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  Hello All! My online "Thεology of thε Bօdy Foundations" Course is now open for registration till June 30. You will have 4 months (June-October) to watch 30 hours of already-filmed classes. You can go at your own pace. NEW FEATURE: Every 2 weeks, you can join a 1 hour Q & A Zoom session with me! If you register for the Certificate Course, you will need to do reading and take an exam at the end.  If you register just to audit the Course, there is no extra work, no exam, no Certificate. (The Certificate is awarded by Sacred Heart College in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.) My Course is NOT a replacement for Christopher West's Theology of the Body Institute in Pennsylvania, but could even be considered a preparation for it! My Course will focus on some "pre-Theology of the Body" (some philosophy and why we need TOB) as well as TOB's foundational terms, principles and concepts. REGISTER HERE: https://www.sacredheartcollege.ca/en/programs-and-courses/theology...

  YOU CAN STILL BUY THE WHOLE PACKAGE EVEN THOUGH CONFERENCE IS OVER! FREE: Massive THεOLOGY oF th ε BODY Virtual Conference from the TOB Institute is BACK!!! April 30-May 2, 2021 Want to help Daughters of St. Paul, have access to TOBVC after May 2, have access to LIVE Q & A, extra talks, discounts on products, etc.? Sign up for premium pass here: https://srhelenaburns.krtra.com/t/iySfcM6U1lCp (I'm giving 1 FREE talk & 2 PREMIUM talks!) 5 NEW tracks: Intro to TOB, Artists, Religious, St. Joseph & Spanish! There will also be LIVE Morning & Evening Prayers & Holy Hours daily for all attendees!  AMAZING SPECIAL OFFER: http: 50% off "Love & Responsibility" https:// paulinestore.com/love-responsib ility-3117-165055.html … 50% off "Understanding Love & Responsibility" https:// paulinestore.com/understanding- love-responsibility-companion-to-karol-wojtylas-3366-168534.html … WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! CODE"TOB50" (USA only) _________...

Register here: https://dwf2021.eventbrite.ca/?aff=D33Rr5KH617S I will also be giving a talk: "Where Feminism Went Wrong." Dr. Carrie Gress (who almost NEVER gives talks!): "The Mary Option," "The Anti-Mary: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity," "Theology of Home"

(originally published in the Catholic Register:  https://www.catholicregister.org/opinion/columnists/item/32673-sr-helena-burns-free-speech-and-the-christian-mandate ) How often have we heard (or declared ourselves): “I can say what I want! Last time I checked this was a free country!” Um, when was the last time you checked? Oh, sure. We have freedom of expression guaranteed by the charter, but ask yourself this question: Have you ever halted recently (say, in the past few years when you wouldn’t have previously) before you said something in person or posted something online and thought: “This isn’t politically correct, I might get serious flak,” and you drastically rephrased it or simply didn’t say or post anything at all? And remember, if it’s Big Tech doing the reproving or censoring, we’re talking about a global reach eclipsing national jurisdictions. Let’s be clear. Because we are children of God and followers of Jesus, we should always speak the truth, but always the truth i...

  (originally published in CatholicRegister.org ) The first haiku I ever wrote was about home. I was in sixth grade French class staring out the window as usual (zut alors!), and it came to me wholly formed, in a flash of insight. Oh, how I do think of how lovely life would be if I could go home. Lest you are thinking I went to a boarding school, I did not. The content and sentiment of the haiku startled even moi - même , because I knew it didn’t mean my home right down the street. The poem was surely a grace from God, whispering to me that I had another home, my real home for which I was longing. It was my first inkling of heaven. “Home” has been much more than a concept during the 2020 pandemic filled with lockdowns, shutdowns and restricted activities. People got reacquainted, very reacquainted with their living spaces, such as they are, and with their families and roommates, such as they are. My friend--who was paying off her dream condo on Yonge St.--became quite literally a...

“30 MINTUES B.C.--A NATIVITY PLAY” GKChestertonEntertainment.org Review by Sr. Helena Raphael Burns, fsp TRAILER:   https://vimeo.com/488746762 The forty-three minute filmed play, written and directed by Denise Vi Flaten is an imaginative, lovely drama of Joseph and Mary just thirty minutes before the Savior is born. The narrator is none other than Jonathan Roumie (Jesus in “The Chosen”)—however, the narration is more like a few brief, mostly unnecessary stage directions. Even if it was supposed to be a fun little device, it doesn’t really work, is disruptive and takes us out of contemplating the scene before us. Thankfully it isn’t often! There is one super-ugly and jarring line (is it a joke?) right after Jesus’ birth. Joseph quotes Isaiah, and Mary blurts out the exact chapter and verse. What is this, Bible Trivia? But these are minor flaws. The setting is a stage populated with hay bales and a manger. The loquacious couple “defer to one another out of reverence for Christ”: ...

  TONIGHT! December 22-Join on our @DaughterStPaul YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/jJzNz6W9Atk , DSP Choir Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DSPchoir or Instagram!