Stupak Amendment Health Care: Vote Yes!

Author: Michael Sean Winters;

The Rules Committee of the House handed pro-life forces an enormous victory last night, deciding to allow a vote on the Stupak Amendment that will bar federal funds and federal subsidies from paying for abortion coverage. The vote on both the amendment and the final bill are scheduled for later today.

It is not too late to contact your congressional representative and urge them to vote in favor of both the Amendment and the final bill.

If you doubt that this is a huge victory for pro-life forces, check out the website at NARAL. They know that this vote is critical. Let’s make sure our congressmen and women know that it is equ

Trautman: Ditch the New Translations

Author: James Martin, S.J.;

NCR is reporting that Bishop Donald W. Trautman is encouraging the U.S. bishops to adopt a last-minute measure to reject the new Mass translations. Trautman, who served as chairman of the USCCB Committee on Liturgy, has long opposed the new translations, as you can see from his article, from 2007, in America. Here are two snippets from the NCR piece, as reported by Jerry Filteau.

Tall Tales

Author: Jim Keane, S.J.;

Sad news from Boston came yesterday: Thomas P. O'Malley, S.J., passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at the age of 79.� TPOM was a former editor of America magazine, among the many jobs he held in the Society of Jesus: He was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston College from 1973 to 1980; was president of John Carroll University in Ohio from 1980 to 1988; was the 13^th president of Loyola Marymount University from 1991 to 1999; then went to Boston College, where he taught Latin and was involved with the honors program.

His obituaries will (and shoul

An "Ignatian-Style" Rosary

Author: James Martin, S.J.;

A reader sent me a link to this. And, no, I hadn't heard of it either. But check it out. It's from the California Province Jesuits. They suggest using the techniques of Ignatian contemplation (imagining yourself in the scene) and applying them to particular events in Jesus's life, for a new way of doing the Rosary. Interesting. See what you think here. (But where's the First Contemplation?)

James Martin, SJ

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Stupak Amendment Health Care: Vote Yes!

Trautman: Ditch the New Translations

Tall Tales

An "Ignatian-Style" Rosary