Thirty-four archbishops from around the country are preparing to receive the pallium on Monday.
The Year of St. Paul closes after this weekend.
Operation rescue asks for protection after pro-lifers start receiving death threats.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Guests for Friday, 6/26/2009
Dan Egan is online at bibletidbits.blogspot.com.
Mike Aquilina is online at fathersofthechurch.com.
For more information on the upcoming Eucharistic Festival of Praise, visit eucharisticfop.org.
For more information on the latest retreats from Presentation Ministries, visit presentationministries.com.
Steven Greydanus is online at decentfilms.com.
Fr Greg Friedman is online at franciscanradio.org.
Leonard Nelson, author of "Diagnosis Critical"
More information on this year's EWTN Family Celebration is available at ewtn.com.
Rita Heikenfeld is online at abouteating.com.
Maurice Blumberg's article on evangelization and Catholic men is up at Catholic Exchange.
Michael Stidham, author of "Love Equals Sacrifice"
Jay Budziszewski, author of "The Line Through The Heart"
Mike Aquilina is online at fathersofthechurch.com.
For more information on the upcoming Eucharistic Festival of Praise, visit eucharisticfop.org.
For more information on the latest retreats from Presentation Ministries, visit presentationministries.com.
Steven Greydanus is online at decentfilms.com.
Fr Greg Friedman is online at franciscanradio.org.
Leonard Nelson, author of "Diagnosis Critical"
More information on this year's EWTN Family Celebration is available at ewtn.com.
Rita Heikenfeld is online at abouteating.com.
Maurice Blumberg's article on evangelization and Catholic men is up at Catholic Exchange.
Michael Stidham, author of "Love Equals Sacrifice"
Jay Budziszewski, author of "The Line Through The Heart"
Thursday, June 25, 2009
News today.
The bishops of G8 countries ask their political leaders to remember the poor and vulnerable during the upcoming G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl will participate in an interfaith prayer service to remember the victims of this week's deadly metrorail crash.
Why a Year for Priests? Pope Benedict explained in his general audience yesterday. There was a special guest in attendance.
Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl will participate in an interfaith prayer service to remember the victims of this week's deadly metrorail crash.
Why a Year for Priests? Pope Benedict explained in his general audience yesterday. There was a special guest in attendance.
Rita Heikenfeld's Double Pea Salad
Find more at abouteating.com:
Double Pea Salad
I could eat almost all of this myself! Adapted from a recipe sent in by a reader. Go to taste on the dressing, adding more of any ingredient if you like.
Salad:
1/2 pound(s) snap peas, strings removed or use snow peas (you won’t have to string them)
1 package (10-ounce) frozen peas or equivalent fresh peas
Dressing:
1/2 cup minced red onion
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Palmful of fresh dill leaves, chopped
1 tablespoon(s) sugar or substitute
Salt and pepper to taste
Steam peas until crisp tender. Drain and rinse under cold water to stop cooking. Drain again and dry. Mix dressing ingredients and pour over peas, tossing to coat. Eat right away or refrigerate a few hours. As they sit in the dressing, peas will turn lighter green.
Guests for Thursday, 6/25/2009
Anthony Buono is online at avemariasingles.com.
Dr John West is online at faithandevolution.com.
Fr Joe Classen, author of "Tracking Virtue, Conquering Vice"
Dr Ron Young's article about bringing our whole selves to work is up at catholicexchange.com.
Fr Kyle Schnippel is online at cincinnativocations.org.
Chris Lowney, author of "Heroic Living"
Rita Heikenfeld is online at abouteating.com.
Dan Egan is online at bibletidbits.blogspot.com.
Dave McGinnis from the Tennessee Titans is online here.
Dr. Herbert London, author of "America's Secular Challenge"
Dr Tim Gray, author of "Praying Scripture for a Change"
Dr Alan Schreck, co-creator of "Epic"
Fr Bill Parker, author of "Scripture 101"
Dr John West is online at faithandevolution.com.
Fr Joe Classen, author of "Tracking Virtue, Conquering Vice"
Dr Ron Young's article about bringing our whole selves to work is up at catholicexchange.com.
Fr Kyle Schnippel is online at cincinnativocations.org.
Chris Lowney, author of "Heroic Living"
Rita Heikenfeld is online at abouteating.com.
Dan Egan is online at bibletidbits.blogspot.com.
Dave McGinnis from the Tennessee Titans is online here.
Dr. Herbert London, author of "America's Secular Challenge"
Dr Tim Gray, author of "Praying Scripture for a Change"
Dr Alan Schreck, co-creator of "Epic"
Fr Bill Parker, author of "Scripture 101"
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Today's news.
President Obama will have an audience with Pope Benedict when he goes to Italy for the G8 Summit.
