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Sep. 24 at 4:34am
We are traveling. Our plan had been to post about our trip as we go, but so far this has proven too much. We'll try again next week, when we're in Holland and a bit more settled.
Meanwhile, a member wrote in to ask our thoughts about the Pope's interview. I'm hoping Devra will address it. She is much more qualified than I am, having read it in full and having helped translate a book of Cardinal Bergoglio's addresses and sermons. But I can offer a thought in response to the reaction to the interview among so many conservative Catholics.
My thinking centers on an insight from Newman and Wojtlya both—one I find myself pondering more and more in recent years. Newman wrote of the "infinite abyss of existence" that is each individual soul, and about the mysterious subjectivity of "the illative sense"—the faculty by which we judge for ourselves what to do, what to believe, etc. Wojtyla constantly stressed personal responsibility. "You must decide." He too lived and wrote from a deep awareness of the inscrutability of God's dealings with another person, and the "impassibility" of the frontier between my will and another's.
Each of us has an "interior terrain", a zone of personal responsibility—an area "handed over to us" by God, where we're in charge.
My sense of the implications of this great and central personalist truth crystalized at a new depth with Dr. Peter's talk at our home on the Art of Loving Your Spouse. He referred to the verse, "First remove the log in your own eye..." and proposed that when it comes to the moral faults of others, it is always the case that there is log in our own eye.
Our prime moral responsibility (which is big enough for all the attention and energy we can muster) is for ourselves. If we are spending time and attention deciding what other people should do, we are off track. We're off track in a way perhaps analogous to the way we're off when we're being anxious about the future. "Let tomorrow take care of itself; today has troubles enough of it's own." We're simply not given the grace and strength to deal with tomorrow's troubles, only today's. Similarly, we don't have the grace to take on other people's responsibilities. And when we try, we deplete ourselves of the resources we need to handle our own. We also make others' tasks much more difficult.
It became clearer still when, at a member's recommendation, I read the book Boundaries, and realized how misdirected so much of my moral attention has been throughout my life. It's gone to things that really aren't my concern at all. I've done harm that way. And meanwhile, the area that is my concern has been sadly neglected and exposed to marauders.
I remember a moment some years back when I was talking to a friend about the dilemma I felt on learning that a cousin had come out as gay. How was I to let him know that I didn't approve without being unloving? She asked me, very sincerely, "Why do you think you need to tell him you don't approve?" I was completely taken aback. But a light went on.
Why did I think I needed to tell him? He hadn't asked my opinion. Why was I making it my job to tell other people what I thought of their moral choices?
Then I had some vivid and painful experiences of being on the other side of that mode of approach—I mean of having other people feel free to make judgments and offer opinions about me and my intimate decisions. I felt keenly how unjust and how damaging those judgments were. Sometimes they came from friends and family—from people close to me—people whose help and support I sorely needed. Instead of help and support, though, I got rude interference. It was just as if, instead of helping me carry the heavy cross I'd been given, they stuck their foot out to trip me on my way.
I'm not complaining about it. I see it now as a huge grace and "a severe mercy," because not one of those friends or family members was behaving in any way different from the way I'd been behaving toward others all my life. To see it, to experience its harmful effects "in my own skin," was to be put on the path to recovery from the same bad habit, which was a great gift. I now like to think of mysef as "a recovering moralizer."
But back to the Pope's interview. What perturbs me is the way so many otherwise faithful Catholics are making free to pronounce on it—not on what they learned from it, or what they take him to mean, or how it affects them or challenges them—but on its general advisability. They shamelessly declare it imprudent or misguided or whatever. They say he shouldn't have done it. He should refrain in future from giving interviews to journalists. He should shift his emphasis, and so on. They are, in effect, presuming to publicly school the Pope about how to be Pope.
I want to say, first, that this is a very embarrassing spectable in Catholics who profess fidelity to him as Vicar of Christ on earth, and second, that the Pope needs our help in evangelizing the world, not our ignorant and interfering opinions about how he should be conducting his office.
When I've said this elsewhere (on facebook and at Ricochet), I've been reminded that the Pope's every word isn't infallible and that we don't owe him sycophancy. But this is not really to the point, is it? The point isn't that the Pope can do no wrong; it's that he alone is in a position to judge how to be Pope in the here and now. He has the responsibility; he has the charism; he has the grace. We don't.
It's for us carry out faithfully the responsibilities in front of us. It's for us to attend to the arduous task of our own deeper conversion. It's for us to learn from the Pope how we can better participate in the great work of the New Evangelization. It's for us to give witness to the Light of Christ at work in us. It's for us to be ready to give an answer if anyone asks us the reason for our hope...
It's for me to decide how to be and act as myself. It's for the Pope to be Pope.
Katie I love this and I am glad you wrote it! This needs to be said because this criticism and judgment is exactly what has been going on since Pope Francis was elected. Why it is that so many people think that they are so much smarter than our Holy Father and could do a better job? If only we had ears that could hear and a heart that was truly open to listen!
#1 - Sep. 24 at 8:31am | quote
I've been thinking about the Pope's interview myself, particularly in the context of a personalistic approach to evangelization. This quote in particular jumped out at me:
"Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person."
He doesn't merely say that we should or shouldn't 'interfere spiritually', but that it is not possible. Which speaks to what you have to say here, I think, because in the end, regardless of what you say to others, or what they say to you, in the end you each remain responsible for your own moral conduct and spiritual life. No amount of outside movement can force an interior movement.
I do need to think out for myself how these things interact with the Spiritual Acts of Mercy and the responsibilities we *do* have for one another, not to mention how we are to live the Great Commision to 'go out and make disciples'/
#2 - Sep. 24 at 2:47pm | quote
Some media outlets misapplied Pope Francis' use of the term "obsessed". They used it to mean that the Pope was saying that the Church should not aggressively denounce abortion, etc. However, the Pope's point, understood in context, was that in standing up against any evil it's important to do so from the vantage point of the whole gospel. ("The church's pastoral ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently." )
However, certain evils are so egregious that it is imperative to confront the evil, day in and day out, with the message of the gospel. But surely it would be a misuse of the term to say that Martin Luther King was "obsessed" with civil rights or that Elie Wiesel was "obsessed" with the Holocaust. I hold abortion to be one of those evils that should be consistently confronted with the message of the Scripture which tells us that "before we were formed in our mother's womb God knew us. (Psalm 139).
#3 - Sep. 25 at 12:35pm | quote
Excellent article, honest and humble take on the whole situation.
If I could re-title it, I would replace "our own beeswax" with "our Father's beeswax"...And this, I think, is an important point: it is our business to learn from the Pope and make judgments of what directly applies to our responsibilities and what does not. Ignoring him is not necessarily the way to go, but neither is being so interested in his words as to add or subtract them from his mouth.
In conclusion: the Pope's interview is a catalyst for dialogue, and its interpretation reveals the thoughts of many hearts...
#4 - Sep. 25 at 4:11pm | quote
How does the moral imperative to mind one's own business reconcile with the work of mercy "admonishing the sinner"? Or the Gospel call to evangelize?
