"Do Not Forget the Works of the Lord."

Memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin (8/11/16)
 "Do Not Forget the Works of the Lord."

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (8/14/16)

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8/15/16):
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior” (Luke 1: 46, 47)

•  2015 Annual Report (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, 8/10/16) 

• The Historic Christian Teaching Against Contraception: A Defense (Public Discourse, 8/10/16)

• The Vatican is Determined to End World Hunger by 2030 (Rome Reports, 8/9/16) 

• Illinois weakens conscience-protection law (Catholic Culture, 8/9/16) 

• 12 Ideas For Pro-Family Legislation (Former Congresswoman Rebecca Hamilton, National Catholic Register, 8/9/16)

• Pope sends condolences to victims of Pakistan hospital attack (EWTN News, 8/9/16) 
  
  
• Anniversary of Edith Stein’s Death and Bombing of Nagasaki (Zenit, 8/9/16)

• Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit: Sept 29 - Oct 1 (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)
• Action Center (National Center on Sexual Exploitation)

• Sign This Petition Against the [8/15/16] Satanic Black Mass in Oklahoma City (TFP Student Action)

• "Let us not move towards weakening marriage but instead endeavor to encourage maturity, fidelity, self sacrifice, respect and follow the right path in all our human relationships especially in building up families, the foundation of society" (Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga (Phillipines)).

• Hillary Clinton: Abortion Extremist (Gary Bauer, 8/7/16)

• Pope: It's 'unacceptable' that civilians must pay the price of Syrian conflict (EWTN News, 8/7/16)

• Message From Justice and Peace Council on Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing (Zenit, 8/6/16)

• Call to Prayer (USCCB, 8/5/16)

• "In Europe, in America, in Latin America, in Africa, in some countries of Asia, there are ideological colonizations. And one of these – I say it clearly with name and surname ' is gender!....We must think about what Pope Benedict said: [']It’s the time of the sin against God the Creator!'" (Pope’s Dialogue With Polish Bishops, 8/4/16)

• Friday Fax (C-Fam, 8/4/16) 

• "You fell to the ground after the first stab; you tried to push your attacker with your feet, and you said, 'Go away, Satan.' Again you said, 'Begone, Satan.'  In this you expressed your faith in humanity, created good, but gripped by the devil" (Archbishop Dominique Lebrun at the funeral Mass of Father Jacques Hamel, 8/2/16).

• President Obama’s Sex-Driven War on Science (Notre Dame Law Professor Gerard V. Bradley, 8/2/16)

• Marriage: Unique for a Reason (USCCB, August 2016)

• Venezuelan government blasted for blocking Church aid (EWTN News, 7/12/16)

• Federal Concerns

• State Concerns