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Sheila Liaugminas
Commenator Sheila Liaugminas to address August 8 CCI Lunch forum on the subject of Media Bias as it impacts Catholics and Catholic issues
7/15/2008 9:15:00 PM -CCI
Sheila Liaugminas, a regular commentator on Relevant Radio, has had extensive experience in print and broadcast journalism. She was a reporter for the Midwest Bureau of Time Magazine for over twenty years and did a year-long series on historic Chicago for Crain's Chicago Business. Sheila was host of an award-winning feature magazine program YOU on WMAQ-TV and guest hosted a morning talk show. She hosted The Right Questions and Issues & Answers for Relevant Radio. She recently provided coverage of Pope Benedict's visit to the United States for Relevant Radio. The subject: "Media Bias." CCI's monthly luncheon forums are held on the second Friday of every month, from 11:45 AM To 01:30 PM, at a new location, the Union League Club 65 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, 60604 - (312) 427-7800. Ticket price includes for a full course meal, and are $30.00. Reservations required. Call Maureen at 708-352-5834. The public is welcome.
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CCI Seeking Volunteers For One Hour Timeslots on October 4 During 40 Days for Life Prayer Vigil
7/14/2008 5:52:00 PM
Catholic Citizens of Illinois encourages all members to participate in the 40 Days for Life national campaign, to be held from September 24 to November 2. We need volunteers to sign up for any of the one-hour timeslots on Saturday, October 4. The 24-hour prayer vigil will take place in front of the Abortion Aid clinic, 5228 N. Elston near Foster - not far from the Women's Center in Chicago. Many other organizations and parishes are participating in this important vigil: the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Pro-Life Action League, Couples for Christ, Knights of Columbus, Illinois Right to Life. We very much want to have a strong presence from CCI on October 4. Please send an e-mail to mary_kelly33@hotmail.com with your name, e-mail address, and telephone number and your preferred timeslot.
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Patricia Bainbridge, director of the Respect Life Office of the Diocese of Rockford to address July 11 Catholic Citizens Lunch Forum
7/5/2008 7:34:00 PM -CCI
Patricia Bainbridge, director of the Respect Life Office of the Diocese of Rockford and chairman of the Department for Life of the Catholic Conference of Illinois and serves as chairman of the board of Human Life International. She has been a guest on EWTN's "The Journey Home" where she discussed her journey to the Catholic Faith. The subject: "My Journey from Agnosticism to Catholicism." Luncheons are at 12:00 noon at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago (corner of Jackson & Federal). Tickets are $30.00. Reservations required. Call Maureen at 708-352-5834. The public is welcome.
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Catholic Citizens of Illinois Calls on Cardinal George to Remove Rev. Pfleger Immediately
6/15/2008 4:30:00 PM -CCI

CCI Lunch Forum June 13 at Chicago's Union League Club features Rev. Richard T. Simon, "The Crisis in Catholic Education"
6/2/2008 6:30:00 PM

St. Sabina's website continues to go after political opponents: Criminalizing gun ownership encouraged, State Reps. and Senators who support Second Amendment are targeted
5/31/2008 12:00:00 PM -CCI

In Spite of Cardinal George's Directions, St. Sabina Website Continues to Spout Political Nonsense
5/30/2008 8:14:00 AM -CCI

"Irrational and Ridiculous" Thug Tactics of Depaul Administrators to Stomp Out Conservative Views on Campus Exposed by THE STATESMAN: Independent Campus Newspaper Struggles to Represent Catholic and Conservative Views on Campus
5/20/2008 8:38:00 AM
By The Depaul Conservative Alliance and THE STATESMAN at www.depaulca.org -Joseph Blewitt, Editor-in-chief

Patrick J. Reilly, founder of the Cardinal Newman Society, at the May 9, 2008 Catholic Citizens Lunch Forum
5/2/2008 9:21:00 PM

Former Illinois Catholic Conference Director Doug Delaney to Assist USCCB with Media Relations During Pope's US visit in April, 2008
4/12/2008 6:00:00 PM -Diocese of Joliet Press Release

Loyola Prof. Dennis Martin and Depaul Student Nicholas Hahn Discuss the Role of the Catholic University at the April 11 Catholic Citizens Luncheon
4/5/2008 7:28:00 PM

Immigration Debated at the March 14 CCI Luncheon Forum
3/8/2008 1:51:00 PM

Rev. Robert Sirico at the University Club April 2: The Rise (and Eventual Downfall) of the New Religious Left
3/1/2008 7:00:00 PM