It is interesting to consider this too in light of Pope Francis, who has personally called Catholics elsewhere to shake things up in the Church, make a "mess," and even, "If we annoy people, blessed be the Lord."
I fear that considering reality through the personalist lens is more and more opening up a doorway for a silent relativism. While it's true that we each have an "interior terrain", a zone of personal responsibility—an area "handed over to us" by God, where we're in charge, it's also true that we are not called to only focus on ourselves, our own terrain.
Adding to the confusion, at least for me, is the aformentioned remarks by Pope Francis which do not appear to be self-consistent. Mind our own business but do not be self-referential. Go to the existential peripheries and yet "Who are we to judge?".
Our right response to all of this is neither as clear as what Katie has stated, nor what the criticial otherwise faithful Catholics are offering.
#5 - Sep. 26 at 10:49am | quote
There is nothing wrong, for instance, with a response like this: http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2013/09/francis-our-jesuit-pope
It is seeking to understand. It is not trying to be the Pope. Denouncing all 'criticism' outright is too facile a response.
#6 - Sep. 26 at 10:54am | quote
I see Personalistic thought as a tool for navigating that apparent contradiction, and I hope to write something about that at some point. For what it's worth, I recommended Boundaries to Katie, and the Christian author also grapples a bit with how to discern when our own moral responsibility involves intervening in someone else's life; the two are not incompatible.
It's these liminal areas that are the most interesting, and where we most need clear and nuanced thinking. It's certainly not 'criticism' to seek to understand and unpack what the Pope has had to say, but if we examine closely our need to express our opinions on what he *ought* to have said or done, we might find that we have no very clear idea of why we feel the need to say them, or what our intended ends are.
#7 - Sep. 26 at 12:24pm | quote
Micheal Gerson sees a personalism to the Pope's approach: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-pope-francis-the-troublemaker/2013/09/23/19084384-2481-11e3-b75d-5b7f66349852_story.html
"There is a good Catholic theological term for this: the "hierarchy of truths." Not every true thing has equal weight or urgency.
But this does not adequately capture Francis's deeper insight: the priority of the person. This personalism is among the most radical implications of Christian faith. In every way that matters to God, human beings are completely equal and completely loved. They can't be reduced to ethical object lessons. Their dignity runs deeper than their failures. They matter more than any cause; they are the cause."
#8 - Sep. 26 at 10:29pm | quote
Patrick Dunn, Sep. 26 at 10:49am
How does the moral imperative to mind one's own business reconcile with the work of mercy "admonishing the sinner"?
This is a good question.
One way of answering it would be to say that plainly sometimes "admonishing the sinner" is our business. Pastors have a particular responsibility in this regard, and parents toward their children. Doctors may at times have to tell their patients that their behavior is ruining their health. Sometimes a person may receive a strong spiritual call to deliver a message, like Catherine of Sienna feeling impelled to tell the Pope to leave Avignon and go back to Rome.
But I don't imagine anyone thinks that the Catholic critics of the Pope's interview were "admonishing a sinner." He wasn't sinning, was he?
People aren't accusing the Pope of doing wrong; they're claiming that he's made bad judgments in prudential matters. They are implying that they know better what he ought to have done and how he ought to conduct his office. This is what I think especially risible and especially egregious.
What does any of us know of his reasoning? Do we have his perspective? Do we have his cares?
#9 - Sep. 27 at 2:23am | quote
Have we been privy to his conversations with the Pope Emeritus? With the world's bishops and Cardinals?
Have we been admitted to the intimate secrets of his private prayer life? Do we feel how the Holy Spirit may be inwardly prompting him?
Do we have his decades of experience as a priest, bishop and Prince of the Church? Are we acquainted with his personal strengths and weaknesses?
In short, are we in any position at all to justly evaluate the merits of his prudential judgments as Pope? Is a footsoldier on duty in a remote corner of a complicated military operation in a position to evaluate his General's strategic decisions?
We can say how we experience them affecting us, though, even there, I think we should be slow and provisional about it, since our perspective on its real effects, even on us, over the long term, is extremely limited.
#10 - Sep. 27 at 2:37am | quote
I don't see any inconsistency at all between the Pope's interview and what he said about making a mess. On the contrary, I've referred to exactly that quote elsewhere in proposing that the Pope may have been very deliberate in discomfiting us with that interview.
When he urged the youth to make messes in their parishes and not worry about causing annoyance, he wasn't endorsing all mess-making, or obnoxious behavior, was he? Rather, he was urging us not to be too constrained by convention and expectation.
The Church, he seemed to mean, is too complacent and set in its ways.
I think this goes for us conservatives. Many of us have gotten used to living as if being faithful Catholics means voting pro-life, knowing and assenting to the teachings of the Church, receiving the Sacraments regularly, and so on. I think the Pope wants to rattle that cage. He wants to bring us to a new level of engagement with the new evangelization.
I don't for one second think he means to change or downplay the dogma of our Faith.
Nor do I think personalism (understood rightly) leads to relativism. Devra's post above is good on this point.
#11 - Sep. 27 at 2:54am | quote
I think there are conflicting ideas here, or a transfer of one idea onto a different context on a different level.
In the original post, you tell the story of the cousin who had come out as gay and your dilemma of not approving of an obviously immoral choice. Conclusion: it was none of your business. This then seems to be transferred onto Pope Francis and people's reactions to him. And you accurately point out that critics are not condemning him as if he made an obviously immoral decision. They are disagreeing with his judgment in prudential matters.
This is confusing, for the principle of MYOB ought obviously to apply to prudential decisions of others, and while it remains true that we can never judge the culpability of another in overtly immoral acts or decisions, it also remains true that those acts are immoral and we run the risk of being indifferent or sinning by omission when we remain silent. So, MYOB is not so obvious—if ever permissible—in overtly (and gravely!) immoral matters. If that were not true, then what do we make of the words of Christ, or of the Prophets, or Paul that are in this vein?
#12 - Sep. 27 at 9:13am | quote
If the reply is "they had a special call," while true, we also as baptized lay faithful, have a special call. There is a prophetic and priestly dimension even in our own lives and I think we ought to beware that our sensitivity to another's interior terrain does not become "I am not my brother's keeper" or that we are lulled into a sleepy spectatorship of another's absolute right to their own freedom which also entails our own failure to witness. One does have absolute freedom over one's terrain but my absolute freedom over my own moral terrain may well impel me, in good conscience, to witness, to speak the truth, especially in an era where that truth is largely hated and dismissed.
If we do not make this distinction, we could give way to a creeping relativism.
#13 - Sep. 27 at 9:13am | quote
Further, if we apply MYOB as the central moral imperative and allow the personalist insight that you mention to trump all, valid as it is, then even, it seems to me, your very point in this article could be a contradiction, for in arguing against publicly schooling the Pope about how to be Pope you are schooling others on how to react to the Pope. But everyone has the dignity of that "interior terrain" "handed over to us" by God, where we're in charge. And so if that is the bottom line, then I don't see why that could not be used, always and everywhere, as grounds for never saying anything at all, or for responding to everyone who ever says anything 'critical' as if they are speaking out of turn, butting in, etc.
