Christina M | July 29, 2004
Yesterday I talked about what motivates Catholics to evangelize, and how the different backgrounds of converts and cradle Catholics sometimes lead to differing approaches to the whole subject of evangelization. In that post, I spoke primarily of apologetics. Today, I want to draw attention to other forms of evangelization that are too easy, sometimes, to […]
Christina M | July 28, 2004
I am a cradle Catholic, and I love my faith. But when I look around, sometimes I feel like I’m in a rather small minority. Most of the “big names” in Catholic evangelization seem to be converts, with the occasional revert mixed in. People like Scott Hahn, Marcus Grodi, and James Akin talk about, educate […]
Christina M | July 26, 2004
I want to ask for prayers for a loving and giving woman named Ann Marie. She was our DRE at my parish, until her thyroid cancer worsened, refusing to respond to the normal treatments. Ann Marie is one of those dynamo women, who keeps giving even when she feels horrid; she knew at the beginning […]
Christina M | July 22, 2004
In May, a man named David Reimer committed suicide. If the name doesn’t mean anything to you, be assured that it received a great deal of attention at one time, almost 40 years ago. This was when Dr. John Money, a sex-change pioneer at Johns Hopkins, decided to experiment with sex reassignment on the toddler […]
Christina M | July 21, 2004
Of course, we all know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints no longer allows polygamy. There are, however, some fundamentalist offshoot groups that still promote the practice. Some such communities encourage men to take a great many child brides and have lots of children. A word of advice, though: if you […]
Christina M | July 8, 2004
This is not a porn site. Yes, I repeat, there’s nothing to see here, so please move on. I’m speaking, of course, to the people who keep linking to Confessions of a Hot Carmel Sundae by way of searches for sex confessions. Smut readers, I have news for you. St. Augustine was using the word […]