“Those of us who are fathers today have one big responsibility that Joseph NEVER had to worry about...."

 Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

“Those of us who are fathers today have one big responsibility that Joseph NEVER had to worry about.  Our most important job is to get our families to Heaven....We pray that our children and grandchildren benefit from our faith and that we are successful in bringing all of them to Heaven.”

Deacon Manny Garcia (Part 1, 2)

Catholic Identity: "The counterweight to the dominion of evil can consist in the first place only in the divine-human love of Jesus Christ that is always greater than any possible power of evil" (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Fall 2015).

• Brain Death Criteria: Do Precaution and Respect for Human Life Prevail?

• "Catholic" hospitals in the Archdiocese (Email Archbishop Chaput)

• Catholic Medical Association and POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)

• "Catholic Universities Continually Betray Our Trust - Week in Review" (American Life League)

• Dear Pastors: If you don't know pharmacies sell abortifacients and contraceptives, you're not getting out too much! (Email pastors in Bucks with ads for an acknowledged abortifacient provider)"

• Free to Serve: USCCB Religious Liberty News (March 2016)

• Life Issues Forum: The True Face of Assisted Suicide (USCCB)

• "How an anti-discrimination bill could end up discriminating" (Catholic News Agency)

• "Michigan Catholic dioceses modify employee benefits to include same sex partners" (LifeSiteNews)

• "STOP Cecile Richards at Georgetown University. She helped kill 2.8 million unborn babies" (TFP Student Action)

• The USCCB sometimes allows potential abortifacients in Catholic hospitals??? Come on, you're kidding me, right? (Email Archbishop Kurtz (USCCB president), Archbishop Chaput and the National Catholic Bioethics Center.) 

• "You Won’t Find These Irish Lifting a Pint on St. Patrick’s Day" (Aletia) 

International Concerns

• "C-Fam Launches Campaign Against UN Global Abortion Tax"

• "Cardinal Turkson’s Address to Seminar on Health and Sexuality"

• "Ethiopia Drought Threatens Famine" (Aletia)

• "The Fight over Abortion in the UN’s New International Development Agenda" (Public Discourse) 

• "Honoring the 'Martyrs of Charity'" (USCCB)

• "New proposal to 'rethink' maternal health aims to leave mothers behind" (C-Fam)

•  "US Declares ISIS Atrocities Genocide" (Zenit); H. Con. Res. 75 and Bacha Bazi 

Federal Concerns: In addition to its own Action Center alerts and Justice for Immigrants, the USCCB has explained that "Action alerts for pro-life issues can also be found through our partner organization, the National Committee for the Human Life Amendment" (i.e., Human Life Action, Action Alerts).  How is the Pa Delegation Responding?  (3/19/16 Update)

	Support ANDA (Abortion Non Discrimination Act)	Support CWPIA (Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act; HR 1299/ S667)	Support FADA (First Amendment Defense Act; HR2802/ S1598)	“Support Pope Francis’ call to care for our common home!” (Section 1004 of S 2012)	Oppose “confiscation of Christian lands in Cremisan Valley”	Oppose the Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act (HR 4731)
1.   Bob Brady (D)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	?	?		?	?
2.   Chaka Fattah (D)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	?	?		?	?
3.   Mike Kelly (R)	In 12/15, voted AGAINST Omnibus which lacked ANDA	Sponsor	Co-Sponsor		?	?
4.   Scott Perry (R)	In 12/15, voted AGAINST Omnibus which lacked ANDA	?	Co-Sponsor		?	?
5.   Glenn Thompson (R)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	Co-Sponsor	Co-Sponsor		?	?
6.   Ryan Costello (R)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	?	?		?	?
7.   Pat Meehan  (R)	In 12/15, voted AGAINST Omnibus which lacked ANDA	?	?		?	?
8.   Mike  Fitzpatrick (R)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	Co-Sponsor	?		?	?
9.   Bill Shuster (R)	In 12/15, voted AGAINST Omnibus which lacked ANDA	?	?		?	?
10. Tom Marino  (R)	In 12/15, voted AGAINST Omnibus which lacked ANDA	Co-Sponsor	Co-Sponsor		?	?
11. Lou Barletta  (R)	In 12/15, voted AGAINST Omnibus which lacked ANDA	Co-Sponsor	?		?	?
12. Keith Rothfus (R)	In 12/15, voted AGAINST Omnibus which lacked ANDA	Co-Sponsor	Co-Sponsor		?	?
13. Brendan Boyle (D)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	?	?		?	?
14. Michael Doyle (D)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	?	?		?	?
15. Charlie Dent  (R)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	?	?		?	?
16. Joseph Pitts   (R)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	Co-Sponsor	Co-Sponsor		?	?
17. Matthew Cartwright (D)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	?	?		?	?
18. Tim Murphy  (R)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	Co-Sponsor	Co-Sponsor		?	?
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·    Bob Casey (D)	In 12/15, voted FOR Omnibus without ANDA	?	?	?	?
·    Pat Toomey   (R)	In 12/15, voted AGAINST Omnibus which lacked ANDA	?	?	?	?