I'd like to give an illustration too of some further confusion at work: the Pope's remarks to make a mess are, in my judgment, ambiguous and vague; fluid perhaps. If they require some kind of interpretation, then, again, are we in a place of butting in all of a sudden or are we genuinely trying to understand. And if we are confused, is that our own fault necessarily?
#14 - Sep. 27 at 9:14am | quote
Expressions like making a mess can, it seems, to be taken to mean almost anything. A person decides to take some cause on and, in their defense, they play the Pope Francis told us to make a mess card. For instance:
#15 - Sep. 27 at 9:15am | quote
A helpful quote from BXI (mirroring Francis' interview but with different media spin--since BXI was considered 'conservative'):
"I remember, when I used go to Germany in the 1980s and '90s, that I was asked to give interviews and I always knew the questions in advance. They concerned the ordination of women, contraception, abortion and other such constantly recurring problems. If we let ourselves be drawn into these discussions, the Church is then identified with certain commandments or prohibitions; we give the impression that we are moralists with a few somewhat antiquated convictions, and not even a hint of the true greatness of the faith appears. I therefore consider it essential always to highlight the greatness of our faith – a commitment from which we must not allow such situations to divert us. " – Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI – Thursday, 9 November 2006
#16 - Sep. 27 at 9:22am | quote
I agree with the proposal that BXI and Francis want to bring to the fore the Kerygma. And, that there is a hierarchy of truths to Catholicism
#17 - Sep. 27 at 9:27am | quote
Of interest perhaps, and related to what you some of your responders on Facebook had to say:
This is also quite good and consoling to see:
And, wow: http://thesensiblebond.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-phoney-war-in-church-five.html
#18 - Sep. 27 at 9:54am | quote
There is a hierarchy of issues to indeed all mankind - and when we're in a position to offer advice it may sound 'obsessive' - for example - to warn others against voting for a pro-choice political party - and this is where I am afraid Pope Francis may have muddied the waters.
#19 - Sep. 27 at 11:18am | quote
You may enjoy, then, "The fig leaf of orthodoxy" part of this blog post.
#20 - Sep. 27 at 2:29pm | quote
Yes I have, Patrick, thank you, it's very good. What I'm hoping for, is a groundswell from the laity. Let's start with the truth and beauty of Humanae Vitae.....
#21 - Sep. 27 at 6:30pm | quote
Let's face it ... all one has to do is state that you agree with the Church's teachings on women priests and everyone would know what side of the fence you're on.... without ever having to state one's views on abortion, contraception or homosexuality.
#22 - Sep. 27 at 7:03pm | quote
Patrick, your challenges are good ones.
In the original post, you tell the story of the cousin who had come out as gay and your dilemma of not approving of an obviously immoral choice. Conclusion: it was none of your business.
Right. But why? Not becasue it's never okay to name sin sin, but because I had no "call" to speak to him about it. He hadn't asked my opinion. We're not close. He doesn't share his inner life with me. I don't share my inner life with him. I had never spoken to him about the love and mercy of God, for instance.
With the invitation to his "wedding," though, came a call to respond. It was an occasion to do two things:
1. Express my affection and gratitude for his having invited me, and promise my prayers.
2. Express my true reason for declining to go to the ceremony: my deep conviction that marriage can only take place between a man and woman.
He wrote back to say how touched he had been by my note.
Result: new depth of affection and trust, instead of further alienation between us, at the very moment I shared my moral concern.
#23 - Sep. 28 at 1:11am | quote
Patrick Dunn, Sep. 27 at 9:13am
This is confusing, for the principle of MYOB ought obviously to apply to prudential decisions of others...and we run the risk of being indifferent or sinning by omission when we remain silent. So, MYOB is not so obvious—if ever permissible—in overtly (and gravely!) immoral matters.
I understand the confusion. And yet, I was deliberate in choosing the example I did, exactly because I wanted to emphasize the role of subjectivity in the issue. The answer can't be found in the "object", so that all we need to do is follow a rule: in matters of grave sin, we should speak up, while in prudential matters, we shouldn't.
That would be too objectivistic. (And opposing an excessive objectivism is a key part of my objective—both generally at the PP and in this particular post.)
The question at issue (when it comes to the moral life of others) is really, "When should I speak? What should I say? What is my call in this situation?"
#24 - Sep. 28 at 1:32am | quote
Patrick Dunn, Sep. 27 at 9:14am
Further, if we apply MYOB as the central moral imperative and allow the personalist insight that you mention to trump all, valid as it is, then even, it seems to me, your very point in this article could be a contradiction, for in arguing against publicly schooling the Pope about how to be Pope you are schooling others on how to react to the Pope.
When Jesus said "first remove the log in your own eye" was He making that the central moral imperative above all others, or was He laying down a key truth for us to ponder and apply?
About the other point: What, would you say, is the difference between moral instruction and moralizing?
From the fact that moralizing is bad, does it follow that we should never speak about moral matters? Was Jesus moralizing when he said, "first remove the log in your own eye"? Or when he said to the Pharisees, "you white-washed sepulchers"?
I propose that we can only draw the distinction rightly with, again, a "turn toward subjectivity." Or, in this case, by considering the difference between subjectivity and objectivity.
#25 - Sep. 28 at 1:42am | quote
In writing this post, I am sharing my observations in light of my training and my vocation to bring the insights of personalism to bear on the "passing scene".
I am, futhermore, speaking about "a thing", viz. the problem of moralizing, and the bad habit many of us (self included) have of busying ourselves with other people's moral lives rather than concentrating our energies on our own. I'm not telling anyone in particular what he or she should do. That's for them to decide.
Consider the great difference between, say, a recovered anorexic giving a talk about her experience—its beginning with sexual abuse and a hatred of her body, and her recovery through the patient, loving care of her mother—and the accusation: "You're too thin! You have to eat more!"
I don't say the latter thing is never called for. I only say they are two very different things, likely to evoke very different responses in a young girl in the grip of demon. And, speaking very generally, we ought to do more of the former and avoid the latter, except in cases where we have a clear call.
"I'm worried about you" is better than, "You should eat more."
#26 - Sep. 28 at 2:10am | quote
Samwise, thanks for that great B XVI quote!
#27 - Sep. 28 at 4:48am | quote
I've been thinking about this a bit more...
I agree that the role of subjectivity can't be overlooked; that we should not be too or solely objectivistic. It is a sign of authentic progress, I think, that the Church speaks today (and has for some time) with greater nuance and with a sense of the importance of subjectivity. I do not think it has always been this way. I think the Church is maturing in this, just as we mature as individuals in realizing and living more on that level of our own lives, in our personal relationships with God, and in our relating to other people.
I think that, like many of His other teachings, removing the log in our own eye before the speck in another's is a key truth but not the only one. It can be taken, wrongly, (much like some take "do not judge") as a silencing of all other truths, as if one could never say anything whatsoever because one never actually completely removes that log from one's own eye. That was my fear with the appeal to MYOB.
