The Catholic University of America, the college established by the United States bishops in Washington, D.C. became the latest university to come under fire for the views of an invited speaker.
For two years, a campus organization known as Cardinals for Life worked to schedule a speech by Abby Johnson. Ms. Johnson is noted for being a former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director who, after witnessing atrocities in the abortion industry, resigned and committed herself to pro-life advocacy. Ms. Johnson recounted her story in the memoir,
Unplanned (Disclosure: this writer’s public relations firm was hired to publicize the feature film “Unplanned,” which was based on the book).
Father David Friel is the guest for the Bucks County parish s triduum for the Year of St. Joseph, with evening liturgies and talks in the church March 17-19.
Freshman Retention Rate Exceeds National Average
Feb 19, 2021
Colleges spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to recruit the best students to their campuses each year. But when students enroll, oftentimes they are unhappy with their choice and transfer to a more desirous college at the end of their freshman year. For many, looking at a college’s freshman retention rate – the percentage of freshmen who choose to re-enroll for sophomore year – can be a very telling sign, and give deep insights into the education and culture of the school, as well as the level of customer satisfaction. Nationally, only 69% of freshmen return to their college for sophomore year.
Opposite coasts, similar crimes, one gunman: How investigators connected the cases
February 19, 2021 / 9:02 AM / CBS NEWS Marc Angelucci/Facebook
Two men are shot and killed at their homes 2,800 miles apart by a man delivering a package - how a car full of clues helped solve the murders.
On July 11, 2020 in San Bernardino County, California, a delivery man with a package rang the doorbell of 52-year-old attorney Marc Angelucci. When Angelucci approached the door to sign for the package, he was shot point-blank. Investigators say he died at the scene.
A Friend Searches for Answers Cassie Jaye
Investigators were initially stumped about who wanted Marc Angelucci dead. There was no clear suspect and no motive. Angelucci s friend, documentary filmmaker Cassie Jaye, also wanted answers. She started digging into the different cases he was involved with and wondered if his work made him a target.
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Tears come easier to me these days maybe because I am older. Sometimes, while preaching, I will touch a deep vein and find it difficult to go on. I might be reading an autobiography and see a scene evoking a memory from my own journey and I have to lay the book down as memories flood in. Such was my experience reading Frank J. Butler’s autobiography,
Belonging: One Catholic’s Journey.
Butler lost his father at a young age, and his mother raised a family of six. At the age of 13, Butler entered a seminary in Little Rock, Ark., and spent eight years there in a world he generally describes as wonderful a world in which one learned to pray and to work hard and to live with others.