"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world."

9/2/18, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
(audio of readings)

"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world."

• MassResistance leading the fight in California to stop outrageous counseling ban in State Legislature. [A similar counseling ban already exists for New Jersey and nearby Delaware and has been proposed for Pennsylvania!  Right in Bucks County, the ban exists for Yardley Borough and Doylestown!] 
• California Bill Would Ban Catholics from Teaching Their Kids the Catechism (The Federalist, 6/29/18)

• Letter to Pope Francis from Catholic Women (8/30/18)

• FW: LIFE CHAIN 2018 Mercer County Oct 7 1:00-3:00 PM @ 2279 Route 33 Hamilton

• Kavanaugh Hearings Set for Sept. 4; Senators Must Hear From YOU!(Operation Rescue, 8/27/18)

• After 95 years, NY rules end Catholic adoption and foster services in Buffalo (EWTN, 8/27/18)  

On the right side of the home page are links to email Pennsylvania's delegation in D.C. on federal issues, NJ's delegation in D.C. on federal issues, Bucks County's delegation in Harrisburg on Pa state issues, and Central NJ's delegation in Trenton on NJ state issues.

FW: LIFE CHAIN 2018 Mercer County Oct 7 1:00-3:00 PM @ 2279 Route 33 Hamilton

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From: prolifeeducators@aol.com
Sent: ‎8/‎28/‎2018 4:49 PM
To: prolifeeducators@aol.com
Subject: LIFE CHAIN 2018 Mercer County Oct 7 1:00-3:00 PM @ 2279 Route 33 Hamilton

GREETINGS Pro-Lifers of Central New Jersey & nearby PA!

CHURCH BULLETIN INSERT is attached. Please pass it on to YOUR CHURCH'S pastor & secretary

(electronically or hard copy) to publish EVERY SUNDAY in September & October 7.

A POWERPOINT slide is also included for your church to use if needed.

Forward this e-mail to your Pro-Life friends in the Greater Mercer County region. Thank you!

Yours for LIFE ~ Bob Pawson [Look me up on Facebook for Pro-Life action reports & photos]

31st Annual "Life Chain Sunday" Across America

Life Chain 2018 in Mercer County, NJ

Sunday, October 7, 2018 @ 1:00 - 3:00 PM ( Rain Date: Sunday, Oct 14 )

LOCATION: Directions for GPS: 2279 Highway 33 (at Nottingham Way), Hamilton, NJ 08690

(Landmarks: Golden Crest Corp Center; St. Gregory Church; Planned Parenthood; Foxmoor Shop Ctr)

Location is high-visibility roadway with safe sidewalks & wide, grassy right-of-way.

Plenty of FREE PARKING in nearby lots.

RSVP: If YOU are going to participate in the Life Chain…

Please e-mail ProLifeEducators@aol.com -or- message Bob Pawson on Facebook.

A LIFE CHAIN is a peaceful, prayerful, public witness by Pro-Life Americans praying for

our nation's repentance & an end to abortion; NOT a 'protest' demonstration or 'picketing.'

 

In order to present a unified and consistent message nationwide 

~ Life Chain posters will be Provided on Site ~

LIFE CHAIN SIGNS state: "Abortion Kills Children," "Adoption - The Loving Option,"

"Jesus Forgives & Heals," "Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation," "Abortion Hurts Women,"

"El Aborto Mata Ninos," "Life - The first Inalienable Right" & "Pray to End Abortion."

Okay to display American flags or wear your pro-life message T-shirts, buttons, caps, etc!

 

Invite your CHURCH: Members, Clergy, Elders, Deacons, Congregants & Communicants, Adherents, Visitors, Regular Attenders, & Everybody!

FAMILY affair: Parents ~ Children ~ Teens ~ Friends ~ Neighbors ~ Cousins ~ Everyone!

      Lawn chairs, water bottles, parasols, and baby strollers are welcomed and encouraged!

         Public access bathrooms available in nearby stores, restaurants, service stations, etc.

 

Upon ARRIVAL at Life Chain starting point of 2279 White Horse-Mercerville Rd, please:

1. Come to the SIGN IN / REGISTRATION Table. PICK UP YOUR SIGNS/POSTERS.

2. Line up along sidewalks & curbs. Stay safely on sidewalks and grassy shoulders/curbs.

3. Stand about 20 feet apart so the Life Chain extends further –AND– so that we do NOT  

   "block" each other's signs. (NOTE: Young children should stay safely near their parents.) 

4. Hold your Life Chain posters at an ANGLE facing the TRAFFIC; easier for drivers/passengers to read.

5. Hold your Life Chain posters TOWARDS any TV or newspaper cameras which may show up. SMILE!

    Let the messages be seen by multitudes of TV viewers as well as thousands of passing motorists.