#28 - Sep. 30 at 11:44am | quote
The Pope in the interview spoke about the importance of discernment and I think that is really the key in avoiding moralizing while not avoiding the need to offer moral instruction or witness to the moral truths of Christianity.
For a long time now, I think a main, if not the main, struggle in the Church has been how to integrate the authentic shift towards subjectivity without compromising the moral or dogmatic truths. This is the essence of the New Evangelization and, I am sure, what Pope Francis was trying to get at in the interview.
While many Catholics, like myself, found the interview lacking or troublesome in some areas (and I think they are not wrong in stating that, nor are they trying to be the Pope or are necessarily failing in fidelity to their Holy Father), it has been interesting to see how the interview has served as a sort of diagnostic for the sensibilities of the Faithful—their reactions, whatever they may be, reveal their understanding (or lack thereof) of the importance of the personalistic insights.
#29 - Sep. 30 at 11:45am | quote
Many faithful Catholics are responding, it seems to me, in such a way that they do appear to be of a moralistic consciousness where the relationship between those seemingly fragmented doctrines of the Faith and the personal relationship with Christ is vague at best, sometimes even strained.
We Catholics ought to be alarmed about that—it shows how we need to mature—just as we should have been alarmed for years now by the number of Faithful who became Evangelicals in search of something 'more'.
#30 - Sep. 30 at 11:45am | quote
I also think that we Catholics continually feed the dragon of factionalism within the Church that we try to slay with our apologetics otherwise when we insist on using labels like right or left wing, liberal or conservative, traditionalist and so on. This, even implicitly, tends to support the idea that such are truly options within the Church—the very fault that underlies spurious 'Church is a big tent' thinking (or that kind of thinking if applied spuriously!). We are either orthodox, faithful to all that God has called us to be faithful to—at least by the assent of our wills and hearts and minds, if not perfectly in our living it out—or we are not. Some Catholics seem dismayed that the Pope said he is not a right-winger and this again I think is more of a deeper program with their own conceptions than with anything that he said. He was right to say, even if only as a matter of speaking, that he is a faithful son of the Church.
#31 - Sep. 30 at 11:45am | quote
Great reflections, Patrick!
#32 - Sep. 30 at 1:20pm | quote
Sorry for chiming in so late - I only read this post and the interesting comments now!
I know exactly what you are reacting to, Katie, when people are criticizing the Pope's decisions - be they to give an interview or do anything else. What I find so jarring in these cases is often the tone of self-righteous anger and "I know it all"- attitude. I'm wondering though if one can never question a prudential decision (if that is what you are saying, Katie). I agree with you that we don't have all the data that the Pope has (actually, very few), but there are some instances where the footmen can question their general's decision, for example in World War I, when the soldiers were being sent to their deaths by the millions and saw many of their comrades dying an unnecessary death in the trenches, just to conquer a few miles of land which they kept losing and winning back day after day.
#33 - Oct. 8 at 3:31am | quote
Now, I actually don't have a problem with the Pope giving interviews (so my point was only an academic one), but I do have a problem with some of its content which might be due to its off-the-cuff manner though I am not even sure about that. I understand that he wants to give the whole picture and not just focus on certain teachings of the Church. But is it really true that people know its teachings, as he says, and that it is therefore unnecessary to be repeating them? We all know the value-blindness which creeps in - and which Hildebrand described so well - when we make certain life-choices. I am sure we all know many people who are in some ways not living according to the teachings of the Church, and yet somehow think that this is O.K. and that the doctrine has changed.
Since my husband is working professionally in prolife, we know well the difference it makes when bishops and priests speak out against the culture of death, and what an up-hill-battle it is when they don't. Hence I understand the discouragement of some prolifers as a reaction to the interview.
#34 - Oct. 8 at 3:31am | quote
Now, Pope Francis may still surprise us with some strong statements on the issue (and he did make a great statement to the Catholic Medical Association the day after the interview appeared), but his statements in the interview did take the wind out of the sails of many. Yes, we all need to look at ourselves and acknowledge our sins and weaknesses, and the danger for pro-lifers, as for others, is just as great to become self-righteous and moralizing. At the same time, if one looks at the development within the prolife movement (going from calling women "murderers" who abort their children, to developing a very extensive crisis-pregnancy-center movement trying to help women in all ways), a lot has happened and I can understand – to repeat myself – the discouragement of some who are already battling in the frontlines and getting very little support from the clergy. Perhaps these are the footmen who can at least partially judge the wisdom of some of the Pope's statements, since they get to feel the brunt of his decisions – just like the soldiers in WWI could.
#35 - Oct. 8 at 3:32am | quote
"I understand that he wants to give the whole picture and not just focus on certain teachings of the Church. But is it really true that people know its teachings, as he says, and that it is therefore unnecessary to be repeating them? We all know the value-blindness which creeps in - and which Hildebrand described so well - when we make certain life-choices. I am sure we all know many people who are in some ways not living according to the teachings of the Church, and yet somehow think that this is O.K. and that the doctrine has changed."
I've honestly never met anyone that didn't know that the Church opposes abortion, contraception, sex outside marriage, and 'gay marriage'. In some cases, that's all they do know about the Church (that, and whatever they picked up from watching the Exorcist). I know Catholics who think that the Church is wrong or lacks compassion on these issues, or that it is sure to change and 'progress' in time. By and large, it's *understanding* of the heart of the Church and the reasons for these teachings that we seem to have completely failed to communicate.
#36 - Oct. 8 at 2:45pm | quote
I think that failure of understanding is something we can't remedy by bishop's letter, papal proclamation, press release, or political lobby--partly because those we need to reach don't pay attention to those sources (unless the media reports on it, in which case they aren't going to get any context or accuracy anyhow), and partly because they have no basis for trusting and desiring further teaching unless they are already desirous of communion with the Church.
My intuition is that this is what Francis is attempting to address, and this is why he has emphasized to us the need to ground our doctrines in the central mysteries of our faith, and in lovingly meeting others where they are. This is the sphere of motivation; the things that move individuals to seek for more.
#37 - Oct. 8 at 2:53pm | quote
I have to say that I've witnessed what I would call an 'obsession' with abortion. My Facebook friends are, for the most part, wonderful, sincere people, who I know to be personally generous and kind. But everytime a tragic incident makes national or international news, I see 'pro-life' memes comparing the scope of the tragedy with the numbers of children killed by abortion. Every time, whether it's a school shooting, the Boston Marathon bombing, the movie theater gunman...it's become a predictable response, and I think it does rise to the level of obsession. I know that the thought process is, "If this is horrible, how much more horrible is the plague of abortion? People should see how inconsistent they are." But the action amounts to *using* present tragedy--and people's real sense of human connection and concern for the victims--as a rhetorical object, and it distracts from the truly pro-life (and Christian) response of suffering-with those who suffer. This kind of willingness to make use of any strategy and any rhetorical 'hook' for a cause - even a good and noble cause - really hinders the kind of relationship that is the basis for Trust...which is the foundation of Faith.
