Mark Armstrong is married to Patti and the couple has 10 children, including 2 adopted AIDS orphans from Kenya. He travels and presents a PowerPoint presentation on "Our Lady of Guadalupe" to retreats, church events and conferences. He also spent 9 days in Italy in 2010, including three hours before the Shroud of Turin and has an amazing PowerPoint presentation on the Shroud of Turin, believed by many to be the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ. He also co-authored the best-selling Catholic book, "Amazing Grace for Fathers." Mark is also an occasional guest host for both Sean Herriott on Morning Air and The Drew Mariani Show on the Relevant Radio Network, Talk Radio for Your Catholic Life
SEATTLE — Some of the world’s leading theologians and philosophers presented thoughtful treatises to hundreds of physicians during the final two days of the 79th annual Catholic Medical Association education conference in Seattle. One of the most recognizable was Robert Spitzer, S.J, PhD, former President of Gonzaga University. Throughout the conference, the Jesuit Order was often the subject of [...]
Why do we suffer? Can’t we just take a pill, or have a procedure, or, if we, or one of our loved ones are in terrible pain with no hope of recovering, just “compassionately” end life? And how does the Church really define the moment of death? What does “brain dead” really mean? Can [...]
“The Practice of Medicine Cannot be Isolated from the Truth!” An ICL Conversation with Dr. Theresa Deisher SEATTLE — The culture we live in is under assault. Nowhere are the battles more clearly drawn than in the world of medicine. And unless Catholics step into the cultural breech, the practice of medicine might radically change in the next [...]
SEATTLE — The opening session at the 79th annual Catholic Medical Association conference in Seattle was delivered by Dr. Josef Seifert and was entitled “Christian Anthropology, Connecting a Proper Anthropology with Proper Medical Practice.” Dr. Seifert is the author of over 40 books and grew up in Salzburg, Austria. The philosophical foundations laid out by Dr. Seifert [...]
SEATTLE — What does it mean to be human? It is an age-old question. The Discovery Institute played host to a discussion of what it means to be human as a prelude to the 79th annual educational conference now underway in Seattle for the Catholic Medical Association. Human life is under assault like never before in our [...]
SEATTLE — I am covering this week’s 79th Annual Educational Conference of the Catholic Medical Association in Seattle. The theme of the conference is “Restoring the Integrity of Medicine: An Imperative for a Christian Anthropology“. I will be reporting for us from the conference each day and you will hear audio of my interviews of [...]
I remember laughing when we were expecting our first child and I heard how much money we needed to save to ensure a proper “nest egg” for our future children and our retirement. I was a radio news reporter at a CBS station in Portland, Oregon. My wife, Patti, was just graduating with honors in [...]
Today, October 4th is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Six months ago, on a pilgrimage to see the Shroud of Turin, north of Assisi in Italy, we got to spend a few special hours in Assisi. Seeing the Shroud left an indelible impression on me (see related article on Shroud) and spending time [...]
When we put our son Calvin on a plane to leave for medical school this week, I dare say of the hundreds of thousands of kids leaving their hometowns for college this year, his is the most unlikely of stories. Both Calvin and his biological brother Joash are now sadly no longer part of our [...]
I have been fascinated by stories of the Shroud of Turin for nearly 25 years. Never did I imagine that one day I would be bringing my newly confirmed 14-year old daughter Teresa and two of her friends with me to see it. But last April, by piecing together cheap airfares and frequent flier miles [...]
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St. Benedict for Beginners – The Third Step to Humility
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