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

Saturday, May 30, 2020

The wrong doors stay open!


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Thursday, May 28, 2020

The Birthday of the Church (Pentecost, 5/31/20)

[The Upper Room is] "where Jesus shared the Last Supper with the apostles; where, after His resurrection, He appeared in their midst; where the Holy Spirit descended with power upon Mary and the disciples" (Pope Francis, 5/26/14)
  • First Freedom News (USCCB, 5/28/20) 
  • Death Comes Quietly for a Pius XII Persecutor (Paul Kengor, 5/28/20) 
  • "A Costa Rican bishop has warned that although same-sex marriage has been legalized in the country, the Catholic Church will continue to proclaim the truth of God’s plan for sexuality and marriage" (CNA, 5/27/20) 
  • "As the US special representative for Iran, I receive complaints regularly about Voice of America’s Persian service. Iranian viewers say its American taxpayer-funded programming often sounds more like the 'Voice of the mullahs' than the 'Voice of America'” (Brian Hook, 5/27/20)
  • Sens. Cruz, Lee Outline How US Should Move Forward After COVID-19 (Daily Signal, 5/27/20)  
  • Hindu nationalists attack film set depicting a church in India (Crux, 5/27/20)
  • In Defense of Distributism (Complete Christianity, 5/26/20) 
  • New book presents scholarly, but accessible, presentation of Integralism (Catholic World Report, 5/25/20)
  • Senator Bob Casey and Senator Pat Toomey, both of whom identify themselves as pro life, failed to add their names to a 5/21/20 letter to Atty General Barr, protesting $80 million in coronavirus monies duplicitously going to Planned Parenthood.
    • Unless they cease and reverse flirtations with pro abortion and anti family agendas, how could Catholics possibly morally vote for Bob Casey, Brian Fitzpatrick, or Patrick Toomey? (5/10/20)  
"Cells culled from deliberately aborted babies are being used in the production of at least five leading coronavirus vaccine candidates, including front-runners by Moderna Therapeutics, Johnson and Johnson and Oxford University....
By contrast, Sanofi-Pasteur’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate uses insect cells.... [Other] ethical coronavirus vaccine candidates [include]...Inovio; and the John Paul II Medical Research Institute" (National Catholic Register, 5/15/20).
 Demand a COVID-19 Vaccine Free from Abortion (USCCB; Human Life Action; HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II can be reached at Secretary@HHS.gov or 202-690-7000.)



Petition on Hormonal Contraceptives: Effects of Hormonal Birth Control (Human Life International, 4/21/20)



"Send your email thanking President Donald Trump for restoring the due process of law for all students, specifically those who are falsely accused" (AFA).




"In a report issued on 15 May, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) said that 620 Nigerian Christians have been killed since the beginning of the year, and mapped a campaign of destruction and arson carried out against churches in the African nation"
(CNA, 5/18/20)
Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.


Free Christian Pastor Cao.



  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB) 
  • Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)
  • Support 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)  
  • Support "equitable access to K12 federal funds for Catholic schools, direct funding to families for tuition aid and tax breaks for K12 tuition payments" (USCCB) 
  • Strengthen SNAP (USCCB)
  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action). 
  • Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action) 
(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)


--
"308,000,000 estimated deaths [in the U.S.] since Roe V Wade and Doe v Bolton" (pfli.org)
http://faithfulinthe8th.blogspot.com/2015/04/stations-of-cross.html
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

We are One Body (Pentecost, 5/31/20)

  • Will Ireland bring back Mass rocks to fight coronavirus? (Aletia, 5/27/20)   
  • Senator Bob Casey and Senator Pat Toomey, both of whom identify themselves as pro life, failed to add their names to a 5/21/20 letter to Atty General Barr, protesting $80 million in coronavirus monies duplicitously going to Planned Parenthood.
    • Unless they cease and reverse flirtations with pro abortion and anti family agendas, how could Catholics possibly morally vote for Bob Casey, Brian Fitzpatrick, or Patrick Toomey? (5/10/20)  
"Cells culled from deliberately aborted babies are being used in the production of at least five leading coronavirus vaccine candidates, including front-runners by Moderna Therapeutics, Johnson and Johnson and Oxford University....
By contrast, Sanofi-Pasteur’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate uses insect cells.... [Other] ethical coronavirus vaccine candidates [include]...Inovio; and the John Paul II Medical Research Institute" (National Catholic Register, 5/15/20).
 Demand a COVID-19 Vaccine Free from Abortion (USCCB; Human Life Action; HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II can be reached at Secretary@HHS.gov or 202-690-7000.)