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...I'm wondering though if one can never question a prudential decision (if that is what you are saying, Katie).
Marie, I certainly wouldn't want to say one can never question a prudential decision. It's not questioning I take issue with (at least not all questioning), but more particularly pronouncing. E.g. "The Pope should not give any more interviews to journalists." "The Pope doesn't know what he's talking about when he says people already know the teaching of the Church." "The Pope is wrong not to live in the papal apartments and not to wear the red shoes; he should quit with the 'look how humble I am' routine"...
I see nothing very wrong with saying, "I don't understand the Pope's approach," or "As someone who's very active in the pro-life movement, that remark of the Pope's is distressing," or even, "Is it prudent to give such encouragement to the anti-life forces?"
On the other hand, I'm liking better those who are listening very closely, trying to open their ears in new ways, presuming that it's much more likely that the Pope knows what's best for the Church as a whole right now than I do.
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Here's an example of the kind of commentary I'm talking about.
A different focus is great, but he needs to be consistent about it. If he's going to speak "to the people" through interviews, he needs to speak "to the people." For every "vague" or "controversial" statement he's made, I could pull up an anecdote or quotation from one of the Saints that would make the point in a far better way and be more readily understood.
I have to say that I think this kind of comment confirms exactly the justice of the Pope's concern. There is evidently a gigantic attitude problem among those who think of themselves as faithful Catholics.
#40 - Oct. 9 at 2:23am | quote
Thanks for all your comments!
"I've honestly never met anyone that didn't know that the Church opposes abortion, contraception, sex outside marriage, and 'gay marriage'."
I guess we have different cultural experiences, Kate. I've been raised and lived in Europe for most of my life. Many of the people I know who are divorced and remarried, or use contraception or have premarital sex etc, think the Church's position on those issues has changed. For years I've heard sermons in German churches by priests saying that premarital sex is O.K. (I am not kidding), that people don't need to go to confession, and many other opinions undermining various teachings of the Church. Many German and Austrian bishops signed an official declaration after Humanae Vitae came out, toning down its message, even saying that it was up to the individual's conscience to decide whether to use contraception or not. Cardinal Schoenborn therefore spoke in 2008 of these declarations as a "sin of the European episcopate". I have seen people argue with faithful priests, telling them that the Church had changed its teachings, and the priests having a hard time convincing them otherwise.
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The confusion here is great, and I'm glad to hear that it is less so in the US (which jells in part with my experience over there, at least in Front Royal).
Now, if one dug deeper, many people with these life-choices might admit that the Church's teaching hasn't changed and that they know it. What it probably comes down to is that since there is such confusion and wishful thinking among many people and even among the clergy to say it is O.K., they've simply decided do it anyway and believe that doctrine will change some day (I also know lots of people who are convinced doctrine will change, just like the "next" Pope is always the one who will bring about that change).
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Now, I agree with you and also completely with Pope Francis that hitting them over the head with the Church's teachings on these issues is not helpful – quite the contrary; that they have to be drawn in again by Christ's love for them, as it should be expressed by the Church in its clergy and faithful, in order to be willing then to make some changes in their lives which will be extremely painful and difficult. Past popes, like JPII and Pope Benedict, have done so very well, it seems to me – so whatever Pope Francis is doing, it's not like his predecessors were doing a bad job (whatever the liberal press is trying to make us believe). Did they emphasize the moral teachings of the Church too much? I don't think so. Does Pope Francis say too little? I don't know, but somehow I don't believe that it would be counter-productive if he had also emphasized or at least re-iterated the Church's teachings on some of these issues in his interview.
#43 - Oct. 9 at 5:15am | quote
I see what you mean, Kate, about the "obsession" of some of your FB-friends, and that is a problem. Again, this is not a problem one comes across frequently here in Europe :)
And yes, Katie, I agree with you that these "pronouncements" on the Holy Father are problematic, and they really get under my skin (they were also very wide-spread under JPII as well, and I couldn't stand them).
#44 - Oct. 9 at 5:15am | quote
From his comments, it sounds like Francis is, at least partly, reacting to pressure he is experiencing from some quarters to be emphatic and aggressive on these issues...and honestly, there were plenty of people who complained that JPII and Benedict didn't do or say enough about these things, too! I remember how much disappoinment there was that Benedict didn't, in practice, turn out to be the 'Rottweiler' that both the press *and* a significant number of 'conservative' Catholics thought he would be. JPII, of course, saw a lot of criticism for his ecumenical efforts. So, I don't really see any interruption in continuity between recent Popes; there is merely a difference in experience and in personality and gifts.
One thing that inspires me about Francis, even as it dismays many, is that he lives JPII's oft repeated injunction to 'be not afraid!' There is something so wonderfully bold about these interviews and this commitment to personal encounter with others.
#45 - Oct. 9 at 9:07am | quote
I will admit though, that it has all made me appreciate more how much of a gift to JPII's episcopate his theatrical background was. ;-)
#46 - Oct. 9 at 9:11am | quote
Here's another thought. One column I read by a priest about Pope Francis used the analogy of "tacking" to describe the way the Church navigates toward perfection in the seas of time. I think this is exactly right.
My experience and reading gives me the distinct impression that the traditionalist and arch-traditionalist wings of the Church were greatly emboldened by Benedict's papacy. It's as if it made them think that finally the Church was coming around to their way of seeing things, as it always should have.
These ones in particular are shocked and dismayed that Pope Francis is evidently reversing course.
Really, though, what it seems to me he's doing is tacking "left", lest the bark of Peter hit the shoals on the right.
The reaction to him on the right is proving how needed this course correction was.
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Marie, I've spent enough time in Europe to have run often into exactly what you describe: Catholics who more or less take it for granted that if the Church hasn't "officially" changed her teaching, she's on her way, or else she's on her way to oblivion. In any case, if I personally don't have a problem with contraception, then I'll use it regardless.
But, doesn't it seem to be so that they aren't really so much confused about what the Church teaches as indifferent to what the Church teaches.
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I am considering using alfalfa pellets this year in my vegetable garden and flower beds. I've never used anything but manure and compost in the past. I'm thinking it will be a little less labor intensive.
