Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Terry McDermott

Terry McDermott is a wife, mother of eight and a grandmother. She is a registered nurse, employed in Ontario, and holds a certificate in Parish Nursing Ministry. In her precious little spare time uses her certification in her volunteer work.
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An Overview of Aborted Fetal Cell Strains, Remote Cooperation and a David and Goliath Fight

The first abortion-tainted vaccine began development in the mid-1960s by Dr. Stanley Plotkin at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. During a rubella epidemic, some rubella-infected women elected to abort their babies for fear of...

Littlest Suffering Souls: Children Whose Short Lives Point Us to Christ

Austin Ruse, Littlest Suffering Souls: Children Whose Short Lives Point Us to Christ. Charlotte: TAN Books, 2017.       With  modern medical breakthroughs, treatments and  medicines, we have become sophisticated in  the avoidance of physical, mental,...

The Courage of Bishop Michael Power: Crucial For Our Times  

In 1842, when Father Michael Power, a Haligonian born of Irish parents, was consecrated as the first bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Toronto, he faced an enormous challenge. The Toronto Diocese, largely...

Adoro Te Devote, latens Deitas: Godhead Here in Hiding Whom I Do Adore

St. John Chrysostom wrote: “When Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar.” St. Augustine taught that “the angels surround and help...

Setting Our Faces Like Flint and Bearing Fruit

“It was not you who chose me, says the Lord, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last.” (John 15:16) A non-practicing Jewish woman, the primary...

Mass in Pyjamas?

When I go to work during this pandemic, I make doubly sure that I am properly dressed and have adequate PPE – 'personal protective equipment', the most coveted commodity on the whole planet –...

The Wisdom of the Theresas in Times of Adversity

To help us during struggles and challenges in life, Our Lord has given us the great Theresas: St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower, Doctor of the Church; St. Teresa of Avila, the great...

Life Is Fragile, So Use The Good Dishes

One of the greatest lessons learned during my nursing career is the fragility of human life. Many times when a patient and their loved ones are given news of a life-altering diagnosis, they’ve told...

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