Petition on Hormonal Contraceptives: Effects of Hormonal Birth Control (Human Life International, 4/21/20)



"Send your email thanking President Donald Trump for restoring the due process of law for all students, specifically those who are falsely accused" (AFA).


"In a report issued on 15 May, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) said that 620 Nigerian Christians have been killed since the beginning of the year, and mapped a campaign of destruction and arson carried out against churches in the African nation"
(CNA, 5/18/20)
Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.


Free Christian Pastor Cao.



  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB) 
  • Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)
  • Support 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)  
  • Support "equitable access to K12 federal funds for Catholic schools, direct funding to families for tuition aid and tax breaks for K12 tuition payments" (USCCB) 
  • Strengthen SNAP (USCCB)
  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action). 
  • Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action) 
(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)


--
"308,000,000 estimated deaths [in the U.S.] since Roe V Wade and Doe v Bolton" (pfli.org)
http://faithfulinthe8th.blogspot.com/2015/04/stations-of-cross.html
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Pentecost (5/31/2020)

  • Public Mass to resume June 5-6 in archdiocese (CatholicPhilly.com, 5/22/20)
    (It is NOT unreasonable to continue to request a resumption by Pentecost.)
    • Mass in the parking lot of St Raphael School (5/31/20)
        The Whitehorse section of Hamilton, NJ, is only 37 miles from Center City Philly, while Oxford is 55 miles away and subject to Archdiocese of Philadelphia restrictions.
    • Mass in the parking lot of St Vincent de Paul (Yardville, NJ)  (5/24/20) . 
        Yardville, NJ, is only 36 miles from Center City Philly, while Quakertown is 47 miles away and subject to Archdiocese of Philadelphia restrictions.
    • Two Masses in the parking lot of St John the Baptist (Allentown, NJ)  (5/24/20) . 
        Allentown, NJ, is only 42 miles from Center City Philly, while Ottsville is 51 miles away and subject to Archdiocese of Philadelphia restrictions.
    • Mass in the parking lot of Saint Mary's (Middletown, NJ) (5/18/20) 
    • Bishop O’Connell announces approval of ‘in car’ Masses, distribution of Eucharist (OUR DIOCESE TODAY, 5/15/20) 
  • Church fighting Mississippi coronavirus restriction was burned down (CNA, 5/22/20)   
  • Dr. Alveda King: Claim that 'Jane Roe' was paid to join pro-life cause is false (Fox News, 5/21/20) 
  • Unless they cease and reverse flirtations with pro abortion and anti family agendas, how could Catholics possibly morally vote for Bob Casey, Brian Fitzpatrick, or Patrick Toomey? (5/10/20)  

"Cells culled from deliberately aborted babies are being used in the production of at least five leading coronavirus vaccine candidates, including front-runners by Moderna Therapeutics, Johnson and Johnson and Oxford University....
By contrast, Sanofi-Pasteur’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate uses insect cells.... [Other] ethical coronavirus vaccine candidates [include]...Inovio; and the John Paul II Medical Research Institute" (National Catholic Register, 5/15/20).
 Demand a COVID-19 Vaccine Free from Abortion (USCCB; Human Life Action; HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II can be reached at Secretary@HHS.gov or 202-690-7000.)



Petition on Hormonal Contraceptives: Effects of Hormonal Birth Control (Human Life International, 4/21/20)



"Send your email thanking President Donald Trump for restoring the due process of law for all students, specifically those who are falsely accused" (AFA).


"In a report issued on 15 May, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) said that 620 Nigerian Christians have been killed since the beginning of the year, and mapped a campaign of destruction and arson carried out against churches in the African nation"
(CNA, 5/18/20)
Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.

