7/7/19: "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the Master of the Harvest to send out laborers for His harvest."

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (7/7/19)

• Natural Family Planning Awareness Week (USCCB, July 21-27, 2019)

Tragically, it is the RARE parish where you can easily find any information about Natural Family Planning. How ironic that the below ad is now being seen in the NYC subway!

If it is NOT used in conjunction with contraceptives, it appears this fertility awareness tool (www.naturalcycles.com/different) could be used morally by husbands and wives.

• Made for Love (MUR e-news) (USCCB, July 2019)

The Sacrament of Matrimony in the Compendium of the Catechism 

The 5th, 6th, and 9th Commandments in the Compendium of the Catechism

• Ecumenical and Interreligious Newsletter (USCCB, 6/30/19) 

• Sodomy Past and Present and Confronting the Clergy (Stephen K. Ray, 6/30/19)

• Philippine army camp blast kills five; Islamic State claims responsibility (Reuters, 6/28/19) 

• Americans Still Greatly Overestimate U.S. Gay Population (Gallup, 6/27/19) 

• Some quotes from "The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along" (Jennifer Roback Morse PhD, 2018)

Take Action Nationally

• Oppose the misleading named "Do No Harm Act," which seeks to impinge on religious freedom.
• "stand against legislation, like Medicare for All and the Equality Act, that force tax-payers to pay for other people’s abortions and that strong arms medical professionals to violate their consciences" (March for Life Action).
• Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action)
• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (USCCB)
• Born-Alive Legislation Deserves a Vote in the People's House (USCCB) 
• Save the Hyde Amendment (March for Life Action)
• Life at Conception Act Petition (National Pro Life Alliance)
• I Cherish Life: I call on Congress to ban late term abortions when babies feel pain! (Family Policy Alliance)
• Tell the Senate to Reject Religion Tests for Judicial Nominees (USCCB)
• Contact your U.S. senators and representatives today and ask them to support the LIFT for Charities Act! (USCCB)
• Ask the Department of Homeland Security to Rescind the "Remain in Mexico" Policy and Support Asylum Seekers by Following Existing Law (USCCB)  

Take Action for Pa

• Please contact your Rep, Senator, and the Governor to ask for a religious exemption for Catholic adoptions (Pa Catholic Conf)
• (See also the Pa Family Council link.)
• Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference) 
• House Resolution 387 would rightly censure Rep Brian Sims for his reprehensible behavior toward peaceful pro life witnesses.
• Call your [Pa State] Senator to oppose assisted suicide (Pa Pro Life Federation) 
• [Pa] Lawmakers want to take away our right to vote for judges (Pa Pro Life Federation)
• Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review (Pa Catholic Conference)



Take Action for NJ

• Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
• Vote No on A5508/ S3804 (NJ Catholic Conf)
• Ask Legislators to Increase Non Public School Funding (NJ Catholic Conf)
• Protect Viable [New Jersey] Babies in the Womb – Equal rights for children who can survive outside the womb (http://protectviablebabies.com/).

On the right side of the home page, you will find links to email Church leadership about "Catholic" health care, Bucks country representation in DC, Bucks County representation in Harrisburg, Central NJ representation in DC and Central NJ in Trenton.