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| Updated: January 6th, 2012 |
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Ann Barrick
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Friday, 04 May 2012
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I was struggling with this month’s column when I received a phone call from a very dear friend. “Mom just left us,” Tina stated calmly. “She went peacefully.” Tina and her sisters had been caring for their mother at home, keeping her comfortable and surrounding her with the love of her fam...
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ANN BARRICK
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Friday, 06 April 2012
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She pulled out of the abortion center’s lot and stopped to talk to the sidewalk counselor: “I just can’t do it.” Tabatha was 12 weeks pregnant and scheduled for an abortion that evening.
Although she was unhappy about having another child, h...
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ANN BARRICK
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Friday, 02 March 2012
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As I write this column, the HHS (Health and Human Services) mandate is the “hot topic.” It seems that everyone who believes in religious liberty is opposing this, and rightly so.
Many of us have contacted legislators, signed numerous petitions, ...
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ANN BARRICK
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Friday, 03 February 2012
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“This is fertile ground,” I told Matt, a seminarian in our diocese, who had been praying with us during a monthly Youth Hour of Prayer outside the Center for Choice, a Toledo abortion clinic. He had just returned from pushing Keith, a wheelchair-...
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ANN BARRICK
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Friday, 06 January 2012
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On Jan. 22, 1973, abortion on demand was legalized by the Supreme Court decision in the case of Roe v. Wade. Since then, approximately 53 million unborn babies have been aborted in our nation. In addition to the loss of these innocent children, how m...
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ANN BARRICK Friday, 02 December 2011 Thanksgiving is past, we’re in the midst of Advent and Christmas is coming! As the song goes, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” Yet we know all too well how hard it is for those who ... |
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ANN BARRICK Friday, 04 November 2011 One evening last month, I arrived at the abortion center for my usual time of prayer and counseling. As I was settling into prayer, the abortionist drove into the parking lot and I noticed that his wi... |
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ANN BARRICK Friday, 07 October 2011 “Human life is sacred … from its beginning.” (CCC 2258) The Catholic Church has given us such a great gift by consistently stressing this in its teachings on contraception, abortion, capital pun... |
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ANN BARRICK Friday, 02 September 2011 At the end of this month, cities across the world will begin a 40-day pro-life campaign dedicated to prayer, fasting and community outreach. Appropriately named “40 Days for Life,” this now-intern... |
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ANN BARRICK Tuesday, 09 August 2011 When I was first asked to write a “prolife column” for the Chronicle, little did I know that my “debut” would come when major pro-life legislation would be developing in Ohio and across the na... |
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