by Steve Ray on June 30, 2007
You might want to grab a Kleenex if you're the tender-hearted sort. But this is a great story of a woman who gives great joy and comfort to the family's of fallen soldiers. Click here for Hancock Portraits. Some people said they had a problem viewing this touching video. If so, let me know in the [...]
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by Steve Ray on June 1, 2007
Picked up from "Just Being Plain" My wife homeschooled our kids and I will never regret it. We have resources for homeschoolers on our website under Resources > Recommended > Books > Homeschooling. We also have a Forum for Homeschooling parents on my Message Board.
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by Steve Ray on May 12, 2007
We often hear, "It would be oh, so good for priests to have wives!" This sentiment has been answered and debunked many times. But I would like to look at it from a different angle. What about the intended wives? We can take a look at Evangelical Protestant pastors and their wives for a bit [...]
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by Steve Ray on April 18, 2007
Yesterday while surfing the internet and watching the BBC here in Antakya, we saw the news of the senseless slaughter at Virginia Tech. Some people don’t believe in original sin and its effects, but this kind of senseless wickedness should help clear up such foolishness. Sin is real and it has horrible effects, which is [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 22, 2007
UPDATE 3/23/07 The latest is that Fr. Fessio will continue on at Ave Maria University, though in a non-administrative capacity. Click here to read the story from the Naples News. Update article in NapleNews.com on 3/28/07, click here. YESTERDAY'S NEWS: This is new news for me. I am a regent at the University of Ave [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 1, 2007
Deal Hudson's article can be read here. Interesting to me was that the diocese doing the best are in areas where Catholics are least welcome; the areas where the Church is least healthy are areas where the Catholic Church has the longest history. (Link is now fixed, sorry!)
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by Steve Ray on February 26, 2007
CATHOLIC NEW SERVICE STORY — VERY GOOD For an excellent and forthright overview and critique, click here for the Catholic News Service report. INTERVIEW WITH KLONER THE ISRAELI ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO DISCOVERED THE TOMB First Question: "What do you make of the assertion that Jesus and his family were buried there?" Answer: "It makes a great story for a [...]
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by Steve Ray on February 22, 2007
Teresa Tomeo has a history in the media, both secular and Catholic. She understands the ins and outs and in her new book Noise she teaches us to understand the media and how to protect ourselves and our kids. I wrote an endorsement for the book which states: "By putting the media under the microscope, [...]
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by Steve Ray on February 1, 2007
Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in Iraq, here's a sobering statistic. There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theatre of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths. That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers. [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 26, 2007
A 4-minute news summary produced by the Canadian Salt + Light Catholic television network is now available on the Internet. The network launched the newscast "Zoom" on its Web page Wednesday. Salt + Light billed it as the first daily Catholic Webcast. Father Thomas Rosica, founder and executive director of the Toronto-based Salt + Light [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 23, 2007
Family TrendsPressures on Married Life Continue to Grow, by Father John Flynn ROME, JAN. 22, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Recent data reveals that marriage and family life are under pressure in various countries. In the United States 51% of women reported in 2005 that they live without a spouse, according to the New York Times on Jan. [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 3, 2007
Pro-life group raps Pelosi "celebration tour" Washington, Jan. 3, 2007 (www.CWNews.com) – An American pro-life group has appealed to three different US archbishops, urging the prelates to stop a “celebration tour” by the incoming Speaker of the US House of Representatives, a Catholic politician who supports abortion. Rep. Nancy Pelosi has planned high-profile stops at [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 3, 2007
Yesterday I watched the docomentary entitled Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West. It was not a pretty movie — in the sense of making you feel warm and fuzzy, or more in love with your wife. Rather, it was disturbing — the kind that makes you wake up and smell the smoke. If you [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 21, 2006
To Americans, Bethlehem is unfamiliar Dec. 20, 2006 (www.CWNews.com) – Americans are unfamiliar with the town where Jesus was born, according to a survey commissioned by the group Open Bethlehem. Only 15% of the Americans surveyed realized that Bethlehem is a Palestinian town on the West Bank, with a mixed Muslim-Christian population. Open Bethlehem commissioned [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 12, 2006
Kevin was the first caller tonight when I was on Catholic Answers Live doing the Open Forum Q & A. He asked a good question. Could the excommunicated Archbishop Milingo actually consecrate other priests as bishops? Milingo attempted to cosecrate four men as bishops. First, I will provide the passages from the Catholic Code of [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 9, 2006
For a good and detailed — and witty — review of Mel's new movie by Marvin Silbermintz, a writer for Jay Leno, click here. It is not just a review of the movie, but also a very insightful discussion on Mel Gibson himself.
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