Today I received this report from Mary Robinson, president of the National Council for Adoption, which will be of special interest for those interested in adopting children — particularly special-needs children — from China.Be sure to check...
Topics: Adoption, China, Mary Robinson, National Council for Adoption

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“Fostering Futures” is a foster care agency that has recently opened in southern Michigan; I am their newest board member!The agency is the brainchild of a group of experienced, dedicated social workers led by Jennifer DeVivo, LMSW, the...
Topics: Foster Care, Foster-Adoption, Fostering Futures, Washtenaw County

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Today is the feast day of Teresa of Avila, one of my very favorite saints. This sixteenth-century Spanish noblewoman is patroness of writers and migraine sufferers, perhaps best known to us for three things: reforming the Carmelites, writing The...
Topics: Adoption, Teresa of Avila

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Today I came across “Abortion Foes Tell Their Journey to the Streets,” a remarkable article in the New York Times by Damien Cave, which (though not entirely sympathetic to the pro-life cause, as the title suggests) nevertheless provided a...
Topics: abortion, Adoption

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One of the shortest Gospel readings is this weekend, from Mark 11:While Jesus was speaking,a woman from the crowd called out and said to him,“Blessed is the womb that carried youand the breasts at which you nursed.”He replied, “Rather, blessed are..
Topics: Adoption, Weekend Ponderings, Weekend Wonderings

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