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Prayers for Joel, please. Donald says, “It’s HUGE!”

August 27, 2013 by Lisa Schmidt 10 Comments

We recently signed on with CMG Booking’s speaker circuit thinking, Who’ll ever hire us?! Less than a week later, Joel was requested to speak for the Legatus chapter of the Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois). That talk is tonight and its theme is, drum roll, please:

The bioethical dilemmas for Catholics under the new healthcare laws (i.e, Obamacare).

Whoa. Talk about an insanely complex topic. Or as Donald Trump would said, “It’s HUGE!”

Posted in: Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Obamacare, Speaking Gigs

Indivisible: Jay Richards on Natural Law and Reason

July 18, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 1 Comment
Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before it's too Late

Christians need to facilitate dialogue without arguing politics and religion. Congratulations to last week’s giveaway winner Sally Pap! Enter to win a your own copy of Indivisible! Simply leave a comment here. Next Wednesday, July 25, we will randomly select this week’s winner. Giveaway sponsored by The Maximus Group. You also can buy Indivisible from Ignatius … [Read more…]

Posted in: Schmidt, Joel Tagged: Contraception, Dissident, Encyclical, Faithful, Family, Government, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Humane Vitae, Indivisible, James Robison, Jay Richards, Marriage, Morality, Natural Law, Nature, Obamacare, Orthodox, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Public Square, Reason, Religion, Revelation, Rights, Secularist, Voting Guidelines for Catholics

Indivisible: Jay Richards on Morality and Economics

July 11, 2012 by Deacon Joel Schmidt 16 Comments
Indivisible: Restoring Faith, Family, and Freedom Before it's too Late

Distinctions between social and economic issues are artificial. Congratulations to last week’s giveaway winners Jessica Kiesling and Rita Rawson! See details below to enter this week’s Indvisible giveaway. You also can buy Indivisible from Ignatius Press (with Voting Guidelines for Catholics bonus CD). This is the second installment from our interview with Dr. Jay Richards; … [Read more…]

Posted in: Schmidt, Joel Tagged: abortion, Contraception, Economic Growth, Economics, education, Employment, Family, Gas Prices, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Holiness, Hunger, Indivisible, James Robison, Jay Richards, Jesus Christ, love, Marriage, Morality, Obamacare, poverty, Unemployment, Voting Guidelines for Catholics, Welfare

President Obama: Let Us Be Catholic

March 1, 2012 by Lisa Schmidt Leave a Comment

“With all the problems in this world, with the economy, with terrorism, with our country being sold to China, with Iran possibly becoming a nuclear power, with all these things, why is [the Obama administration] so obsessed on reproductive services? When did reproductive services become the national cry of our nation? When did it become … [Read more…]

Posted in: Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: abortion, Catholic, Catholic Church, conscience, Contraception, education, Faith, Fr. Maletta, Health Care, Healthcare, Human Rights, legislation, morally repugnant actions, morals, murder, Obamacare, president, President Obama, Prolife, social services, St. John Indiana, St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church, sterilization, Truth
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