Marge Fenelon

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked Catholic families throughout the US to participate in “First Fridays for Food Security,” taking place every first Friday from May 6, 2011 through April 6, 2012, and they’ve launched a Facebook page to promote the monthly event. The Bishops are asking us to eat meals that cost only as much … Continue reading →

Tomorrow (Wed) at 7:20AM EST, Brian Patrick and I will discuss gender discrimination vs. faith discrimination on the Sonrise Morning Show. Please join us! You can listen live or catch the podcast later. See you at Sonrise! http://sonrisemorningshow.com/

As I read the Holy Father’s midday Angelus address from this past Sunday, July 24, I had a single thought: What if our children could be given the gift that Solomon received? During his audience with those gathered at the papal summer residence in Castel Gondolfo, Pope Benedict XVI spoke in reference to Sunday’s first Mass reading, which described Solomon’s … Continue reading →

Valley Park Middle School is in the news again. Some weeks ago, this Toronto, Canada, school was highlighted for allowing Muslim students to hold a 30-minute prayer service in the school cafeteria during class time each Friday afternoon. That brought an initial wave of uproar from both sides of the debate regarding the permitting of prayer in public schools. Now … Continue reading →

A citation and 93 days in jail. That’s what planting veggies in your front yard could get you, at least in Oak Park, Michigan. Ridiculous, you say? Hardly; it’s a reality, and it’s happening to Julie Bass. Julie and her family live in an average neighborhood in an average home in Oak Park, and a sewer line repair made it … Continue reading →

Flash mobs effect all of us. Learn what you can do to help – here’s my latest on Catholic Lane.  

It appears as though Europe is beginning to see the folly of its ways; perhaps one day the United States will, too. Here’s an interesting article from Gregor Puppinck, on Catholic Lane.    

Join Brian Patrick and me tomorrow, July 8, 2011, at 6:45AM CST on the Sonrise Morning Show as we chat about friendships over the miles – cyber or otherwise. It’ll be an interesting discussion, I promise! Listen live or catch the podcast later: http://sonrisemorningshow.com/

Any man who will spend a Saturday afternoon on his hands and knees, digging around the shelves of a musty, chock-full thrift shop is a hero. At least he’s my hero. In fact, I think it might make him a canonizable saint. A few weeks ago, I begged my husband to accompany me to “The Last Stop Shop,” an apostolate … Continue reading →

Today, columnist and pro-family activist, Phyllis Schlafly, posted a column in response to the June 27, 2011 Supreme Court ruling in the Brown vs. Entertainment Merchants Association case. The Court ruled against a California law that would prohibit the $60 billion-a-year  video game industry from selling graphic, repulsively violent games to children without their parent’s consent. Other states have attempted … Continue reading →