"By their courage, [the laity] must appeal to us...to come forward, with more courage and determination, to defend the Bride of Christ"

• November 18th marks the 41st anniversary of the U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Statement on People with Disabilities....  
• Ensuring that modern people "hear them speaking in...[their]own tongues of the mighty acts of God." (6/1/19)

• 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (11/17/19)

• Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (11/13/19)

(The Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini is adjacent to Fort Tryon Park and the Cloisters.)

• 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (11/10/19) 

(Signed homily)

• Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome (11/9/19)  

• "Nearly three quarters of Catholics in the United States are not opposed to couples cohabiting before marriage, despite the Church’s moral teaching" (CNA, 11/6/19). 
• "Martin refused to answer my simple question: Does he support the Church’s existing teaching on the sinfulness of homosexual acts or not?" (George Neumayr, 11/4/19)  
• "Church leaders, religious media personnel, and faithfully practicing older Catholics desperately need to go outside of the narrow circle of various Catholic media outlets to discover what tens of millions of Catholics, especially young adults, are really thinking about annulments. Equally important is to uncover why the marriage rate of young Catholic adults is plummeting. While easy annulments are not the only cause, they are certainly one of the primary reasons why thousands of young adults hold such a low view of a sacramental church wedding that they are increasingly avoiding it altogether" (Unintended Consequences from Easy Annulments, 1/30/16). 
"It is urgent that we rediscover the meaning of prayer, reparation and penance, of fasting, of the 'little sacrifices, of the little flowers,' and above all of silent and prolonged adoration before the Blessed Sacrament....the laity are certainly the spearhead of the resistance. By their courage, they must appeal to us shepherds and encourage us to come forward, with more courage and determination, to defend the Bride of Christ" (Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, 11/6/19).

National Concerns

• Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (USCCB) (Human Life Action)

• Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)

• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)

• Born-Alive Legislation Deserves a Vote in the People's House (USCCB) 

• Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)

• Please urge the President, your Senator and Congressman to Maintain the Refugee Resettlement Program (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Tell the USDA to Protect Children Directly Certified to Receive Free School Meals! (USCCB) 

• Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action)

• Oppose the Misnamed Do No Harm Act (cf, American Life League)

• Submit Your Official Comment to Say: Pro-Life Health Workers Must Not Be Forced to Assist With Abortions (Susan B Anthony List)

• "Make the Family Great Again" petition

Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

• Support the Fetal Remains Bill, HB 1890 (Pa Catholic Conf) 

• Please Urge Your Senator and Representative to Co-Sponsor the "Heartbeat" Anti-Abortion Bill (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Please contact your Rep, Senator, and the Governor to ask for a religious exemption for Catholic adoptions (Pa Catholic Conference) (See also the Pa Family Council link.)

• Call for Funding Increase for Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)  
• Please ask Governor Wolf to SIGN House Bill 800 on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor Speaker Turzai's Bill to Help Harrisburg Public School Students (Pa Catholic Conference)

The Garden State

• Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)

• Vote No on S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)

• Oppose NJ S3804/A5508 and S3813/A5510 (NJ Catholic Conference)

• Support the NJ Pain Capable Unborn child Protection Act, A 1686/S537 (http://protectviablebabies.com/take-action/)

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.

(Click map of 12/7/19 procession in Trenton to enlarge.)