Erika Ahern

Outlier. Podcaster. Mominator. Catholic. @the_LOOPcast @CatholicVote

[Erika Ahern @ErikaAhern2]

In which I explain how @MattWalshBlog is just mostly right.

[The LOOPcast @the_LOOPcast]

Why is Gen-Z obsessed with a decade they never lived through?

Vintage fashion.
Gameboys.
Vinyls.
Flip phones.

Are they running from the present, or rediscovering something we lost that’s worth saving?

Watch @ErikaAhern2 on the latest episode of The Deep.

https://t.co/P2RXlT7veG

[Erika Ahern @ErikaAhern2]

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[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 REPORTER: Does bringing a 4th child into the world bring you anxiety, joy? The world is a chaotic place

JD VANCE: "He's going to be able to grow and thrive and experience the world and God's creation in all these fascinating ways. And that's all I could really hope for out of a new life. I'm grateful we're doing it again."

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"Having a baby is fundamentally a hopeful thing that you have to have some hope for the future. And I think both of us have a lot of hope for the future. It's hard not to when you spend your life around a 9-year-old and a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old."

"It's hard not to feel very good about the world. And that's that's kind of how I think about this new baby is he's going to come into a very loving family, a very stable family."

"He's going to have some siblings who may be annoyed when he starts to steal their toys. But that's normal stuff that all kids experience. And we're just we're very lucky to be able to live the life that we lead."

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Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke concluded Zeale for America 250 by blessing attendees with a relic of the True Cross.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating America’s 250th birthday! 🎉🇺🇸

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🚨 LIVE NOW

LOOPcast co-host @ErikaAhern2 and host of Flourish, Cecilia Jean, talk all about America, motherhood, and raising a family in faith and patriotism.

Tune in 👇

https://t.co/ny3vXn1swI

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Cardinal Raymond Burke consecrated the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus during Mass on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wisconsin.

The consecration comes as the nation marks its 250th anniversary.

[Real Roman Catholic Women @RealRCWomen]

Meet GEORGIANA DREW BARRYMORE (1856-1893), actress, comedienne, mother of the great John, Lionel, & Ethel Barrymore, great-grandmother of Drew Barrymore. Influenced toward Catholicism by Polish actress Helena Modjeska, she had her children baptized & educated in the Church.

[Live Action @LiveAction]

These gay men think that because their son conceived in surrogacy had a separate egg donor and surrogate that he has no biological mother.

They’re wrong.

Not only does he have a biological mother; he needs her.

But surrogacy places the desires and convenience of adults over those of the children created.

It turns those children into products.

The woman’s body, a womb for hire.

Surrogacy harms women and children.

Ban it.

[The LOOPcast @the_LOOPcast]

Every life is precious.

Here's the inspiring story of Madisen and her precious baby girl, who was born with Trisomy 21.

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[Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer]

Having lost a job and lost a spouse in my lifetime, they are very, very, so much not the same.

[CatholicVote @CatholicVote]

Every child is a gift from God.

Last year, the abortion industry lost taxpayer subsidies for the first time in our nation’s history.

But those funding cuts were only temporary.

Now it’s time to make them permanent.

Contact your representative 👇

https://t.co/eE90HCxTEE

[Erika Ahern @ErikaAhern2]

Yes, yes, they do just hurl around epithets without any justification.

[Brandon Gill @realBrandonGill]

The SPLC said that "restricting and banning abortion is a tool the far-right uses to maintain white supremacy."

I asked the President of the SPLC if he thinks that pro-lifers are white supremacists.

And then reminded him that nearly half of all babies killed in the womb are black.

[Erika Ahern @ErikaAhern2]

@robbysoave I have heard this from several family members -- all Gen Z and all products of government schools. I don't think climate disaster is the only or primary reason they choose not to have kids... but it sounds more noble than "I'm too selfish." Which they also invariably mention.

[Erika Ahern @ErikaAhern2]

@MrsCMFrancis This is the best online game in history.

[The LOOPcast @the_LOOPcast]

The only appropriate response to a woman when she announces her pregnancy is:

"Congratulations! I'm so happy for you. How can I help?"

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[Erika Ahern @ErikaAhern2]

This is a great story.

[Bob Elder @southernphd]

I never met Gordon Wood, but I have a story about him.

In one of my grad school seminars, we read Wood’s Creation of the American Republic. The sheer erudition and evidentiary depth of the book bowled me over.

Back then, before kids and before life accelerated to warp speed, I used to call my mother every Sunday to catch up. Lots of times, we ended up talking about what I was reading that week in my grad seminars or for leisure. Mom had an omnivorous mind, and she was always looking for something else to read. She was a true intellectual—curious about almost everything, always eager to integrate new arguments or ideas into her existing schemas of how the world worked or to have those schemas challenged and changed.

When we talked that particular Sunday, I think I tried to describe to her part of Wood’s argument about the relationship between the state constitutions during the Articles of Confederation era and the federal Constitution. Maybe I was tired, maybe I didn’t completely understand her questions, but the end result of the conversation was that Mom had questions about Wood’s argument that I didn’t answer satisfactorily. I told her that she should probably just read the book, and we said goodbye.

She did eventually read the book, but the next Sunday, Mom started our conversation by saying, “Well, I had a lovely conversation with Gordon Wood this week.” For a split second, I thought she was joking, but then I remembered who I was dealing with. I started to sweat. “How?” I asked. A whole variety of unlikely scenarios in which the foremost historian of the American Revolution and my mother, who lived in Wichita, Kansas, might have met ran through my mind. “Oh, I just looked up his office phone number on Brown’s website and called, and he picked up!” Mom said. I decided I would have to find another profession.

As it ended up, Gordon Wood spent about an hour on the phone with my mother answering her questions about the Constitution. Ever since, I’ve had a soft spot for the man when I imagine him picking up the phone in Providence and finding Becky Elder from Wichita on the other end of the line. His generosity in that moment spoke very well of him.

Rest in peace, professor.

[Jennifer A. Frey @jennfrey]

RIP Robert Louis Wilken. I once attended a master class he gave at Chicago, we read Guardini and Ratzinger on the liturgy. He introduced me to Joseph Pieper. A great man who helped me see things more deeply.

[Erika Ahern @ErikaAhern2]

@RosaryQuotes123 I went to CUA with the sisters! #parentinggoals

[Erika Ahern @ErikaAhern2]

@jarvis_best Yes. @DouthatNYT totally changed my mind about UFOs.

[The LOOPcast @the_LOOPcast]

Are grades worthless?

80% of Harvard students get A’s… and somehow they’re more anxious than ever.

If everyone gets an A… does Harvard mean anything anymore?

On the newest episode of The Deep, @ErikaAhern2 uncovers the bizarre history of American grades, the collapse of academic standards, and why elite universities are quietly admitting the system no longer works.

Check it out: https://t.co/oAKNDqxylv