in Pennsylvania's First Congressional District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania's_1st_congressional_district http://archphila.org/pastplan/MAPS/Arch.pdf
and the Central Garden State

Thursday, December 26, 2019

"A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family...."

Traditional Date of the Epiphany (1/6)
The Epiphany (1/5)
Christmas Weekday (1/3)
Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen (1/2)
Mary, the Mother of God (1/1)
Message of Pope Francis for the 53rd World Day of Peace (1/1)
7th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/31)
6th Day in the Octave of Christmas (12/30)
St John, Apostle and Evangelist (12/27)
https://restoredtraditions.com/collections/high-res-jesus-christ-stock-art-images-download/products/holy-family-chambers
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a4.htm

What Saint Joseph NEVER Needed to Worry About....
(the late Deacon Manny Garcia's homily for the Feast of the Holy Family)

 


What the Catechism proclaims about the family....

  • U.S. bishops praise rule publicizing abortion 'surcharge' in health plan exchanges (CNA, 12/23/19
  • Film to portray Catholic woman who saved Jewish children in WWII (CNA, 12/23/19

National Concerns

  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).
  • Support H. Con. Res. 79, that assisted suicide is a “deadly, discriminatory and non-compassionate practice” (USCCB
  • Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB
  • Support the Heartbeat Bill, HR 3985 (cf, LifeSite)
  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB)
    • Support the Equal Campus Access Act, HR3243/S1168 (USCCB)
    • Support the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (cf., USCCB)

    Commonwealth of Pa

    (Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
    • Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)
    • Please ask the governor, Pa Senate and Pa Assembly for a religious exemption for 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)

    The Garden State

    • Support the NJ Born Alive Survivors Protection Act A5287/S3905 (NJRTL)
    • Express your disapproval of the passage of  S4103/ A5802 (NJRTL)

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