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WEB SITES LINK CATHOLIC COLLEGES TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD, ABORTION-RIGHTS GROUPS MANASSAS, VA (March 16, 2006) - Despite the Catholic Church's clear opposition to abortion, contraception and premarital sexual activity, a Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) review of Catholic college and university Web sites has revealed links and referrals to abortion clinics including Planned Parenthood-the largest abortion provider in the United States-and abortion-rights and pro-contraception groups.   CNS is a national organization to renew and strengthen the Catholic identity of Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. Founded in 1993, CNS has more than 18,000 members.   Whether it's internship and job...

RULES TO PUT ONESELF IN ORDER FOR THE FUTURE AS TO EATING First Rule. The first rule is that it is well to abstain less from bread, because it is not a food as to which the appetite is used to act so inordinately, or to which temptation urges as in the case of the other foods. Second Rule. The second: Abstinence appears more convenient as to drinking, than as to eating bread. So, one ought to look much what is helpful to him, in order to admit it, and what does him harm, in order to discard it. Third...

FReepers and bloggers on hand to provide THEIR commentary (and PHOTOS!)HUNDREDS turned away as Ann Coulter ENERGIZES a "standing room only" crowd at LMU(James Carville, not quite ready for prime time, also present; unsuccessfully tries out new material) The following "Letter from the Editors" (printed in the program for last night's event) set the tone for the entire evening:"...Many people say that this a politically apathetic campus.They say that LMU students don't care don't care about worldly issues. The critics believe that this evening will be a failure. They think that students won't show up for this once in a...

THE SECOND CONTEMPLATION IS ON THE NATIVITY Prayer. The usual Preparatory Prayer. First Prelude. The first Prelude is the narrative and it will be here how Our Lady went forth from Nazareth, about nine months with child, as can be piously meditated,9 seated on an ass, and accompanied by Joseph and a maid, taking an ox, to go to Bethlehem to pay the tribute which Caesar imposed on all those lands (p. 135). Second Prelude. The second, a composition, seeing the place. It will be here to see with the sight of the imagination the road from Nazareth to...

THE FIRST DAY AND FIRST CONTEMPLATION IT IS ON THE INCARNATION AND CONTAINS THE PREPARATORY PRAYER, THREE PRELUDES, THREE POINTS AND ONE COLLOQUY Prayer. The usual Preparatory Prayer. First Prelude. The first Prelude is to bring up the narrative of the thing which I have to contemplate. Here, it is how the Three Divine Persons looked at all the plain or circuit of all the world, full of men, and how, seeing that all were going down to Hell, it is determined in Their Eternity,7 that the Second Person shall become man to save the human race, and so,...

February 15, 2005, 10:17 a.m. Father, Vagina?A Catholic-college prez defends the ridiculously indefensible. On Valentine's Day, some school administrators were focused not on chocolate valentines full of sweets but on another v word. Yesterday an e-mail went around to Loyola University (New Orleans) supporters from the school's president. It was a defense of the school allowing a production of the Vagina Monologues on campus. Father Kevin William Wildes, the school's president, goes into the usual knee-jerk free-expression and diversity muck in his letter — "Loyola University, like any university, is committed to the free expression of ideas and the...

In 2004, there was the scandal of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, a Catholic institution, giving an award to strongly pro-abortion Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Despite pleas from concerned Christians and even from Francis Cardinal George, Loyola refused to cancel the award. Well, it seems history is once again repeating itself. The Women’s Council of St. Ignatius College Prep, located in the city of Chicago, will have Madigan as their featured speaker at their 7th Annual Women’s Council Dinner on September 22, 2005. Madigan once pledged to close down Illinois crisis pregnancy centers -- which she deems “phony”...

In 2004, there was the scandal of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, a Catholic institution, giving an award to strongly pro-abortion Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Despite pleas from concerned Christians and even from Francis Cardinal George, Loyola refused to cancel the award. Well, it seems history is once again repeating itself. The Women's Council of St. Ignatius College Prep, located in the city of Chicago, will have Madigan as their featured speaker at their 7th Annual Women's Council Dinner on September 22, 2005. Madigan once pledged to close down Illinois crisis pregnancy centers — which she deems "phony"...

SOMETHING very interesting happened on Friday in Baltimore: Rudy Giuliani showed up and got a standing ovation. Now that doesn't sound surprising, given the wild popularity of the former New York mayor across the country. But the occasion was a commencement address at Loyola College of Maryland, a Catholic school. When he found out that Giuliani was to be the speaker at commencement, William Cardinal Keeler said he would not attend because Giuliani has pro-choice views. Anti-abortion groups in Maryland vowed they would rally hundreds to demonstrate against the former mayor. In the end, six whole people showed up -...

