"A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family...."

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Traditional Date of the Epiphany (1/6)

The Epiphany (1/5)

St Elizabeth Ann Seton (1/4)

Christmas Weekday (1/3)

Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (1/2)

Mary, the Mother of God (1/1)
Message of Pope Francis for the 53rd World Day of Peace (1/1)

7th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/31)

6th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/30)

The Holy Family (12/29) (Mass Readings)

Becket (12/29)

The Holy Innocents (12/28)

St John, Apostle and Evangelist (12/27)

St Stephen (12/26)

Christmas

What Saint Joseph NEVER Needed to Worry About....
(the late Deacon Manny Garcia's homily for the Feast of the Holy Family)

 

What the Catechism proclaims about the family....

• U.S. bishops praise rule publicizing abortion 'surcharge' in health plan exchanges (CNA, 12/23/19) 

• Film to portray Catholic woman who saved Jewish children in WWII (CNA, 12/23/19) 

National Concerns

• NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).

• Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)

• Senate Fails to Pass Born-Alive Legislation (Human Life Action)
• Born-Alive Legislation Deserves a Vote in the House (Human Life Action; USCCB)

• Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB) 

• Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 

• Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)

• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)

• Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)

• Urge the President and Congress to Maintain the Refugee Resettlement Program (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Support S. 874, the Dream Act of 2019 (USCCB Justice for Immigrants)

• Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action)

• Oppose the Misnamed Do No Harm Act (cf, American Life League)

• Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

• Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)

• Support the Perinatal Hospice Care Act (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Support the "Buyer Beware Act" (SB 60) to fight human trafficking (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Support the Fetal Remains Bill, HB 1890 (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Support the "Heartbeat" Bill (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Support the Down Syndrome Protection Act (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)

• Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
• Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Support school choice in the Harrisburg School district (Pa Catholic Conference), and ask for co-sponsorship of Speaker Turzai's bill (Pa Catholic Conference)

The Garden State

• Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)

• Express your disapproval of the passage of  S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)

• Oppose NJ S3804/A5508 and S3813/A5510 (NJ Catholic Conference)
• Oppose NJ S3804/A5508 (NJRTL)

• Support the NJ Pain Capable Unborn child Protection Act, A 1686/ S537 (http://protectviablebabies.com/take-action/)