Author Archives: Susan Kehoe

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About Susan Kehoe

I am the wife of a Catholic deacon living in Des Moines Iowa. My husband Larry was ordained in 2006. We have two children and five grandchildren.. Our daughter and her family live in Ireland, and our son and his family live in Franklin Massachusetts.

Lost in Truthiness Part II: Truth and True Freedom

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

I intended to post yesterday. Really. But the day got away from me. Now for the continuation of my last post:  https://adeaconswife.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/lost-in-truthiness/ My favorite line from the Colbert Report video http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/24039/october-17-2005/the-word—truthiness is: “Truth comes from the Gut.” The fact that … Continue reading →

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Lost in Truthiness

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Pope Benedict has spoken often about the dangers of relativism. Relativism is the belief that there is no such thing as settled truth, settled doctrine, or objective morality. Everyone is right. But if all beliefs are equally true, doesn’t it … Continue reading →

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The Power of Beauty

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

One more thing before I go. Monsignor Pope, on the Archdiocese of Washington’s (D.C) has a great post: On Beauty’s Relation to Truth – A Personal Testimony .  Read the whole post. He even has a clip from one of … Continue reading →

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Friends Visiting

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

I will not be able to Blog for a few days. We have dear friends from Ireland coming to stay with us. They arrive tomorrow, and I have a lot to do. See you on Wednesday!  Have a great Memorial … Continue reading →

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The Church Is Not a Corporation

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

The Archbishop of Denver has a good article in First Things concerning lawsuits against the Church in the context of what the Church is and is not. Excerpt: Every bishop in the United States has a filial love for the … Continue reading →

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Man and Woman He Created Them: The Church and Same Sex Unions

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

It is only recently that the Church’s teaching on homosexuality has been difficult for many people, especially teens and young adults to accept. The fact that proponents of same sex marriage are framing the argument in terms of civil rights … Continue reading →

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In the World Not Of the World.

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

I was recently asked, in a workshop that I was giving, “why doesn’t the Church come into the modern world?  This question followed a discussion of the Church’s teaching on homosexuality and the exclusion of women from the Priesthood. The … Continue reading →

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God Loves You

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

This is a powerful conversion story  http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/may/10052001.html Excerpt: Then, at the end of those three days, something happened that changed her life forever. “It was the third day, the sixth hour of screaming. We were about to wrap up yet … Continue reading →

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Cast Down Your Bucket: A Theology of Staying

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Booker T Washington was a former slave who rose to prominence after the Civil War. In 1895 he gave a speech known as the “Atlanta Compromise Speech”. It is considered one of the most important speeches in American history. The … Continue reading →

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Orthodoxy Attracts Vocations

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Mark Shea points out that …people are more likely to embrace a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience in a community that actually believes in these things than in communities that treat such things as outdated nonsense.

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