Suzan Sammons has been involved in prolife work for three decades. She is an editor, writer, and homeschooling mother.
Author: Suzan Sammons
I Am Woman, See Me Love: What Is Feminine Strength?
This week is book-ended with woman-centered marches in our nation’s capital, the Women’s March and the March for Life. The first touted the “rights” of women and trumpeted the need for “progress.” The second seeks progress, too; it urges society …
Not Your Typical Father’s Day Mush
I know a lot of Catholic dads, and I’m pretty sure the Father’s Day card makers don’t know the same dads I do. The problem is not just the clichés (neckties), and it’s not just the cheesiness (“For The Man …
Revisiting The Baltimore Catechism: A Neglected Style of Learning
My maternal grandmother had the merriest brown eyes of anyone I’ve ever known, but they’d take on a special light when she recalled one of the poems she’d learned as a young girl. Her favorite, Daffodils, she could recite to …
4 Ways Catholics Should Be More Like the Freeway Cowboys
The interview of some Lubbock, TX cowboys following a worlds-colliding kind of incident with a few of their steer has been making the Internet rounds. The men captured two runaway cattle that had escaped their ranch and were on somewhat of …
Less Stuff, More Riches: Freeing the Family From Consumerism
Thanksgiving has been one of my favorite holidays since I was a child, and it hasn’t changed much over the years. It may seem like the focus is on food more than thankfulness, but as a parent you don’t have …
Heather Does Not Have Two Mommies: Talking to Your Kids About Same Sex Attraction
I began a one-woman abortion clinic protest in 2006 in Germantown, MD, but I wasn’t alone. I had four children at the time, ages 3, 5, 7, and 9, and they came along, too. Every Friday morning we stood at …
Disagreement and Dissent: the Devil’s in the Details
My father passed away in 2005, but every time I read articles like this one I think of him. The article, by Donald Cardinal Wuerl, is all about dissent, and my father was one of the most obedient Catholics I’ve …
Motherhood’s Trials: a Means of Redemption
There are worse things in life than losing a child before birth, but I have experienced very few of them. The truth is, it wasn’t the first second-trimester loss that nearly did me in, it was the second. It was after that miscarriage …
It’s High Time to Say Goodbye to the March for Life
Editor’s Note: We believe that considering and discussing multiple perspectives on the future of the pro-life movement and social conservatism in general is important at this time in our nation’s history. The following, therefore, is the opinion of the author …
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