Haiti, the Real Presence, Bishops & COVID, Marriage, RIP David Amess, Bishops' Meeting

10/24/21, 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

(Signed homily with unofficial translation)

• 400 Mawozo Haitian Gang That Kidnapped 17 Missionaries Reportedly Wants $17 Million for Their Release (InsideEdition, 10/20/21)
• Here's where to donate to help agencies respond to the Haiti earthquake (Catholic News Service)

• "According to a Pew Research report, only 26 percent of Catholics under the age of 40 believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.... there are far too many ordained priests and bishops who have spent at least 40 years working to confuse Catholic teaching with worldly popularity....We are at a tipping point in the Church today, especially as there are Catholic bishops who need to have a meeting to discuss what it means to have a coherent teaching on the Eucharist" (Judie Brown, 10/19/21)

• Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops (Catholic Stand, 10/19/21)

• Students sue St. John's University over vaccine mandate, citing "aborted fetal tissue testing" (NY Post, 10/3/21)
• 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)

• "Young adults seem less committed to the concept of marriage than they were in 2015.... More adults generally agreed being legally married is less important than having a 'personal sense of commitment to your partner' ....all age groups agree that marriage makes families and children better off financially....And more of them agree 'marriage is for life, come what may,' though in smaller shares than those of other ages" (Deseret News, 10/12/21).
• Why does the Church presently seem to be acting as though facilitating annulments is the way to go?
• Buyer’s Remorse? Marriage, Divorce, and Declarations of Nullity (Catholic Stand, 10/7/21)

• Murdered British Pro-Life Catholic Politician David Amess Remembered for Building Bridges With the Holy See (National Catholic Register, 1015/21)

• U.S. Bishops to Meet in Baltimore Nov. 15-18; Will Address Action Items; Assembly to be Live-Streamed and Live-Tweeted (USCCB, 10/15/21)

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

• Email the Apostolic Nuncio, the USCCB president, Archbishop Perez /Bishop O'Connell (& auxiliaries and staff), and the National Catholic Bioethics Center, to express disgrace about the witness of Catholic hospitals.

• 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.
• PLEDGE TO MAKE REPARATION FOR LOUISIANA CHURCH SACRILEGE
• Baltimore Protecting Perverts (ChurchMilitant, 10/15/21) - FOR BETTER OR WORSE, AN INCREDIBLY STRONG CRITIQUE
• $99 – Baltimore 4-Star Hotel near the Ballpark & Aquarium (Travelzoo)

• A PETITION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES (MY FAITH VOTES, 6/24/21)
• "Sign the Citizen's Petition to the FDA: A Petition demanding FDA to disclose risks and side effects of Hormonal Contraceptives"

• Save Hyde Open Letter
• Check petitions from the American Center for Law and Justice
• 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 

HR 3755/ S 1975,

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 (or S 2747), 

              and any COVID relief funds for abortion!   

Infrastructure & Human Infrastructure Bills, as well as HR 2119 (cf,  Family Policy Alliance, 9/30/21)

• Also Tell President Biden that you oppose

the anti life HR 3755 / S 1975, 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 (or S 2747) any COVID bills that fund abortion, & the Infrastructure & Human Infrastructure bills, as well as HR 2119 

 

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) 

 

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