"2017 & Do-It-Yourself Abortifacients" and more

1/1/17, The Octave Day of Christmas

Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God

• 2017 and Do-It-Yourself Abortifacients
• WE are Paying for More Abortifacients, Like the IUD in Pa (cf, Pennsylvania's Medicaid jumps in on growing popularity of IUDs, Morning Call, 12/29/16)

• Through the Bible in a Year, in 2017!

• Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop (1/5/17)

• Call to Prayer (USCCB, 12/30/16)

• Texas lawmaker hopes to keep couples together, ending ‘no-fault’ divorces (KXAN, 12/27/16)
  
  

  
  

• Pope Francis, Message for World Day of the Sick (2/11/17)

• Benefits association, diocese file suit over HHS transgender regulation (Catholic News Service, 12/29/16) 

• Aren't these efforts tantamount to assaulting the conscience rights of health care workers in mental health services? (12/23/16)

• Act now to stop assisted suicide (Diocese of Trenton, 11/4/16)

• "Please send a message to the AMA today asking them to support the dignity of every person and the need for supportive and comprehensive end of life care" (Pa Catholic Conference).

• Email USCCB President Cardinal DiNardo, USCCB Pro Life Chair Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop Chaput, and National Catholic Bioethics Center President John Haas, PhD, STL, to ask for an end to ANY use of emergency (so-called) contraception in Catholic hospitals.

• Study Guide to St. Pope John Paul II's "Theology of the Body"


• Made for the Common Good: Marriage safeguards justice (USCCB)


• The Cape Town Declaration: Universal Declaration on the Family and Marriage

• "In order for celibacy to be a truly free choice, seminarians must be led to understand, by the light of faith, the evangelical power of such a gift.176  At the same time they should be able to esteem correctly the values of the married state: 'Marriage and celibacy are two states of authentic Christian life.  Both are specific expressions of the Christian vocation'177" (Congregation for the Clergy, The Gift of the Priestly Vocation, 12/7/16, p. 48). 

 

 

• National Migration Week 2017 To Be Celebrated January 8-14 (USCCB)

• Top Ten Best and Worst Moments at the UN This Year (C-Fam, 12/29/16)
  
  

• Urge President-Elect Trump to stay true to his word on pro Life concerns

• Click to Email Pa's Congressional Delegation, regarding positions backed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (cf., also see Human Life Action's 12/16/16 email.) 
• Action Alert to the Department of Homeland Security: Ensure the well-being of Haitians affected by Hurricane Matthew (USCCB)

• Click to Email all of Bucks County's representatives and senators in Harrisburg, re: issues/legislation backed by the Pa Catholic Conference. 

• Boycotts and/or other actions from America Needs Fatima and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation