{"id":356,"date":"2008-01-07T23:09:51","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T23:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2008\/01\/checking-in.html"},"modified":"2008-01-07T23:09:51","modified_gmt":"2008-01-07T23:09:51","slug":"checking-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2008\/01\/checking-in.html","title":{"rendered":"Checking in…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a couple of notes from the emailbox:
\nLast week (I know this is late, but it is still worth reading) Teresa Polk at Blog-by-the-Sea <\/a>took time to note the enormous pro-family demonstration in Madrid. The crowd was estimated at around 2 million.
\nGodsbody is back and seeking to dominate – not only through Lickona’s blog <\/a>(don’t forget to check out the\u00a0sad\u00a0progress of the Godsbody Challenge) but through Catholic Radio International’s chapter-by-chapter reading of Swimming With Scapulars<\/em>, on-air. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a couple of notes from the emailbox: Last week (I know this is late, but it is still worth reading) Teresa Polk at Blog-by-the-Sea took time to note the enormous pro-family demonstration in Madrid. The crowd was estimated at around 2 million. 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