6. Spread the word!   Recruit participants! Take lots of photos to share on your social media.

 

Mercer / Hamilton, NJ Life Chain Contact Info

Bob Pawson 609-610-3522

ProLifeEducators@aol.com  -or-  MercerLifeChain@gmail.com

National Life Chain info at: http://lifechain.net

 

IMPORTANT : Please contact Bob Pawson immediately if YOU are willing to serve as:

 > A Life Chain Marshal or Helper (Note: Clergy are automatically shepherd leaders of their congregants.)

 > Historian: Document the Life Chain with digital photos and/or video.

 

Finally: Reminder to go pray & minister at Trenton Planned Parenthood (437 E State St)

one or two times each month: Saturdays 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM –or– Tuesdays 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM. <LIFE><

"what great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law?"

9/2/18, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
(audio of readings)

On the right side of the home page are links to email Pennsylvania's delegation in D.C. on federal issues, NJ's delegation in D.C. on federal issues, Bucks County's delegation in Harrisburg on Pa state issues, and Central NJ's delegation in Trenton on NJ state issues.

• What Really Motivates Irish Hostility Toward Catholicism (Crisis, 8/27/18)

• Kavanaugh Hearings Set for Sept. 4; Senators Must Hear From YOU!(Operation Rescue, 8/27/18) 

• Senate amendment to defund Planned Parenthood fails (EWTN, 8/24/18)
•  https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00191 

What Really Motivates Irish Hostility Toward Catholicism (Crisis Magazine, 8/27/18)

https://www.crisismagazine.com/2018/what-really-motivates-irish-hostility

The Holy Father's Words at Holy Mass in Phoenix Park (Pope Francis, 8/26/18)

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2018/documents/papa-francesco_20180826_omelia-dublino.html

At the World Meeting of Families (Pope Francis, 8/25/18)

http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2018/08/25/180825g.html

After 95 years, NY rules end Catholic adoption and foster services in Buffalo (EWTN, 8/27/18)

http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=18057

Senate amendment to defund Planned Parenthood fails (EWTN, 8/24/18)

http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=18054

[See https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00191 ]

"we also will serve the LORD, for He is our God."

8/26/18, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
(audio of readings)

On the right side of the home page are links to email Pennsylvania's delegation in D.C. on federal issues, NJ's delegation in D.C. on federal issues, Bucks County's delegation in Harrisburg on Pa state issues, and Central NJ's delegation in Trenton on NJ state issues.

"for this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."

Federal Issues, 8/25/18 update

Economic Security for New Parents Act (S.3345 - A bill to provide paid parental leave benefits to parents following the birth or adoption of a child.)

Heartbeat Protection Act (HR 490)

Life at Conception Act

USCCB's Action Center

• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act: Contact your Representative and Senators today!
• First Amendment Defense Act - Support Now!

USCCB's and CRS' Catholics Confront Global Poverty / Action Center 

[We can ensure safety for impoverished people and refugees, as well as their host communities.  As our noble efforts at assistance must not be hijacked, this blogger believes that our communications MUST specifically state that contraceptives/abortifacients MUST be excluded from "assistance."]
• Raise your voice to prevent and end hunger.
• Support Refugee and Migrant Families
• Use Your Voice to Combat Human Trafficking
• Urge Our Nation to Care for our Common Home

USCCB's Justice for Immigrants' Action Alerts

[We can ensure safety for impoverished people and refugees, as well as their host communities.  As our noble efforts at assistance must not be hijacked, this blogger believes that our communications MUST specifically state that contraceptives/abortifacients MUST be excluded from "assistance."]

Pa Catholic Conference's Current Alerts
(one federal)

• Reauthorize CHIP 

NJ Catholic Conference

(one federal)

• Ask Congress to pass the Dream Act of 2017

Human Life Action Action Alerts

Current Action Alerts

• Please Contact Congress: Roe Solved Nothing
• Filling the Vacancy on Court - Stand Up for Fairness and Life
• Express Disappointment to Congress About Its Failure to Enact the Conscience Protection Act
• Assisted Suicide is Not Healthcare

Previous Action Alerts....

Report card for the Pa and NJ delegations on select issues, as of 8 5 18: 

Reportcard (Pa and NJ), 8 5 18

State of Pa issues, 8/25/18 update

Though SB 3, the Dismemberment Abortion Ban, passed the Pa Senate and House, it needed a strong majority in the House to overcome the planned veto by our pro abortion extremist governor.  Bucks County's Davis, Farry, Galloway , and Warren were among those who shamefully voted AGAINST the Dismemberment Abortion Ban (McIlhinney shamefully opposed it in he Senate.). 

Pa Catholic Conference

Current Alerts:

• Support Unborn Children with Down Syndrome [HB 2050]
• Amend POLST Bill: Protect Vulnerable Patients from Being Denied Necessary Medical Treatment
• Reauthorize CHIP (Federal)
  [with Pa House Bill 1933!  As per the Pa Family.org, "I ask for your support of HB 1933, and end the taxpayer-funding of 'sex change' surgery on children through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and on adults through Medicaid. This life-altering surgery harms children and adults alike."]

