The "Vocation" of Marriage, the "Apostolate" of the Family, and "Clericalism"

NFP Awareness Week (7/19 - 7/25)

Week of Prayer for Parents and Grandparents,

Marriage/Family/Sexuality and God's beautiful plan for human happiness

40 Days to Freedom from the devil

(signed homily)

• Do virtually all people ever believe things that later turn out to be completely inaccurate?   
     
     
• The Kitty Genovese Story Was the Prototype for Fake News (Observer, 1/5/17) 
•  "Spikes"? (7/17/2020)

• Same-Sex Attraction Therapy Wins (Kristine Christlieb, 7/17/2020) 
• Not so for New Jersey, Newtown (Pa), Philadelphia, and Doylestown (cf, List of U.S. jurisdictions banning conversion therapy)

      

    

• "Don't You Read the Newspaper?" (10/25/15)

• 1,202 Nigerian Christians killed in first 6 months of 2020: NGO report (The Christian Post, 7/15/2020) 

• Terry Crews Says ‘DEFUND PORNHUB,' A Racist Site Linked To Sex Trafficking (Gabriel Hays, 7/15/2020) 

• Violence Erupts as More Catholic-Funded Groups call for Defunding of Police (Lepanto Institute, 7/14/2020)

• Two Lower Bucks Catholic h.s. alumni vie for the same seat in Congress.... (7/7/2020)

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.)

Abortion is not essential.Planned Parenthood Must Comply with Public Health Directives

Pa ProLife Federation petition
Pennsylvania Family Institute 

Sign the open letter to Governor Wolf: 
Stop elective abortions during COVID-19 pandemic

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

Urge U.S. Attorney: END Child Pornography!
 It's High Time to Prosecute Obscene [There's no other kind!] Pornography...

URGE Pres. Trump and AG Barr: Enforce EXISTING Obscenity Laws

Protest Planned Parenthood's duplicitous receipt of coronavirus monies.

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

Right now, urge your governor to honor the First Amendment and defend your God-given right to worship by keeping churches essential in your state. 

Protect Nigeria's Christians from Persecution.
Save Christian Teen Leah Sharibu.

Free Christian Pastor Cao.

Thank President Trump for visiting church, JPII center

• Protect the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (USCCB)
• Support the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (USCCB) 
• Support the Born Alive Survivors' Protection Act (Human Life Action)
• Support S. 2590/HR 4934 The Dignity for Aborted Children Act (Human Life Action)
• Support S. 874, the Dream Act of 2019 (USCCB Justice for Immigrants)  
• Protect DACA recipients (USCCB Justice for Immigrants)
• Concern for vulnerable people in COVID-19 Relief (USCCB; USCCB Justice for Immigrants)
• 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) 
• Support the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (USCCB)
• NO to "the Shaheen amendment...[in] the Senate’s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill" (Human Life Action). 
• Oppose HJ Res 79 (USCCB)
• Oppose the Misnamed Equality Act (Senate Conservatives) 

(Pa Catholic Conference Legislative Review and Voter Voice)

• Reject Wolf's budget item to increase funding to Planned Parenthood (Pa Family Council) 
• Support a religious exemption for adoptions (Pa Family Council). 
• Oppose SB 614, SB 224, and HB 1404 (Pa Family Institute).  
• Please Urge Governor Wolf to Not Divert Federal CARES Act Money From Catholic and Nonpublic Schools (Pa Catholic Conference) 
• Pennsylvania Cannot Afford New Gambling Expansion (Pa Family Council)

• NJRTL PAC endorsed/recommended candidates for July 7 primary.
• Support the NJ Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, A1696 /S538 (http://protectviablebabies.com/take-action/) 

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"308,000,000 estimated deaths [in the U.S.] since Roe V Wade and Doe v Bolton" (pfli.org)

Links below are to photos of the modern locations of these events, primarily from a March 2017 pilgrimage to the Holy Land....

Joyful Mysteries

1. The Annunciation
2. The Visitation
3. The Nativity of Our Lord
4. The Presentation
5. The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple

Luminous Mysteries

1. The Baptism of the Lord
2. The Wedding at Cana
3. The Proclamation of the Kingdom
4. The Transfiguration
5. The Institution of the Eucharist

Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony in the Garden
2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. The Crowning with Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord

Glorious Mysteries

1. The Resurrection
2. The Ascension
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit
4. The Assumption
5. The Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven

The Holy Land 2017

"Coronaville" Cinema

The DEFINITIVE (but debatable) List of Top 175 (or thereabouts) Films of All Time