"If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead."

9/25/16, Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

"If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead."

• "More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage, and despite recent statements from the campaign trail, the Catholic Church’s 2000-year-old teaching to the truth about what constitutes marriage remains unchanged and resolute.  As Catholics, we believe, all humans warrant dignity and deserve love and respect, and unjust discrimination is always wrong. Our understanding of marriage, however, is a matter of justice and fidelity to our Creator’s original design. Marriage is the only institution uniting one man and one woman with each other and with any child who comes from their union. Redefining marriage furthers no one’s rights, least of all those of children, who should not purposely be deprived of the right to be nurtured and loved by a mother and a father.  We call on Catholics and all those concerned for preserving this sacred union to unite in prayer, to live and speak out with compassion and charity about the true nature of marriage – the heart of family life"  (Bishop DiLorenzo of Richmond, 9/13/16)

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  (Archbishop Chaput at Notre Dame, 9/15/16)

• Donald Trump vows to permanently ban taxpayer funding of abortion (LiveActionNews, 9/16/16)

• Sanctuary Cities Revisited (Human Life International, 9/17/16) 

• "Earlier this month, Sen. James Lankford, R-OK, introduced a nationwide ban on dismemberment abortions (S. 3306)....So far, six states ban the abortion method: Kansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.  But not all agree. Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor, Tom Wolf, has said that banning dismemberment abortions would be 'a huge step backward'....Congressman Chris Smith introduced the House version [i.e., HR 3515] of the bill on September 16, 2015" (US senator introduces bill to ban dismemberment abortions nationwide, LifeSiteNews, 9/19/16)

• Free to Serve (USCCB, 9/20/16) 

• FridayFax (C-Fam, 9/22/16)

• Call to Prayer (USCCB, 9/23/16)

• 10/2/16

• 10/15/16 (See map added to below announcement.):

• Click to email the governor, as well as all of Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg, on pro life and pro marriage / family concerns
• Please do not co-sponsor Planned Parenthood resolution (Pa Pro Life, 8/31/16)

• Click to email Pa's Congressional Delegation, asking for support of positions backed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
• Urgent Action Needed on Contraceptive Mandate
• Speak out against predatory payday loans!

• Click to Email Pa's Congressional Delegation, asking for opposition to ANY funding for Planned Parenthood, including through ''continuing resolutions.''

• URGENT emails and phone calls needed to the American Medical Association (Pa Pro Life, 9/15/16)

•  Candidates for the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania (While we are awaiting ANY response to a 9/6/16 inquiry about their take on positions advocated by the USCCB, please feel free to make follow-up contacts to McGinty (Info@KatieMcGinty.com, Press@KatieMcGinty.com, Volunteer@KatieMcginty.com) and Toomey (abedell@toomeyforsenate.com, jmarkley@toomeyforsenate.com, rebecca@toomeyforsenate.com).)

• Candidates for Pa's 8th Congressional District (While we are awaiting ANY response to a 9/6/16 inquiry about their take on positions advocated by the USCCB, please feel free to make follow-up contacts to Santarsiero (info@santarsieroforcongress.com), Scheetz (scheetz4thewin@gmail.com), and Fitzpatrick (media@brianfitzpatrick.com).)

• Candidates for Pa's 31st Assembly District (While we are awaiting ANY response from to a 9/6/16 inquiry about their take on pro marriage/family and pro life positions, please feel free to make follow-up contacts to Gallagher (ryan@ryangallagherlaw.com) and Warren (perry@perrywarren.com).