American Idol Star, Melinda Doolittle, shares her faith GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.– Melinda Doolittle, acclaimed recording artist and star of American Idol, believes that her own success and personal joy are directly proportional to her investment in encouraging and nurturing others. This theme is at the heart of her new autobiography, […]

Faith-Family Film Review: The Lightning Thief PG By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief—A mildly troubled New York high school student (Logan Lerman) discovers his true identity as a demigod — offspring of the Greek sea god Poseidon (Kevin McKidd) and a […]

Faith and Family Film Review: Valentine’s Day PG-13 By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Valentine’s Day—Ensemble romantic comedy, directed by Garry Marshall, charting the amorous ups and downs of a series of interconnected Los Angelinos over the titular holiday, including a newly engaged florist (Ashton Kutcher) and his live-in […]

Outstanding Movie Ready to Come to Southern Oregon Paul Coughlin, Southern Oregon The Protectors We have been asked to help bring to Southern Oregon a life-changing movie with eternal importance, and we’re excited to share this opportunity with you.  It’s called “To Save a Life,” and it’s a faith-inspired movie […]

The St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon was founded by Catholic sisters 92 years ago and now is severing its Catholic ties due to ethic concerns.   The Catholic News Agency reports; Bend, Ore., Feb 17, 2010 / 05:50 am (CNA).- Citing continued disagreement on Catholic ethical directives such […]

By Omar Sacirbey, Religion News Service (RNS) “Talk with as many people as you can. Talk vertically, talk laterally.”  That’s the advice of the Rev. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, for attendees of the US-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar.Gaddy went to last year’s forum,which drew big names […]

The Archdiocese of Portland joins the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in urging Justice for Immigrants By Portland Archdiocese, The Archdiocese of Portland will participate with other dioceses around the United States in urging Congress to pass immigration reform.  The campaign Justice for Immigrants is being led by the […]

A great story about a woman who went from Olympic speedskater to Fransiscan Sisters.  Here is an excerpt from Yahoo Sports. Twelve years ago at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, a 17-year-old speedskating prodigy named Kirstin Holum was tapped for future greatness….“It is funny now to think of how different […]

From the Palm Beach Post on the NCAA considering a ban on athlete’s who put messages on their faces during games.   Below is an excerpt from the article: The NCAA’s Football Rules Committee is proposing a ban on Tebow’s most identifiable feature — the bible verses on his eye black. […]

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM interviews Ken Newberger, author of Hope in the Face of Conflict. Conflict surrounds all of us, whether it is in marriage, religious factions, in our churches, our workplace, or between countries. But, it can be avoided, according to Conflict Resolution Specialist Dr. Ken Newberger. The author […]