Jeanie Hannaman

November 20, 2024

Woke Ideology Is Not Dead and Buried, by Francis X. Maier

By Francis X. Maier, First Things - I spent the evening after November 5 on YouTube. The site was full of time-compressed videos that tracked news media icons and Hollywood celebrities as election night wore on. The clips were mesmerizing. It was like watching a Carnival Cruise ship gradually sink. Passengers went from champagne to life jackets in just six hours. Jimmy Kimmel, Rachel Maddow, the always unpleasant Joy Reid, and so many others found themselves trapped in a Greek tragedy, with the bill for their jumbo helping of hubris suddenly due.

November 20, 2024

US Government Is ‘World’s Largest Child Sex Trafficking Organization,’ Former Border Patrol Agent Claims, by Virginia Allen

By Virginia Allen, Daily Signal - Sitting before members of Congress on Capitol Hill Tuesday, retired Border Patrol agent J.J. Carrell told the lawmakers that the “United States federal government is the world’s largest child sex trafficking organization in modern history.”... “I state with complete certainty that [President Joe] Biden, [Vice President Kamala] Harris, and [Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas intentionally, strategically and purposely weaponized illegal immigration and use it as a tool to fundamentally transform America" ...

November 20, 2024

The Role of Mary in My Priesthood, by Fr. Timothy Welles and James Valois

By Fr. Timothy Welles and James Valois, Catholic Exchange - From my earliest memories, Mary beckoned me to relationship with her. When I finally took Mary up on being devoted and praying to her, it transformed my life and continues to do so. Late in the fall of 1972, when I was in third grade at St. Mary’s school in Green Bay, I sat in the front of the room right next to a statue of our Blessed Mother. One day the statue of Mary seemed to come alive, and Mary spoke three simple words to me: “Pray to me.” ....

November 20, 2024

Saint of the Day for November 20: St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

By Franciscan Media - Born in Grenoble, France, of a family that was among the new rich, Rose learned political skills from her father and a love of the poor from her mother. The dominant feature of her temperament was a strong and dauntless will, which became the material—and the battlefield—of her holiness. She entered the Visitation of Mary convent at 19, and remained despite family opposition.