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by Thomas Peters

In the House of Representatives, some major gains:

52 Pro-life Improvements Including 38 pro-life Members-elect replacing Members who voted consistently or mostly pro-abortion and 14 pro-life Members-elect replacing Members with a mixed pro-life voting record.

6 Mixed or Unknown Too little information is available to make a judgment about these Members-elect, but they are all replacing pro-abortion Members.

10 Races Not Yet Called

Jill Stanek has a new column in the WaPo on this topic:

Tuesday’s election garnered at least 53 new pro-life votes in the House. Conversely, only 151 winning House candidates were endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action, meaning just 34.7 percent of the 435 representatives in the 212th Congress will be reliable pro-abortion votes. Ideologically, the incoming pro-lifers, all Republican, will mesh well with their solidly pro-life leadership. [Continue reading...]

Looks like the pro-lifers are just getting started!

Kelly Ayotte new, young, pro-life, senator for New Hampshire

via Pro-lifers gain 52 Seats in House, 7 in Senate, 7 Governors & State Houses | CatholicVote.org.

Bl. John Newman and Bl. John Duns Scotus Similar?

Yes! In fact, they are so similar that there will actually be three days of scholarly talks on the subject by some of the most eminent theologians and speakers in the field for the Newman Scotus Symposium at the Washington Theological Union on Friday, the 22nd of October to Sunday the 24th.

There will be Nine Major talks with several Question and Answer sessions by the following speakers:

• Fr. James McCurry, OFMConv.
• Rev. Dr. John Ford, CSC
• Dr. Timothy Noone of CUA
• Rev. Dr. Peter Damian Fehlner, FI
• Deacon Jack Sullivan
• Most Rev. Jude Winkler, OFMConv.
• Keynote by Sr. Mary Beth Ingham w/Q/A: On the Quadruple Scotus Congress
• Rev. Dr. Ed Ondrako, OFMConv.
• Sr. Pat Hutchison, OSF, Ed.D

In addition there will be Masses, Meals, and Leisure time included in the Program

There is still time to register. Here is a talk by Fr. Ed Ondrako, the organizer:

Hope to see you there.

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Mission Down Under #8 – SCENE 2010 in Sydney ( 5 min)>>> Play

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This week-long event was organized by SCENE (Sydney Congress Embracing the New Evangelisation) and was designed to keep the fire of the Faith, kindled at WYD 2008, burning brightly in the hearts of the youth.

Events included talks by bishops and visiting priests, seminars and actual street evangelization, Holy Mass, adoration, vocations expo, and entertainment nights. Footage taken at SCENE 2009 can be seen here.

This video shows the location of the vocation expo as well as some footage of St. Mary’s Cathedral and centers around a train ride into the city center one day while a young fellow-participant plays the guitar.

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Face of Pro-Life #88 -Corinn Dahm and Susan Boyce on CT Health Care ( 30min) >>> Play

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Susan Boyce outlines with Corinn Dahm the health care plan for Connecticut that is very similar to the enormously unpopular plan proposed by President Obama that failed on a federal level.  The mass media is not talking about this but it is already passed by the state congress who even overrode a veto by Governor Rell. Listen as Susan itemizes the many problems of the plan including, Obesity Task Forces, more bureaucracy, more taxes, less privacy and freedom, automatic enrollment at least once a year and usually more often. And the plan does not do any of the needed improvements like law suit reform that would truly reduce medical costs.  All of these extra costs are being proposed when the state budget in has record deficits.

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Audio (MP3)

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