http://goodsaints.com A Northern Michigan Catholic Dad Blog Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:37:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just saw this cool feature from EWTN. Father Mark Mary, MFVA, is currently on a pilgrimmage to the Holy Land through November 19th, and he's blogging about it each day. The internet really allows for some great information to be shared and this is another great example of the "good ... http://goodsaints.com/2008/11/14/a-visit-to-the-holy-landon-your-computer/ When I read about the lack of faith and morals in our young people, I realize how much work it involves raising a Catholic Family in today's culture. One thing that drives me crazy is that it's hard to see differences between Catholic schools, either elementary, high school or college, ... http://goodsaints.com/2008/11/07/study-finds-disturbing-stats-at-catholic-colleges-and-universities/ A great letter from Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson, NJ to his diocese explaining the dangers of the bill titled Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). For those of you that don't know what it is... Introduced in the United States Congress in 2004 the bill would remove all restrictions on abortion ... http://goodsaints.com/2008/10/22/this-bill-really-frightens-me/ Just a quick note, that I have added a couple of links to my blogroll and one of them is for Catholic Greetings, a site with Catholic e-cards to send to friends and family. Check it out! http://goodsaints.com/2008/10/02/catholic-e-cards/ Just a quick link to EWTN's site for a new section they posted - A Guide to Catholic Teaching and Voting. Here's the rundown... “EWTN’s mission is to advance truth and the teachings of the Catholic Church,” said EWTN President Michael P. Warsaw. “EWTN continues to promote and educate the public ... http://goodsaints.com/2008/09/19/ewtn-a-guide-to-catholic-teaching-and-voting/ I haven't had the privilege to see Father Larry Richards or Father John Corapi live, so these two videos below will have to do. I've heard Father Larry's confession talk before, but it's well worth watching again. I was also excited to hear about Father Larry's new book coming out ... http://goodsaints.com/2008/09/17/two-of-my-favorites/ In what's shaping up to be the most important election in our lifetimes (in my opinion), we are getting bombarded by information from TV, radio, newspapers and the internet. I find it overwhelming at times trying to follow the latest news and lipstick talk, but lucky for us there are ... http://goodsaints.com/2008/09/11/catholicvotecom/ Gretchen Murray writes about the Extraordinary Form of the Mass offered weekly at Holy Rosary Parish in Cedar, Michigan. The mass is offered Sunday's at 12:45 pm. Read Old is New: Cedar church offers weekly Latin Mass in the Record Eagle http://goodsaints.com/2008/09/01/record-eagle-article-talks-about-the-latin-mass/ I just read this announcement from EWTN about a new show called "Crossing the Goal" which will help use sports to help men "get into spiritual shape". Here's the synopsis... Danny Abramowicz, former NFL all-pro wide receiver and coach, has created a television show with EWTN Global Catholic Network called “Crossing ... http://goodsaints.com/2008/08/15/new-ewtn-show-to-help-men-get-into-spiritual-shape/ LifeSiteNews.com featured a guest commentary by Rev. John A. Corapi that gives a brief look back at the history of the United States and ahead to the future based on our decisions about contraception and abortion. It's not a pretty picture. From artificial contraception to abortion to partial-birth abortion, then on ... http://goodsaints.com/2008/07/17/father-corapi-speaks-we-should-listen/