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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her work, the two …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com, a Catholic web site focusing on the Catholic faith, Catholic parenting and family life, and Catholic cultural topics. Most recently she has authored The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also employed as webmaster for her parish web sites. …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their young children Camilla and Blaise. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site is ABC Family. …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is the managing editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is (yikes!) an almost 30 year-old, single lady, living in Connecticut with her two cousins in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law …
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Hallie Lord

Hallie Lord
Hallie Lord married her dashing husband, Dan, in the fall of 2001 (the same year, coincidentally, that she joyfully converted to the Catholic faith). They now happily reside in the deep South with their two energetic boys and two very sassy girls. In her *ample* spare time, Hallie enjoys cheap wine, …
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Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr John Bartunek, LC, STL, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and …
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Guest Bloggers

Jeff Young

Jeff Young
Everyone is entitled to at least one good idea, right? Well, Jeff Young had his in October 2008 when he was struck dumb by the Catholic Foodie concept. It was a Reese's moment for him. Two great "tastes" that "taste" great together. Food and faith! Jeff produces the Catholic Foodie internet …
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Elizabeth Foss

Elizabeth Foss
Elizabeth Foss, an award winning columnist for the Arlington Catholic Herald, published her first book, Real Learning: Education in the Heart of My Home in 2003. The book is now in its third printing. Her popular blog, In the Heart of My Home is a source of inspiration and support for Catholic women …
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Amnesty Begins In The Womb

http://www.franciscanfocus.com/

Amnesty International is demanding the decriminalization of abortion throughout Latin America in the name of human rights.

Their statement singles out Cuba (Cuba!) for praise, because it legalized abortion decades ago. Later we are informed:

Governments must meet their international obligations to protect human rights and give priority to sexual and reproductive health programmes, including sex education... READ MORE 


Gianna Jessen's Testimony is a Must-Listen

Respect Life Sunday

Part 1

Part 2


Stem Cell Developments

Embryonic Stem Cells have been in the news again.

Last week a federal district judge issued an injunction against NIH using federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.

He reasoned that the President’s executive order permitting such funding contravenes federal law, at least pending the outcome of a case working its way through the courts.

You can read more about that here.

In related news, a... READ MORE 


Simple, Powerful, Pro-Life Ad

40 seconds of important education

Here’s an amazingly simple and yet powerful pro-life ad. It was originally produced as a radio ad in Ireland, but was banned for being “too political.” Now, thanks to the power of YouTube and the efforts of Irish pro-life group Youth Defence, it’s finding a wider audience. Perhaps you can help pass it on!


Women Are Stronger Than Abortion

Arwen’s post about loving both the unwed mother and her unborn child reminded me I wanted to post about a recent story line in Friday Night Lights.

That’s the acclaimed summer-only series set in small-town Texas about a high school football coach and the doings of his family and his players.

A recent plot-line found a new character, Becky, pregnant out of wedlock after a deeply regretted one-night... READ MORE 


Forced Into Fatherhood?

One man fights for paternal "right to choose"

How much say should a man have in the decision to become a parent?

For Catholics, the answer is easy: A man who doesn’t want to be a parent should not be having sex. That’s where the “freedom of choice” comes in. But the immorality of our secular, pro-abortion culture makes the question significantly more complicated than that.

This month, Elle magazine publishes a story about Greg Bruell, a man who made a pact with his girlfriend... READ MORE 


Woman Threatens Pro-Life Protester, Has Change of Heart

Pro-life protesters make a difference, one mom at a time
Mechelle Tallulah Hall

Back in November of last year, Minnesota resident Mechelle Tallulah Hall tried to enter an abortion clinic to terminate her pregnancy and she was confronted by the mother-daughter pro-life protester team of Sarah and Leah Winandy.

The Winandys asked Hall to consider keeping her baby. She responded by pulling out a knife and threatening them. No one was hurt.

It’s not surprising that Hall was charged... READ MORE 


Signs of Life

Photos From the March for Life in D.C.

I wasn’t able to attend the March for Life in washington, D.C. this year, but Faith & Family associate editor Lynn Wehner made the trek with one of her daughters.

When she got back, she shared these short inspiring thoughts (along with several photos of the most notable signs she saw—click “read more” to see them):

“Never” is usually such a pessimistic word … not so at this year’s March for Life!... READ MORE 


A Pro-Life Prayer

for today and every day

Because today was the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, I went looking for a special pro-life prayer to say. I was very pleased to find a beautiful one, which says it’s adapted from a homily by Pope John Paul II. I know we’re all thinking of and praying for all victims of abortion today, and in honor of that, I thought I’d share the prayer here.

Prayer for Life

Almighty God, our Father,
you who have... READ MORE 


I See FOCA

At the Register’s new site, Tom Hoopes notes that just about every measure of FOCA will be accomplished by the health care bill.

Here’s just one example:

FOCA MAKES ABORTION A RIGHT. It creates a “fundamental right” to abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy. No governmental body at any level would be able to “deny or interfere with” this right, or to “discriminate” against the exercise of this right “in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information.” For the first time, abortion would become an entitlement the government must condone and promote.

HEALTH BILL MAKES ABORTION A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT. In the Senate health bill, the federal government provides or requires health insurance that does exactly that. So what’s the difference?

Read the whole post for a systematic list of everything the health care bills in their current forms accomplish. 

See if you don’t see FOCA too.


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