When abortion fails a child is born…alive. Some are put on shelves to die, some live to tell the tale (h/t Conservatism With a Heart):
New “First of it’s Kind” Clinical Stem Cell Trial
The Intermountain Medical Center in Murray has begun a new clinical trial using adult stem cells to prevent or repair kidney damage that can occur after open-heart surgery. For the treatment, bone marrow stem cells are injected into the bloodstream where they are carried into the kidney. Said Christof Westenfelder, chief medical officer of biotech company AlloCure: “This cell based … Read More
TOB in Rolla, MO!!
I am pleased to announce that a parish in my diocese will be hosting a TOB seminar next month! Christopher West will be at St. Patrick Church in Rolla, MO on Saturday, Nov. 8 to present An Introduction to Theology of the Body. From the flyer: In the words of Pope John Paul II, “if we live according to the … Read More
I Love These Blogs (and You Should Too)
Very humble thanks to Regular Guy Paul (whose blog I love) for tagging me with the “I Love Your Blog Award” last week. Since October is Respect Life Month I thought I’d award some blogs specifically dedicated to life issues and bioethics that have become great resources for me. Check them out: Second Hand Smoke – anyone at all interested … Read More
Pray for the Supreme Court Today!!
The Supreme Court opened a new term today. Since the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton 49,640,776 babies have been surgically and medically aborted – millions more have been killed chemically – under the full protection of the law. This is unacceptable in a nation that boasts of being “one Nation under God” and prides itself … Read More
Cute Baby Blogging!
I finally got to meet my friends new baby boy, Kale, this weekend: We were watching the Mizzou Tigers destroy Nebraska.
The STL International Film Festival and “The Stem Cell Divide”
I just got word from the filmmakers that the documentary “The Stem Cell Divide,” which I was a part of, will premier at the St. Louis International Film Festival on Sunday Nov. 16th, 2 p.m., at the Tivoli 1 Theatre. The movie documents the great stem cell debate that has been raging in Missouri over the last few years. Triumph … Read More
Verastegui’s Gift for Saving Babies
I wish I had this gift. From 40 Days for Life: John Anthony is helping lead the 40 Days for Life vigil at Family Planning Associates (last Saturday), the busiest abortion facility in Los Angeles. He knew Saturday would be a difficult day, and was praying as many volunteers as possible would be on hand to stand witness. Those prayers … Read More
Lessons from a Little Flower
If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me (Lk. 9:23, Mt. 16:24 This is a call that our greatest saints have heard and taken to task. In understanding the call of suffering and self denial, few saints have had as much of an influence on me as Therese … Read More
Remember the “Hollow Men”
I found this poem in a USCCB pamphlet on men and abortion: We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men… Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless… Remember us — if at all — not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men. –T.S. Eliot, “The Hollow Men” Abortion … Read More