RADICAL CATHOLIC MOM

• I'm Back!

  I am back, but not at this blog. For reasons I cannot state here, I decided to write a new blog that is not open to the public at large. I used to think that idea was obnoxious but now I still have the need to write, but cannot write [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 11:56am EDT
  

• Blog Break

  To my Radical Catholic Mom followers:
  I am taking a break for awhile. Something has come up that needs my time and attention and energy. I don't know how long it is going to be or take.
  
  I appreciate getting to know so many of you via this blog.' [...]
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  Posted: April 29, 2009, 4:06am EDT
  

• Ouch!

  Saturday we busily spent the day packing up the house and readying the donation of quite a bit of furniture. As I entered my entry way though, there was a plank of flooring that my daughter had been playing with. I stepped on the loose plank and it slid against [...]
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  Posted: April 27, 2009, 5:09am EDT
  

• Reminder

  This afternoon is the first gathering of a fledgling Dems for Life of AK meeting. We will keep it short because I am aware that 1) it is Saturday and 2)it is sunny outside today.
  
  Info on the right side of the blog. [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2009, 7:34am EDT
  

• Sister's Good-bye

  Thursday evening we attended Sister Kathleen's good-bye party at Guadalupe's Lenney Center. It was wonderful! We joined the line to sign her card, and then the long line to give her hug. When we finally reached her we, of course, thanked her and asked her for her blessing. So she [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2009, 7:30am EDT
  

• Stressed About Finances?

  My latest thought over at Vox Nova.
  
  Rod Dreher has a fab post on cost savings with food. [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2009, 2:51pm EDT
  

• Outstanding Spiritual Training Opportunity in Anchorage

  Read all about it here. I don't know if I will be able to make it or not but I have heard it is supposed to be really really good.' [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2009, 10:51am EDT
  

• Goodbye Party For Sister Kathleen

  If you know Sister Kathleen O'Hara you might want to stop by and say "Good-bye" to her.
  
  Where: Our Lady of Guadalupe Lenney Center.
  When: Today 5:30-7:30 pm
  
  I love that little Sister Kathleen. She is such a beautiful soul and she just serves and serves and' [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2009, 10:47am EDT
  

• Earth Friendly/Economic Friendly Feminine Products

  I have been meaning to write a review on this very topic for a long while, and in honor of Earth Day, today is the day. One fact we know for sure: if you are female, or married to a female, you are shelling out quite a bit dough on [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2009, 4:29am EDT
  

• Pro-Life? Democrat? Alienated?

  Here is your chance. A group of us are organizing the liberal side of the pro-life wing which rarely has a place to call "home."
  
  When: Saturday, April 25, 2009
  Where: Cafe del Mundo on N.Lights.
  Time: 5-6:15 pm
  Who: Many people I have spoken with would be [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2009, 5:39am EDT
  

• Twitter Finally

  You will notice RadCathMom finally has a Twitter account. Thanks to a handful of different readers, I was finally persuaded to do it. If only to stop getting Twitter emails saying "you really should join, you know!"
  
  So to the handful, you convinced me :) Have at it [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2009, 5:33am EDT
  

• Fascinating Posts From the Blogosphere

  This is what I do when I am too lazy to write my own intelligent post:
  
  1. What If Susan Boyle Couldn't Sing via Feministing. Really good post.
  
  2. Why Susan Boyle Matters So Much via a Catholic Notebook, also very good.
  
  3. Fr.' [...]
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  Posted: April 18, 2009, 3:26pm EDT
  

• Bush, Torture and Recently Released Torture Memos

  Kudos to Obama for releasing the infamous "Torture Memos" of the Bush Administration (via Mornings Minion at Vox Nova). Now Obama, have the guts to do something about it. Wouldn't it be so shameful if the World Court has to do what they did with Pinochet if our' [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 5:06pm EDT
  

• Busy? Can't Find Prayer Time?

  Here is the most recent post over at VN I finally wrote. I need to step it up over there. [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 2:51pm EDT
  

• Yummy Vegetarian Dinner

  After my little temper tantrum in the previous post, I thought I would talk about something as harmless as food.
  
  Tonight's dinner comes to you via Crockpot. The most incredible invention EVER!
  
  I put on black beans and barley in the morning. Chopped up lots of fresh garlic,' [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 2:46pm EDT
  

• WEIRD!!

  You know what is weird?
  
  1. The numbers of Conservatives FLOCKING to protest the "bailouts." WHERE THE HELL were they when George Bush pushed us into massive debt to fund NOT US, but TWO wars during EIGHT YEARS?? (the more I think about it the angrier I get. [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 5:25am EDT
  

• Best Wishes

  Well, I am glad to hear how enthusiastic everyone is about Ms. Susan Boyle. That little YouTube incident has well over 11 million views. Good for her. And, even cooler, we find out that she is a Catholic!! Love it. One of us. [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 4:35am EDT
  

• Absolutely Incredible

  Ok. If you all have not yet viewed this, you have to. Thus far, over 3 million people have watched it in the last 72 hours and 29,000 people have commented on it. I have to say, I was a skeptic and wondering if we were going to watch a [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2009, 3:31pm EDT
  

• Hmm, So THAT's What Happened

  I know every stay at home parent will be able to appreciate this story.
  
