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Mary Shivanandan
Jun 11, 20195 min read
The Deconstruction of Marxist Feminism
By Dr. Pat Fagan. The Intellectual Service of the Marxist Feminists of the 1960s: Identifying the Core. As I have said many times,...
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Mary Shivanandan
Jun 10, 20194 min read
The Survival of Society and Christian Sex Education
By Dr. Pat Fagan. All men and women and children thrive on love. It is the great source of sacrifice, joy, hope, energy, good health,...
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Mary Shivanandan
Jun 10, 20193 min read
Holy Family - The Earthly Trinity
In the penultimate chapter of her scholarly, three-volume work on The Concept of Woman, Sr. Prudence Allen highlights “integral gender...
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Mary Shivanandan
May 13, 20193 min read
One Woman's Transformation
By Suzanne Shaffer. When a woman is in her forties, single but not completely happy with that fact, she may find herself wondering what...
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Mary Shivanandan
May 13, 20193 min read
Mama Mary
By Jim Park. “Am I not here, I, who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are...
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Mary Shivanandan
May 13, 20193 min read
Holiness vs. Humanness
Some years ago, my daughter had the privilege of attending a private Mass with Pope John Paul II. Afterwards there was a receiving...
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Mary Shivanandan
Apr 16, 20193 min read
Holy Spirit Arsenal
In a previous blog I have recommended three paths to instructing adolescents on how to avoid what Scripture calls fornication or sex...
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Mary Shivanandan
Apr 16, 20194 min read
Fatherhood and the Charism of Chastity
Many have pointed out that unless there is a rediscovery of true fatherhood and the charism of chastity, we are unlikely to see the end...
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Mary Shivanandan
Apr 16, 20194 min read
What Do You Do?
By Alice Knaeble. “You’re engaged! Wow! That’s so exciting.” I’ve been blessed to hear these words a lot recently as I just became the...
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Mary Shivanandan
Mar 12, 20193 min read
A Father's Advice
By Dr Pat Fagan. Fatherhood in our culture is under attack. “Patriarchy” has become almost a “dirty” word. Yet, without the father...
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Mary Shivanandan
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Mall Dystopia
Self-Absorption vs. True Communion. By Jim Park. Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the sales inside are delightful! Let them...
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Mary Shivanandan
Mar 12, 20193 min read
Raising Sons to be Great Fathers
By Dr Pat Fagan. To do a good job in raising their sons, modern fathers have to dig deeper into the nature of fatherhood, deeper than...
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Mary Shivanandan
Feb 6, 20193 min read
True Freedom
In 1965, my husband and I signed a contract to buy our first house in Arlington, VA, when we learned that there was a law on the books...
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Mary Shivanandan
Feb 5, 20193 min read
Decisions About Sex and Romance
As this month, we celebrate St Valentine’s Day, it seems appropriate to focus on the love between a man and a woman, especially the...
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Mary Shivanandan
Feb 5, 20194 min read
The Mystery of Sex
As Valentine’s Day is ostensibly about the love between a man and a woman, and that love, in our secular culture is equated with sex, it...
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Mary Shivanandan
Jan 15, 20194 min read
The Gift of Life
By Alice Knaeble. I first experienced the craft of midwifery in a remote (and I mean very remote-- we were an eight-hour safari drive...
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Mary Shivanandan
Jan 15, 20193 min read
Exchange of Gifts
For those, who are Christian, the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6, usually marks the end of the Christmas season. Because it is also...
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Mary Shivanandan
Jan 15, 20193 min read
Whatever Happened to Marriage?
A former student got married in early January. Before the wedding, I searched the aisles of my all-purpose grocery store for a wedding...
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Mary Shivanandan
Nov 13, 20183 min read
The Dating Prelude
By Alice Knaeble. Dating is a challenge, but it can also be an incredibly joyful and formative experience. I remember thinking, as a...
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Mary Shivanandan
Nov 12, 20183 min read
Communion: The Foundation of Morality
St. Bernard of Clairvaux and St. Catherine of Siena were both mystics. Catherine was a doctor of the Church and Bernard is generally...
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