| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 |
MASKS OPTIONAL IN VIRGINIA Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-VA, signed a bill Wednesday that allows parents to decide if they want their children masked at school. Hours later, Loudoun County Public Schools dropped their mask mandate. “This is a defining moment and decisive victory for parents and kids across the Commonwealth,” said Youngkin. READ
SAN FRANCISCO PARENTS Residents of San Francisco, one of America’s most progressive cities, voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to recall three school board members who were widely criticized as too “woke.” Fed-up parents launched the recall effort last year, accusing the board members of pushing progressive politics rather than acting in the best interest of children. READ
PRESSURE ON TRUDEAU & BIDEN A coalition of 16 U.S. governors and two Canadian premiers issued a letter Wednesday calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden to discard a vaccine mandate for cross-border travel for truckers. “The timing of your decision to terminate the vaccine and quarantine exemptions could not have been worse, as North America already faces grave supply chain constraints,” the letter stated. READ
CA STUDENTS WALK OUT Hundreds of high school students at Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills, California, staged a walkout on Tuesday over the school’s mask mandate remaining in effect even as parts of California relax mandates. “This was a homegrown thing between the parents and then the kids working together to get everyone on board,” said one parent. “It just kept growing and growing. And then they eventually just got up and left those classrooms and ran outside and started their protest.” READ
BLM INFLUENCE ON SCOTUS? Minyon Moore, a former Clinton adviser, joined President Joe Biden’s team two weeks ago to “mobilize a nationwide engagement effort” focused on confirming the nation’s first black woman to the Supreme Court. The White House listed her bone fides when it announced her new role, but failed to mention one. This week it was revealed that Moore sits on the board of directors for the radical social justice organization Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, according to court filings made in the process of an investigation into the organization’s financial scandal. READ
BLM BAILS OUT MAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER Black Lives Matter Louisville reportedly teamed up with the Louisville Community Bail Fund to post bail for Quintez Brown, the Leftist anti-gun activist suspected in the attempted shooting of mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg. Brown, 21, was charged with attempted murder and four counts of wanton endangerment after he entered Greenberg’s campaign headquarters and fired multiple shots using a 9mm Glock handgun, police said. READ
QUOTE OF THE DAY “San Francisco is the most liberal city in America. Yesterday, three school board members who were more concerned with renaming Abraham Lincoln High School than getting children back in schools were recalled with over 70% of the vote. The Tea Party for families is here.”
–Terry Schilling, American Principles Project LINK
LIVES SAVED IN ITALY Italy’s constitutional court on Tuesday blocked a referendum to decriminalize physician-assisted suicide in the country, citing inadequate legal protections for the weak and vulnerable. The leadership of the Italian bishops’ conference praised the court’s decision, calling it “a very specific invitation to never marginalize the commitment of society, as a whole, to offer the support necessary to overcome or alleviate the situation of suffering or distress.” READ
GOVERNOR UNFAIRLY ATTACKED The leader of one of the nation’s largest Catholic activist organizations said Wednesday that Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski should retract his attack on on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and distance himself and the Church from the political operatives who orchestrated it. “I know the Archbishop and his work; he wouldn’t consciously repeat such falsehoods unless someone misled him to believe it was true,” said Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote. READ
CATHOLIC 101 Tyler Rowley writes about how pro-life fathers can evangelize the culture: “The evil of abortion presents a unique evangelistic opportunity for Catholics. Abortion is clearly evil, and it’s happening right out in the open, under the light of day. It is literally a multi-billion dollar industry centered around the killing of children and we know the physical addresses of these businesses as well as the days and hours of when they do their killing.” READ
SAINT OF THE DAY The Church today honors seven men who were the founders of the Servite Order, a community instituted for the special purpose of cultivating the spirit of penance and contemplating the passion of Christ and Mary’s Seven Sorrows. Due to the spirit of humility cherished by the members of the Order, their accomplishments are not too widely known. But in the field of home missions great things are to their credit, and certainly they have benefited millions by arousing devotion to the Mother of Sorrows. READ
DAILY PSALM “The Lord hears the cry of the poor.” (Psalm 34:2) READ
DAILY READINGS Today’s Mass readings. READ
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