Catholic Moments #104 - Halo Day

Published: June 4, 2009, 5:23 p.m.

b'This week, we feature three special books from and their wonderful authors.\\xa0 In \\nLeona Ashley writes about her daughter Abigail who has survived and\\nflourished despite having her arm amputated in infancy. Crista Stewart\\nwrote \\nto help children understand to accept themselves and others just as God\\nmade them. Tina Schneider and Anna Discenzo and the students of The collaborated on .\\xa0 \\nis a poignant story of a young man named Demetrius Cameron-Lee Smith\\nwho made such a deep and permanent impression on so many hearts in his\\nshort lifetime that a book was written in his honor by his classmates\\nand teacher. The bittersweet compilation of words, photographs and\\nillustrations is dedicated to Demetrius, a brain\\ncancer victim whose life was claimed at the tender age of twelve but\\nwho was an inspiration to all he met through his courage, zest for life\\nand faith in God.\\n\\n\\nbegins a month-long series on Marriage with a reflection entitled "When\\nMatt met Leysa".\\xa0 This month, Deacon Tom is sponsoring a monthlong\\ncontest - your chance to win one of four great Catholic marriage\\nbooks.\\xa0 To enter, \\nand leave a comment on any of the June episodes of the Catholic Moments\\nPodcast by June 30, 2009.\\xa0 Four winners will be randomly drawn to\\nreceive one book apiece.\\n\\nIn this week\'s Mary Moment, discusses how Mary, Mother of God applies to the lives of today\'s modern woman and continues her commentary on .\\n\\nDon\\u2019t forget to register for SQPN\\u2019s upcoming and enter to win this week\'s . Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email .\\n\\nLinks for this Episode:\\n\\n by Leona Ashley by Crista Stewart by the D Team - Great new podcast by Nick and Pat Padley, , \\n\\nSubscribe to the | Subscribe with'