Chaplain of Legatus’ Wilmington Chapter wins six tickets to New Jersey event . . . Father Joseph Cocucci, chaplain of Legatus’ Wilmington Chapter, is the winner of six tickets to see Father John Corapi, SOLT, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Oct. 30, 2010. Domestic Church Media Foundation is presenting Fr. Corapi, who will speak on Spiritual Warfare.
Lund, Condon to receive special award from Los Angeles’ Cardinal Roger Mahony . . . LOS ANGELES — Two Legatus members were among five members of the Los Angeles Catholic community to receive the 2011 Cardinal’s Award. Tom Condon and Kathie Lund, both members of Legatus’ Pasadena Chapter, were among the honorees with extensive and distinguished records of service in the archdiocese. The 2011 recipients were named a Sept. 29 luncheon at Guardian Angel Church in Pacoima, the beneficiary of the 2011 event.
This spring President Obama signed into law a major overhaul of the U.S. health care delivery system. Other than the federal stimulus and financial bailouts, the new health care law garnered more attention than any other legislative pursuit in 2010. As well it should.
On Aug. 23, Federal District Judge Royce C. Lamberth blocked President Obama’s 2009 executive order expanding federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
It passed almost unnoticed, but in late July the Obama administration raised the federal government’s budget deficit forecast for fiscal year 2011 to $1.4 trillion. That’s up from February’s forecast of $1.267 trillion. In July alone, the government’s deficit was $165 billion, of which $20 billion was for interest payments on debt.
The simple answer: God didn’t make the devil. He created the angel Lucifer who later of his own free will made himself into the devil by opposing the will of God.
Born in Capistrano, Italy, this future saint had a tragic beginning. His father died when he was quite young. However, his mother devoted much energy to the boy’s education. John went on to study law in Perugia where he was eventually appointed governor. He fought corruption and bribery and became renowned for his high ethical standards and commitment to justice.
When Bishop Martin J. Amos was appointed to lead the Davenport diocese in 2006, the lifelong Clevelander had a big mess to clean up. Lawsuits from priestly sexual abuse forced the diocese to declare bankruptcy. But with faith, hope and humor, the long-time pastor and seminary teacher, 68, has buoyed his diocese with the same high spirits he brings to Legatus gatherings. He’s rallying the local business community to grow Quad Cities’ developing chapter.
There’s a chill in the air and the leaves are beginning to change throughout much of the country. This can only mean one thing: Flu season is upon us. Many pharmacies began administering flu shots as early as August to avoid the increasing frustration and vaccination shortages that accompanied last year’s “swine flu” (H1N1 virus) threat.
I am often asked what it was like owning the Detroit Tigers. As I look back, the whole thing was like a dream. First, the way the purchase happened. The 1983 season had ended, and the negotiations were cloaked in secrecy because the owner, John Fetzer, said that if word of a possible deal got to the press, the deal was dead.
Another of our former chaplains, Fr. Rutler offers a personal account of the many remarkable people he’s encountered throughout his life including Legates Bowie Kuhn, Edward Piszek and Wellington Mara. He shares the many graces he’s received through his friendships with Robert Frost and Mother Teresa.
Like Madrid and Hensley, Fr. Spitzer takes on the new agnostic/atheist movement. Our former chaplain shows how these groups ignore the considerable evidence for theism uncovered in both physics and philosophy over the past four decades.
Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and others have had best-sellers presenting a new movement of atheistic thought. Catholic apologists Madrid and Hensley take on that movement, while showing how Christians can effectively counter atheists’ false assertions.
Despite the fact that secularism has nearly overrun the United Kingdom over the past few decades, the celebration that surrounded Pope Benedict XVI’s historic visit last month was a breath of fresh air. Nearly 100,000 strong gathered to welcome him to Scotland when he landed there on Sept. 16.