Sola Scriptura

Black Mass scheduled for Tulsa performance. Begs to be banned.

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Believe it or not, the Tulsa Civic Center Music Hall is selling tickets for a Black Mass to be held September 21.Its producers, the occult group Dakhma of Angra Mainyu, are promoting the event as a form of dark...
Black Mass

Charter Schools: yes. Vouchers: no. Fair: you be the judge.

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You can use your tax dollars to send your children to a independent study program, housed in a converted shoe store, where all they do is complete workbooks, take multiple choice unit tests (no midterms or finals), and do a...
No vouchers

Should our high schools be supporting a "culture of death"

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Maybe “Respect for Life” week has heightened my awareness.Maybe I’m really starting to see just how deeply Pope John Paul’s “culture of death” has permeated our society.It’s not...
Freakanomics

Is divorce a career goal?

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I was teaching a high school writing class in which life goals after high school were the topic for discussion. Once the question was posed students broke up into small groups to share their plans for class presentation a...
Divorce

Our First Thanksgiving was actually Catholic

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When most Americans think of the First Thanksgiving, we envision pictures of Plymouth Pilgrims in knickers and brass buckled shoes, sharing their fall harvest with peaceful Indians, after reading grace from the King James Bible.Those were the...
First Thanksgiving

Retailers that support Christmas. Those that don’t.

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If you care about patronizing retailers that support Christmas, it might be worth your while to review the "naughty and nice list" put out each year by the American Family Association (AFA).Their criteria is simple. AFA reviewers...
Naughty and Nice List

Why Christ came as a baby: new version

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For Christmas I usually respond to my readers request to repost the “Why Christ came as a baby” article I wrote several years ago. (There’s a link below if you’d like to read it...
Why Christ came as a baby: new version

Catholicism 101: The grace system

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If you accept Catholicism you accept the “grace system.” If that concept doesn’t ring true with you, or strike a spiritual chord, let me explain.Catholics define grace as the actual sharing in the divine...
Sacraments

Catholicism 101: Abortion is an excommunication offense

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If you asked ten Catholics if aborting a fetus incurred excommunication from the Catholic Church, how many do you think would answer yes?Good question.For those of you familiar with Canon Law, the answer is not only excommunication, but...
anti-abortion
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