as seen by a simple American Catholic mom
Posted in Catholic Vote, Citizenship, Economy, Immigration, Life Issues on Jun 7th, 2011
Archbishop Dolan, of the Archdiocese of New York and newly-elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), recently wrote about Subsidiarity and Solidarity - a topic that both excites me and confuses me. I enjoyed the article, especially this excerpt: We bishops are not politicians, but pastors. So we preach principles — not [...]
Posted in Citizenship on Jun 2nd, 2011
There are so many issues going on all around us all time. Religious freedoms in this country that was founded to protect religious and individual liberties are continuously attacked and mocked, Catholics are being legislatively forced to either compromise their religious principals or stop their non-profit services, Families are being torn apart as they try to climb [...]
Posted in abortion, Catholic Vote, Citizenship, Economy, Energy, Environment, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Immigration, Life Issues, Marriage, Politics, Religious Freedom, Religious Tolerance, Voting, Voting, Words that Inspire on Nov 1st, 2010
Tomorrow A day of history November 4, 2008 CHANGE February 17, 2009 787 billion dollars March 11, 2009 $3.6 trillion budget March 21st, 2010 Government controlled ‘health care’ for “all”… July 15th 2010 Government controlled ’free’ market FUNDAMENTAL 9.6% (or more) unemployment rate 13 Trillion dollar national debt CHANGE Yesterday. Tomorrow is a new day. Not for change; democrats, [...]
Posted in Citizenship, Voting on Jul 24th, 2010
Another part of elections and campaigns that bothers me (and probably a lot of others) is all the money involved. On one hand, what does money have to do with anything? I just want to pick the guy or gal who will best represent me in the legislature. Why does it matter how much [...]
Posted in Citizenship, Voting on Jul 23rd, 2010
Ok so despite everything I’ve said about voting, I have to admit that I am getting tired of hearing all the campaign ads. It all started out so innocently. The candidates shared their visions and who they are with us and how they planned on serving us. They all promised to run a ‘clean’ campaign and [...]
Posted in Catholic Vote, Citizenship on Jul 19th, 2010
In Kansas, the primary election is coming up August 3rd. Today is the last day you can register or change parties if needed in order to vote in the primaries. I found a great voters guide for Kansans. http://www.thevoterguide.org/v/wichita/ It shows you what choices you’ll have for each different race and even gives a short [...]
Posted in Citizenship, Human Rights, Immigration on Jul 9th, 2010
Part III: The Human Factor Alright so I’ve talked a bit about the importance of securing the border and a little bit about how to deal with those who are already here without proper documentation. (i.e. illegally) In immigration reform debates we hear a lot about securing the border vs. not securing it and deporting [...]
Posted in Citizenship, Immigration on Jul 6th, 2010
Immigration Part II: Those who are already here Immigrants come here in basically 2 ways. Legally: They go through customs at the border they arrive in and fill out proper documentation there. Illegally: They ‘sneak in’ or are smuggled in. Sometimes though, even those who came here legally can become illegal when they let their visas expire. It happens. Many [...]
Posted in about me, Citizenship on Jul 4th, 2010
Growing up, our family wasn’t anti-patriotic but since my parents didn’t grow up here we didn’t grow up in the same way ‘cradle-Americans’ do…I used to take my country for granted and really didn’t give much thought about Americanism beyond memorizing facts for a school test. In the past few years though, I feel like a born-again Christian (even though I’m a cradle Catholic) as I’ve ‘re-discovered’ America and my citizenship in this country in a new way
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