Catholic University mourns the loss of alumnus Ed McMahon.
Officials unveil a replica of the 1530 House of Lords' document to Pope Clement VII in support of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
Catholic University mourns the loss of alumnus Ed McMahon.
Officials unveil a replica of the 1530 House of Lords' document to Pope Clement VII in support of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
Photos from our pledge drive...
...have been posted to our Facebook page. Head on over to check out some shots of Son Rise Morning Show regular guests having a good time while helping us make it through the ever-so-lean Summer months. And if you want to make a $5 monthly donation to help us stay on the air, we'd be so very appreciative- you can set up an automatic pledge here.
Guests for Wednesday, 6/24/2009
Paula Westwood and Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati are online at cincinnatirighttolife.org.
For information on "The Ripple Effect," an upcoming fundraising event to benefit Bethany House, visit bethanyhouseservices.org.
For more information on the upcoming Dayton Catholic Homeschool conference, visit daytonhomeschool.com.
Bishop William Lori and the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT are online at bridgeportdiocese.com.
Mike Aquilina is online at fathersofthechurch.com.
Dr John West is online at faithandevolution.com.
Anthony Buono is online at avemariasingles.com.
Info on the upcoming Envoy Institute conference, "Answering Athiesm," can be found here. Patrick Madrid is online at patrickmadrid.com.
Rich Leonardi directs us to Zenit for the Holy Father's letter on Confession and the priesthood.
Tammy Bundy is online at tammybundy.com.
Fr Kyle Schnippel is online at cincinnativocations.org.
Leonard Nelson, author of "Diagnosis Critical"
For information on "The Ripple Effect," an upcoming fundraising event to benefit Bethany House, visit bethanyhouseservices.org.
For more information on the upcoming Dayton Catholic Homeschool conference, visit daytonhomeschool.com.
Bishop William Lori and the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT are online at bridgeportdiocese.com.
Mike Aquilina is online at fathersofthechurch.com.
Dr John West is online at faithandevolution.com.
Anthony Buono is online at avemariasingles.com.
Info on the upcoming Envoy Institute conference, "Answering Athiesm," can be found here. Patrick Madrid is online at patrickmadrid.com.
Rich Leonardi directs us to Zenit for the Holy Father's letter on Confession and the priesthood.
Tammy Bundy is online at tammybundy.com.
Fr Kyle Schnippel is online at cincinnativocations.org.
Leonard Nelson, author of "Diagnosis Critical"
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Stories and "Prayers"
The Lifetime network is re-airing Prayers for Bobby today. The film, made for the network, stars Sigourney Weaver as real-life gay activist Mary Griffith. A devout Presbyterian in the 1970s, when son Bobby Griffith told her he was gay, she believed that God would change him if he prayed hard enough. Instead, Bobby killed himself. Now a devout member of P-FLAG, Mary is dedicated to preventing similar suicides.
The film, which originally aired in January, generated a strong response on the Lifetime website and websites dedicated to gay topics. People write that they feel understood at last, that they gained courage from the family's story, that they too came close to suicide because of the way their families or communities reacted to them.
They are powerful, emotional comments that communicate authentic human experience. As a church, we take human experience seriously. It's one of the four pillars of moral theology -- the theology that helps us understand what to do in complicated situations.
As Catholics, we have to pay attention to human experience. What other people have to tell us about their lives is just as important as an abstract theory of how to behave.
But there's a danger in listening to human experience, and an even greater danger in listening to experience distilled through a film or a book. Catholic theology listens to all human experience, to life as it has been lived by people all over the world for hundreds, even thousands of years. One person can be sincerely wrong. One person's interpretation of his or her experience can be distorted or exaggerated. One person's heartfelt response to a situation can be the complete opposite of another's.
Extracting human experience from a book or a film can be even more perilous. A talented writer can make any story seem true to life. If he or she has any talent at all, a film writer can take anyone and make him a hero (remember Hustler publisher Larry Flynt as a crusader for free speech in The People vs. Larry Flynt?) or a villain. Deftly wielded, empathy for others can fan support for a good cause or generate sympathy for a bad one.
The fictional slaves in Uncle Tom's Cabin helped convince an indifferent public that slavery was just as bad as the abolitionists said it was. Reading it makes you want to take up arms for the Union. But as a teenager I wept over the English translation of The Family, a Chinese novel about the life of an arrogant, aristocratic Chinese family and their oppressed servants in the early 1900s. Reading it makes you want to join the socialist revolution.
Certainly the experience of this real American family is powerful. The tragic suicide of a teenager and the transformation it caused in his family are profound. But is their response, true though it is, the right one? Reading the Lifetime website, it's obvious that the network thinks it is, and wants you to think so too. Yet even in this most sympathetic of forums, people have written to share some very different human experience.