  Today was a crazy day. Come to think of it, almost every Tuesday is crazy for me. I have to get out of the house by 8:30 to make it to the gym in order [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2009, 3:15pm EDT
  

• Happy Easter Monday

  In Catholic Circles, Easter Monday is a holiday, too. Sadly we are celebrating this holiday by paying our taxes. Sigh.
  
  In any case, we had a WONDERFUL Easter dinner last night that began at 3 and went 'til 9:30. Very late night for Big Girl but filled with' [...]
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  Posted: April 13, 2009, 9:42am EDT
  

• Prayer Requests

  1. My grandmother is in the hospital with heart issues. She has Alzheimers so she is confused. Thankfully, my mother was down there when Grandma had to go in so that helps tremendously.
  
  2. Sister J's sister has Stage 4 cancer and is not expected to live. Please pray' [...]
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  Posted: April 13, 2009, 9:32am EDT
  

• Great Story

  via Rod comes a fabulously interesting story about an atheist's conversion experience when she meets her Guardian Angel after a tragic accident.' [...]
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  Posted: April 13, 2009, 9:24am EDT
  

• Christos Voskrese!

  Ahh, my three years of Eastern Catholicism hits me most at Easter. Maybe it is because there is NO competition with the East on how they celebrate Christ's Resurrection and Humanity's Salvation from Death.
  
  If you have never experienced an Eastern Liturgy, I recommend for the next sometimes [...]
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  Posted: April 12, 2009, 6:47am EDT
  

• The Lord Loves YOU!

  After so much darkness and struggle, I thought I would share a beautiful story.
  
  A person I know and respect is not religious, I assume at least. She is pretty much secular, but I don't know her internal feelings about such matters. I really don't speak about faith [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
  

• Holy Week/Easter Preparations

  Thursday, Friday, Saturday, begin what is called Triduum in the Christian tradition. Holy Thursday we celebrate the institution of the Eucharist (that is communion) and the example of true leadership, ie Jesus washing the feet of the disciples. Friday is the most solemn of the entire liturgical year. No Mass [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 6:42pm EDT
  

• Spring Time in AK

  Spring time in AK is a dirty, muddy affair. Most of us are SO hungry for sun after a long, cold, dark winter that when the temps reach 40 degrees we begin to come out of our homes and see our neighbors again. There is a woman in my neighborhood [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 6:23pm EDT
  

• Stevens Wrongly Convicted!

  I cannot imagine how the hell this happened. Seriously? I believed Stevens was guilty. I assumed he was and blogged on it. But the prosecutorial misconduct here is so horrific, I cannot even imagine. If this can happen to a US Senator, I am sure it happens to a [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2009, 10:05am EDT
  

• Divine Mercy Novena for Friend

  A group of us are planning on praying a Divine Mercy Novena for my friend. If there are some readers here who would like to join in, please shoot me an email at radicalcatholicmom-at-yahoo.com and I will send you the novena link. The novena begins on Good Friday. [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2009, 9:57am EDT
  

• Encouraging News

  Baltimore's Archbishop speaks out. via Amy.' [...]
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  Posted: April 06, 2009, 4:56am EDT
  

• Huge Fan

  I am a HUGE Sarah Brightman fan. I finally bought her music and we listen to her in the car. My daughter ADORES her. Adores her. She begs to listen to the duet between Sarah and Andrea Bocelli. Anything to get my daughter to listen to good solid [...]
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  Posted: April 06, 2009, 6:29pm EDT
  

• Needin' Some Inspiration

  Besides prayer, I turn to art when down. Here is a little Hopkins to get me through this week:
  
  Hope Holds to Christ by Gerard Manley Hopkins
  
  Hope holds to Christ the mind’s own mirror out
  To take His lovely likeness more and more.
  It will not well, [...]
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  Posted: April 06, 2009, 6:26pm EDT
  

• Entering Into Holy Week

  It is fascinating how I have been dreading Holy Week. After such a rough Lent that has truly been one of the most powerful Lents I have EVER experienced, I was thinking "if Lent has been this tough, what is Holy Week going to bring?" You know, you should not [...]
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  Posted: April 06, 2009, 6:16pm EDT
  

• Desperate Need

  Refugee And Immigration Services (RAIS) Anchorage is requesting
  
  MATTRESSES! Especially twin beds. They hope for the whole set, box spring and frame, but they will take whatever they can. Right now, some of the furniture stores are having great sales for those who can buy new.
  
