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The Father’s Role in a Child’s Life is Crucial – Thomas J. Neal PhD, Neal Obstat Theological Opining

What Game of Thrones Says About Where Our Culture Has Gone by Jason Liske of the Ascending Mount Carmel blog - Big ulpit

NFP and the Key to Happiness - Stacy Trasancos PhD, Catholic Lane

Parents Militant: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility – Abigail C. Reimel, Ignitum Today

Catholic Dads and The Domestic Church – Eneubauer, 21 Century Pilgrim

St. Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary for All Time – Brennan Pursell, Crisis Magazine

Allowing Kids to be Adopted by SSA ‘Parents’ is Not in Their Best Interests – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Holy Madness, Top Ten Fools For the Love of Christ – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Our Prayer Should Be Simple – Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Rhode Island Catholic

Episcopal Consecration at the Chiesa Nuova in Rome – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Fall 2011, Sacred Music – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Canada: Christian Dad Fighting for Parental Rights Smeared in Local Press – Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews

Prenatal Testing Leading to Abortions of Disabled Babies is Eugenics – Mark Leach, Life News

Moving Beyond Labels – Carl E. Olson, OSV Newsweekly

EF Masses In the Rest of Australia – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

The Surrogate Uterus: The AGR Case & Melissa Brisman – Harold Cassidy, Public Discourse

Quæritur: During Mass Can a Lay Person Bring the Eucharist to the Altar – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Old Wound of Childhood Sexual Abuse – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

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