The Practices of Effective Catholic Leaders

From Catholic Edition
Dr. Jaime Pedro

"What is as hot as a Red Sabina Habanero and badly needed in the world today? More effective Catholic leaders! It has been said that the most important religious event of the 20th century was the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. In its formidable document on the laity, the Council loudly proclaimed that we must "broaden and intensify the work of the laity, create powerful proclaimers of the faith, (and) penetrate, perfect, and totally renew the temporal order of society…" No wonder our United Startes bishops have said that laymen must be leaders in the Church and in society."

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And Lest We Forget...It's Still Easter

My musical friend and Mistress of the Ivories sent me this back when I couldn't post it...in Lent. My memory stumbled over it the other day and I can't resist posting it up to share with you. Extraordinarily clever.

We, Free Radicals...ND Response

Population Stats our Grandchildren Will Inherit

Islam will overwhelm Christendom unless Christians recognize the demographic realities, begin reproducing again, and share the gospel with Muslims.

I thought it was helpful to know that our maintainability ratio is helped by Mexican immigration, especially if those immigrating are friendly to Christian beliefs.

There is also a great read by Mark Steyn titled America Alone that reiterates these sobering statistics.

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