Jeanie Hannaman

June 19, 2024

BOOK REVIEW: How Parents Are Freeing Their Kids From the Public School Monopoly, by John M. Grondelski

By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., Catholic World Report - Catholic parents, heirs of social teaching that affirms their primacy in the educational enterprise, have a special mission to seize the moment and realign the misalignment of values operating in the American public school establishment. Children are parents’, not schools’. Parents, not schools, are the first and best educators of children. Schools work for parents and should not arrogate any more substantial “partnership.” Education exists for children, not for schools... And, if education exists for children, then educational dollars also exist for children, not schools. ...

June 19, 2024

Southern Baptists Vote to Oppose ‘Willful Destruction’ of Life through IVF, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream - America’s largest Protestant denomination voted last week to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) because it results in the “willful destruction” of human embryos “wantonly created” in the process... In a 700-word resolution, the Southern Baptist Convention, which has almost 13 million church members spread across 45,000 churches nationwide, committed itself on June 12 to uphold its historic moral teaching affirming “the value of every human life” and opposing “the use of technology that disregards the sanctity of human life.”

June 19, 2024

Just Beachy—and the Gift of Friendship in Families, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - It is most often through the life of the family, including the extended family, that both we and others learn the very sharp difference between pleasure and joy. We cling to mere pleasure at our peril, because it means rejecting that all-encompassing joy which comes from God alone. Both children and adults absorb this lesson through a deeply Catholic family life. It is an experience that makes all the difference to each family member and, shared with others, can make all the difference to those outside the family circle. It is the beginning of that rich life in the family of God which is meant to last forever.

June 19, 2024

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki: Looking at Effective Programs that Address Poverty

By Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, Catholic World Report - (USCCB's) Executive session supposedly provides a confidential forum for brainstorming and frank discussion of proposals before going into public debate and decision-making. I say “supposedly” because shortly after the “confidential” executive session there was a story in the National Catholic Reporter in which Michael Sean Winters wrote, “Several bishops told me that in the executive session where the CCHD was discussed, the support for the program was overwhelming. Springfield, Illinois, Bsp. Thomas Paprocki intervened to suggest it was time to sunset the program, and his sentiments were echoed by Kansas City, Kansas, Abp. Joseph Naumann.”... It is very disappointing that several bishops apparently lack the integrity of respecting the confidentiality of our executive sessions. It is also sad to say that such bishops cannot be trusted.