Some, for example, wrote to share that they had been helped by two Christian organizations, Exodus International and People Can Change. These groups say homosexual inclinations can often be changed, and that people who can't change them will lead happier, more fulfilled lives by remaining celibate. A Catholic apostolate, Courage, has a similar message. These organizations are controversial, because they have many members whose experiences are similar to the Griffith family's, but who have come to very different conclusions.
If we are going to listen to people -- and we certainly should -- we have to listen to many people. While a particular view of people with same-sex attraction is being advocated by popular media, it's not the only view. Other opinions and other real lives are not featured in Lifetime movies and on popular television programs and feature films. These men and women have also struggled and suffered. Their joys and sorrows are equally valid. And when it comes to making legislation, devising school curriculums, and changing the US Constitution, our empathy for the feelings and lives of our brothers and sisters is one -- but only one -- of many things we need to take into account.
The film, which originally aired in January, generated a strong response on the Lifetime website and websites dedicated to gay topics. People write that they feel understood at last, that they gained courage from the family's story, that they too came close to suicide because of the way their families or communities reacted to them.
They are powerful, emotional comments that communicate authentic human experience. As a church, we take human experience seriously. It's one of the four pillars of moral theology -- the theology that helps us understand what to do in complicated situations.
As Catholics, we have to pay attention to human experience. What other people have to tell us about their lives is just as important as an abstract theory of how to behave.
But there's a danger in listening to human experience, and an even greater danger in listening to experience distilled through a film or a book. Catholic theology listens to all human experience, to life as it has been lived by people all over the world for hundreds, even thousands of years. One person can be sincerely wrong. One person's interpretation of his or her experience can be distorted or exaggerated. One person's heartfelt response to a situation can be the complete opposite of another's.
Extracting human experience from a book or a film can be even more perilous. A talented writer can make any story seem true to life. If he or she has any talent at all, a film writer can take anyone and make him a hero (remember Hustler publisher Larry Flynt as a crusader for free speech in The People vs. Larry Flynt?) or a villain. Deftly wielded, empathy for others can fan support for a good cause or generate sympathy for a bad one.
The fictional slaves in Uncle Tom's Cabin helped convince an indifferent public that slavery was just as bad as the abolitionists said it was. Reading it makes you want to take up arms for the Union. But as a teenager I wept over the English translation of The Family, a Chinese novel about the life of an arrogant, aristocratic Chinese family and their oppressed servants in the early 1900s. Reading it makes you want to join the socialist revolution.
Certainly the experience of this real American family is powerful. The tragic suicide of a teenager and the transformation it caused in his family are profound. But is their response, true though it is, the right one? Reading the Lifetime website, it's obvious that the network thinks it is, and wants you to think so too. Yet even in this most sympathetic of forums, people have written to share some very different human experience.
Some, for example, wrote to share that they had been helped by two Christian organizations, Exodus International and People Can Change. These groups say homosexual inclinations can often be changed, and that people who can't change them will lead happier, more fulfilled lives by remaining celibate. A Catholic apostolate, Courage, has a similar message. These organizations are controversial, because they have many members whose experiences are similar to the Griffith family's, but who have come to very different conclusions.
If we are going to listen to people -- and we certainly should -- we have to listen to many people. While a particular view of people with same-sex attraction is being advocated by popular media, it's not the only view. Other opinions and other real lives are not featured in Lifetime movies and on popular television programs and feature films. These men and women have also struggled and suffered. Their joys and sorrows are equally valid. And when it comes to making legislation, devising school curriculums, and changing the US Constitution, our empathy for the feelings and lives of our brothers and sisters is one -- but only one -- of many things we need to take into account.
Today's news.
The USCCB issues a statement in support of Bishop John D'Arcy for his handling of the Notre Dame graduation controversy.
The Archbishop of Westminster ends a Catholic charity's work with new adoptions.
Pope Benedict will have seven representatives helping him end the Year of St. Paul.
The Archbishop of Westminster ends a Catholic charity's work with new adoptions.
Pope Benedict will have seven representatives helping him end the Year of St. Paul.
Follow a Catholic diocese on Twitter
If you want to stay up on the goings-on in different areas of the Church in the United States, here are some dioceses and archdioceses that you might want to follow on Twitter:
Diocese of Beaumont, TX
Diocese of Honolulu, HI
Diocese of Camden, NJ
Diocese of Winona, MN
Diocese of Knoxville, TN
Diocese of Ogdensburg, NY
Diocese of Saginaw, MI
Diocese of Madison, WI
Diocese of Allentown, PA
Diocese of Toledo, OH
Diocese of Cleveland, OH
Diocese of Green Bay, WI
Diocese of Brownsville, TX
Diocese of Arlington, VA
Diocese of Fort Worth, TX
Diocese of Buffalo, NY
Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO
Archdiocese of Atlanta, GA
Archdiocese of Washington, DC
Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM
And of course, you can always follow the Son Rise Morning Show on Twitter as well!
