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5 Responses to “ Daily Breakfast 460: The Gift of Life ”

1. 
   Steve Robichaud Mar 20th, 2008 at 8:46 am

   With no disrespect for Patty in Little Rock intended, I feel compelled to correct her misconception.

   If the Susan G. Komen Foundation supplies money to Planned Parenthood, Inc., this foundation is supporting the organization and its purposes. Planned Parenthood’s principal business is killing innocent humans in the womb, and they are the biggest corporation in North America participating in this business. This is why it is not possible for a Catholic to support Planned Parenthood, Inc and be in communion with the Church.

   If this is not enough reason to reject the Susan G. Komen Foundation then consider this. Planned Parenthood, Inc. was founded by Margaret Sanger, a racist and eugenist in the USA at the beginning of the 20th century, whose purpose in founding the organization was to purify and preserve the “white race”.

   Planned Parenthood, Inc. has been very good at killing non-white people. The best data available indicate that of the approximately 50 million American babies who have been murdered by abortion since the 1973 ruling which allowed such murder, approximately one-third have been African-American, even though African-Americans comprise only about 13% of the American population.

   Planned Parenthood, Inc. is succeeding in its objectives.

   If one is to be socially and morally responsible in our philanthropic works, one cannot support the Susan G. Komen Foundation until it disavows all of the evil and reprehensible purposes behind Planned Parenthood, Inc.

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   Patty Mar 20th, 2008 at 11:22 am

   When it was first announced that the diocese was asking us to stop supporting Komen, I was planning on doing that, despite my reluctance. However, since our administrator changed the directive, I am trusting his judgment. He is an faithful and holy priest, and I believe what he says.

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   Michael C Mar 20th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

   Here is a interesting ABC News video story about Confession Online that is prominently displayed/linked on the major internet portal Yahoo.com -

   Confess Your Sins Online

   Churches are finding new and controversial ways to encourage confession

   Unconventional Confessions
   Thursday, March 20, 2008

   Some churches provide online forums for people to confess their sins:

   http://www.yahoo.com/s/837431

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4. 
   Chelsa McDougall (good little catholic girl whos actually 24 and half) Mar 20th, 2008 at 10:24 pm

   catholics rock!!!

5. 
   Michael C Mar 21st, 2008 at 4:54 pm

   Following up the above post on confession, here is a very interesting story(mostly catholic related) based in Chicago metro area DuPage County about trying to get more people to confession because of the very low rate it traditionally has:

   Confession Getting A New Life Among Area Churches

   By Jack Komperda | Daily Herald Staff
   Published: 3/21/2008 12:11 AM

   It’s a Tuesday evening, not exactly high time for people to think about asking God for forgiveness.

   But on this night, St. Thomas Beckett Catholic Church in Mount Prospect is bustling with parishioners waiting to confess their sins to one of five stationed priests.

   At least three lines snake through the main chapel and out into the vestibule. Most of those in attendance are Polish immigrants who have come with babies, toddlers and teenage children in tow.

   In the harried bustle to meet with a priest, somebody accidentally pulls the church fire alarm, prompting an unexpected greeting from members of the fire department.

   “This is just crazy,” says Tom Walkosz, 18, of Mount Prospect, as he waits in the pews for his dad. “There’s so many more people than I expected.”

   No, the Catholic Church isn’t exactly experiencing a large-scale revival of parishioners flocking to confess their sins.

   The practice of regular confession actually has been in steep decline for decades. A 2005 poll by Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate shows that only about one in four Catholics participates in the sacrament at least once a year.

   And about 42 percent say they never go.

   But the practice of confessing one’s sins to a pastor is seeing signs of life in some unusual places in the suburbs and beyond.

   Spurred by an influx of Polish and Latino immigrants, some suburban churches, such as St. Thomas Beckett, are seeing a stark revival of parishioners interested in participating in regular confession, especially during the Christian holy seasons of Advent and Lent.

   Area Protestants, many of whom were raised to shun liturgical practices such as private confessions, are opening up to the traditionally Roman Catholic practice with some personal twists.

   And some churches have even gone to the Internet, allowing the faithful to post confessions online in their quest for repentance…

   Confession story continues here:

   http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=157545

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