7/10/19 update

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (7/14/19)

• UK parliament votes to legalize same-sex marriage, abortion in N Ireland (CNA, 7/10/19)  

• Say Mass for Vincent Lambert, Paris archbishop tells priests (CNA, 7/10/19)

• Address to the Alliance Defending Freedom (Archbishop Chaput, 7/9/19) 

• Our Job Is to Proclaim! (Judie Brown, 7/9/19)    

• July is Dedicated to the Precious Heart of Jesus 

• "1. Clergy sexual abuse is still a problem. Since peaking 35 years ago, it has declined much less than commonly thought. The decline is consistent with an overall drop in sexual assault in American society.
  2. Since 2002 abuse has been rising amid signs of complacency by Church leaders, and today is comparable to the early 1970s.
  3. The share of homosexual men in the priesthood rose from twice that of the general population in the 1950s to eight times the general population in the 1980s. This trend was strongly correlated with increasing child sex abuse.
  4. A quarter of priests ordained in the late 1960s report the existence of a homosexual subculture in their seminary, rising to over half of priests ordained in the 1980s. This trend was also strongly correlated with increasing child sex abuse.
  5. Four out of five victims over age 7 were boys; only one in five were girls. Ease of access to boys relative to girls accounts for about one fifth of this disparity. The number of homosexual priests accounts for the remaining four fifths.
  6. Estimates from these findings predict that, had the proportion of homosexual priests remained at the 1950s level, at least 12,000 fewer children, mostly boys, would have suffered abuse" (Rev Paul Sullins, PhD, 11/1/18).

Natural Family Planning Awareness Week
(USCCB, 7/21-7/27, 2019)

"The dates of Natural Family Planning Awareness Week highlight the anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (July 25) which articulates Catholic beliefs about human sexuality, conjugal love and responsible parenthood. The dates also mark the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne (July 26), the parents of the Blessed Mother."
 Creighton Model FertilityCare System
Couple to Couple League
Billings Ovulation Method
 Family of the Americas 

• Humanae Vitae (Saint Pope Paul VI, 7/25/68) - highlighting added

• Made for Love (MUR e-news) (USCCB, July 2019)

Take Action Nationally

• Oppose the misleading named "Do No Harm Act," which seeks to impinge on religious freedom.
• "stand against legislation, like Medicare for All and the Equality Act, that force tax-payers to pay for other people’s abortions and that strong arms medical professionals to violate their consciences" (March for Life Action).
• Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action)
• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (USCCB)
• Born-Alive Legislation Deserves a Vote in the People's House (USCCB) 
• Save the Hyde Amendment (March for Life Action)
• Life at Conception Act Petition (National Pro Life Alliance)
• I Cherish Life: I call on Congress to ban late term abortions when babies feel pain! (Family Policy Alliance)
• Tell the Senate to Reject Religion Tests for Judicial Nominees (USCCB)
• Contact your U.S. senators and representatives today and ask them to support the LIFT for Charities Act! (USCCB)
• Ask the Department of Homeland Security to Rescind the "Remain in Mexico" Policy and Support Asylum Seekers by Following Existing Law (USCCB) 

Take Action for Pa

• Please contact your Rep, Senator, and the Governor to ask for a religious exemption for Catholic adoptions (Pa Catholic Conf)
• (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
• Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference) 
• House Resolution 387 would rightly censure Rep Brian Sims for his reprehensible behavior toward peaceful pro life witnesses.
• Call your [Pa State] Senator to oppose assisted suicide (Pa Pro Life Federation)
• [Pa] Lawmakers want to take away our right to vote for judges (Pa Pro Life Federation).
• Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review (Pa Catholic Conference)

Take Action for NJ

• Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
• Vote No on A5508/ S3804 (NJ Catholic Conf)
• Ask Legislators to Increase Non Public School Funding (NJ Catholic Conf)
• Protect Viable [New Jersey] Babies in the Womb – Equal rights for children who can survive outside the womb (http://protectviablebabies.com/).

On the right side of the home page, you will find links to email Church leadership about "Catholic" health care, Bucks country representation in DC, Bucks County representation in Harrisburg, Central NJ representation in DC and Central NJ in Trenton.