The problem is, I already have a rabbit problem. I was thinking I'd incorporate the pellets into the top few inches of soil and then put an inch or so of compost on top. Do you think this might foil the rabbits somewhat? Thanks,
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That was my concern as well altho it was our wild deer which I didn't want to attract so I made alfalfa tea. It's more labor intensive but more valuable than just using pellets. When alfalfa ferments it produces a growth stimulator/regulator/hormone which is very good for plants. I've used this the last two years and am very impressed with the results. Brewed up many gallons of the stinky stuff last year. Here's one of many links that tell about it. Some recipes add magnesium sulfate (epsom salts) as well to the brew. Good for roses that way. I've done it both ways. |
Here is a link that might be useful: alfalfa tea
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Mon, Mar 23, 09 at 10:37
You don't have to go to the trouble of making tea. Scatter the alfalfa pellets and spray them with a light mist of water. The pellets absorb the water and expand (a very slow burst) into alfalfa meal (did you ever scrunch up a soda straw wrapper and then get it wet to make a snake??). Then if you water again the alfalfa settles down into the soil. I would not bury them or make tea unless the rabbits were a definite problem and not just a hypothetical problem. I would not add magnesium sulfate unless you knew for sure you needed magnesium and/or sulfate. There are problems with having too much magnesium. When you use the alfalfa, be prepared for a sudden burst of growth. I got six inches of growth from my orange tree in the last month from the alfalfa pellets I put on them on Washington's Birthday. Normally orange trees are flowering this time of year, not growing. |
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I use alfalfa pellets on my daylilies, and agree with dchall. |
- Posted by joepyeweed 5b IL (My Page) on Mon, Mar 23, 09 at 18:19
I have a rabbit problem with or without alfalfa pellets. I don't think the pellets made it any worse. I don't think the wild rabbits view the pellets as food, as they tend to prefer seedlings, especially baby peas and baby petunias. |
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I discovered that the alfalfa pellets were attracting the deers into the gardens as well as slugs. To control the problem, I would take some alfalfa pellets and get them damp so they would crumble, then mix with UCGs (used coffee grounds). If I left the pellets whole, the slugs would really go for them. In any case, the mix is applied to the gardens in the spring and everything grows well. The smell of the UCGs deters the deers a bit. |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Tue, Mar 24, 09 at 14:23
Since I started using alfalfa pellets and other organic fertilizers, I no longer have slugs or snails. Instead I have toads, lizards, geckos, and birds, which eat slugs and snails. |
I've used alfalfa meal and alfalfa pellets for years. The meal needs to be worked into the soil to stay put. The pellets don't need it but they break down faster if they are surrounded by moist soil. I do not find that I have more rabbit trouble than I would otherwise. The only word of caution: one of the byproducts of alfalfa when it breaks down is a growth stimulant (see orange tree story above), so you need to think of it as applying both fertilizer and growth hormones, and you have to calculate that the latter will kick in about a month after you apply the alfalfa. In my zone 4 garden, I never apply alfalfa after early July lest I stimulate growth in early September when my plants need to be throttling back in preparation for winter. |
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Lots of good info from everyone, thanks. I'll try it several ways (tea, worked into the soil and just scattered on top) and see what effect it has with rabbits, deer and slugs. All of these are real problems and not "hypothetical". Alfalfa pellets can be purchased at most places that sell pet supplies. I found them at my local seed store for as little as $.30 a pound when buying 25 lbs. Just ask for rabbit feed. One more thing, can you use to much? I know not to use it late in the season and excess could arguably result in pollution but would it have an adverse effect on the plants? |
If you have trouble finding alfalfa, check local supply of rabbit pellets. Check the ingredients, though, because some don't use alfalfa for the green. It's excellent fertilizer, and great in the heap, having alfalfa, and assorted grains. Sometimes the price is a lot better, and the small pellet size quickens the falling apart, and makes it easier to spread evenly. Keep in mind that it has less alfalfa per pound, being diluted with grain. Also, some brands have quite a few mineral additives. It may not be organic for that reason. |
- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Wed, Mar 25, 09 at 9:56
Yes, you can use too much, or too much in the wrong place :-) Alfalfa decomposes very rapidly (often recommended to kick-start cold compost piles) and that decompostion generates heat. Avoid applying raw alfalfa (meal or pellets) to the root zone as it can burn roots. Don't add alfalfa to planting holes - keep it as a surface application. |
Have you considered using other seed meals, like soybean or canola? Generally speaking, they pack a 4-2-1 fertilizer punch without the growth stimulus of alfalfa that everyone has mentioned. Simply work the seed meal into the surface 4-8 inches in a new bed, or use it to side dress existing plants. Just remember to keep your seed meals (alfalfa or otherwise) in a sealed metal container or you will be inviting mice for dinner. |
Yes, gardengal is correct..I just found out the hard way on a particular clematis. Four of five thrived with the fifth, a different variety, getting burned maybe beyond repair. Sometimes. I. am. overzealous. |
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Opponents of Plan Bay Area are upset after learning that the Association of Bay Area Governments this summer awarded a $56,750 grant to Marin Grassroots, a San Rafael nonprofit that works to boost the voice of underrepresented communities.
Randy Warren, who was motivated to run for San Rafael City Council due to his opposition to Plan Bay Area, has been circulating ABAG memos that discuss the grant. Warren says it was wrong for Marin Grassroots to receive a grant because it is advocating for the plan.
"The issue is that taxpayers have a right to know when their money is being used by the government to have third parties speak up in support of the government's own policies," Warren said.
John Young, executive director of Marin Grassroots, said his organization has not taken an official position on Plan Bay Area and added that the grant money, which came from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was not to advocate for Plan Bay Area.
"We were not paid to support Plan Bay Area," Young said. "Our work is around minority participation in government and civic engagement. In Marin, there is a lack of minority representation on a lot of boards and commissions and other elected offices, and that is what we're funded to do, support getting people prepared to be involved on boards and commissions."
Miriam Chion, dirtector of planning and research at the Association of Bay Area Governments, said the decision to give the grant to Marin Grassroots was made by a committee that included a number of elected officials, as well as members of the business community.
"The intent of this grant is to support community stability and appropriate housing for the community," Chion said.
A collaboration of four regional government agencies, Plan Bay Area sets out housing and transportation plans in response to the California Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008, which requires each of the state's 18 metropolitan areas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks — 7 percent per capita by 2020 and 15 percent by 2035.
Plan Bay Area aims to achieve the greenhouse gas reduction targets by requiring 78 percent of new housing and 62 percent of new jobs in the Bay Area through 2035 to be situated within some 200 "priority development areas."
Young and others held a press conference last month to assert that hostile behavior by opponents at public meetings to discuss Plan Bay Area was having a chilling effect on public debate.
He issued a statement that cited "ongoing disruptions and implicit racial threats of a growing mob of angry homeowners." A strongly worded press release said a "'lynch mob' opposed to fair housing" was paralyzing civil participation threatening to create "a civil rights state of emergency."
At the press conference, Marin County Planning Commissioner Ericka Erickson, who serves as associate director of Marin Grassroots, said she felt intimidated by some interactions with housing foes. Erickson has spoken in support of Plan Bay Area at several public meetings, but she has also criticized the plan for not doing more to promote affordable housing.
Susan Kirsch, co-founder of Citizen Marin, a coalition of Marin neighborhood associations opposing Plan Bay Area, said, "It's a misguided use of funds to have more people who don't have means, and aren't living in a world of social justice, to get training to be rabble-rousers and make protest signs and create headlines that are inflammatory, rather than find a way to engage in the conversation."
Kirsch said she wasn't sure how much money Citizen Marin has raised to date. Peter Singleton of Larkspur, who co-founded Bay Area Citizens in March to oppose Plan Bay Area, said his organization has raised about $30,000, all from individuals.
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Gorgeous fashion editorials are not exactly hard to come by, especially if you're like me and read dozens of fashion magazines a month, but a stunning beauty spread is a little rarer, which is why the Eniko Mihalik Allure November 2011 photo shoot is so striking.
