Fri 18 Jun, 2010
Modernists like the “what if” game. It allows them to create a logical-sounding argument that calls truth into question while at the same time it makes no real claim to truth itself. It’s a dangerous form of propaganda that can do real harm. Continue reading
Wed 5 May, 2010
Our culture now considers shutting down the healthy fertility system and killing babies to be basic woman’s health. Long ago the abortion movement abandoned their slogan “safe, legal, and rare.” They are now successfully pushing to make abortion everyday, commonplace, and accepted medical practice. Continue reading
Tue 19 May, 2009
A lot of buzz has been going around about the attempts made by Vermont and Ohio state legislatures to remove “sexting” (sending out naked pictures of others by cell phone) from the list of felonies that could label someone a sexual predator.
Some commentators have criticized Vermont and Ohio for not taking sexting (which is done especially by teenagers) seriously enough. Others have lauded them for saving young adults… Continue reading
Wed 1 Apr, 2009
I just had the pleasure of speaking to youth at a family event in our neighboring diocese. The theme of the conference was God’s plan for our sexuality and family. When my talk on “True Sex” was finished, I sat in on the end of the adult track. I missed the actual speaker, but I did catch the testimony of a couple who through a deeper conversion to… Continue reading
Tue 2 Sep, 2008
The Catholic teaching on “new birth technologies” such as artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, and human cloning, is among the most vilified of Her moral stances. However, one need not search very long to see the wisdom in the Church’s constant teaching that reproduction needs to take place in the context of the love of the marital act.
Take this article, for example: Donor Registry Allows IVF Conceived Children
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Jeff Arrowood taught moral theology, literature, US history and psychology at a Catholic high school for ten years. He is now a stay-at-home father who still teaches through the From the Abbey Catholic educational apostolate. In addition to this blog, the From the Abbey website offers Catholic educational resources, some of which are free and some of which are worth paying for! He also gives educational programs and writes online courses and educational curricula for Catholic schools and parishes. Jeff and his family live in central Wisconsin.
