Thursday begins the “Fortnight for Freedom” which is a two week event organized to spread information on the threat to our religious liberty through prayer, catechesis and public action. It is being organized by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Of course the secular media is claiming it is all about politics – …
Author: Paul Roy
Sunday Reflection: Confessing Our Sins
For the last two weeks I have been thinking about going to confession. This is something I haven’t done for about forty years. Why now? Why not?As I have written before I truly believe that God talks to me, no I am not hearing voices, but He talks to me in different ways. He talks …
You Think It’s Easy Being A Tea Party Catholic?
When I first became affiliated with the tea party movement I was pretty much prepared for the, let's say resistance, I would receive for my views, but never would I have expected the push back I would receive when I came out as a Catholic as well. Being Catholic and a tea party member are quite similar. People …
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HHS Mandate: Public Commenting
As citizens of the United States of America, we all have the chance to comment on legislation. As I hope you are all aware, there Obama administration is dilegently working to take away of Frist Amendment right to religious freedom. They have proposed a mandate as part of Obamacare which will require all religious institutions to provide free …
Lance, Lance, Lance, I’m So Dissapointed
I have never liked or used the term "hero" in my life. Any time you put someone on a pedestal like that there is a chance they just might fall off. Such is the case this week with Lance Armstrong. Armstrong won the Tour De France, arguably the world's premiere bicycle race more that any other racer in …
Washing Your Mouth Out With Soap No Longer Works
This week in Middleborough, Massachusetts, voters at the Town Meeting adopted a bylaw which will impose a fine on anyone using foul language in public. The bylaw was proposed by the town’s Police Chief, Bruce Gates. One has to wonder if this could be considered a violation of the First Amendment. The fine, which is …
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A Massachusetts Judge – Really?
As a resident of Massachusetts, I am used to dealing with liberal judges and courts which is why it is quite a surprise when the "Good Guys" win one. This is exactly what happened on Friday though, when a Superior Court Judge, S. Jane Haggerty, ruled that the words "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, …
It All Has to Start at Home
I am always heartened when I read something about youth involved in our faith. The latest was a blog post I found this morning. As I have written here before, I feel in one way I have failed my children by not practicing my faith when I was younger, now they don’t either. This means …
Nancy Pelosi: A Catholic’s Catholic, Not
Everybody's favorite "Catholic's Catholic" Nancy Pelosi is at it again. Being the true Catholic she does her religion on Sunday's in church. According to this in the Washington Examiner Pelosi said: "I do my religion on Sundays, in church, and I try to go other days of the week; I don't do it at this press …
Religious Freedom Rallies and the Rosary, A Connection
Did you go to any of the religious freedom rallies today? If you did great, if you didn't I understand, I couldn't make it either. There was one in the city where I work, but I don't have a job where I can just disappear for an hour.I had an interesting revelation about the "Stand up …
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The Wayward Catholic 