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.
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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
Dr. King & Turning The Other Cheek
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Monday, January 16, 2012
Though it’s late in the day, I wanted to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and I couldn’t do better than this short presentation from Fr. Barron.
He works it all in: King’s Christian commitment; his “re-founding” of America by recalling it to the principles of the Declaration; his magnificent oratory.
In particular I call your attention to his teaching on what “turn the other cheek” means.
It is not a call to let wickedness run roughshod over us, but on the contrary, a summons to stiff spines and firm endurance: “that wickedness shall not stand on my watch.”
Watch and enjoy!
And on this holiday in his honor, may we forgive Dr. King his failings and have a measure of his strength and courage in the moral battles of our generation.
"I've Added A Bit of A Limp This Time"
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Rachel, thank you for having the courage to admit being hooked on Downton Abbey, which was a guilty pleasure for me last year, and will be again this season.
Can’t resist sharing this parody of season 1.
Count Your Christmas Blessings
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Monday, January 09, 2012
Unless you’re one of those stalwarts who can keep celebrating right through Candlemas on February 2, our Christmas celebration closes with Epiphany (yesterday) and today’s transferred feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Each feast celebrates public manifestations of Christ: news of his coming reaching beyond Israel to the gentiles, and the beginning of his public ministry.
I thought it might be nice... READ MORE
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