The 24-year-old Hungarian model stars in the editorial spread shot by photographer Tom Munro. Mihalik is seen sporting hairdos that are inspired by the fall runway shows of Chanel, Marc Jacobs, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana and others. This clever concept for a photo shoot is pulled off flawlessly by the beauty team, made up of hair stylist Shay Ashual and immensely talented makeup artist Fulvia Farolfi.
The Eniko Mihalik Allure November 2011 editorial spread is a lovely look at the vintage inspired hairdos and makeup trends that were seen on the runway this past season.


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My favorite place-My DH loved the buffalo. My DS loved the salmon on the kids menu, too.
Restaurant: Artist Point
Where: Wilderness Lodge
Meal: Dinner
When: Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Menu: Artist Point Dinner Menu - Wilderness Lodge
Who: DH and I
The reason I chose Artist Point is two fold. One, I wanted an excuse to drive over to the Wilderness Lodge. What a beautiful lobby and resort! If we ever have a MK focused DVC trip, I'd definitely want to try staying here. Assuming you can pull me away from my beloved Boardwalk that is. The other reason is because I saw that they had buffalo on the menu. DH has had it before, but I have not. I've heard mixed reviews about this one. So, I booked us a PS. What better way to decide for yourself?
Like most of our meals, we started out perusing the wine list. I honestly don't remember what we had. I know we both picked dry red wines from the Pacific Northwest region of the US/Canada. I wish I had jotted down what they were. Very tasty! I also ordered a bottle of water from Italy, and I don't know why…but there it is. It was water in a bottle and cost too much.
Like our Jiko experience, we decided to split our salad, entrée, and dessert. We informed our waiter of our dietary restrictions. We originally ordered the venison appetizer to split, Crispy Venison Spring Rolls with hot sweet and sour sauce. I cannot remember if it had shrimp or pork. Whichever it was, we had to opt out sadly. Looking at the menu again, we each ordered a cup/bowl of the Smoky Portobello Soup with Roasted Shiitakes and Chive Oil. EXCELLENT SOUP! Those roasted shiitakes almost had the taste/texture of crispy bacon. Almost…nothing can truly replace the taste of real bacon. The portobellos were finely minced, so no huge chunks of anything except the roasted shiitake garnish mushrooms. Mom is so proud of me; I'm finally eating like a real "grown up." She almost went into cardiac arrest when I mentioned I willingly ordered, ate, and enjoyed a mushroom soup. She's getting quite a kick of hearing her formerly impossibly picky eater of a daughter turn into a foodie like her. Apples don't always fall that far…
With our soup we were served warm sourdough bread and butter. Very good and the crust wasn't too hard. DH has noticed in the past that sourdough bread crust is too hard and chewy for him to enjoy. So, he really enjoyed this one.
Time for salad! We ordered a Bibb Lettuce Salad with Buttermilk Chive Dressing, chopped egg and bacon. We ordered it sans the swine. The salad is basically a wedge of lettuce topped with various salad toppings, egg, and dressing. Very good, I'm starting to like buttermilk based dressings more and more
Next up the main course: Grilled Buffalo Rib eye with sweet potato-hazelnut gratin and sweet onion jam cooked medium. I thought the flavor was pretty good, close to beef but not quite the same. I'd order buffalo again. Order it cooked the way you order your beef, so we got ours cooked medium. I do love it when chefs know how to cook medium and not ***** it up. The steak was on top of the sweet potato-hazelnut gratin. Neither one of us really liked that, but we're not fans of sweet potatoes. I would suspect a sweet potato fan would have appreciated it much better. On top of the steak was the sweet onion jam, pretty good. I think DH enjoyed that more than I.
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Mmmm…and rounding us out this evening is the Artist Point Cobbler made of Seasonal berries and house made black raspberry ice cream. This was really good with the fresh berries. So much so that when we got home I loaded up fresh berries, made a pound cake, and bought some whipped cream.
I thought the service was a tad slow, but overall we were very happy with out waiter. The runner had made a mistake with our salad, but our server saw it and quickly took care of it efficiently. It's not the mistakes, but it's how you fix them and learn from them that counts. We'd eat here again.
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My favorite place-My DH loved the buffalo. My DS loved the salmon on the kids menu, too.
This is among my favorites again since Anette left. I have tried the ostrich. It was pretty good. It tastes just like...........................<
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Maybe at Mousefest, we can have dinner at AP! I just made a ressie for mid Sept at PC, and need to call and make a Swalfin one for my birthday weekend which happens to be the opening of F + W fest. They currently have that great nurse's rate back!
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We take exploratory trips.
We homeschool and don't take the summer break. So, the kids continue their studies while public school kids play. Athough, we do MANY more outdoor activites. Science seems to do the best for studies during the warmer months.
My oldest is five. This will be my first summer with purposeful learning times for summer. We've been having a loose schedule in the mornings that includes some learning time.
Weve always done summer reading programs, and this year the girls go to a rural school and they are sending them home with learning packets.
Outside activities and trips to the library!
By reading books and playing educational/fun games.
We used to take many trips to the library when my kids were growing up
My kids are 1 and 4, we will do Summer reading programs this summer.
My boys love to do workbooks, crosswords, and the summer reading program at the library.
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We play school and they take turns being the teacher!
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We have a small desk in the corner of our living room and each day we work on something like reading or writing. Afterward we have a treat which is a snack or going in the pool.
We do lots of reading and math worksheets.
I try to use nature through the summer to keep my daughter learning.
we go a lot of places as a family and talk about those things in depth!
To make kids learn in the summer we do lots of reading. kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
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Ee read and do workbooks and math manipulative
Love these books! So much great info in them for bridging the summer learning gap!!
Oh! I also plan trips to hands on museums and lots of trips to the library!!
summer reading program at the library.
I have a little girl who is starting 4k this year. Her dad and I constantly use flash cards, lets her watch educational videos such as Rock n Learn and general questions. Im really proud of her because she can spell, she can count up to 30, knows her shapes and alphabet.
lots of reading trips to the library and writing!
We homeschool, and we'll actually continue studying all summer long as we have been!
I try to do a little from each subject 4 days a week.
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David L. Landsittel, CPA has been named the new chairman of Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO), an organization that provides thought leadership and guidance dealing with internal controls, enterprise risk management and fraud deterrence. COSO is sponsored and supported by five professional organizations – the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Executives International, the Institute of Management Accountants and The Institute of Internal Auditors.
"COSO is a unique organization, supported broadly by its five sponsoring organizations and providing guidance dealing with controls, risk management and fraud deterrence that has become widely recognized and embraced by the financial community, regulators and others," said Landsittel. "I am honored to have been selected its new Chair and excited about the opportunity to be involved in its continuing efforts to address issues so important to the success of businesses and other organizations and the effectiveness of their governance structures."
