Category Archives: HFHS History

Supreme Court Justices

  By HFHS | November 8, 2012 - 4:39 pm | ,
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Supreme Court Justices Here is a list of the Supreme Court Justices,in which, there is their family members religious stand point and a picture of them.   Chief Justice John Roberts:   Family Members:Wife -Jane Sullivan (since 1996) Kids-John, Josephine (both of which are adopted) Political party- N/A Religion- Roman Catholic John Roberts was appointed by George W. Bush on September 29, 2005. Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor   Family Members:Husband-Kevin Noonan (m.1976–d.1983) Kids- None Political party-N/A Religion- Roman Catholic Sonia Sotomayor was appointed by Barack Obama August 9, 2009. Associate Justice Stephen Breyer Family Members:Wife-Joanna Hare (1967) Kids:Chloe, Nell & … Continue reading →

A Reflection : Archbishop Chaput’s “Render Unto Ceasar”

  By HFHS | November 6, 2012 - 9:14 am | , ,
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We finally finished this book. In this last blog post we will summarize the last 4 chapters Chapter 9 was entitled “A Man for All Seasons”,and yes it is in fact about Thomas More. Right off the bat we are introduced to St. Thomas More. After we are introduced, Chaput goes over the life of Thomas, how he stood up for what he believed in even though he risked all he had, his family, his government position, and even his life. But  rather than go against his conscience he stood up for what he believed in. He is a great … Continue reading →

A Review of Archbishop Chaput’s: Render Unto Caesar

  By HFHS | October 26, 2012 - 3:36 pm | ,
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Monday and Tuesday of this week we read chapter 7 ” What Went Wrong”.  This chapter was about politics and religion. The best example of this is John F. Kennedy’s stance on church and state. He believed that church and state should be completely separate, and even that religion should be merely personal and by no means public; interestingly he publicized that he was a Catholic. Many people believed that he would get advice from the bishops or even the Pope, and that would change our goverment in a way that they wold not like. He promised that he would … Continue reading →

A Reflection on Achbishop Chaput: Render Unto Caesar

  By HFHS | September 17, 2012 - 3:58 pm | , ,
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This week we read the chapter: Constantine’s Children. This chapter started with a story of two bishops. The first was named Joseph Rummel and he was the bishop over the diocese of New Orleans. He was around the time of WWII and there was a lot of discrimination. He was against discrimination and segregation and helped provide Catholic education to young black people. Archbishop Joseph Rummel allowed 2 black students enter his seminary. In 1953 he issued a letter entitled: ” Blessed are the Peacemakers” in it Rummel condemned segregation. In 1956 he intended on desegregating the Catholic schools but … Continue reading →

Republican party platform

  By HFHS | September 17, 2012 - 2:33 pm | ,
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Republican Party Platform Opinion     For the past two weeks we have been reading over the Republican party platform. There is an immense amount of information on what this party plans to do if they are elected as the presidential party. Here is a brief summary about the platform. We, for the most part, agree with this party and here is our take on their views.       The first thing that the party addresses is the restoration of the jobs that were lost by the current administration. They will pursue free market policies which they believe are,“…the surest way to … Continue reading →