Oregon Faith Report News Note: All animals of various sizes, breeds and types were blessed at the annual blessings of the animals ceremony on St. Paul Episcopal Church in Salem. Last Sunday several of these animals were prayed over for their blessings and protection. The Statesman Journal reported the reverend […]

Christine O’Donnell witch ad is high risk Oregon Faith Report News Note: I do not think I would have ever imagined hearing the word “witch” used in a political campaign TV advertisement. Yet, American politics remains quite surprising and distracting when candidates issues such commercials. I cannot tell whether the […]

Family-Faith Review: Let Me In Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting This macabre yet strangely moving twist on vampire lore, set in 1983, sees a bullied, lonely New Mexico preteen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) developing a friendly crush on a new neighbor (Chloe Grace Moretz), but gradually discovering that she is not […]

Family-Faith Film Review: Wall Street – Money Never Sleeps By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Uneven sequel in which, seven years after being released from prison, a disgraced financier-turned-author (Michael Douglas) convinces his estranged daughter’s (Carey Mulligan) fiance (Shia LaBeouf) to help him reconcile with her. He offers in […]

Real Catholic Men Oregon ministry The 2nd Annual March for Purity was held on Saturday, September 11th in Beaverton, Oregon.  Close to twenty men, women and children participated in the procession that took us to Planned Parenthood, Starz Cabaret, The Dolphin Gentlemen’s Club and Fantasy Adult Bookstore. The weather was […]

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM interviews Rory Cooper, director of Strategic Communications for The Heritage Foundation, discusses the excerpts from Bob Woodward’s new book, “Obama’s Wars”. Georgene: Reading the early excerpts of the book, “Obama’s Wars”, paints an unflattering picture of the president’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But from what […]

Saint Mary MacKillop Shares Hope with Sex Abuse Victims Sister Mary MacKillop will be canonized this month for her extraordinary efforts helping the poor and founding a religious order under tough circumstances, but her experience dealing with sexual abuse is propelling followers to anoint her as the patron saint of […]

One of the world’s best known Christian music artists, Michael W Smith, is back with new album called Wonder. Over the years Michael W Smith has made great headway with three worship albums, but his latest seems a return to the rock (with-a-strong-message) themes of his past. His video can […]

Faith Review – Social Network exposes you and me By Beaver Believer, Oregon writer. It is an accident that the creators behind the Facebook movie “The Social Network” meant to draw us into the film which exhaustively covers many ethical issues in one compelling biography.    The audience has become co-conspirators […]