"Honor, greeting and blessing to you, conquerors of the Moon, pale light of our nights and our dreams! Bring to it, with your living presence, the voice of the spirit, the hymn to God, our Creator and our Father."

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (7/21/19)

• C-Fam Applauds U.S. Decision to Withhold Funding to UNFPA (7/17/19) 
• ‘Persecution against Christians happens even in democracies’ (VaticanNews, 7/17/19)
• Urgent: Tell Senators to vote NO on Judge Ozerden (AFA, 7/16/19) 
• Life of 5-year-old girl hangs in balance as UK hospital fights parents to remove life support (LifeSite, 7/16/19)
• In a 7/1/19 letter to HHS Secretary Azar, 25 U.S. Senators and 103 members of the U.S. House of Representatives expressed support for the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Program Integrity" to get rid of hidden abortion surcharges.  This simple request for transparency was NOT supported by supposedly pro life Senator Casey, supposedly pro life Senator Toomey, or supposedly pro life Representative Fitzpatrick! 
• 50 years ago this weekend, things were quite eventful....

• "Honor, greeting and blessing to you, conquerors of the Moon, pale light of our nights and our dreams! Bring to it, with your living presence, the voice of the spirit, the hymn to God, our Creator and our Father" (Message of [Saint Pope] Paul VI to the Cosmonauts [sic] Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins on the Occasion of the Lunar Business [sic], 7/21/69).

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 

• NFP’s Modern Marvels Draws Millennials, Scientists and Some Pushback (National Catholic Register, 7/16/19) 
•  The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, 4/10/19) 
• Say, Didn't the Catechsim and that 2005 Compendium Say Something About Marriage/Family/Sexuality? 
• Saint Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body (1979-1984)
• Humanae Vitae (St Pope Paul VI, 7/25/68) - highlighting added
• Why Johnny Can't Understand the Meaning of Marriage: A Look at 1930's Casti Connubii

Take Action Nationally

• Urgent: Tell Senators to vote NO on Judge Ozerden (AFA, 7/16/19) 
• 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/).

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