Jeanie Hannaman

October 1, 2024

15,000 Killers, 20,000 Sexual Assault Convicts, 60,000 Robbers Among Illegal Immigrants at Large, by Stephen Dinan

By Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times - The DHS knows of at least 660,000 illegal immigrants in the U.S. with criminal records, including 13,000 convicted killers, nearly 16,000 sex assault convicts and 56,000 involved with dangerous drugs... Thousands of other migrants have been charged but not yet convicted of those and other crimes... They are part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s “non-detained docket,” a list of more than 7 million illegal immigrants that ICE is supposed to be monitoring as they are awaiting final deportation decisions or, in some cases, are fugitives who are refusing to go.

October 1, 2024

Live St. Thérèse’s Little Way and Climb to Heaven in God’s Arms

By Thomas Griffin, National Catholic Register - In describing her arrival at her own vocational awareness, Thérèse wrote in her autobiography: I understood that it was love alone that made the Church’s members act, that if love ever became extinct, apostles would not preach the Gospel and martyrs would not shed their blood. I understood that love comprised all vocations, that love was everything … in a word that it was eternal. ...

October 1, 2024

North Carolina Catholics Mobilize With Relief As State Emerges From Helene’s Floodwaters, by Jonah McKeown

By Jonah McKeown for CNA - Catholic agencies in western North Carolina are mobilizing to help with relief efforts amid devastating flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene, which dumped torrential rain on mountain communities there leaving serious damage and dozens dead... churches across the diocese are gearing up to serve as aid distribution points. Municipal water systems have been swamped and damaged, roads and access points have been washed away, and utility lines have been downed since the flooding began in earnest on Friday. ...

October 1, 2024

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: Jesus’ Face Was Set toward Jerusalem

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Luke 9:51-56 - When the days drew near for him to be received up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him; but the people would not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?" ...