Cardinal William H. Keeler told Loyola College of Maryland yesterday that he will not attend its commencement ceremony tomorrow because he disagrees with the keynote speaker, former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who supports abortion rights. The decision comes amid planned protests, led in part by a conservative Catholic group, outside tomorrow's ceremony at the 1st Mariner Arena in downtown Baltimore. Loyola's interim president, David Haddad, received a strongly worded letter from the cardinal yesterday, saying Keeler would not attend - nor would any auxiliary bishops or any other representative of the archdiocese, college and archdiocese officials said. "He...

Hughes snubs Loyola, honorees Archbishop will skip salute to Landrieus Friday, May 06, 2005 By Bruce Nolan Staff writer [New Orleans] Archbishop Alfred Hughes announced Thursday he will not attend commencement ceremonies at Loyola University next week because of the Catholic university's decision to award the Landrieu family an honorary degree in part for their exemplary public Catholicism. Two of Moon and Verna Landrieu's children, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, support abortion rights in their public lives, with reservations. While the Landrieus are "a remarkable family" with a "commendable record of public service and service to...

Archbishop Alfred Hughes announced Thursday he will not attend commencement ceremonies at Loyola University next week because of the Catholic university's decision to award the Landrieu family an honorary degree in part for their exemplary public Catholicism. Two of Moon and Verna Landrieu's children, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, support abortion rights in their public lives, with reservations.

Loyola University students, whose plan to stage "The Vagina Monologues" last year was blocked by the school's interim president, staged the feminist play this week with his successor's blessing -- drawing a public rebuke of the Loyola administration from Archbishop Alfred Hughes.

...Desperate for tax revenue, cities and towns across the country now routinely take property from unwilling sellers to make way for big-box retailers. Condemnation cases aren't tracked nationally, but even retailers themselves acknowledge that the explosive growth of the format in the 1990s and torrid competition for land has increasingly pushed them into increasingly problematic areas -- including sites owned by other people... [A] shareholder resolution: "adopt a policy for land procurement and use that incorporates social and environmental factors," particularly, the wishes of local property owners and community groups.... "If the company continues to operate in this manner, with...

In trying to fix problems that arose in the 2000 presidential election, Congress may have created an impediment to a quick resolution in 2004 and set the stage for major election lawsuits. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 allows voters whose names cannot be found on local rolls to cast provisional ballots, with election officials making a decision later about whether the vote should count. Election lawyers now say that those ballots could determine the outcome in a handful of states where the presidential race is expected to be extremely close. But because those ballots will have to be...

In a previous column, I reported that Loyola University Chicago School of Law will, on Oct. 30, 2004, give the ‘St. Robert Bellarmine Award’ to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, an avowed pro-abortionist. An update: A reliable source has informed me that Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, contacted the university to implore its administration to cancel the award. Loyola reportedly has refused the cardinal’s request. Concerned Catholics who wish to contact Loyola University Chicago School of Law to express their concerns about this latest development can send an e-mail to loyolachicagolaw@luc.edu.

On September 1, Loyola University Chicago, a Catholic institution, had as a guest speaker former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, an avowed pro-abortionist and homosexual “marriage” proponent. On October 30, Loyola University Chicago School of Law will give the St. Robert Bellarmine Award to pro-abortion, pro-homosexual rights Illinois Attorney General Lisa M. Madigan, an alumna of the school. Madigan once threatened to go after “phony” crisis pregnancy centers in Illinois for potentially portraying themselves as medical centers and for not offering pregnant mothers the option of abortion. As state senator, Madigan sponsored and voted for pro-abortion legislation and voted against the...

Madeleine was the tiniest baby ever to survive, she weighed in at only 9 ounces when she was born, she was not even ten inches long. Now she is a 14 year old (nearly 15) achiever. After a couple of small eye problems and a bit of asthma she has developed well. Madeleine is 4ft 6 ins tall. This is slightly under the normal height for a girl of her age. According to her doctors she is physically and mentally normal. You can read about this in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Jonathan Muraskas, who delivered her, said...

July 31, 2004 Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest Psalm: Saturday 33 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IJer 26:11-16, 24 The priests and prophets said to the princes and to all the people, "This man deserves death; he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears." Jeremiah gave this answer to the princes and all the people: "It was the LORD who sent me to prophesy against this house and city all that you have heard. Now, therefore, reform your ways and your deeds; listen to the voice of the LORD your...

Loyola University Blocks Production Of Play President Concerned About Language In 'The Vagina Monologues' POSTED: 4:25 PM CST January 24, 2004 UPDATED: 4:36 PM CST January 24, 2004 NEW ORLEANS -- Loyola University in New Orleans has blocked a campus production of "The Vagina Monologues," apparently after the Jesuit school's president voiced concerns about the play's language. Erica Ciccarone is an English major who had planned to stage the play as a fund-raiser for women's groups. She says school president, the Reverend William Byron, made it clear in a meeting last week that the production was off. The production...