Father Martin Heinz to speak at Catholic Citizens Lunch Forum, Friday Feb 8
2/3/2008 9:00:00 AM

Dr. Kenneth Howell at Jan. 11, 2008 CCI Lunch Forum: "Today's College Students: Can They Be Brought to Catholicism."
1/5/2008 10:00:00 PM

Msgr. Schmitz of the Institute of Christ the King CCI Lunch Forum On Dec 14: "The Classical Roman Rite and Its Future"
12/8/2007 5:27:00 PM

Stephen J. Safranek, Professor of Law at Ave Maria School of Law at the November 9 CCI Lunch Forum: "Annulments and No Fault Divorce"
11/3/2007 7:49:00 PM -CCI

Ave Maria University Founder Tom Monaghan and President Nick Healy Provide an Update to Supporters, Nov 1 in Oak Brook, IL
10/25/2007 7:51:00 PM

October 12 CCI Lunch Forum DOUBLE HEADER: Rev. Robert Barron at noon on "Beauty & Evangelization" followed by Clare Asquith, Viscountess Asquith at 2PM "Was Shakespeare a Catholic?"
10/6/2007 7:43:00 PM

"How Political Should Faithful Catholics Be?" by Rev. Frank Pavone, Founder of Priests for Life, Keynote Speaker at Catholic Citizens of Illinois Annual Awards Banquet on Sept 25, 2007
9/22/2007 8:41:00 PM
By CCI

CATHOLIC VIEWS

Romney Packaging Warning: Caveat Emptor?
Is Obama Considering Romney As V-P Choice, or McCain Considering Romney As V-P Choice? Is the Later or the Former A Better Fit?
7/20/2008 8:38:00 PM
By Gregg Jackson and John Haskins -www,rffm.org
When Ann Coulter endorsed Mitt Romney she called the former Massachusetts governor "manifestly our best candidate" -- though the paper for which she is "chief legal correspondent," Human Events, ranked Romney the #8 RINO (Republican In Name Only) in the nation in 2005. GOP establishment pom pom girl Laura Ingraham and water boy Sean Hannity evangelize Romney on their radio shows as the second coming of Ronald Reagan. Curiouser and curiouser! Romney the wallflower bats his eyelashes and coyly pretends not to notice the increasing speculation of a McCain-Romney ticket--even as he criss-crosses the country campaigning and fundraising for McCain--the same John McCain who Romney said during the primaries was "almost indistinguishable" from Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
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St. Dominic of Gusman accepts the Rosary from the Blessed Mother
The Luminous Mysteries: Progressive Novelty or Natural Extension of the Rosary?
7/19/2008 10:22:00 AM
By A. S. Guimarães -Tradition in Action
(CCI NOTES: There has been much discussion of the Luminous Mysteries since their unexpected addition to Rosary by John Paul II. It's hard to imagine the glorious mother of God, Mary Most Holy, declining additional glory and prayers. On the other hand, it is reasonable to ask why Mary would have waited 800 years to reveal, through John Paul II's actions, that the Rosary was incomplete.) "...In many important apparitions, Our Lady asks Catholics to pray the Rosary as we always knew it - the Creed, the introductory Our Father, three Hail Marys, and Glory be; and the body of 150 Hail Marys, 15 Our Fathers, and 15 Glory Bes divided into three sets of five mysteries, the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious. It seems quite clear that the innovation (of adding the Luminous Mysteries) is opposed to the expressed will of Our Lady...
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Henry VIII: How much damage can one man do? Ask the dwindling members of the breakaway Anglican Church
An Open Letter to the Bishops of the Anglican Church: Your pathetic situation is entirely of your own making
7/18/2008 9:37:00 PM
By Human Life International -Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer
With all due respect for persons and motives, the historical record of Anglicanism's doctrinal surrender has clearly prepared the way for the problems you are now having, problems which get increasingly worse as time goes on. The Anglican Church was created by an act of rupture of unity from the Church that Christ founded and its apostolic succession in 1534. It capitulated on the fundamental question of divorce and re-marriage in 1536; presided over thousands of unconscionable martyrdoms between 1534-1729; broke the centuries-old Christian consensus on contraception in 1931; took the unprecedented step of ordaining women priests beginning in 1944; caved in on abortion in 1967; allowed women's episcopal ordination in 1989; and endorsed openly gay clergy in 2003.
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Antonio Gramsci Is Alive And Well In The Academy And The Fourth Estate In America
7/18/2008 8:30:00 AM
By Gary L. Morella

