Christmas Week - selected highlights

(The ‘12 Days of Christmas’: An ‘underground’ catechism for persecuted Catholics (Catholic News Herald, 12/21/17))

• The Octave Day of Christmas, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God (1/1/18)

• The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (12/31/17)
• Recently Completed Sculpture by Thomas Marsh: the Holy Spouses, Patrons of the Unborn
• the late Deacon Manny Garcia's homily for the Feast of the Holy Family
• What the Catechism proclaims about the family....

• Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs (12/28/17)

 

• On the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Say NO to Providers of Abortifacients!

• The story behind sex change surgery you haven't heard (EWTN, 12/27/17)

•  Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr (12/26/17)
• Why the Martyrdom of St. Stephen is Still Relevant Almost 2,000 YearsLater (Big C Catholics)
• "The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young mannamed Saul.  As they were stoning Stephen, he called out 'Lord Jesus, receivemy spirit.'"
• Dark, desperate life without power in Puerto Rico (Denver Post, 12/26/17)

•  Inglese: Virtual Tour - SANCTUARY Bethlehem
• "Urbi et Orbi" Christmas Message and Blessing of Pope Francis (12/25/27)
• Pope's homily for Christmas Mass during the night: full text (12/25/17)

• Pope Francis prays for victims of tropical storm in the Philippines (Vatican News, 12/24/17)

On the right side of the home page is a link to email the White House and the Pa Delegation on selected federal matters (12/23/17 update), as well as a link to email Bucks County's Delegation in Harrisburg on selected state matters (12/23/17 update).

• In a manger lay the promise of a great Wedding Feast, and the key to marriage today (LifeSiteNews, 12/23/17)
  

• The horror of Ukraine's forgotten famine still casts a shadow (EWTN, 12/22/17)

• Catholic Partners Urge 18-month Extension of Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador (USCCB, 12/21/17)

• Washington’s archbishop and Arlington’s bishop announce participants in upcoming March for Life events can obtain plenary indulgence (Catholic Standard, 12/20/17)

• Hospital wants to remove sick toddler’s life support as parents fight for treatment (LifeSiteNews, 12/20/17)

• Free to Serve (USCCB, 12/15/17)

• Looking at The Updated Charter for Healthcare Workers (excerpts with comments and pictures added) (12/10/17)

• Renovatio 21 in Italy speaks out on aborted fetal vaccines (Children of God for Life, 12/6/17)
  (NOTE: At some points, this article seems to have been awkwardly translated.  However, it raises concerns about a topic which often seems to have been treated dismissively - vaccinations derived from aborted children.)

• Marriage Unique for a Reason: December 2017 Newsletter (USCCB, 12/5/17) 
• March for Marriage 2018

• Me and Mengele (Dr. Diane Irving, 12/4/13)

• STOP Pro-Abortion "Internships" at Catholic Campus. Protest Now. (TFP Student Action, 11/30/17)