TOB Tuesday: Priests and Fatherhood

ChelseaCelibacy, Fatherhood, Marriage, Men, TOB Tuesday3 Comments

Father’s Day is coming up in a little less than two weeks and tomorrow marks the beginning of the end of the Year for Priests. In anticipation of these two events, I like Fr. James Farfaglia’s column over at Catholic Exchange on spiritual and natural fatherhood: [S]ome men are called to be fathers of a family through the sacrament of … Read More

iPhone 4 Ad With Ultrasound

ChelseaUltrasound, video1 Comment

Apple has a very cute, family centered ad for its new iPhone, complete with a pregnant woman sharing her baby’s ultrasound image with her husband serving overseas. Click either screen shot below to watch: Pretty impressive little piece of technology. The iPhone 4 will be available later this month. My dad, the Macaholic, will be getting one of these for … Read More

Protest the Pill With “Green Sex”!

ChelseaPro Life3 Comments

Besides the fact that it’s just plain immoral there are actually plenty of other practical reasons for opposing hormonal contraceptives, especially if you consider yourself an environmentalist. That was the focus of this today’s “The Pill Kills” Protest the Pill Day. Click on the image below for more details. How many self-professed “greenies”, I wonder, (especially those who condemn the … Read More

Fertilization 101

ChelseaBioethics, Fetal DevelopmentLeave a Comment

Will the bastardization of science never end? No doubt you have heard some abortion advocates oppose initiatives to define human personhood as beginning at the moment of conception by claiming that such legislation would give human rights to an egg – nevermind the fact that that egg must be fertilized by a human sperm, in which case it completely ceases … Read More

NCBC Offers 24/7 Free Emergency Ethics Consultation

ChelseaBioethics, Embryonic Stem Cell Research4 Comments

Thanks to Gerard Nadal for pointing out the National Catholic Bioethics Center’s free 24 hr. consultation service. From their website: The National Catholic Bioethics Center regularly provides consultation services for institutions and individuals on critical issues which affect Catholic identity in health care. Institutional issues are related to the faithful observance of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health … Read More

Andrea Bocelli Tells a “Fairy Tale” About Abortion

ChelseaAbortion, video3 Comments

It is worth contemplating here that, had his mother taken the advice of her doctor, not only would Bocelli himself not be alive today, but neither would his two children and the world would have been deprived of the great gift he has of bringing to life the beautiful music that God often uses to attract souls. See On Beauty’s … Read More

Pope’s June Prayer Intention: Respect Life!

ChelseaPrayer, Pro Life1 Comment

Our Holy Father’s prayer intention for the month of June: That every national and transnational institution may strive to guarantee respect for human life from conception to natural death. Let’s pray for this every month!!

TOB Tuesday: The Trinity and the Heart of Marriage

ChelseaLove, Religion, Sex, Sexuality, Theology of the Body, TOB Tuesday6 Comments

This Sunday Catholics celebrated the feast of the holy Trinity, three Persons in one God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – existing in an eternal exchange of love. From all eternity the Father makes himself a gift to the Son and the Son receives this gift and makes Himself a gift back to the Father in return. This love … Read More