Cancer's Unexpected Blessings: When you enter the Valley of the Shadow of Death, things change.
7/17/2008 1:29:00 PM
By Tony Snow -www.christianitytoday.com

Catholic Doctrines Versus Obama's Left-Wing Extremism
7/16/2008 5:56:00 PM
By www.spectator.org -Peter Ferrara

The NAACP and Black Abortions: How is it that black leaders so aggressively support the accelerated abortion of the black population?
7/15/2008 8:49:00 PM
By WILLIAM MCGURN -Wall Street Journal

Tim Russert: The Story Untold
7/13/2008 1:00:00 PM
By Hadley Arkes

Religion in Europe: Christianity on the defensive/Christianity under siege
7/12/2008 8:33:00 PM
By JOHN L. ALLEN -www,ncronline3.org

THE LAST WORD ON CARDINAL GEORGE?
7/11/2008 9:15:00 PM
By Judie Brown -www.all.org

PRAVDA UPDATE: Tribune Columnist Eric Zorn More Of An Activist Than Anything Else
7/10/2008 7:00:00 PM
By IFI Media Watch -Daniel T. Zanoza

Roman Catholics for Obama 2008: Some ignore his pro-abortion voting record, others rationalize it.
7/10/2008 7:00:00 PM
By Paul Kengor

The U.S. Catholic Church Is Sinking Fast -- Part III
7/6/2008 9:25:00 PM -www.newoxfordreview.com

"Summorum Pontificum" One Year Later (Part 1): Father John Zuhlsdorf Analyzes Its Effects
7/6/2008 8:53:00 PM
By Annamarie Adkins -www.zenit.org

McCain, Obama, & the Catholic Vote: Which one is a natural?
7/5/2008 7:47:00 PM
By Ryan T. Anderson -www.weeklystandard.com

Who signed the Declaration of Independence, and their sacrifices for this great country
7/4/2008 8:10:00 PM
By Arlene Sawicki

OBAMA'S FAITH-BASED GAMBIT IS A FRAUD
7/4/2008 11:36:00 AM
By Bill Donohue -www.catholicleague.org

The Fairness Doctrine: Censorship at its Worst
7/3/2008 8:24:00 PM
By Daniel T. Zanoza -Illinois Family Institute

Firing Back at King Richard in Self-Defense
7/3/2008 8:17:00 PM
By Dan Proft -www.urqmedia.com

The case against same-sex marriage
6/28/2008 7:31:00 PM
By Jane Chastain -www.worldnetdaily.com

CATHOLIC NEWS

NEWS YOU WON'T SEE ON TV: Final Mass was largest gathering of people in Australia's history
7/20/2008 12:00:00 PM -Catholic News Service
The Final Mass concluding World Youth Day celebrations contained a number of distinctive features. First and foremost among the highlights is that it was the largest gathering of people in the history of Australia. This Mass was the grandest and most significant one in Australia's history, attended by twenty-six cardinals, 420 bishops and thousands of priests and religious. Another extraordinary occurrence was the Confirmation of 24 people, including fourteen Australians and Juan Martinez from the U.S.A. It was a momentous task to distribute Communion to the masses, which involved 1,300 priests, Acolytes and Extraordinary Ministers.
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Would a pope of the 1500's prayed for the unity of Luther's break from the Roman Catholic Church?
ECUMANIA UPDATE: INFRA, a European Catholic news agency, reports Pope has asked Catholics to pray for the unity of the Anglican "church?"
7/20/2008 11:42:00 AM
By André Garcia -Tradition in Action
Aboard the papal plane to Sydney on July 12, Benedict XVI asked prayers for the Anglican "church." According to a report from Infra, a Catholic news agency, he did not ask us to pray for the conversion of the Anglicans and their acceptance of the Catholic Faith. (1) He asked instead that we pray for the unity of the Anglican "church," so that there will not be any more splits in it. We know that the apparent unity of the Anglicans is on the edge of a complete break over the issues of making women and homosexual men bishops. Hence, Benedict tries to reinforce the position of Rowan Williams, the supposed head of the Anglicans, who is facing heat from both liberals and conservatives.
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Gay burgers to go? Pro-family boycott of McDonalds growing
Nationwide boycotters protest McDonald's support for 'homosexual agenda'
7/19/2008 11:59:00 AM -Catholic News Service
Some supporters of traditional marriage are protesting the fast food corporate giant McDonald's over its decision to join the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and its spokesman's remarks suggesting those who disapprove of homosexual acts are driven by hatred. The American Family Association had organized a boycott of McDonald's for joining the NGLCC, Cybercast News Service reports. The boycott coalition also objects to the corporation's donation of $20,000 to the chamber and the chamber membership of Richard Ellis, McDonald's vice president of communications. The announcement of the boycott prompted McDonald's spokesman Bill Whitman to say in response "Hatred has no place in our culture. That includes McDonald's, and we stand by and support our people to live and work in a society free of discrimination and harassment." (CCI NOTES: Unless of course, the harassement is directed toward Christian beliefs and long established pro-family values. Skip the burger, and offer it up.)
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San Jose Professor Fired for Honestly Answering Question about Genetics and Homosexuality
7/19/2008 10:00:00 AM -www.LifeSiteNews.com