• Click to Email Pa's Congressional Delegation, asking for Co-Sponsorship/Support of legislation backed by the USCCB an/or the NCHLA.

• "The Scalia Seat: Let the People Speak" (Sen Ted Cruz, Wall Street Journal)

• "Statement Calling for Constitutional Resistance to Obergefell v. Hodges" (American Principles Project) and "Judge upholds true marriage in Puerto Rico, says SCOTUS decision doesn’t apply" (LifeSiteNews)

State Concerns: Pro Life and Pro Marriage/Family legislation being championed by the Pa Catholic Conference (2/20/16 Update) 

The Bucks County Delegation in Harrisburg			As per the Pa Catholic Conference, “Please respect the concerns of all parties involved in adoption proceedings and vote no on HB 162 in its current form.”	As per the Pa Catholic Conference, "Funding priority should be given to health care facilities that offer comprehensive women's health care, not those that treat women and children as callously as Planned Parenthood…. [include] the language of House Bill 1623 in the Fiscal Code.”	As per the Pa Catholic Conference,  “Changing the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) will jeopardize many churches and their charitable outreach if they continue to adhere to their religious beliefs....HB 1510 / SB 974 exposes even more Pennsylvanians to discrimination based solely on their religious beliefs. Simply put, this legislation is intolerant and prejudiced against people of faith.”
R	145	Rep Craig Staats	Voted Yea	NOT a co-sponsor
D	141	Rep Tina Davis	Voted Yea	NOT a co-sponsor	Co-sponsor
R	18	Rep Gene DiGirolamo	Voted Yea	NOT a co-sponsor
R	142	Rep Frank Farry	Voted Yea	NOT a co-sponsor
D	140	Rep John Galloway	Voted Yea	NOT a co-sponsor	Co-sponsor
R	29	Rep Bernie O’Neill	Voted Yea	NOT a co-sponsor
R	178	Rep Scott Petri	------------	NOT a co-sponsor	Co-sponsor
R	143	Rep Marguerite Quinn	Voted Yea	NOT a co-sponsor	Co-sponsor
D	31	Rep Steve Santarsiero	Voted Yea	NOT a co-sponsor	Co-sponsor
R	144	Rep Kathy Watson	Voted Yea	NOT a co-sponsor	Co-sponsor
R	12	Sen Stewart Greenleaf
R	10	Sen Chuck McIlhinney			Co-sponsor
R	24	Sen Bob Mensch
R	6	Sen Robert Tomlinson

• Click to Email all of Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg, re: pro life and pro marriage/family concerns.

• Click to Email the leadership in Harrisburg., re: pro life and pro marriage/family concerns.

• Differences in the parental notification law between NJ and Pa

• (For our friends in the Garden State: "Tell your state legislators to vote no on ACR119/SCR78- a bill commemorating Roe v. Wade" (The Catholic Diocese of Trenton); "Update on the NJ Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and ACR 119/SCR78" (NJ Right to Life))