He was born at Andrews Air Force base in Prince George's County, Maryland on October 19, 1958 and subsequently adopted. This African American child was then raised in a family of Democrats. His political turn to the Republican Party did not come from his having attained success in almost every endeavor he has undertaken, which he has. Rather, according to this well spoken and inspiring man, it came from watching the lived example of his mother, Maebell and hearing the convincing positions of a man named Ronald Reagan.
Michael Steele's mother suffered a tragedy in 1962 when her husband, Michael's father, died of liver disease. She went to work and through her sacrifice raised him and his sister on a minimum wage job. Her ethic of hard work and deep dedication to her children were an inspiration to her young son. They have also been replicated in him, according to those who know him best. He is considered one of the hardest working and most ethical public servants in American political life.
He attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington D.C. and is among the first in his family to go to College. He earned his Bachelors degree (B.A.) in international relations at Johns Hopkins and his Law Degree (J.D.) from Georgetown University Law Center. Michael Steele has a deeply rooted and sincere Catholic Christian faith. As a young man he considered a vocation to the priesthood and spent time at the Augustinian seminary at Villanova. After a period of discernment and study he chose to pursue marriage and family and what would become a distinguished career in law and public service. His Novice master for the Augustinians, Fr. Francis J. Doyle, told the Baltimore Sun "Michael was a very bright, articulate man who I would say gave himself very sincerely to the whole process of discernment." Michael Steele is happily married to Andrea Steele. They have two sons, Michael and Drew. The Steele family faithfully attends Mass at and belongs to St. Mary's Catholic Church in Landover Hills, Maryland. Michael Steele is Pro-Life.
The good Deacon continues about a piece about Steele he read in "Inside Catholic", another conservative Catholic publication edited by a leading Republican figure:
Michael Steele made his pro-life views very clear when he was running for the Maryland Senate seat in 2006. Maryland is not a state especially friendly to pro-life politicians, and the fact that Steele did not down-play his convictions should settle the matter.... In 2003, Russ Shaw and I convened a meeting in DC with the then-president of the USCCB, Bishop Wilton Gregory, and its executive committee. ...In addition to the bishops, there were about 60 Catholic leaders and journalists present, including Peggy Noonan, Kate O'Beirne, Gene Zurlo, Frank Hanna, Bill Donohue, Pat Madrid, and Tom Hoopes. But one of the most memorable interventions was made by Michael Steele. When he rose to his feet, very few people knew who he was. The fact that he was Lt. Gov. of Maryland got everyone's attention, but the fact that he was an African-American Republican really raised some bishops' eyebrows, as I recall.
Steele did not succeed in his task of reforming the Republican Party. But Michael Steele, devoted Catholic Republican now sees that Joe Biden is the man for the moment. His integrity is attested to by even some of the most conservative Republicans. We are happy to welcome him as a Catholic for Joe Biden.
It is the apostate Catholics in politics today who are the most evil of all politicians. Pelosi, Biden, Cuomo, Steele and other duplicitous excommunicates (see Canon Law) lead the way in a public rejection of the Divine law as expressed in the Commandments and through the Church's infallible moral teaching.
ReplyDeleteTo quote Pope John Paul II, they represent "the culture of death" by their promotion of abortion, the sin of Herod, pretending Like Judas Iscariot to be faithful to Our Lord while betraying him for personal gain and the applause of a godless world. These are the most dishonest of all people, subjective moralists who use liberty as a cloak for malice while fooling themselves into believing that God is not outraged by their promotion of the slaughter of the innocents. Foolish people, thinking they can serve both God and mammon. Hypocrites!
The unchangeable teaching of the Catholic Church is that anyone who consents to the public sin of another shares in that sin. According to that teaching, all who promote, condone or procure abortion are automatically excommunicated from the Church, as are those who in any way support them. They may argue that they are still active members of the Church but supernaturally they are dead in their souls and will perish in eternity unless they repent of their evil, for God is not mocked!