Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in Political Philosophy & Drama. She holds an MA in Political Theory from Catholic University and pre-children worked a variety of non-profit jobs, including as a pro-life lobbyist and later director of the Center for Family Development in Bethesda, MD. Rebecca now writes from home, with special interest in marriage and family issues, whatever the Pope is doing, retrieving Lego bricks from underfoot, and homemade pie.
My RSS Feeds
Say A Little Prayer
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Wednesday, February 08, 2012
My home state of Maryland is one of several where same-sex marriage is being debated in the legislature.
Call it “no good deed goes unpunished,” but a column I wrote arguing that the debate over marriage is another front in the battle over religious liberty garnered the attention of the Maryland Catholic Conference.
I’ll be one of those testifying in defense of marriage before committees of the Maryland House of Delegates this Friday.
“Committees,” plural, because the process is being manipulated.
A similar measure was defeated in the judiciary committee last year, so this year the bill is being brought before a double committee in an effort to get it voted out for a floor vote.
The legislators are not very kind to marriage defenders, and I will admit I am anxious. (Though, since I’m not the head of any group, I’m not all that likely to draw fire.)
Say a little prayer, therefore, will you—for me and for all the witnesses?
May we be calm and our words gentle, but may they travel like arrows to the hearts of our delegates.
It would be nice if Maryland, founded as a refuge of liberty for Catholics, would refrain from turning the law into a cudgel to beat us all down.
Bringing Up Bebe
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Monday, February 06, 2012
First there was the Asian Tiger Mom, now the Superior French Mom.
I confess it took me by surprise that the French have any children to parent.
But a forthcoming book insists it’s so, and the author tells how her French friend helped her change her tone of voice so that her toddler would obey her and play-dates became more enjoyable for parent and child.
Much of what she says strikes me as common... READ MORE
Hurrah for the Paper Plates
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Sunday, February 05, 2012
Do you ever get absurdly happy about little things?
Today after Mass our kids had a passel of friends over.
This was wonderful: something I love about our little neighborhood is that it’s walkable, and within blocks of our parish, so it’s natural for the neighbor kids to gather at one or another of their homes after Sunday Mass.
Today it was our place, which was fine except for the minor crisis posed by lunch.
We forgot to run the dishwasher last night, and hadn’t had time before church to do the breakfast dishes, so there wasn’t a clean plate in the house.
“Am I really going to have to wash all the dishes before I feed these kids?” I was sighing to myself.
(Job’s lament from today’s readings came to mind: “Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling?”
But soft! What is that glint of red in the pantry?
Leftover paper plates—exactly enough, as it turned out, for the number of diners.
My day was made.
Race for the Cure Drops Planned Parenthood—Updated
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Note: see bottom of this post for an update
The Susan G. Komen foundation is cutting ties with Planned Parenthood—at least for now.
The severance has not been announced publicly, and officially at least is not a repudiation of Planned Parenthood.
Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun said the cutoff results from the charity’s newly adopted criteria barring grants to organizations that are under investigation... READ MORE
Smart Birds
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Monday, January 30, 2012
While welcoming children and families from Catholic Action during yesterday’s Angelus, the Pope released two doves as a sign of peace.
One stayed on the sill and the other flew back into the papal apartment.
You can hear him chuckling, and then he tells the kids, “They want to stay in the Pope’s house!”
So cute!
Would You Wear These Shoes?
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Saturday, January 28, 2012
Is it just me or are more and more shoes designed to make women look like Clydesdales?
Tell me the truth from the fashion perspective (ignore price, comfort, practicality).
The Accessible Pope
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Thursday, January 26, 2012
I sometimes hear from people who say they’d like to read Pope Benedict more, but they’re afraid he’s too difficult for them.
Here’s a bit of useless information to encourage them.
You need only the reading level of a 16-year-old to follow his typical homilies.
With that to spur us, here’s a recent papal document of interest:
In his Message for World Communications Day, His Holiness reflects on... READ MORE
Some Go To Sing & Shout
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, January 24, 2012
It may have been rainy and cold at the March for Life yesterday, but there was such warmth and fire in the crowd.
Part of that fire was stoked by Msgr. Charles Pope’s homily for the huge Youth Rally the Archdiocese of Washington put on prior to the March.
It’s worth listening to at the link: Msgr. Pope’s an engaging preacher, and his bare-bones text doesn’t convey the spirit of the thing at all.... READ MORE
The Pope Has A Mission For Us
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, January 20, 2012
It’s not often you get a message tailor-made for you from the Pope.
So it was with relish I read the Holy Father’s words to the bishops of Maryland (DC, Baltimore & Military Services) on their ad limina visit to Rome this week.
The bulk of his talk was about protection of religious liberty, and why Catholic concerns aren’t merely parochial, but ordered towards the defense of human dignity for all.... READ MORE
Not Helping!
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
I doubt this audience needs any persuading that women can do better than abortion, but here is some grim evidence anyway.
This is the advice Fund Abortion Now is giving women about how to pay for their abortions.
Some of it is sensible economizing.
Some of it is desperate measures anyone truly poor might take to cover an unexpected expense (pawning goods, volunteering for medical experiments).
But... READ MORE
Page 1 of 92 pages 1 2 3 > Last Page »
