A Glimpse of Heaven (2nd Sunday of Lent)

• 3 Critical Calls -SC Heartbeat on Brink of Passage (Faith2Action, 3/5/20) 

• Maybe, the USCCB'S "Norms for the Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion under Both Kinds in the Dioceses of the United States of America" has a ready made option for receiving Holy Communion under both species, amidst Coronavirus concerns (?):
  

• "Courtesy of an essay titled 'How to Make Your Marriage Gayer "(Feb. 13, 2020) readers of the New York Times were informed that if straight couples want more satisfying marriages they need to 'take a few lessons from their same-sex counterparts'....  [Among other things,] Stephanie Coontz, who is history professor emeritus at Evergreen College....ignores data from nationally normed representative samples that show a distinct disadvantage for children raised in same-sex households, as analyzed by Dr. Paul Sullins, a researcher from Catholic University, and Mark Regnerus, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin.... One problem with Coontz’s  New York Times op-ed is that such opinions are taken seriously by decision makers and cultural elites. In his 2015 majority opinion...Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy twice cited Professor Coontz’s opinions on the 'tremendous variety of marriage through the ages'" (Professor Anne Hendershott, 3/4/20).

• "While America’s educated elite overwhelmingly reject a renewed marriage-centered ethos in public, they embrace a marriage-centered ethos for themselves and their children in private, thereby affording their families a significant cultural advantage when it comes to forging a strong and stable family life" (W. Bradford Wilcox, Institute for Family Studies, 2/26/20 )

• "[Family disruption's] effects are evident in the surge of depression in mental health issues, the share of kids with three or more adverse childhood experiences (or ACEs), the exploding suicide rates, surging opioid addiction, the widening opportunity gaps and on and on. America is going through a psychic and emotional crisis...family issues and family trauma are clearly a big part" (David Brooks of the NY Times, 2/24/20)

PETITION:Puberty is Not a Disease! Ban transgender drugs and surgeries for minors.

International Concerns

• Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.



National Concerns

• Petition: STRIKE DOWN the "Abortion on Demand Act" [aka, the deceptively named “Women’s Health Protection Act of 2019”] (Susan B Anthony List) 

• URGE Pres. Trump: Enforce EXISTING Obscenity Laws (America Needs Fatima)

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

• Give feedback to Senate on Born-Alive Survivors' Protection and Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act votes (Human Life Action)

• Support the Life at Conception Act

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

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

• Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action)

• Opppose the Misnamed International Violence Against Women Act (cf, C-Fam)

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

• Oppose HJ Res 79, as it is "intended to insert language into the U.S. Constitution that could invalidate any limits whatsoever on abortion, including late abortions, and require government funding of abortion"  (cf, NRLC) 
• "Reach out to your Senators and ask them to oppose the ERA[HJ Res 79]" (Family Policy Alliance 2/15/20 email).

• Oppose the Misleadingly Named Medicare for All Act (cf., Politico)

• Urge the President and Congress to Maintain the Refugee Resettlement Program (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Support S. 874, the Dream Act of 2019 (USCCB Justice for Immigrants) 

• Support S. 2394/HR2529, the New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty (USCCB) 

• NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action).

The Commonwealth of Pa

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

• Act Now: Wolf's Budget Sends Taxdollars to Planned Parenthood (Pa Family Council)

• Support the Telemedicine Bill (SB 857) as passed by the Pa House (Pa Catholic Conf)

• Support the Perinatal Hospice Care Act (Pa Catholic Conference)

• Support the "Buyer Beware Act" (SB 60) to fight human trafficking (Pa Catholic Conference)

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

• Support the "Heartbeat" Bill (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Support the Down Syndrome Protection Act (Pa Catholic Conference)

• 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)

• Support school choice in the Harrisburg School district (Pa Catholic Conference), and ask for co-sponsorship of Speaker Turzai's bill (Pa Catholic Conference) 

• Oppose SB 614, SB 224, and HB 1404 (Pa Family Institute).

Pennsylvania March for Life [Harrisburg, 5/18/20] 

Pa ProLife Federation petition

The Garden State

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

• "Legislation (S2173/A3818) to remove a religious exemption and mandate immunizations for children....this legislation undermines parental rights and should be vigorously opposed" (NJRTL email, 1/10/20).