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CANCELLED - June 8, 2012, Catholic Citizens will host Thomas Levergood of the Lumen Christi Institute at the Forum Luncheon
5/15/2012 9:00:00 AM
By Mary Anne Hackett -Catholic Citizens of Illinois
NOTE: JUNE 8 LUNCHEON CANCELLED

Mr. Thomas Levergood will be speaking at a later date to be announced.

June 8, 2012, Catholic Citizens Forum Luncheon will host Thomas Levergood, Executive Director and co-founder of the Lumen Christi Institute. Thomas Levergood received his BA in Political Science and an MA in General Studies in the Humanities at the University of Chicago. After studies in languages and literature in Munich, Paris, and New York, he returned to the University of Chicago to pursue graduate studies in theology, politics, and literature in the Committee on Social Thought. The subject: "The Roots of America's Decline in Misguided Political Reforms."

Luncheons are at 11:45 a.m. at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Tickets are $35.00. Business Attire. Reservations required. Call Maureen at 708-352-5834.
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Tom Roeser, Co-Founder and Chairman of Catholic Citizens of Illinois Passes Away

5/30/2011 10:00:00 PM
By Mary Anne Hackett, President -Catholic Citizens of Illinois

CCI President Mary Anne Hackett Partcipates on WTTW TV Panel Discussing Rev. Pfleger Suspension and the Beatification of John Paul II
5/4/2011 10:00:00 AM -CCI


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Organized religion 'is where all the trouble comes from': DePaul commencement speaker
5/15/2012 8:45:00 PM
By Ben Johnson -LifeSiteNews.com
The nation's largest Catholic university will feature a commencement speaker who believes "the rest of life would benefit enormously" from the extinction of mankind, considers Christianity "the most dangerous of devotions," and boasted about weakening the "dissolutive, oppressive institutions of organized religion."

Population guru E.O. Wilson will address a combined ceremony of DePaul University's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and its College of Science and Health on June 10. The date is his 83rd birthday.

Although he is by training a myrmecologist who has discovered 450 different kinds of ants, the Harvard professor made his name as the father of sociobiology in the 1970s.

Along the way, he has expressed his enthusiasm for "population control," internationalism, and displacing the "oppressive" force of religion.
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Cardinal Dolan: 'The Law of the Gift' and a Truly Catholic UniversityNatio

5/15/2012 9:53:00 AM
By JOAN FRAWLEY DESMOND -National Catholic Register
Amid ongoing debate over what constitutes a Catholic university, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York defended the countercultural witness of The Catholic University of America.

In a striking departure from graduation speeches designed to inspire and celebrate career goals, Cardinal Dolan focused a May 12 commencement address on core Catholic beliefs. He urged the graduates to follow "The Law of the Gift" handed down to the faithful through the self-sacrificial love of Jesus Christ.

The cardinal serves as the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. During a news cycle that marked President Barack Obama's public endorsement of same-sex "marriage" and Kathleen Sebelius' upcoming appearance during Georgetown University's commencement, he affirmed his commitment to the defense of traditional marriage and religious freedom.
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DC archdiocese's paper hammers Sebelius appearance at Georgetown

5/15/2012 9:40:00 AM -CNA

Fr. Robert Barron to head Mundelein Seminary
5/14/2012 10:00:00 AM -CNA/EWTN News

Bishop Jenky's Assessment of Religious Liberty Battle Raises Question About Historical Analogy
5/11/2012 8:56:00 AM
By JOHN BURGER -CNA


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OBAMA'S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE STARTLES NATION – MEDIA PROCLAIM IT A POLITICAL MASTERSTROKE
5/15/2012 8:38:00 PM
By Don Feder -GrassTopsUSA Exclusive Commentary
After several seconds of deep reflection, Barack Obama announced late last week that his position had undergone a seismic shift and he now fully supported the absurdity known as gay marriage.

The nation wondered: What next? Would the pope embrace Catholic doctrine? Would Billy Graham signify his support for the New Testament? Would Lindsay Lohan fail a breathalyzer test?

"A gutsy call," chirped The New York Times, and yet more evidence of the Great One's "strong national leadership." If Obama refused emergency medical services after stubbing his toe, The Times would hail his heroic endurance.

If the president's newest position on unholy matrimony is courageous, then his earlier retreat on the issue must have been craven. As a candidate for the Illinois State Senate in 1996, Obama declared "I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages." He was running in a district that made Massachusetts look like Kansas.
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After Vatican rebuke, nuns celebrated

5/15/2012 9:20:00 AM
By Naomi Nix and Manya A. Brachear -Chicago Tribune
Less than a month after the Vatican accused women's religious communities of straying too far from doctrinal teachings, Roman Catholics in the Chicago area are going out of their way to thank the religious women who helped shape their lives and served on the front lines of the church's mission to the poor - American nuns.

While some have staged protests, others have taken a less confrontational approach, inviting parishioners from across the Archdiocese of Chicago to gather and celebrate the women and their contributions to the church.

On Tuesday, the Chicago-based church reform group Call to Action will continue its series of candlelight vigils outside Holy Name Cathedral. At Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church in the West Loop last week, hundreds of nuns packed the sanctuary and received standing ovations.
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The SSPX is apparently about to go into schism over Bishop Fellay's plans to return 'within the walls'; we need him back and should pray that his opponents fail

5/14/2012 10:00:00 AM
By William Oddie -Catholic Herald, uk.co

Columbia University janitor cleans up with bachelor's degree
5/14/2012 9:59:00 AM -Associated Press

Group says Sebelius speech at Georgetown 'insulting' to Catholics
5/8/2012 11:22:00 AM
By Sam Baker -The Hill






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