Note: this post and its featured image refer to the 2023 9 Days for Life program. The program is renewed annually. The most current information is at respectlife.org. Beginning today, you can join others in a focused nine-day program of prayer and reading for the protection of human life at all its stages. 9 DaysContinue reading “9 Days for Life: join the novena”
Category Archives: Catholic citizenship
A week of observances: honoring MLK Jr., recalling Roe, seeking justice
Today is a federal holiday, honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Later this week will be the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. This is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, an ecumenical project promoted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The year’s theme is “Do Good; Seek Justice.” We included prayersContinue reading “A week of observances: honoring MLK Jr., recalling Roe, seeking justice”
Life-issue public policy: a means, not an end
Worth remembering as an election looms and my mailbox overflows and the ads reach saturation points: “policy” is a means, not an end. The former lobbyist in me needs the reminder occasionally. Journalist Kathryn Jean Lopez always provides edifying reading, and she has often made the point that getting a bill passed is not theContinue reading “Life-issue public policy: a means, not an end”
Ellen Kolb 