May 2006 Archives

The other day my in-laws were coming to dinner for a BBQ and I wanted to make a corn salsa. However, they don't like spicy food so I was looking for something without chilis. I found this recipe on the Food Network website and it is delicious. Try it for your Memorial Day BBQ! (For 6 people I multiplied everything by 4, except for the tomatoes; I only doubled those. I wanted mostly corn w/touch of tomato.)

Corn Salsa:

12 cherry tomatoes, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus additional kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, for seasoning
1/2 cup cooked fresh corn or thawed frozen corn kernels
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves
2 teaspoons olive oil
Additional kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

To make the salsa: Toss the tomatoes with the salt and drain in a colander for 15 minutes. Combine the tomatoes, corn, lime juice, garlic, cilantro, and olive oil in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper and toss well.

Canonization cause opened for Marine chaplain who died in Vietnam.

With the permission of the Vatican, the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services has begun an inquiry that could lead to the canonization of Maryknoll Father Vincent R. Capodanno, a U.S. Navy chaplain who died in 1967 while serving with the Marines in Vietnam. (Continue...)

You can read about Fr. Vincent in the book The Grunt Padre.

National Catholic Register: INPERSON INTERVIEW
by GAIL BESSE (May 7-13, 2006)

Dawn Stefanowicz and children like her are the most important voices in the debate over same-sex adoption. And yet the voices of adult children raised by homosexuals are rarely heard.

Stefanowicz recently testified about her life with her biological father before a Massachusetts legislative committee in support of a marriage protection amendment. The amendment, which lawmakers will address May 10, would allow voters to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Stefanowicz, with her husband and children, spoke with Register correspondent Gail Besse April 20 in a phone interview from her residence.

Why did you travel to Boston to speak on this issue?
I’m speaking as a child who was not allowed to talk about what it’s like to grow up in a same-sex household. I loved my dad, and cared about his partners who have died of AIDS, so I can’t be politically correct. I have to speak up when legislation will inevitably put children at risk physically and psychologically. (Continued...)