  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB) 
  • Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)
  • Support 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)  
  • Support "equitable access to K12 federal funds for Catholic schools, direct funding to families for tuition aid and tax breaks for K12 tuition payments" (USCCB) 
  • Strengthen SNAP (USCCB)
  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action). 
  • Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action) 
(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
--
"308,000,000 estimated deaths [in the U.S.] since Roe V Wade and Doe v Bolton" (pfli.org)
http://faithfulinthe8th.blogspot.com/2015/04/stations-of-cross.html
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Monday, May 25, 2020

"they were all filled with the Holy Spirit" (5/31/2020)

  • Public Mass to resume June 5-6 in archdiocese (CatholicPhilly.com, 5/22/20)
    • Mass in the parking lot of St Vincent de Paul (Yardville, NJ)  (5/24/20) . 
        Yardville, NJ, is only 36 miles from Center City Philly, while Quakertown is 47 miles away and subject to Archdiocese of Philadelphia restrictions.
    • Mass in the parking lot of Saint Mary's (Middletown, NJ) (5/18/20) 
    • Bishop O’Connell announces approval of ‘in car’ Masses, distribution of Eucharist (OUR DIOCESE TODAY, 5/15/20) 
  • Church fighting Mississippi coronavirus restriction was burned down (CNA, 5/22/20)   
  • Dr. Alveda King: Claim that 'Jane Roe' was paid to join pro-life cause is false (Fox News, 5/21/20) 
  • Unless they cease and reverse flirtations with pro abortion and anti family agendas, how could Catholics possibly morally vote for Bob Casey, Brian Fitzpatrick, or Patrick Toomey? (5/10/20)  

"Cells culled from deliberately aborted babies are being used in the production of at least five leading coronavirus vaccine candidates, including front-runners by Moderna Therapeutics, Johnson and Johnson and Oxford University....
By contrast, Sanofi-Pasteur’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate uses insect cells.... [Other] ethical coronavirus vaccine candidates [include]...Inovio; and the John Paul II Medical Research Institute" (National Catholic Register, 5/15/20).
 Demand a COVID-19 Vaccine Free from Abortion (USCCB; Human Life Action; HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II can be reached at Secretary@HHS.gov or 202-690-7000.)



Petition on Hormonal Contraceptives: Effects of Hormonal Birth Control (Human Life International, 4/21/20)



"Send your email thanking President Donald Trump for restoring the due process of law for all students, specifically those who are falsely accused" (AFA).


"In a report issued on 15 May, the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) said that 620 Nigerian Christians have been killed since the beginning of the year, and mapped a campaign of destruction and arson carried out against churches in the African nation"
(CNA, 5/18/20)
Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.


  • Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (cf, USCCB) 
  • Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)
  • Support 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)  
  • Support "equitable access to K12 federal funds for Catholic schools, direct funding to families for tuition aid and tax breaks for K12 tuition payments" (USCCB) 
  • Strengthen SNAP (USCCB)
  • NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action). 
  • Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Human Life Action) 
(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)
--
"308,000,000 estimated deaths [in the U.S.] since Roe V Wade and Doe v Bolton" (pfli.org)
http://faithfulinthe8th.blogspot.com/2015/04/stations-of-cross.html
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Sunday, May 24, 2020

Mass in the parking lot of St Vincent de Paul (Yardville, NJ)


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Saturday, May 23, 2020

"Then how does each of us hear them in his own native language?" (Acts 2: 8)

Mass Schedules (in non-English languages, Archdiocese of Philadelphia)

http://deafcatholicphilly.org/


Mass in a Foreign Language (Diocese of Trenton)

Resources for Teaching the Compendium of the Catechism to ASL users:

Much of Part One focuses on what we believe, the Apostles Creed (Click for a video of Deacon Patrick Graybill, who is deaf himself.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VCBmBxUdzwU#t=146
 

Much of Part Two focuses on how we celebrate, the Seven Sacraments (The first video is of Father Chris Klusman.  In the second video, Father Mick Depcick, who is deaf himself, discusses the Sacrament of Reconciliation):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CmzxUxBTo8&feature=player_detailpage

Much of Part Three focuses on how we live, the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fVY8ptWPgT0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wlGJW_WQho&feature=player_embedded
Much of Part Four focuses on how we pray, the Our Father (the Lord's Prayer) ( Click for a video of Father Shawn Carey, who is deaf himself.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SUH7CiyXaBA

NOTE: Dr. Edward Peters maintains "A Bibliography of Deaf Catholic Sources and Studies."
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