http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/author/Rebecca en rebeccateti@verizon.net Copyright 2009 2009-11-06T20:30:22+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/jon_kate_-_eight Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/jon_kate_-_eight#When:19:30:22Z | I have managed to miss the Jon & Kate Plus Eight phenomenon, but Helen Alvare has a very nice reflection on what their sad story reveals about our divorce laws. Read it here. Marriage 2009-11-06T19:30:22+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/Three_For_Free Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/Three_For_Free#When:19:00:44Z | I don’t know why the following items came across my desktop today. But as everyone can use freebies now and again, I pass them along (not vouching for content!). Here are 20 Places to Watch Free Movies on the ‘net. Do you know about Swap a DVD, brought to you by the same folks who run Paperback Swap & … Homemaking 2009-11-06T19:00:44+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/still_all_souls_week Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/still_all_souls_week#When:18:31:37Z | In light of Fr. Z’s suggestion that we dedicate today to praying for the souls of departed priests, I thought I’d highlight a portion of the Holy Father’s Angelus Address last Sunday. (The Pope did his part this morning, celebrating a Mass for cardinals & bishops who have died in the past year.) “Tomorrow we will observe the annual … Faith 2009-11-05T18:31:37+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/80_minutes_a_week Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/80_minutes_a_week#When:16:00:55Z | Visceral Fat from uabnews on Vimeo. 80 minutes of exercise a week may not be enough to make you slender, but it is probably enough to keep visceral fat—the kind that is a major contributor to Type 2 Diabetes and heart disease—at bay. What’s also good news is that to keep your internal organs (but, alas, not your thighs) … Health 2009-11-04T16:00:55+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/down_syndrome_courage Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/down_syndrome_courage#When:20:00:00Z | Upwards of 80% of children with Down syndrome are aborted in this country. Archbishop Chaput has written an eloquent essay about what that means for our culture. I just wanted to highlight a passage he writes about the several friends he has who are parents of children with different kinds of genetic disorders—just because I thought it was lovely. … Family 2009-11-03T20:00:00+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/octave_of_all_souls Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/octave_of_all_souls#When:13:00:42Z | Today is the feast of All Souls, a day dedicated to praying for the souls in Purgatory and remembering that we ourselves are mortal. Read about how to release souls from purgatory all this week here. While I was studying abroad, I learned of the custom of visiting a cemetery to pray for the dead. If the weather is … Faith 2009-11-02T13:00:42+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/happy_halloween Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/happy_halloween#When:16:00:03Z | Enjoy your treats! Just me 2009-10-31T16:00:03+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/city_of_paper Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/city_of_paper#When:18:00:41Z | Want to see something beautiful and amazing? Tour the large and multi-angle exhibit of an astonishing paper sculpture. Purdy. Reviews 2009-10-30T18:00:41+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/st._george_the_binoculars Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/st._george_the_binoculars#When:17:00:22Z ...and the emergency back-up rifle | What? You skipped that chapter from The Life of St. George? My little nephew will be glad to fill you in. Just me 2009-10-29T17:00:22+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/law_order_v._roe_v_wade Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/law_order_v._roe_v_wade#When:14:00:49Z a pro-life breakthrough from a tv script | Did anyone see the October 23 episode of Law & Order, entitled “Dignity”? I didn’t, but this review of its treatment of the abortion issue makes it seem like a television breakthrough. Certainly this clip (which contains a scene of disturbing courtroom testimony about an abortionist killing a born-alive baby and an attorney’s … Reviews 2009-10-28T14:00:49+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/stumbling_onto_the_truth Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/stumbling_onto_the_truth#When:21:00:25Z | Signatures are being collected for a ballot initiative to ban divorce in California. The move is entirely sarcastic, as the accompanying t-shirt indicates. Behind it is a homosexual activist who wishes to showcase the hypocrisy of defenders of one man, one woman marriage. He is “retaliating,” as he sees it, for Proposition 8. It is sad to see how … Marriage 2009-10-27T21:00:25+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/dad_brains Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/dad_brains#When:17:00:10Z | Growing up without a father may alter your brain chemistry. Or so suggests an interesting study reported in this morning’s Wall Street Journal. Of course we can’t be too quick to extrapolate from rodents to ourselves, but it’s curious that if you remove the father from his family unit in naturally social animals, the kids exhibit poor impulse control, … News 2009-10-27T17:00:10+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/falling_in_love_with_mary Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/falling_in_love_with_mary#When:14:00:30Z | Recent convert from Episcopalianism David Mills has what looks like a great new book on Mary. Discovering Mary: Answers to Questions about the Mother of God tells the story of Mills’ coming to love Our Lady. I haven’t yet read the book, but it caught my eye because of Mills’ recent column on what Protestants really think of Mary—and … Reviews 2009-10-23T14:00:30+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/why_its_your_ring_finger Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/why_its_your_ring_finger#When:16:00:00Z | I file this under, “Probably apocryphal, but neat.” Marriage 2009-10-22T16:00:00+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/no_family_no_peace Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/no_family_no_peace#When:14:00:46Z | Weeks ago I promised a further look at this quotation from Pope Benedict XVI. ”...everything that serves to weaken the family based on the marriage of a man and a woman, everything that directly or indirectly stands in the way of its openness to the responsible acceptance of a new life, everything that obstructs its right to be primarily … Marriage 2009-10-21T14:00:46+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/rosary_with_the_pope Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/rosary_with_the_pope#When:16:00:13Z | Students from eight countries in Africa joined students in Rome by satellite for a rosary with the Pope last week. The occasion was prayer for the Synod of Bishops for Africa, now underway. Here’s a short news clip about the event. While the link lasts, you can watch