Freed hostage Betancourt visits Lourdes
7/18/2008 9:00:00 PM -www.totalcatholic.com

Priest Expert Says Infanticide is 50 Years Away from Being Normalized
7/18/2008 9:00:00 PM
By www.lifesitenews.com -Tim Waggoner

Cardinal Newman to be exhumed ahead of 'imminent' beatification
7/18/2008 8:57:00 PM
By Peter Jennings -Catholic Herald (England)

US Bishops Communications Committee that lavished praise on Democratic Party insider Tim Russert is silent on the passing of conservative Catholic reporter Tony Snow
7/18/2008 9:00:00 AM -US Catholic Bishops Website

Professor who threatened desecration claims to have consecrated Hosts
7/17/2008 5:23:00 PM -Catholic News Agency

HOW MANY ONE-TRUE-FAITHS ARE THERE? Vatican shuns defectors and backs calls for Anglican unity
7/17/2008 5:00:00 PM
By James Macintyre, Religious Affairs Correspondent -The Independent

Illinois Pastor challenges United Way for funding abortion group
7/15/2008 8:00:00 PM -www.ifrl.org

Liberal Facists in San Francisco demonstrate the left-wing meaning of tolerance: City officially condemns Catholic Church
7/15/2008 11:51:00 AM -www.worldnetdaily.com

AMCHURCH Catholic bishops reject Vatican changes to Mass prayers
7/13/2008 8:41:00 PM
By Daniel Burke -Chicago Tribune

Gay man sues publishers over Bible verses that caused him emotional pain and (obviously) mental instability
7/13/2008 8:00:00 PM -USA Today

CNA introduces 'Indispensable Economics' with Dr. William Luckey
7/12/2008 8:16:00 PM -www.catholicnewsagency.com

Catholic League Responds to Paul Zachary Myers, a professor at the University of Minnesota-Morris who has pledged to desecrate the Eucharist.
7/12/2008 9:24:00 AM -te-deum.blogspot.com

SCANDALIZING CATHOLIC YOUTH UPDATE: Catholic University of San Diego Honors Radical Non-Christian Feminist With Theology Chair
7/12/2008 8:55:00 AM
By www.LifeSiteNews.com -Peter J. Smith

Vienna Cardinal awards notorious pro-abortion-politician
7/11/2008 9:10:00 PM -en.kreuz.net

McCain campaign plans 'very aggressive' outreach to Catholic voters
7/11/2008 8:28:00 PM -Catholic News Agency

Catholic for late-term abortion, homosexual rights, gagging religious expression... and Obama
7/11/2008 8:28:00 PM -www.catholics4obama.com


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High Mass featuring music by Chicago composer - 7/25/2008
CCI Lunch Forum: Relevant Radio Commentator Sheila Liaugminas discusses “Media Bias” - 8/8/2008
Week Long Tridentine Training Workshop for Priests/Seminarians - 9/8/2008
Illinois Citizens for Life Benefit Dinner with Cong. Peter Roskam - 10/3/2008
CCI's Day for the 40 Days for Life Prayer Vigil - 10/4/2008
CCI Lunch Forum: Terrence Scanlon, Capital Rsch Center “Does Gov't $ Help or Hurt Cath. Charities?" - 10/10/2008
Annual CCI Awards Banquet Featuring Raymond Arroyo, ETWN Anchor - 11/6/2008
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