in Pennsylvania's First Congressional District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania's_1st_congressional_district http://archphila.org/pastplan/MAPS/Arch.pdf
and the Central Garden State

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

COVID-19, "40 Days to Freedom from the devil," NFP Awareness Week, and more....

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (7/12/2020)
  • For the week ending 7/4/2020 - with 7% of anticipated deaths counted - the CDC had tallied 71 COVID 19 related deaths across the nation, as of 7/6/2020.  When 100% of deaths are tallied, it would be reasonable to anticipate 1014 COVID 19 related deaths (cf, https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm)
    • Good Saint Ann, Find Me a Man (7/8/19)
    • Jesus' grandparents (6/25/17
    • Saints Joachim and Ann never had to worry about their descendants getting to Heaven! (7/26/14)
  • Two Lower Bucks Catholic h.s. alumni vie for the same seat in Congress.... (7/7/2020)

"Cells culled from deliberately aborted babies are being used in the production of at least five leading coronavirus vaccine candidates, including front-runners by Moderna Therapeutics, Johnson and Johnson and Oxford University....By contrast, Sanofi-Pasteur’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate uses insect cells.... 
[Other] ethical coronavirus vaccine candidates [include]...Inovio; and the John Paul II Medical Research Institute" (National Catholic Register, 5/15/20). 
Demand a COVID-19 Vaccine Free from Abortion (USCCB; Human Life Action
HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II can be reached at Secretary@HHS.gov or 
202-690-7000.)



Petition on Hormonal Contraceptives: Effects of Hormonal Birth Control (Human Life International, 4/21/20)



"Send your email thanking President Donald Trump for restoring the due process of law for all students, specifically those who are falsely accused" (AFA).




"In a report issued on 15 May, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) said that 620 Nigerian Christians have been killed since the beginning of the year, and mapped a campaign of destruction and arson carried out against churches in the African nation"
(CNA, 5/18/20)
Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.
Save Christian Teen Leah Sharibu.

Free Christian Pastor Cao.

Thank President Trump for visiting church, JPII center

  • Protect the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (USCCB)
  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (USCCB
  • Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)
  • Support the Refugee Resettlement Program (Pa Catholic Conference)  
  • Support S. 874, the Dream Act of 2019 (USCCB Justice for Immigrants)  
  • ''We urge the Senate to pass another  COVID-19 Relief Package, which:
    1) Automatically extends work authorization and visa renewal deadlines for refugees and immigrants who are providing economic and recovery assistance to our country (particularly DACA recipients, TPS holders and essential workers);
    2) Provides COVID-19 testing and treatment for all, including immigrant communities; ensure that emergency Medicaid covers testing and treatment;
    3) Ensures that tax-paying immigrant and refugee populations are eligible for stimulus payments, including individuals who file taxes with an ITIN;
    4) Halts the implementation of the new public charge rules during the COVID-19 crisis;
    5) Appropriates $642 million in supplemental funding for the Office of Refugee Resettlement for refugees living in the United States''(USCCB Justice for Immigrants)
  • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB)  
  • Support "equitable access to K12 federal funds for Catholic schools, direct funding to families for tuition aid and tax breaks for K12 tuition payments" (USCCB
  • Strengthen SNAP (USCCB)
  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action). 
  • Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

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"308,000,000 estimated deaths [in the U.S.] since Roe V Wade and Doe v Bolton" (pfli.org)
http://faithfulinthe8th.blogspot.com/2015/04/stations-of-cross.html
Links below are to photos of the modern locations of these events, primarily from a March 2017 pilgrimage to the Holy Land....

Joyful Mysteries

  1. The Annunciation
  2. The Visitation
  3. The Nativity of Our Lord
  4. The Presentation
  5. The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple

Luminous Mysteries

  1. The Baptism of the Lord
  2. The Wedding at Cana
  3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom
  4. The Transfiguration
  5. The Institution of the Eucharist

Sorrowful Mysteries

  1. The Agony in the Garden
  2. The Scourging at the Pillar
  3. The Crowning with Thorns
  4. The Carrying of the Cross
  5. The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord

Glorious Mysteries

  1. The Resurrection
  2. The Ascension
  3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
  4. The Assumption
  5. The Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven

"Coronaville" Cinema
The DEFINITIVE (but debatable) List of Top 175 (or thereabouts) Films of All Time

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