Annie Lubliner Lehmann’s son Jonah was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. After twenty-two years of struggling to change her son, Lehmann writes that it was Jonah who finally changed her: Not long ago, I came across a basement copy of “Cinderella.” It reminded me of a time . . . . Continue Reading »
From the tenebrae service for Holy Saturday, here is Victoria’s “Ecce Quomodo Moritur” sung by Harry Christophers and the Sixteen: Ecce quomodo moritur iustus et nemo percipit corde. Viri iusti tolluntur et nemo considerat. A facie iniquitatis sublatus est iustus et erit in pace . . . . Continue Reading »
The current Texas Futile Care law is a disgrace, permitting star chamber ethics committees to force patients off of wanted life sustaining treatment, with family given a mere 10 days to find another hospital. This often proves impossible because these are expensive patients for which to care.The . . . . Continue Reading »
A very sad case in Canada is testing the ethics of organ donation at a Canadian hospital. A terminally ill baby was going to be allowed to die naturally and then after cardiac arrest, be an organ donor under the “Non Heart Beating Cadaver Donor Protocol.” But the baby didn’t die as . . . . Continue Reading »
A Way of the Cross procession will take place the night of Good Friday at 8:30 p.m., beginning at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Mott St. and Prince St.). The procession will move through the East and West Village and will be accompanied by the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and seminarians . . . . Continue Reading »
At Books and Culture , former First Things junior fellow Jordan Hylden reviews Richard John Neuhaus’ final book, American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile : In his last book, American Babylon, Neuhaus gives us an imaginative vision of how to be a faithful and hopeful Christian witness in . . . . Continue Reading »
College students interested in learning more about the social significance of marriage might be interested in a summer conference held by the Ruth Institute at the University of San Diego on August 6—9. For more information, visit the Institute’s website . . . . . Continue Reading »
More from the “you-can’t-make-this-up” file. Here are two articles from the same page of the Metro section of this morning’s Washington Post relating the goings on at the University of Maryland. The first article, ” General Assembly Asks Schools for Porn Policies” . . . . Continue Reading »
“Are you in or out? asks this tee-shirt from Christianshirts.net.Well, if I’m in, like where the question mark is, am I then the fourth person of the Trinity? Sun, empty cross, estimable bird, and—me?Saint Athanasius, phone home.[rating: . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s Newsweek editor Jon Meacham in this week’s cover story, ” The End of Christian America .” You know, the one declaring “The Decline and Fall of Christian America” in type set to form a cross. While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious . . . . Continue Reading »
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