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100 Ways to Rebuild the Culture of Life
Family Celebrate life: birthdays, name days, anniversaries. Celebrate the living. Spend time with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. Get your marriage right. Seek spiritual direction if you need to, as individuals or as a couple. Have kids, have more kids, adopt,… Continue reading
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Deconstructing Contraception | Sweetening the Pill
Especially after Pope Francis’ words about birth rate reduction, I’m really excited about this new documentary that’s coming out! It’s called Sweetening the Pill, produced by Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein. Their Kickstarter page is here. Nine days to go!!… Continue reading
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No To Divorce (A Guest Blog Post)
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] [This is a blog post from Veronica Cleofe-Alejar. Nikka is wife to Dong Alejar, and mother to four, two girls and two boys ages 2 to 10. She gave up her broadcasting career after… Continue reading
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When the Cake Becomes the Cross
Today, while my hubby cleared spaces of dried brush and old wood, our 6-year-old ran around enjoying the sun and the chill air; I planted seeds. “As soon as the ground can be worked”, said most of the packets. This… Continue reading
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@D&G&E: #blessthechildren
While the “adults” are having a Twitter war and calling for boycotts, there’s this: Lettera a Dolce e Gabbana da sei figli cresciuti da coppie gay: «Grazie per il vostro coraggio» The English translation is here: Dear Dolce & Gabbana-… Continue reading
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Where I Get My Pro-Life News and Commentary
A friend, Francis B., requested a list of my sources for pro-life news. So, in no particular order, my favorites: General Crisis Magazine First Things Catholic World Report MercatorNet NewAdvent.org National Catholic Register Abortion Live Action News Americans United for… Continue reading
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Fiat and The Family
An entry for Filipinos for Life’s December Blogging Event, What Child is This? Bearing Children as the World’s Salvation Christmas season is the perfect time to discuss the bearing of children. That today is the Feast of the Holy Family… Continue reading
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Where Have All The Men Gone? The Quest for Authentic Fatherhood
Have you ever thought about the word “father”? It is so commonplace, and yet has such profound import as to signify the initiation of a man into parenthood: “He FATHERED a child.” We don’t say, “She mothered a child” until… Continue reading
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Burden Or Gift? The Audacity of Trust
This is a repost of my Filipinos for Life blogging event entry for August. Thanks to DBoncan for hosting my post when I couldn’t get into my blog. 🙂 There was a time in Philippine history when the words “sa… Continue reading
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