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"52. The economy must serve people, not the other way
around. Work is more than a way to make a living; it is a form of
continuing participation in God’s creation. Employers contribute to the
common good through the services or products they provide and by
creating jobs that uphold the dignity and rights of workers—to
productive work, to decent and just wages, to adequate benefits and
security in their old age, to the choice of whether to organize and join
unions, to the opportunity for legal status for immigrant workers, to
private property, and to economic initiative. Workers also have
responsibilities—to provide a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay, to
treat employers and co-workers with respect, and to carry out their work
in ways that contribute to the common good. Workers, employers, and
unions should not only advance their own interests, but also work
together to advance economic justice and the well-being of all."
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Dignity of Work & the Rights of Workers
The document, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States identifies Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers as one of the Key Themes of Catholic Social Teaching...
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Links Promoting the Sanctity of Human Life & Marriage/ Family/ Human Sexuality
- Abortifacients & Catholic Hospitals....Under no circumstances should Catholic hospitals jeopardize the Catholic witness by providing abortifacients or contraceptives.
- Ads in parish bulletins....this is an appeal for parishes to forego ads for providers of abortifacients and contraceptives.
- AFA (Tell "AMA: Taxpayers should [NOT] subsidize trans reproductive surgeries")
- C-Fam
- Catholic Vote.org
- Children of God for Life
- Family Policy Alliance
- Mass Resistance (The [misleadingly named] Equality Act is back before Congress & must be stopped)
- NJ Family Policy Center (Petition to Attorney General Matt Platkin)
- NJ Right to LIfe
- PA Family
- Pa Pro Life (Oppose Pa HB 1888)
- Pa Pro-Life Federation
- Tell your bishop to prohibit the “blessing” of sinful unions in your diocese
- USCCB (re: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act)
- USCCB (re: Equality Act)
- USCCB (re: Letters to Pharmaceutical Companies ["to protest the use of abortion-derived cell lines and advocate for the development of vaccines with no connection to abortion."])
The Beatitudes (from "Jesus of Nazareth")

The Rosary
Links are to photos of the modern locations of these events, primarily from a March 2017 pilgrimage to the Holy Land....
Joyful Mysteries
- The Annunciation
- The Visitation
- The Nativity of Our Lord
- The Presentation
- The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
Luminous Mysteries
- The Baptism of the Lord
- The Wedding at Cana
- The Proclamation of the Kingdom
- The Transfiguration
- The Institution of the Eucharist
Sorrowful Mysteries
- The Agony in the Garden
- The Scourging at the Pillar
- The Crowning with Thorns
- The Carrying of the Cross
- The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord
Glorious Mysteries
- The Resurrection
- The Ascension
- The Descent of the Holy Spirit
- The Assumption
- The Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven
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