HHS Mandate (how firm a foundation?)

Over at "Truthiness will set you free" some inconvenient truths for the White House. Courtesy of .gov's own Department of Health and Human Services. Seems that in trumpeting the famous "98%" of women who have "ever" used contraception, the selfsame Department decided to go with the Gutmacher Institute rather than its own Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Plus other inconvenient realities.
Best to be informed about the facts, since the mandate seems to be only the nose of the camel poking under the tentcloths of civic life...

Chicagoland: Free all-day TOB seminar!

Come to Corpus Christi Church in Carol Stream, IL (Joliet diocese) on Saturday,
March 24, 9am-3pm for an all-day overview of BJP2G's revolutionary, mind-blowing, life-changing, epoch-shaking take on what it means to BE a body, not HAVE a body. Sr Helena Burns is the presenter.

Be sure to register with Mark Herwaldt (630-483-4226)for a headcount (and $5 box lunch if your body needs one).

Issues and Answers

I seem to remember that being the name of one of those Sunday morning political analysis programs way back...today we have more issues than answers, especially in areas related to Theology of the Body.
The Washington Catholic Information Center is helping correct that situation with its series of videos from a women's panel on the HHS Mandate. Here is the full-length version; you can get snippets on their YouTube channel:

TOB Summer Camp for Teens!

An immersion experience for high school juniors-seniors and new grads: TOB teaching integrated with teen spirituality (and loads of fun):

For more info: facebook.com/dumboxproductions

SSA-From the Inside

The Aggie Catholics blog offers a link to a moving testimony from a homeschooling wife and mom (of five) who faces a daily struggle with same-sex attraction while fully and happily embracing Catholic Church teaching.
Worth your time.

A few extra resources

The Patheos Catholic Portal has been featuring a series by Tim Muldoon on issues related to the Theology of the Body from a cultural standpoint. He may continue to add parts; these are all I could find so far.
Introduction
Part 2: Sex and Christianity
Part 3: Two Sexual Myths
Part 4: My Kind of Feminism
Part 5: Why Are Catholics Obsessed with Sex?
Part 6: Sex and Consumption, Sex and Christianity


Related post by the same author:
What IVF Does Not Heal

Couples discover TOB

The St. Louis Review is running a series of articles on Theology of the Body!
Married couples open eyes to blessings...
Embodiment of the Gift of Love features a priest and a sister (our own Sr Donna!): proof that TOB is not limited to teens or couples. If you are in the body, TOB is for you.

I hope these articles don't go behind a firewall too soon...