Today we celebrate the feast day of one of CCL’s beloved patron saints, St. Gianna Beretta Molla. We honor her for her respect and esteem for marriage and motherhood, and her ultimate sacrifice of choosing her baby's life over her own. St. Gianna’s story is quite an inspiring, yet heartbreaking . . . [Continue Reading]
Archive by Tag | pro-life
Want to see abortion naturally decline? End the contraceptive mentality
Tomorrow hundreds of thousands of people will face the cold of a D.C. winter — possibly even a blizzard — to participate in the annual March for Life in Washington. I salute these good people, I truly do. I am happy to pray for them and the end of legalized abortion, indoors. Perhaps that sounds . . . [Continue Reading]
Just one more
Real-life vignettes of welcoming the unexpected (You read the vignettes that appear in the July/August 2012 issue of Family Foundations here.) When my husband lost his job and we were facing a second move in less than two years, I immediately concluded (without much prayer or reflection, I’m . . . [Continue Reading]
Has the next Steve Jobs already been lost?
Last night word spread of the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. This morning, news programs were full of eulogies. Indeed, few individuals stand out in our culture today as Steve Jobs, so closely linked to massive shifts in how we run our daily lives. The litany of game-changing ideas and . . . [Continue Reading]
The Passing of a Pro-Life Warrior
Please join us in praying for Dr. Bernard Nathanson, the one-time abortionist who became one of the pro-life movement's best-known warriors. Dr. Nathanson died on Monday, February 21 at the age of 84. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. . . . [Continue Reading]