DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Monday, June 11, 2012

A twist on tennis allows the blind to play

via smartplanet.com

Find it hard enough to make contact with a tennis ball? Try doing it just based on the sound the ball makes when it hits the ground.
Tennis for the blind seems like a fantastical notion. After all, when sighted people have a hard enough time making contact with a little ball that’s whizzing through the air, how could a blind person be expected to do so without the benefit of sight?
But a new kind of tennis ball filled with ball bearings that rattle every time it hits the ground or a racket is making it possible for the blind to play.
Watch the video below to see a blind tennis tournament.