Jeanie Hannaman

The Fatima Center - In 1830 the Blessed Mother appeared three times at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul on the rue de Bac in Paris. She manifested Herself to the humble postulant Sister (now Saint) Catherine Labouré. Here is how the Saint described the encounter when the Medal of the Immaculate Conception was revealed: “Her feet rested on a white globe … I saw three rings on each of Her fingers, graduated in size, the largest one near the base of the finger, one of medium size in the middle, the smallest one at the tip set with gems of proportionate size, some larger and others smaller …

By Anthony Esolen, First Things - In my previous column, I recommended that every diocese establish at least one library, as part of the Church’s mission to be the Mater et magistra (“Mother and teacher”), to a barbarian world.  I described the kinds of books I have found at antique stores and junk shops, and even our town dump, whence I have gathered complete hardcover sets of the works of Washington Irving and George Eliot, probably a day or so before they would be destroyed... Which brings me to two considerations: What kinds of books would such a library include?  How could they be obtained?

By Kate Quiñones, Catholic News Agency - More than 100 members of Congress asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the amount of federal funding given to abortion providers nationally and internationally over the past three years, including Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates... One hundred and twelve members of Congress signed the Nov. 22 letter spearheaded by House Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), and Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY). ...