Monthly Archives: April 2008

Fr. Frank Pavone Describes Common Abortion Procedures

Warning: Fr. Frank describes using a model how abortionists kill and remove the baby in second trimester abortions and quotes the abortionists themselves; it is rightfully disturbing. http://www.youtube.com/v/us_y9GP_-DA&hl=en http://www.youtube.com/v/QBOAPleF1t0&hl=en Fr. Frank started Priests for Life, a group of priests and … Continue reading

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Expendable Income?

I am now a registered walker in the Texas Alliance for Life annual Walk. My personal goal is $500, which means that I only need 50 people to donate $10 each. We can totally raise that, right blog readers? Please … Continue reading

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Bee Monastery?

Our friend Amy sent us this unusual story about a man making his beehives in the shape of monasteries because “bees have souls, too”. Well, technically they don’t, but this story is still funny.

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Be Fruitful and Multiply

Now, before I arouse the hopes of any of our blog readers, I’m only referring to gardening here, not to new Rosebuds. We’re still waiting on Our Lord for that one. However, as the title suggests, Devin and I are … Continue reading

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Cardinal Egan Calls Out Rudy Giuliani

Giuliani received our Lord in Holy Communion during the papal Mass, and Cardinal Egan is standing up and saying that it was wrong for him to do so because of his persistence in promoting abortion, among other grave matters. Via … Continue reading

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Homesteading Festival

Katie about to go to the festival and teach cross-stitch:

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Requeening Ambrose and Augustine

Katie and I ordered two new queen bees from B. Weaver apiaries and had them sent to us via express mail, and they arrived last Thursday! We searched through the Ambrose hive but could not find the queen, even after … Continue reading

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Seven Random Things Meme

The Libertos were kind of enough to tag us with this meme, 7 random things/habits/quirks about yourself: 1. I am a horrible back-seat driver, no matter how good the driver is 2. My parents thought I had obsessive-compulsive disorder growing … Continue reading

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Dear Eliot

My friend Dave sent us this video made by a young father during the 99 days of his son’s life, who was born with Trisomy 18: http://www.youtube.com/v/th6Njr-qkq0&hl=en Makes me want to be a dad again!

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When Your Little Brother Is the Pope

The National Catholic Register has a great interview with Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, who is Pope Benedict’s older brother. Here are some of my favorite excerpts: Q. Has something changed on a personal level after the election of your brother as … Continue reading

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