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Montana Supreme Court Hands Parental Rights of Woman

Posted in Adoption, Catholic Exchange, tagged Adoption, Catholic Exchange on October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Today at CatholicExchange.com I came across this sad story, in which a woman who had left the lesbian lifestyle to marry and raise her children was forced to relinquish custody of her adopted children to her former lover.
At every level, this makes no sense — the woman who was granted sole custody was not the [...]

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School Daze: What’s Best for Your Child?

Posted in parenting, tagged Catholic Exchange, charter schools, Faith and Family, parochial schools on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today at F&F I posted a short reflection about how to handle the pressure from friends and family to choose a particular educational model — public schooling, private schooling, or home schooling — for our kids. As I observe there, today we celebrate the feast of St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine (who was always [...]

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A Father’s Right: National Putative Father Registry Bill

Posted in Adoption, tagged birth parents, Catholic Exchange, father registry, National Council for Adoption, S939, Senator Landrieu on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I know the timing on this is a bit strange — it being Mother’s Day weekend and all — but an article that appeared on Today’s Catholic Woman really caught my attention. “My Son the Matchmaker” is about a woman who got pregnant — then kept the baby’s father in the dark about his paternity.
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I Was a Pregnant College Student

Posted in abortion, tagged abortion, Catholic Exchange, crisis pregnancy on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today at Catholic Exchange Terri Kimmel shares her story — and her empathy for college-age women who feel they must choose between their college careers and motherhood.
I Was a Pregnant College Student
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Gardasil: Wait

Posted in Catholic Exchange, parenting, tagged Bonacchi, Catholic Exchange, cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, HPV on March 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »

This week I came across this article by Mary Beth Bonacchi about the dire side effects surfacing among girls who were recently vaccinated with Gardasil. She did not address my original concerns about protecting girls in the event of sexual assault (Bonacchi contends that girls are “100% safe” if they remain chaste before marriage to an uninfected [...]

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Treading on Sacred Ground: Why NOT IVF or Embryonic Stem Cell Research?

Posted in Catholic Exchange, in vitro fertilization, tagged Catholic Exchange, infertility, IVF, stem cell research on March 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Last week my friend Denise published on Catholic Exchange an account of her IVF experience, which is entitled “Treading on Sacred Ground.” If you’re considering this type of assisted reproduction … or are still on the fence with how you feel about embryonic stem cell research, this article is for you.
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“Behold Your Mother” at Catholic Exchange

Posted in book review, tagged Behold Your Mother, Catholic Exchange on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today on the “Today’s Catholic Woman” Channel, Cheryl Dickow is running an excerpt and video about my book Behold Your Mother.
If you’d like to order a copy of the book, go to my website. Both English and Spanish language versions are available!

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