World Marriage Day, February 10

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2/17/19) (audio) (signed homily)

http://www.wwme.org/wpd-wmd

• Manifesto of Faith (Cardinal Mueller, 2/8/19)

• FW: Made for Love (MUR e-news) February 2019
  Has World Marriage Day (Feb 10) or the USCCB's National Marriage Week (Feb 7 - 14) gotten ANY airplay from your pastor?  In the midst of skyrocketing rates of abortion, cohabitation, divorce, "fatherless" families, and sexually transmitted diseases, the vast majority of our clergy really need to ask themselves why they are not shouting Humanae Vitae's truths about marriage, family, and sexuality from their pulpits!  For many, there seem to be more and more indications that they are experiencing a failure to appreciate God's awesome plan for marriage, family and sexuality.  According to Andrew Sullivan's provocative article in New York Magazine, some clergy are failing to maintain celibacy.  And, “no independent study has found fewer than 15 percent to be gay, and some have found as many as 60 percent. The consensus in my own research over the past few months converged on around 30 to 40 percent among parish priests and considerably more than that—as many as 60 percent or higher—among religious orders like the Franciscans or the Jesuits.”
• USCCB Chairmen Renew Support for Inclusion Act to Protect Freedom of Faith-Based Foster Care and Adoption Providers (USCCB, 2/1/19)
• Common Ground on the INEQUALITY of the So-Called Equality Act?"four feminist activists — three from a self-described radical feminist organization Women’s Liberation Front — appeared on a panel at the Heritage Foundation. Together they argued that sex was fundamentally biological, and not socially constructed, and that there is a difference between women and trans women that needs to be respected. For this, they were given a rousing round of applause by the Trump supporters, religious-right members, natural law theorists, and conservative intellectuals who comprised much of the crowd. If you think I’ve just discovered an extremely potent strain of weed and am hallucinating, check out the video of the event.... The title of the Heritage panel conversation — 'The Inequality of the Equality Act' — refers to the main legislative goal for the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ lobbying group in the US" (Andrew Sullivan, NY Magazine, 2/1/19)
• Equality Act and Do No Harm Act with Robert Vega (USCCB, 1/26/19)

• "Does President Trump always exhibit the fruits of the spirit? No. Are there Tweets he sends out from time to time that I wish he would not send? Yes. But you know what? The man is fighting these same people who want to destroy our country and who want to ruin our lives unless we bow the knee to Baal. And they are vicious and they are ruthless. And they, the God-haters, are after President Trump because in many respects – politically speaking – to them he represents us. We need to pray for President Trump ... every day" (Tim Wildmon, 2/7/19)
• Pope Francis: Pray with St. Bakhita for the end of human trafficking (EWTN/CNA, 2/10/19)
• I Cherish Life [i.e., Tell your senators and representative to immediately outlaw late term abortions.] (Family Policy Alliance, 2/6/19)
• Tell the Senate to Reject Religion Tests for Judicial Nominees (USCCB, 2/6/19)
• Save the Hyde Amendment (March for Life Action, 1/24/19)
• Sen Paul Reintroduces 'Life at Conception Act' and Bill to End Planned Parenthood Funding (CNSNews, 1/18/19) 
• Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion: "New threats are emerging at the state and federal levels to force us taxpayers to pay for abortion. Please sign our new petition demanding that elected officials prevent taxpayer funding of abortion. You can sign the petition by clicking here." (Pa Pro Life Federation, 1/28/19 email)

• Here’s why a person with disabilities doesn’t want N.J. to have a law that allows people to kill themselves (nj.com, 2/6/18)
• Contact Your Legislators to Oppose Assisted Suicide (NJ Catholic Conference)

• Urge your lawmakers to support [Pa] House Bill 51 which helps individuals looking to receive nursing care (Pa Catholic Conference, 2/4/19)
  

• Lawmakers want to take away our right to vote for judges (Pa Pro Life Federation, 1/28/19 email)

• On the right side of the home page, you will find links which will automatically assemble emails to Church leadership about "Catholic" health care, Bucks country representation in DC, Bucks County representation in Harrisburg, Central NJ representation in DC (some updates needed) and Central NJ in Trenton (as per most recent update from NJ Catholic Conference)