Some Additional Information:

• Senate Bill 613/House Bill 1410 would add “gender identity or expression” and “sexual orientation” to Pennsylvania’s non-discrimination law. Changing the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) will jeopardize many churches and their charitable outreach if they continue to adhere to their religious beliefs because the proposals do not adequately provide for conscience protection.....Urge lawmakers to oppose any bill that does not adequately protect our constitutional right of religious liberty" (https://www.pacatholic.org/legislative-review/). 
  [The HB 300 of the 2013 Session was described by the Pa Catholic Conference as "intolerant and prejudiced against people of faith."  Yet, its co-sponsors included Bucks County's Tina Davis, John Galloway, Scott Petri, Marguerite Quinn, and Steve Santarsiero.  That old HB 300 evolved, if you will, into HB 1410. with co-sponsors including Tina Davis, John Galloway, Helen Tai, Perry Warren, Kathy Watson, and Marguerite Quinn.  Among SB 613's  co-sponsors is Chuck McIlhinney.  With McIlhinney stepping down, both Santarsiero and Quinn are looking for fill his seat.]  
• "Senate Bill 300 [/HB 1542?] would prioritize the limited federal and state public funding women’s health services and family planning first to the most efficient and comprehensive health care providers. Health care providers such as federally qualified health centers that provide many different services like diabetes and heart disease screening, even flu shots, would have priority. Other providers that are more focused on family planning such as Planned Parenthood would be lower on the list for funding" (https://www.pacatholic.org/legislative-review/)

Pa Family.org Citizen Action Center  

"Adding the special statuses of 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity and expression'…. are exactly what are used to attack religious freedom by generating numerous lawsuits against people living out their sincerely-held beliefs....Now, according to the PHRC [PA Human Relations Commission], the term 'sex' may: 

'refer to sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation, transgender identity, gender transition, gender identity, and/or gender expression depending on the individual facts of the case'.... 

"Our staff at the PA Family Institute will be monitoring the situation closely to protect our schools, our liberty and our privacy. We are prepared to push back in order to protect religious freedom and privacy rights" (Michael Geer, 8/24/18).

• Pass the Down Syndrome Protection Act - House Bill 2050​
• "tell your elected officials No on SB 613 and HB 1410 / HB 2341"

Bucks County's Delegation in Harrisburg: 

Reportcard (harrisburg, 8 5 18)  

State of NJ issues, 8/25/18 update

New Jersey Catholic Conference

• Contact your legislators to oppose assisted suicide
• Ask Congress to pass the Dream Act of 2017 [federal]

New Jersey Right to Life

• Please Tell your 2 State Assembly Members and State Senator to Vote No on Physician Assisted Suicide Bill, A1504/S1072!

New Jersey Family Policy Council

• (Check link)

Fostering Marriage Readiness in a Culture of Marriage Preparation Paradoxes (Institute for Family Studies, 8/24/18)

https://ifstudies.org/blog/fostering-marriage-readiness-in-a-culture-of-marriage-preparation-paradoxes

Faithfulinthe8th@gmail.com

Unelected commission changes PA law for all - What now? (Pa Family Inst, 8/24/18)

https://pennsylvaniafamilycouncil.salsalabs.org/phrc_definition_change/index.html

"If it does not please you to serve the LORD, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your fathers served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are now dwelling. As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."

8/26/18, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

(audio of readings)

• Calvary: A Film for Our Times (Sam Guzman, 8/23/18)
• re: Saint Thomas à Becket

• Exclusive Interview: Dr. Paul McHugh (Anita Carey, 8/21/18)
  

• How (and Why) Government Should Invest in Marriage (Witherspoon Institute, 8/20/18)

• EndThis Horrific Experimentation! (March for Life Action, 8/15/18)
• Catholic Medical Association Condemns the U.S. Aborted Babies’ Tissue in Experiments (Catholic Medical Association, 8/9/18)
  

• Life at Conception Act petition
  

• "lucky number eight"!!!! (8/11/18) - Shame on Yardley and Doylestown!
  

• On the right side of the home page are links to email the White House and the Pa Congressional Delegation (or the While House and the NJ Congressional Delegation;  See issues update and report cards) 

• On the right side of the home page is a link to email the Bucks County delegation in Harrisburg (See issues update and report card)
• HB 2050 should be up for a vote in the Pa Senate.  Senators Blake, Loughlin, McIlhinney, Tartaglione, and Yudichak should particularly be reminded to stand up for pre-born children with Down Syndrome.

• On the right side of the home page is a link to email the Burlington, Mercer, Monnouth, and Ocean delegations in Trenton (See issues update).