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Rick's Permanent Retreat

I'm sure most of you, if not all of you, have already heard about this so forgive me if I'm being a little redundant. Rick is leaving for Florida in a couple of weeks. As happy as I am for him I am also greatly distressed that he is leaving. He has done so much for the St. Francis de Sales parish here in Mukegon. He will be sorely missed. I know I'll miss him.

The New Catholic Manliness

By Todd M. Aglialoro “The Catholic Church makes men. . . . Of such she may also someday make soldiers.”

—Hilaire Belloc It is a source of no small irony that, even as radical feminists within and without the Church have railed for two generations against patriarchy and phallocentrism, it can be quite plausibly said that the post-conciliar Church in this country has, for all intents and purposes, been run by women.

Consider a Sunday in the life of a typical American parish. Father Reilly, once his mother’s darling, says Mass before a congregation disproportionately representative of widows (both the traditional and the football kind), soccer moms flying solo, and budding young liturgistas. At the elevation of the Host, extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist (80-20 female) and altar servettes gather around the sanctuary to lend him moral support.

Social Injustice: Mexican Wal-Mart baggers work for free

Although Wal-Mart’s worldwide code of ethics expressly forbids any “associate” from working without compensation, the company’s Mexican subsidiary asserts that the grocery baggers “cannot be considered workers.”

“To my mind, that is not an accurate description because the bagger is providing a service on the store’s premises that benefits the company by serving the customer better,” argues Federal District Labor Secretary Benito Mirón Lince. “In economic terms, Wal-Mart does have the capability to pay the minimum wage [of less than $5 a day], and this represents an injustice.”

Read the full article here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20056614/site/newsweek/page/0/

WCSG Drive-thru difference challenge July 17

Tuesday, July 17, go through the drive-thru of a West Michigan restaurant and pay for the order of the person behind you! It will totally make their day. Impact West Michigan as you participate in the "WCSG Drive-thru difference"!

A PDF with a note you can give to the cashier is located here: http://www.wcsg.org/morningshow/drivethru/

Polluted fish in the Great Lakes

Many types of popular sport fish found in the Great Lakes are so heavily contaminated by industrial chemicals such as dioxins, PCBs and methyl mercury that they are unfit for human consumption, says a report released yesterday by Environmental Defence, a Toronto-based conservation group.

Read more here: The Globe and Mail

Heat survival tips you can learn from Animal Planet
Living in the city during high-temperature season is not for the weak-hearted. These days it’s getting more and more difficult to survive summers in the city if you don’t have air-conditioning all around.

By carefully looking at the nature and the way animals handle extreme heat waves, you’ll get inspired and learn a few tricks of your own.

Read the full article here at HacktheDay

Vatican issues road '10 Commandments' for drivers
Got road rage? The Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of “Ten Commandments” for drivers, telling motorists to be charitable to others on the highways, to refrain from drinking and driving, and to pray you make it before you even buckle up.

Read the full article here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19308664/

The LifeStraw makes dirty water clean
Millions of people perish every year because they simply don’t have clean water to drink. Until now, there was not much we could do about this because systems to clean water were costly and required electricity and spare parts and and and … but the LifeStraw now offers a viable means of saving tens of millions of lives every year. LifeStraw is a personal, low-cost water purification tool with a life time of 700 litres – approximately one year of water consumption for one person. Positive test results have been achieved on tap, turbid and saline water against common waterborne bacteria such as Salmonella, Shigella, Enterococcus and Staphylococcu.

ATTN. LADIES: True Girl Magazine!
True Girl is a magazine of faith, life, and fashion for Catholic teenage girls. They hope to positively encourage you in your love of God and His Church. Inside our pages you will find all that you love in a good magazine - fashion, entertainment, advice, health and beauty tips, and fun quizzes - without all the celebrity gossip and immodesty.

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