"Be strong, fear not" (9/5/21).

 Update for September

September 4,
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
(signed homily and unofficial translation)

• Fr. Mitch Pacwa: "Bishops NEED to speak to power NOW!!!" (Fr. Richard Heilman, 8/30/21)
• This article links to Father Pacwa's MAGNIFICENT video, which reviews the failure of some American bishops to follow the papal lead on condemnation of slavery!

• NCBC Statement on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates (Amended) (8/23/21)
• Joint Statement: Vaccines and Conscience Protection (American College of Pediatricians, Catholic Medical Associations, Christian Medical and Dental Association, National Association of Catholic Nurses, U.S.A., 3/24/21) 
• Letters to Pharmaceutical Companies ["to protest the use of abortion-derived cell lines and advocate for the development of vaccines with no connection to abortion."] (USCCB)

• UPDATE: Here's where to donate to help agencies respond to the Haiti earthquake (Catholic News Service, 8/16/21)

• If you want to stop fetal cell research, don't buy these products (HLI, 8/12/21)

• Are Patients Declared "Brain Dead" Really Dead? (Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership Organization, 8/11/21)

• Email Bishop O'Connell and Archbishop Perez to ask that James Martin, SJ, NOT be allowed to mislead & scatter their flocks. 

• Email Bishop Callahan about Fr Altman, Msgr Burrill, and the USCCB.

• Save Hyde Open Letter

Email NJ's congressional delegation and Email Pa's congressional delegation to request they 

 SUPPORT

the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,  

the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, 

the Dignity for Aborted Children Act, 

the Life at Conception Act, &

the SAVE Moms and Babies Act. 

& OPPOSE 

               HJ Res 17 / SJ Res 1,

               the misnamed Equality and Do No Harm Acts,  

              efforts to weaken the Hyde Amendment (2) (3) (4)


               funding for Planned Parenthood (and all involved with abortion.).  

              HR 1 / S 1,

              and any COVID relief funds for abortion!   

•  Also Tell President Biden that you oppose

the anti life HJ Res 17 & SJ Res 1,

the anti life Equality Act

(& so-called Do No Harm Act),

any weakening of the Hyde Amendment,

any funding for Planned Parenthood and others involved with abortion 

the anti freedom HR 1/ S 1,

any COVID bills that fund abortion

• Email all Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, & Ocean delegations in Trenton 
  Action Needed to Oppose the NJ Reproductive Freedom Act (S3030/A4848) (NJ Right to Life)  

• Email the Bucks delegation in Harrisburg, to defend human life (e.g., promote HB 118, the Final Disposition of Fetal Remains Act;HB 1500, the Down Syndrome Protection Act; HB 904, the Fetal Heartbeat Bill) and marriage/family, as well as to promote conscience protection/religious freedom.

Stop Harmful Marijuana Legalization in Pennsylvania (Pa Family Institute, 3/15/21)

Pass the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act (Pa Family, 4/7/21) 

"The PA Catholic Conference (PCC)... called on the University of Pittsburgh to stop all experiments with aborted babies & for Pennsylvania lawmakers to open a full investigation into the extent of this practice.  'We are horrified by reports that researchers at the school used scalps from aborted babies to create so-called ‘humanized mice’ for research,' said PCC Executive Director Eric Failing" (Pa Catholic Conference, 5/7/21)

 

• EMAIL TO REQUEST ENFORCEMENT OF CANON 915 TO PROTECT THE EUCHARIST FROM SACRILEGE AND THE FAITHFUL FROM SCANDAL.

• EMAIL TO EXPRESS YOUR SENSE OF DISGRACE ABOUT THE WITNESS OF CATHOLIC HOSPITALS.

• PLEDGE TO MAKE REPARATION FOR LOUISIANA CHURCH SACRILEGE

• SAVE CHRISTIAN TEEN LEAH SHARIBU FROM DEATH

• DEFEND PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE FROM VIOLENCE AND ABUSE

• DEFEND DYING CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA

• A PETITION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES (MY FAITH VOTES, 6/24/21)

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