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December 2014

December 26, 2014

Catholic School Principal Learns $2 Million Catechism Lesson

The IVF case that generated as much heat as light earlier this month has been...

December 24, 2014

Something Beautiful for Christmas: Marriage, Faith & Alzheimer’s by Larry Peterson

Up at Catholic Writers Guild today, Larry Peterson is stealing the show with his beautiful essay...

December 09, 2014

Are You Smarter than a Notre Dame Theologian? Episode 2, IVF Edition

Tom McDonald pointed me to this article, co-authored by Joel Baden and Candida Moss -- the...

December 09, 2014

PSA: 100% of Condom Failures Occur During those “Fertile Days”

The Atlantic reports on the increased use of fertility-awareness methods of family planning, especially...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

In Favor of Incompetent Housewives

Your must-read column for today is Calah Alexander's essay on what it's like being...

November 11, 2014

Gay and Catholic: What’s Not to Love?

Eve Tushnet's new book Gay and Catholic is this month's Patheos book club book, so you...

November 07, 2014

Adultery is Not the Only Option: Five Things You Can Do to Keep Your Vows Intact

Deacon Greg Kandra writes about a recent NY Times piece on priests who forsake their...

November 05, 2014

You know you’ve done *something* right when . . .

. . . We're in the truck, and the middle-schooler makes some remark to me...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

#Synod14 – Prostitute Nation and a Jar of Perfume

If you want to understand the clerical food fight portion of this month's Synod on...

October 10, 2014

#Synod14 — Annulment Talk: Resources for Beginners and Pundits Alike

Here are a handful of resources for those who are interested in following all the...

October 08, 2014

#Synod14 – In Which Justice & Mercy Try Dating for a Bit

The overall theme of this month's Extraordinary Synod on the Family seems to be this:...

October 07, 2014

Women Demystified: To Love Her is to Tell Her How Beautiful She Is

My daughter is in middle school, and I enjoy going clothes shopping with her. How...

October 06, 2014

BREAKING: St. Paul Comments on the Synod for the Family

For those who are curious about the 2014 Synod of the Family, today's first reading gives you...

October 03, 2014

Chris Tollefsen on the Case Against Incest

(UPDATE: Link fixed.) It just came to my attention that Chris Tollefsen has an essay...

October 02, 2014

Waffle Syndrome and the Betrayal of Barb Webb

Kathy Schiffer has been covering the story of the firing of Barb Webb, a teacher...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Three Secret Spiritual Benefits (for You!) of Bringing Your Children to Mass

At ladies' Bible study this past week we were talking about our prayer lives, and...

September 24, 2014

Why is Gay Marriage the Catholic No-Go?

Andrew Sullivan writes here about the plight of a pair of gentleman who've been asked...

September 16, 2014

Annulments, Divorce, Remarriage: We’ve Got it All Backwards

The Synod for the Family is coming up, and one of the vexing problems it...

September 15, 2014

When your marriage is in dire straits . . . there’s a book for that.

It is with great joy that I pass onto you the news of Dr. Greg Popcak's...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Speaking of Sex . . . Learn How to Think About Sex

You were probably thinking, "I already think about sex enough, thank you very much." But how...

July 23, 2014

NFP Tip #3: Learn It Before You Need It

It's NFP Awareness Week. Perhaps you aren't aware of NFP at all. You should...

July 22, 2014

NFP Tip #2: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Learn Another Method

It's NFP Awareness Week. You might be thinking, "I am aware of how wonderful,...

July 21, 2014

NFP Tip #1: Learn from a Real Live Human

It's NFP Awareness Week. We are aware. Fifteen years aware, which I think in NFP...

July 10, 2014

Sinning Bravely: Start Like You Mean to Finish

Some time ago, my husband went to confession with a particularly thorny sin on his...

July 08, 2014

Tax Collectors and Other Sinners: Family Life & the Place of Wayward Catholics in the Parish

Rebecca Hamilton has written a beautiful and moving testimony on the nature of family life,...

July 02, 2014

Adult Catechesis on the Thorny Issues that Make People Hate the Church

When I returned to the Catholic faith, I landed in the hands of the right...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Modesty as the Language of Mutual Respect

"I just hate it when people tell me what to wear." That's the open admission...

June 09, 2014

Why Opposition to Same Sex Unions is Utterly Unlike Racism

I'm overdue on writing this post, long since promised to a reader. Just FYI lest...

June 03, 2014

Refresher: You Do Not Have to Choose Between Modesty and Comfort

Saw a headline this morning about a young woman daring to bare skin for health...

June 02, 2014

Mythical Mom Needs to Be Slain @ #CatholicMom.com

Over at CatholicMom.com, I explain why you need to kick out of your brain that...