you destroy war and put down earthly pride.
Banish violence from our midst and wipe away our tears,
that we may all deserve to be called your sons
and daughters.
Keep in your mercy those men and women
who have died in the cause of freedom
and bring them safely
into your kingdom of justice and peace.
We ask this though Jesus Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen."
(http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/prayers/memorial-day-prayer.cfm)
As per the USCCB*, the Pa Catholic Conference, and/or the Archdiocese,
- End Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, as the law of the land: https://www.votervoice.net/NCHLA/Campaigns/37904/Respond
- Rescind RHNDA and HRAA:
http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/app/write-a-letter?0&engagementId=87013
[Update: See the results of the 4/30/15 vote in the House on HJ Res 43 - The "yea" votes were to oppose RHNDA and HRAA.]
- Support the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (S 946): http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/app/write-a-letter?1&engagementId=42752
- Support the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940): https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/37647/Respond
- Support the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act: https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/37647/Respond
- Support the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (HR 36): https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/38163/Respond
- Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015 (HR 1299/S 667; The Family Research Council has an action link: https://www.votervoice.net/FRCA/campaigns/39176/respond)
- Support "just and compassionate immigration reform": http://www.capwiz.com/justiceforimmigrants/issues/alert/?alertid=14503781&type=CO
(Oppose use of family detention: http://capwiz.com/justiceforimmigrants/issues/alert/?alertid=63454631&queueid=%5bcapwiz:queue_id
Support “a path to citizenship and to
oppose repealing or undoing laws that protect vulnerable children, families and
refugees”: http://www.votervoice.net/groups/pacc/Advocacy/?SiteID=-1&IssueID=33031).
- Support the State Marriage Defense Act of 2015 (HR 824, S 435): http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/app/make-a-call?2&engagementId=81348
- Support the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 2015 (HR 1150): http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/app/write-a-letter?4&engagementId=104593
As per the Pa Catholic Conference and/or the Archdiocese,
- Support "Supportive, Comprehensive End
of Life Care" [i.e., Oppose
"doctor-prescribed suicide." While the battle rages over
assisted suicide, many forget that in 1990, the United States Supreme
Court allowed euthanasia by dehydration and starvation. First, by
declaring artificially-administered food and water (ANH) as a form of
'life support' and then, granting third parties the ability to remove ANH
(feeding tubes) from persons with disabilities, it became effectively
legal to deny a human being food and water against their will in the
United States....Anyone requiring only a feeding tube is not brain dead, but often brain injured....Even fully-conscious people may require tube feeding" (Dr. Jacqueline C. Harvey)]
- Oppose the death penalty; thank the governor for the death penalty moratorium.): http://www.votervoice.net/groups/pacc/Advocacy/?SiteID=-1&IssueID=29560
- Oppose HB 300 / SB 300 (As the Pa Catholic Conference explains, “In other states, this law has shuttered Catholic adoption agencies and trampled religious liberty….Simply put, this legislation is intolerant and prejudiced against people of faith."): https://www.votervoice.net/PACC/Campaigns/33451/Respond
- Oppose the nomination of Pedro Cortes: "Please call and email your state Senators with this message, 'I urge you to vote against the appointment of Pedro Cortes to serve as Pennsylvania Secretary of State. He failed to stop abortionist Kermit Gosnell by failing to shut down his dangerous abortion operation.'"
sgreenleaf@pasen.gov
cmcilhinney@pasen.gov
bmensch@pasen.gov
rtomlinson@pasen.gov
"Two
years ago on May 13, Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted of
murdering newborns at his house of horrors clinic, and the state honcho who
could have stopped Gosnell, but didn’t, is set to get his old job back under
Gov. Tom Wolf....You might think Cortes would re-evaluate his skill set and
consider another line of work, given his department’s epic failure to revoke
the license of the most notorious doctor since Josef Mengele. Think again"
(J.D. Mullane, Courier Times and
Intelligencer, 5/17/15)
As per the American Life League,
- The purpose of the Life at Conception Act (HR 816): is "'to implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.' The bill says: 'Congress hereby declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being. . . . For purposes of this Act: The terms "human person" and "human being" include each and every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being.' There are no exceptions in this bill. It declares that every preborn human being, from the first moment of their existence, has the right to life" (American Life League, 5/15/15).
- Ask our congressman (mikefitzpatrickpa08@live.com/)) to become a co-sponsor of HR 816.
In the news....
- Pope Francis
Spring 2015 Catechesis on Man and Woman and Marriage (4/15/15 - 5/6/15)
"An Applause for the Mommies in the Square" (5/10/15)
"'permission, thank you, pardon' ... all together! 'Permission, thank you, pardon'" (5/13/15)
"It is time that fathers and mothers return from their exile – because they have exiled themselves from the education of their children --, and reassume fully their educational role" (5/20/15)
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