Chris Lee


	Vicki Thorn, founder of Milwaukee-based post-abortion healing program Project Rachel and speaker at the St. Thérèse of Lisieux lecture in Madison on February 19, answers questions from attendees John and Olivia Bohn after the lecture. (Catholic Herald photo/Kat Wagner)

MADISON — In a lecture touted as “What they don’t teach you in sex ed,” speaker Vicki Thorn offered real-world rationale for the “whys” behind Catholic teaching on human sexuality, drawing on various aspects of scientific research to prove her counter-cultural points.

“This is a remarkable, interconnected gift from God,” Thorn said of human sexuality during her hour-and-a-half talk, part of the semiannual St. Thérèse of Lisieux Lecture Series. “When we tinker with it, we mess things up.

Cutting Edge

On February 26, 2009

Chris Lee

Lent may be a good time for a ‘faith lift’

I always love to read the signs outside of churches. Once I saw a clever one that asked, “Do you need a faith lift?” It was a good question that made me stop and think about my own faith life and where I need some spiritual Botox.

Now that we are in the dark dreary time of the year when life is cold and monotonous, at least in the Midwest, and we probably have broken many of our new year’s resolutions, it is a good time to reflect on how we need our spiritual life lifted. Lent is a perfect season for renewal.

Guest column

On February 26, 2009

Chris Lee

Abortion program politically, financially motivated

Imagine that you are a patient needing routine surgery at an outpatient facility. At the Madison Surgery Center, you receive treatment to enhance your health, while in the next room or down the hall a fully formed 19 to 22 week unborn baby is being dismembered, experiencing significant pain from the abortion procedure.

The UW Hospital and Clinics, Meriter Hospital, and the Madison Surgery Center recently approved such a venture. The second trimester abortion program was discussed for months, shrouded in secrecy. Since becoming public knowledge, information from facilities’ officials has been incredibly inconsistent and filled with public relations puffery.

Letters to the editor

On February 26, 2009

Chris Lee

Thirteen-year-old girl opposes abortion decision

To the editor:

My name is Leah Tews. I am 13 years old and am a pro-life believer in speaking up for those who cannot speak for themselves. I am sure you are aware of the decision that was recently made by the joint leaders of Meriter/UW surgical centers to allow second trimester abortions at their facilities. I believe that we, as a Christian community, have the responsibility to act on behalf of Christ, as His voice for His unborn children.

Letters to the editor

On February 26, 2009

Chris Lee

Catholics voted for president who supported abortion

To the editor:

President Obama campaigned on the issue of eliminating all restraints against abortion. Despite many excellent articles in the Catholic Herald and other Catholic publications and the advice by Bishop Robert Morlino, Catholics voted 54 percent nationally for the abortion candidate. The percentage was even greater in Madison.

Letters to the editor

On February 26, 2009

Chris Lee

Those who backed Iraq war now castigating priest

To the editor:

Back in 2003, in the weeks and days leading up to the invasion of Iraq, a small number of us decried the Bush administration’s rush to war. We said that the war was ill-advised, illegal, unwarranted, immoral, and based on lies. We were castigated, vilified, pilloried, and pretty much drowned out on the op-ed pages of the Catholic Herald.

The Catholic Difference

On February 19, 2009

Chris Lee

‘Afflicted’ with fertility?

What’s the biggest threat to the world’s prosperity and stability over the medium haul — say, between 2020 and 2050?

The proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction? A continuing economic recession? Jihadism running amok? The Detroit Lions ushering in the Apocalypse by winning an NFL championship? (Just kidding on the last . . . )

Letters to the editor

On February 19, 2009

Chris Lee

Keep praying and working for the Culture of Life

To the editor:

Thank you to all who organized and backed the Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, pro-life rally on the UW Library Mall. Thanks be to God for the excellent speakers and turnout. Thank you to the UW and Madison Police for stopping traffic as we peacefully processed to 1 S. Park St. to pray.

Letters to the editor

On February 19, 2009October 4, 2023

Chris Lee

Be informed about facts about abortion, FOCA

To the editor:

I read in Kathleen Parker’s column recently that Michelle Obama, our new First Lady, said: “Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed . . .”

Letters to the editor

On February 19, 2009October 4, 2023

Chris Lee

Ask people to make feelings known about lost lives

To the editor:

I commend the organizations sponsoring the “Boycott Hospitals that Allow Abortions” ad in the Wisconsin State Journal. Although I believe limitations exist in a person’s ability to change the provider of their health insurance, the ad brings clear attention to the issue of the unlimited availability of abortions regardless of where the mother is in her pregnancy.