Landsittel was selected after an extensive four-month search. The COSO board was particularly impressed with his leadership skills, knowledge of risk management and control, his previous service as Chairman of the Auditing Standards Board, as well of his leadership in the development of the external auditor's responsibility for detecting fraud (SAS 99). As COSO Chairman, Landsittel will lead the COSO board in developing and providing continuing guidance in risk management, internal control, fraud and governance. Other major responsibilities include: interacting with regulators – such as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and similar organizations – on issues related to internal control reporting and risk management reporting; representing COSO with financial leaders of major countries around the world; and identifying new areas where COSO can enhance the efficiency of organizations through better risk management and internal controls.
Landsittel replaces Larry E. Rittenberg, PhD, CPA, CIA, who served as COSO Chairman since 2005. Recognizing Rittenberg's outstanding leadership of COSO over the last four and a half years, its Board has designated him as "Chair Emeritus." In that role, he will provide important support to Landsittel and the COSO Board in implementing COSO's strategic plan that has been developed over the past two years. Rittenberg noted that "the board unanimously and enthusiastically believes that David is the right person to take COSO to the next level of global influence and practical guidance on risk management and control, and I look forward to working with him during the next year as we transition to his leadership."
Landsittel is currently a consultant to accounting firms and others on auditing, financial reporting, corporate governance, and quality control matters. He also serves on the board of directors and chair of the audit committees for Molex Incorporated and Burnham Investors Trust for the Burnham Family of Funds. Landsittel began his career and spent 34 years with Arthur Andersen & Co. He was previously chair of the Illinois CPA Society and more recently chair of the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois — a not-for-profit group that provides scholarships and encourages qualified students to pursue careers in public accounting. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and an undergraduate degree from DePauw University.


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Telecommunications companies are probably less susceptible to Y2K problems than many other technology-based businesses--dial tones aren't date-sensitive--but White says his company will spend "at least" $50 million on various software issues, including upgrading the billing system and making sure that work orders aren't issued for the wrong day of the week. The company has been battling the beast for two years and expects to have all of its critical systems compliant by the summer of 1999.
Some minor glitches, affecting only internal systems, may not get done in time, White adds, "but our objective is that our customers perceive no Year 2000 impact. Period. That way the press can't come back and have a field day with US West."
White acknowledges that there's little chance that US West will recover its massive Y2K investment from added service, but he insists that "other efficiencies" will come out of the process. "We have technology that's ten years old and at the end of its life cycle," he notes. "We will end up having upgraded our computing and network environment to a very current level, and we will see some gains coming back from that. Whether it will be a net gain is hard to tell. But if we did a poor job of this, what do you suppose the impact would be on our revenue stream?"
It's best to take the long view when considering the Y2K quandary. The short one has already cost too much. The whole mess arose out of a simple set of keystrokes, the decision to designate years in two digits rather than four. That decision may have been justified back in the days when electronic brains took up entire rooms and memory capacity was at a premium. Yet the practice survived, through generation after generation of instant upgrade and instant obsolescence.
No one dreamed those old codes would still be running right up to the brink of the millennium. No one looked ahead. And now the shortcuts of the past have caught up with us. The bill falls due at century's end.
The irony of the situation isn't lost on White. "This all started because we wanted to shorten a date and be very efficient," he says. "Now we have the Year 2000 problem, and we've already shortened it to Y2K. Here we go again.


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Dr. David Prentice is Senior Fellow for Life Sciences at Family Research Council. Up to July 2004 he had spent almost 20 years as Professor of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, and Adjunct Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine.
He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Kansas, and was at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Texas Medical School-Houston before joining Indiana State University, where he served as Acting Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Assistant Chair of Life Sciences, and was recognized with the University's Distinguished Teaching Award and Distinguished Service Award.
He is a Founding Member of Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics, a Fellow of the Wilberforce Forum Council for Biotechnology Policy, a Fellow of the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future, and an Advisory Board Member for the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity.
He received the 2007 Walter C. Randall Award in Biomedical Ethics from the American Physiological Society, given for promoting the honor and integrity of biomedical science through example and mentoring in the classroom and laboratory.
His research interests encompass aspects of cell growth; one major focus is adult stem cells. Dr. Prentice is an internationally-recognized expert on stem cells and cloning, and has testified before the U.S. Congress, numerous state legislatures, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the President's Council on Bioethics, European Parliament, British Parliament, Canadian Parliament, Australian Parliament, German Bundestag, French Senate, Swedish Parliament, the Vatican, and the United Nations.
Dr. Prentice was selected by the U.S. President's Council on Bioethics to write their comprehensive review of adult stem cell research. His defense of Adult Stem Cell Treatments with extensive literature documentation was published by Science in January 2007.
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Miley Cyrus and her beau, actor Liam Hemsworth recently got engaged and the couple is planning to tie the knot really soon. People was the first medium to spill the beams on the couple's engagement, according the Magazine Cyrus, 19 and Hemsworth, 22, met on the set of the film, "The Last Song" in 2009 and have been seeing each other ever since.
Hemsworth recently got more popularity when he starred in the box office hit, "The Hunger Games," and he will be featured more prominently in the film's sequel which is due in theaters next year.
Miley Cyrus on the other hand is presently working on a new album but there's no word of her acting career getting any bigger at the moment. According to the reports all over the internet, Hemsworth popped the question over the weekend in Los Angeles and he made an impression when he presented her with a 3.5-carat diamond ring set in gold.
"I'm so happy to be engaged and look forward to a life of happiness with Liam," Cyrus tells the magazine. We also found a photo of the ring which Liam Hemsworth proposed with. The next issue of People Magazine will have all the exclusive photos of the couple, the new issue hits Newsstands on Friday (June 8).


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The Festival in conjunction with Tourism Ireland presents a day of family celebration with music, song and dance.
The event was attended by over 6,000 people in 2014 and the Merchant Square is the perfect place for all the family to come along and enjoy the day under the safety of the enlclosed roof. With a host of restaurants and bars to cater for all tastes aswell as live music, face painting, Irish Ceili Dancing and the announcement of the Glasgow Mary of Dungloe nomination for 2014.


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Serves 4
- 1 grapefruit
- 2 oranges
- 2 avocados
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- Watercress
- 2 heads French endive
- Poppy Seed dressing
Cut the grapefruit and oranges in half and into skinless sections. Peel and slice the avocado and put the slices into the lemon juice to prevent their darkening. Arrange the fruits on watercress and tuck spears of the endive around. Pour the Poppy Seed Dressing upon the fruit, but do not cover the endive, which may be eaten with the fingers. Serve with balls made of the Spiced Cheese Salad mixture.
my notes
- Calories287,812
- Carbohydrates7,398 g (2,466%)
- Fat24,589 g (37,829%)
- Protein14,953 g (29,907%)
- Saturated Fat4,281 g (21,404%)
- Sodium9,026 mg (376%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat9,947 g
- Fiber3,267 g (13,069%)
- Monounsaturated Fat7,891 g
- Cholesterol0
recipe at a glance
type: Salad
main ingredients: Orange, Lemon, Endive, Watercress, Grapefruit, Avocado
dietary considerations: Vegan
holiday/celebration: Summer