Catholic Fire

Today is the feast of St. Angela Merici, the foundress of the Ursulines, the the first teaching congregation of women in the Church. It was a new, almost revolutionary foundation for its time, as it focused primarily on the education of women. Her foundation led to the emancipation of women not only in the Church, but in society as well. Women were educated so as to transform society by educating their own family in the faith and living out that faith in their lives.  Angela was born to a family of minor nobility on March 21, 1474 at Desenzano, Lake Garda, Italy and died on January 27, 1540 in Brescia. She worked diligently on her father’s farm and was also taught by her family the habits of prayer and fasting — which she continued to practice her entire life. Her parents died when she was only ten years old. Together, with her older sister, she moved to the nearby town of Salo, to live with her uncle. When her sister died quite suddenly without receiving the last sacram...

In the Bible, God presents himself as a teacher. “I myself taught Ephraim to walk, I myself took them by the arm,” it says. A believer is obliged to raise his children. Every man and every woman has a right to educate their children in their religious values. When a government deprives children of this formation, it can lead to cases like Nazism, when children were indoctrinated with values which were alien to the ones held by their parents. Totalitarianism tends to take over education to feather its own nest… ~ Pope Francis Via Tim Drake at the Cardinal Newman Society. Read his entire article here.

Fr. Joe Koterski describes the teaching of the Catholic Church as it relates to end of life suffering.

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Obama's Support for Ayers' Radical Education Ideology by Marcia Segelstein The relationship between Barack Obama and self-confessed domestic terrorist William Ayers is complicated. Many in the media dismiss it as "guilt by association." But it is much more than that. As Dick Morris explained on Hannity & Colmes last night, newly-released documents show a very close relationship between the two men, and a shared vision of education in America. Bill Ayers is an educator now, with a radical philosophy. In order to further that philosophy, Ayers got a grant of $50 million. He then helped select Obama to distribute that money. But the money didn't go to schools. It went to "external partners of schools," extremist community groups, whose job, according to Morris "was to infuse students with radical ideology ." So Obama, who had control of the money, didn't use it to improve test scores, or improve science and math curricula. In fact, the st...

For the first time in recent memory, leaders of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops have invited the two presidential candidates to meet with them before the election. Neither Republican John McCain nor Democrat Barack Obama have replied to the invitations offered last month, said Sister Mary Ann Walsh, spokeswoman for the conference. A spokeswoman for the McCain campaign said the senator wants to accept, but does not yet know if such a meeting will fit into his schedule. A spokesman for the Obama campaign could not be reached for comment. Five bishops who lead policy committees -- delving into matters including abortion, education, migration, international affairs and communications -- want to discuss the candidates' views on social issues, said Bishop William Murphy of the Rockville Centre diocese in New York state. He is chairman of the bishops' domestic policy committee. The meetings, if they occur, will be private and off the record, he said. "This isn't born ...

McCain's new ad revealing Obama's position on education for our children: Obama believes in sex education provided by Planned parenthood to children at the kindergarten level (5 - year - olds!). Michelle Malkin: Obama's Great Idea Sex - Ed for Kindergarteners Catholic Fire: Barack Obama: The Most Anti-Catholic Presidential Candidate