Diocese of Beaumont, TX
Diocese of Honolulu, HI
Diocese of Camden, NJ
Diocese of Winona, MN
Diocese of Knoxville, TN
Diocese of Ogdensburg, NY
Diocese of Saginaw, MI
Diocese of Madison, WI
Diocese of Allentown, PA
Diocese of Toledo, OH
Diocese of Cleveland, OH
Diocese of Green Bay, WI
Diocese of Brownsville, TX
Diocese of Arlington, VA
Diocese of Fort Worth, TX
Diocese of Buffalo, NY
Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO
Archdiocese of Atlanta, GA
Archdiocese of Washington, DC
Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM
And of course, you can always follow the Son Rise Morning Show on Twitter as well!
Guests for Tuesday, 6/23/2009
David Naugle, author of "Reordered Love, Reordered Lives"
Fr Phillip DeVous is online at acton.org.
Adam Webb, author of "A Path of Our Own: An Andean Village and Tomorrow's Economy of Values"
Diane Allen, author of "Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio"
Rich Leonardi directs us to Zenit.
Kevin Schmiesing is online at catholichistory.net.
Paula Westwood is online at nrlc.org.
Send your questions for Catholic counselor Kevin Prendergast to sonrise@sacredheartradio.com.
Bishop William Lori and the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT are online at bridgeportdiocese.com.
For information on "The Ripple Effect," an upcoming fundraising event to benefit Bethany House, visit bethanyhouseservices.org.
For more information on the upcoming Dayton Catholic Homeschool conference, visit daytonhomeschool.com.
Brian Pessaro's article on technology addiction is available here.
Info on the upcoming Envoy Institute conference, "Answering Athiesm," can be found here. Patrick Madrid is online at patrickmadrid.com.
Fr Phillip DeVous is online at acton.org.
Adam Webb, author of "A Path of Our Own: An Andean Village and Tomorrow's Economy of Values"
Diane Allen, author of "Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio"
Rich Leonardi directs us to Zenit.
Kevin Schmiesing is online at catholichistory.net.
Paula Westwood is online at nrlc.org.
Send your questions for Catholic counselor Kevin Prendergast to sonrise@sacredheartradio.com.
Bishop William Lori and the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT are online at bridgeportdiocese.com.
For information on "The Ripple Effect," an upcoming fundraising event to benefit Bethany House, visit bethanyhouseservices.org.
For more information on the upcoming Dayton Catholic Homeschool conference, visit daytonhomeschool.com.
Brian Pessaro's article on technology addiction is available here.
Info on the upcoming Envoy Institute conference, "Answering Athiesm," can be found here. Patrick Madrid is online at patrickmadrid.com.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Guests from Monday, 6/22/2009
Kevin Schmiesing is online at catholichistory.net.
Dan Egan is online at bibletidbits.blogspot.com.
For information on the upcoming "Life Style in the Spirit" retreat from Presentation Ministries, click here.
Dave Durand, author of "Win the World Without Losing Your Soul"
Katrina Zeno, author of "When Life Doesn't Go Your Way"
Dr Benjamin Wiker, author of "The Darwin Myth"
Anne Costa, author of "Refresh Me, Lord!"
Anthony Buono is online at avemariasingles.com.
Marge Fenelon, author of "When's God Gonna Show Up?"
Dr Owen Phelps, author of "The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus"
Stephanie Mann, author of "Supremacy and Survival"
Adam Webb, author of "A Path of our Own"
Dr Matthew Bunson, editor of Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac
Info on the upcoming Envoy Institute conference, "Answering Athiesm," can be found here. Patrick Madrid is online at patrickmadrid.com.
Dan Egan is online at bibletidbits.blogspot.com.
For information on the upcoming "Life Style in the Spirit" retreat from Presentation Ministries, click here.
Dave Durand, author of "Win the World Without Losing Your Soul"
Katrina Zeno, author of "When Life Doesn't Go Your Way"
Dr Benjamin Wiker, author of "The Darwin Myth"
Anne Costa, author of "Refresh Me, Lord!"
Anthony Buono is online at avemariasingles.com.
Marge Fenelon, author of "When's God Gonna Show Up?"
Dr Owen Phelps, author of "The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus"
Stephanie Mann, author of "Supremacy and Survival"
Adam Webb, author of "A Path of our Own"
Dr Matthew Bunson, editor of Our Sunday Visitor's Catholic Almanac
Info on the upcoming Envoy Institute conference, "Answering Athiesm," can be found here. Patrick Madrid is online at patrickmadrid.com.
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