Catholic Connection – August 22, 2023 – Hr 2

Segment 2 & 3 – There and Back Again: A Somewhat Religious Odyssey
“This story of one man’s amazing journey from Protestant fundamentalism through the Church of England to the Catholic priesthood offers an inspiring tale of God’s providence, and the truth that “all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to his purpose.”  Fr. Longenecker joins us.

Father Dwight Longenecker, raised in an Evangelical Protestant home, attended Bob Jones University, pursued further studies in theology at Oxford, and was ordained an Anglican minister. In 1995, he was received into the Catholic Church in England, and eleven years later he returned to his native United States to be ordained as a Catholic priest. He now serves as pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Greenville, South Carolina.

Segment 4 – The Pressure to Put Girls on Birth Control
How to respond to the pressure you might feel from your child’s doctor during back-to-school check-ups (especially for middle school, high school, and college-bound kids) about getting on birth control.  Grace Emily Stark tells us about their “Mothers of (Pre) Teens online course that will give your daughter a complete picture of female fertility that respects her unique, feminine dignity. It is designed to foster open, trusting communication on this intimate topic, at your own pace, at the right time.”

Grace Emily Stark is the Editor of Natural Womanhood. Grace holds a B.S. in Healthcare Management & Policy from Georgetown University, and a M.A. in Bioethics & Health Policy from Loyola University Chicago. She is a current Ramsay Institute Fellow, and in 2019, she was awarded a Robert Novak Alumni Fund Journalism Fellowship to research and write about the history of birth control, birth control side effects, and the growing interest in natural methods of birth control.