video of this international rosary and pray along by following this … Faith 2009-10-20T16:00:13+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/cyborg_pumpkin_kit Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/cyborg_pumpkin_kit#When:14:00:14Z your junior engineer needs this | Got basic soldering skills? That and $13 for this cool kit available from Evil Mad Science will allow your budding mad scientist to make this Cyborg Pumpkin. Even if your All Hallow’s Eve plans don’t include soldering, any young engineers will probably enjoy the site. Legos figure prominently in many of their projects. As is … Reviews 2009-10-19T14:00:14+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/i_refuse_to_accept_the_decline_of_man Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/i_refuse_to_accept_the_decline_of_man#When:16:00:19Z | The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama has sparked some interesting reflections on the Nobel Prize itself. As Arwen noted earlier this week, some of those responses are more interesting than others, but I thought you might be interested in William Faulkner’s speech upon receipt of the Nobel Prize for Literature. You can hear his voice … Reviews 2009-10-16T16:00:19+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/charms_of_dieting Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/charms_of_dieting#When:16:00:07Z Sr. Mary Martha comes through | Sr. Mary Martha’s Etsy shop sells a charm bracelet for dieters. Of course, you needn’t wear the charms to ask for saintly intercession. I just thought her explanation would delight and amuse. And maybe help! Health 2009-10-14T16:00:07+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/yay_a_winner Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/yay_a_winner#When:18:51:49Z | Congratulations to Gretchen, who wins our Tastefully Simple gift certificate giveaway. Gretchen was chosen through a random number generator based on the total number of entries. Thanks to all who shared recipes, and thanks once again to Jennifer for donating the prize. You can patronize her business by following the Tastefully Simple link above. Be sure to take pictures … Food 2009-10-13T18:51:49+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/tastefully_simple_giveaway Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/tastefully_simple_giveaway#When:16:00:54Z Leave a fall recipe to win a prize | Want to win a $40 gift certificate to Tastefully Simple? Simply leave a tasteful fall recipe somewhere in this post. Bring on the soups, casseroles, slow-cooker dishes and things to do with cider!  (No desserts this time—save those recipes for an upcoming giveaway.) To enter, link to an individual blog post (not … Food 2009-10-09T16:00:54+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/bishop_saltarelli_rip Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/bishop_saltarelli_rip#When:22:59:42Z | I no sooner posted the news of Bishop Xili’s death below when I read of the passing of a bishop much closer to home. Bishop Michael Saltarelli, DD, former bishop of Wilmington, passed away from cancer this morning. His obituary is here, and here’s a link to a 2005 interview he granted Ignatius Press. I like this little snippet … News 2009-10-08T22:59:42+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/a_hero_goes_to_god Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/a_hero_goes_to_god#When:22:28:16Z | Bishop James Lin Xili, of the underground Church in China, passed away October 4th. Every time I read the obituary of one of these Chinese bishops, I’m reminded how much it costs some Catholics to live their faith and the grace and privilege it is to live in a nation that respects religious liberty. Bishop Xili at one time … News 2009-10-08T22:28:16+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/jane_addiction Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/jane_addiction#When:21:00:15Z | Any Jane Austen fanatics out there? The Morgan Library, which boasts the largest collection of Austen manuscripts and letters in the world, is promoting its new exhibition on her from November to March. You can read the press release here. Looks worthwhile. This month my book club is reading Northanger Abbey,with a confirmed Austenphile scheduled to lead the discussion. … Reviews 2009-10-07T21:00:15+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/get_ready_for_a_giveaway Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/get_ready_for_a_giveaway#When:19:42:30Z | Want to win a $40 gift certificate to the Tastefully Simple catalogue? Just share a link to your never-fail fall main dish—soup, slow-cooker meal or casserole—on Friday. A winner will be chosen at random when the giveaway closes. But everyone should come away with a new dish for her repertoire. Thanks to reader Jennifer Raybaud for providing the prize! … Food 2009-10-06T19:42:30+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/fire_drill Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/fire_drill#When:16:00:40Z | Just a little tip for you homeschoolers out there. Though perhaps this would work in an office, too. Click on comments to enlarge the strip slightly. Family 2009-10-05T16:00:40+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/american_couple_named_to_pontifical_council Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/american_couple_named_to_pontifical_council#When:16:00:15Z | Pope Benedict XVI appointed ten married couples  from ten different countries to positions on the Pontifical Council for the Family. Frank & Julie LaBoda of Wisconsin are the American couple named. They serve as international coordinators for Retrouvaille, a very successful program for healing troubled marriages. Congratulations to the LaBodas, and here’s to fruitful collaboration in defense of the … Marriage 2009-10-03T16:00:15+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/saint_stories_from_fr._groeschel Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/saint_stories_from_fr._groeschel#When:20:00:12Z | I had the grace of attending a lecture from Fr. Benedict Groeschel last evening. He was in Washington, giving a lecture on the stages of the spiritual life to students and friends of the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, where he is an adjunct professor. I thought you might be interested in three anecdotes about three different saints he … Faith 2009-10-02T20:00:12+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/twice_the_color Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/twice_the_color#When:21:00:57Z | Isn’t this pretty? It’s part of the Taisetsu Mountain Range reflected into Lake Takimi. I don’t associate pine trees and fall colors with Japan for some reason. Reviews 2009-09-30T21:00:57+00:00 http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/czeching_in Rebecca Teti http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/blog/czeching_in#When:17:00:58Z | Benedict XVI spent the weekend in the Czech Republic. Here you see him praying before the image of the Infant of Prague, and there are more wonderful pictures from the masses and meetings here.  I’m going to highlight the speech that has drawn the most attention, but at the end of the post I’ll link to some other addresses … News 2009-09-30T17:00:58+00:00