  If [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 6:00am EDT
  

• Deleted

  Regarding the deleted posts: A wise Brother recommended I not write any posts regarding my spiritual state until I receive permission from my Spiritual Director. He is quite correct and I should have used better judgment. [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 5:50am EDT
  

• A Touch of the Holy

  As I mentioned in my previous post, when I begin to pray of late, I begin to cough intensely. Doubled over, cannot breathe, cough.
  I was at prayer group last night and first we practice our music before we begin. Sure enough, I knew the moment I began [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 8:25pm EDT
  

• An Unforgettable Lent

  I haven't been writing as much lately because . . . I am experiencing some pretty intense spiritual experiences lately and I don't quite know where I am going so I haven't quite known how to communicate it.
  
  Isn't it interesting how we think random things are really [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 7:49pm EDT
  

• A Reason For My Silence

  You know when I first decided to begin volunteering myself as opposed to writing a check I had no idea what I was getting myself into. And that is probably a good thing because otherwise I wouldn't have ever said "YES!" We are in the middle of a major situation' [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2009, 6:21am EDT
  

• Last Night's Dinner Menu

  Steamed broccoli sprinkled with lemon pepper
  Roasted carrots with sea salt and ground pepper
  Sauteed sweet peas and mushrooms
  Fresh guacamole (avocados, lemon juice, onion, tomato, salt)
  Salmon ceviche
  
  Tomato soup using a chicken broth. I used canned tomatoes, which I buy in large cans from Costco and then [...]
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  Posted: March 30, 2009, 6:59am EDT
  

• Word Is Spreading

  The news has hit the Lumen family. They are so thrilled we are moving into the new house. During the summer the soccer team plays in the park behind our house, which will make Big Girl VERY happy. [...]
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  Posted: March 29, 2009, 8:34am EDT
  

• Musical Interlude

  A friend of mine works with a group of kids and he is working to have a retreat for them in May. They have a band for the retreat but were lacking a singer. Could I do it, he wondered? Sure, why not! Yesterday was our practice. Now get this. [...]
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  Posted: March 29, 2009, 8:24am EDT
  

• A True Alaskan Moment

  Last night we joined the smallest group of people ever for Lumen Christi's/Holy Rosary's production at Grant Hall. Hubby and I have been busily working to get our house for the market so we hadn't been paying attention to the news. We were wondering what the scent was when we [...]
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  Posted: March 29, 2009, 8:15am EDT
  

• Come One, Come All!

  This evening and tomorrow evening at APU's Grant Hall, Lumen Christi and Holy Rosary are presenting
  Tear Along the Dotted Line.
  
  What Time: 7 pm.
  
  Cost: $7 at the door.
  
  We have always enjoyed the plays LC and HR put on together. Over the years word [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2009, 5:48am EDT
  

• We're Gonna Do It!!

  We are moving! Yep. We are still in Anchorage and in the same part of town, but we are downsizing. Yep, you heard me. We are downsizing. Most of you won't be surprised because you keep hearing me talk about delightful small homes. I knew I didn't want a 2 [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2009, 7:38am EDT
  

• Changes, Changes @ Holy Family Cathedral

  I have been meaning to blog on this for a couple of weeks.
  
  A couple of Saturdays ago, hubby and I decided to go to Confession. We hadn't gone in 4 months which is really too long in between so I finally scheduled it to make it happen. We' [...]
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  Posted: March 24, 2009, 4:48am EDT
  

• Liberated!

  This weekend I took my waist long hair to my friend's hair stylist and had the stylist chop it all off. I donated the chopped off part for cancer patients and the rest? I let her have her way with me. I allowed her to style it as she wanted' [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2009, 3:33am EDT
  

• Mt. Redoubt Blows!

  Finally!
  
  This part cracked me up:
  The volcano had been on Orange "watch" status for most of Sunday after activity began increasing Saturday, but was changed to Red after the first eruption.
  
  And you may check out the link to the AK Volcano Observatory site [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2009, 3:04am EDT
  

• Gratitude

  For
  
  Sister Mary Peter
  Sister Jimmie Sue
  Fernanda
  Regina
  Fr. Vincent
  
  Today. God bless them. [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2009, 5:55pm EDT
  

• Prayers

  Desperately needed. Terrible and powerful situation today and we have zero idea how to handle it. Very very very very tired. [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2009, 12:29pm EDT
  

• The Future of the US?

  1. Really really good essay from Rolling Stone on the financial crisis. Via Rod.
  
  2. And this little gem from CNN about Obama's ex-finance pick warning us that the US is on the path to bankruptcy. [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2009, 12:21pm EDT
  

• Low Income Women and Home Births

  Very insightful article by RH Reality Check on how the home birth movement is primarily white and middle to upper class only.
  
  I was not satisfied with my medicalized birth experience and I swear, next time I will have a mid-wife with me. One of the moms at [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2009, 2:39pm EDT