Archbishop Chaput, Jim Caviezel headline Minnesota Catholic Conference event

Advocating for public policy that protects life and human dignity is the mission of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, and that mission will underscore all discussions at the conference’s Catholics at the Capitol event Feb. 19 in St. Paul.

Sponsored by the MCC, the daylong event at the St. Paul RiverCentre and the Minnesota State Capitol will include speakers Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, who will talk about faithful citizenship, and actor Jim Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ” in 2004. Caviezel plans to address discipleship, organizers said.

The first of what has become a biennial event was held in 2017 and drew 1,000 people. This year, organizers expect more than 2,000 people from every legislative district in the state.

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Become a 1-percenter!

My wife and I are part of the 1 percent — so we’re used to criticism. We’ve made a bundle — heck, a number of bundles — and while the rest of the nation seems to be in a slump, we’re just making more. We’re part of the false cult of quantity at the expense of quality. Our consumption hurts the environment. Our ridiculous tax breaks reward our selfishness at others’ expense. To give us larger breaks is so ridiculous a suggestion even the Wall Street Journal calls us tax “gangsters.” But we, I reply, are the makers. It’s right that our tax burden is lower, since we ultimately provide the raw material for jobs, innovation and future tax revenue.

Of course, when I say we’re in the top 1 percent, I mean kids. I can’t prove conclusively that we’re 1-percenters, but given that 2010 census data showed that only 1.9 percent of American homes had seven or more members, I think it’s likely. Many seven-plus households are surely multigenerational, and 2012 census data shows the average number of children under 18 per household living with parents was 1.88.

We ended 2012 with five. No. 6, God willing, will emerge from the womb in late summer.

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I haven't had a chance to post on it, but if you missed it a Gay Marriage bill is storming through MN legislature.  It has no exceptions for adoption agencies so it will likely shut down Catholic Charities in MN like it did in Illinois. It will probably come down to court challenges which will likely enshrine it into law.  Prayers. 

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