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A short but beautiful
video on St. Catherine Laboure,
Our Lady and the Miraculous Medal
BENEDICT XVI
Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to your shepherd
Benedict XVI a spirit of courage and right judgment and a
spirit of knowledge and love. By governing with fidelity those
entrusted to his care,
may he as successor to the Apostle Peter and Vicar of Christ
build your Church into a sacrament of unity, love, and peace for
all the world. We ask this
through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns
with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Have you ever heard of
Our Lady of America?
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here
for the details.
More on Our Lady of America: enjoy the
video
"ANY COUNTRY THAT ACCEPTS ABORTION IS THE POOREST OF THE POOR"
MOTHER TERESA
MARCH FOR LIFE 2010
Video you will not see on
mainstream TV
Brace yourself. This video shows the reality of abortion.
It contains graphic images.
Anti Abortion Video
The womb was made to be a safe haven for babies not
a
Dachau or
Auschwitz, etc.
How can such violence to an unborn baby proceed
from the heart of man?
Dear Brothers and Sisters, how can we allow this
in America?
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Video
on Vote Life 2008
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UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE
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Interview with Supreme Court Justice
Antonin Scalia
PRESIDENT OBAMA....AMERICANS....."DO
NOT CONSIDER OURSELVES A CHRISTIAN NATION."
Listen to David Barton's
uplifting President's Day interview
- TUG OF WAR - NOT LETTING GO -
VIDEO
National Catholic Bioethics Center
Resources on human dignity in health care and the
life sciences in union with the teachings of the Catholic Church
Missionary Catholics United for Life - Life Watch
This is a wake up call! Many bills are quickly coming
forward from the new administration that are reversing
legislation or rescinding policies meant to protect the unborn.
Including public funding vs. private funding for embryonic stem
cell research when proven alternative stem cell technology is
available, rescinding the Abortion Provider Conscience Clause, lifting abortion restrictions, expanding funding for
sex education and contraceptives in schools, threatening First
Amendment Rights against the Church
and more. Please, let your voices be heard in
prayer first; then by
contacting your Representatives or visiting their offices
by participating in Operation Holy Presence, and above all, with
charity. Also, please visit the following websites for
additional news and information on the issues that matter most
to the followers of Christ and to all of God's Children.
Otherwise, they will assume you do not
mind.
LifeSiteNews,
ACLJ,
Thomas More Law Center,
Becket Fund
National Center for Policy Analysis: Health Care Reform
Who Wins and Who Loses?
8 Ways That Health Care Reform Will Affect
You
20 Ways Obamacare Will Take Away Our
Freedoms
"THE BUTTERFLY CIRCUS"
A 20-minute movie to inspire us
Impressive
U of P study
makes a case for abstinence-only educational programs
ALERT!
SENATE REJECTS AMENDMENT TO RESTRICT ABORTION IN HEALTH BILL
Calling all friends of Jesus!
Please take a few moments to read and sign
The Manhattan Declaration
today.
Pro-Life Leaders React to
Health Care Bill Outcome:
Caution Outweighs Celebration
"The Elephant in the Room"
A Timely
Article by former Senator Rick
Santorum
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A POWERFUL CASE FOR LIFE VIDEO WITH ABORTION SURVIVOR GIANNA JESSEN * * *
Part I--Part II
Maine voters reject same-sex
Marriage law
Why This Scientist Believes in God
Summary of Vatican Document
"The Search for Universal Ethics: A New
Look at Natural Law"
Catechism of the Catholic Church:
The Virtues
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Catechism of the Catholic Church:
What is Truth?
Series on "Standing Fast" by
Father Angelo
Mary Geiger, FI
Urgent message from Cardinal
Rigali
Your voice needs to be heard immediately on NIH guidelines
for embryonic stem cell research.
- More Hope for Our Lady -
Video I -
Video II
PRIEST ARRESTED AT NOTRE DAME
God is on our side. Let us
continue to pray with confidence.
LIFE WATCH ALERT!
Something you may not be aware of: President Obama at
Notre Dame
(includes a message from Fr. John Corapi)
Your voice needs to be
heard
Time is running out to voice your opposition to the
proposed rescission of the Abortion Provider Conscience Clause.
Please call the White House 202-456-1111 or email
www.freedom2care.org
March for Life 2009
"This is the greatest human rights movement of all time"
Father Frank Pavone
Black Pastor Warns Obama not to Preside over "Genocide"
of American Blacks
JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED LOUIE GIGLIO'S
TALK ON LAMININ,
click
here
"Hats Off"
List
of 62 bishops (and
counting) opposed to Notre Dame scandal.
To every Cardinal, Bishop and every faithful Priest who voiced
their opposition to the scandal at Notre Dame: We
thank you, you are awesome, please stay the course.
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, head of the USCCB,
meets with President Obama
expressing his deep concern on the rescission of the conscience protection clause.
Pope Benedict
corrects Speaker Pelosi with love on
abortion.
Letter
to Congress from
Cardinal Justin Rigali
Response from
House Republicans
Archbishop Raymond
Burke
offers hope after the election.
A very special
Hats Off to
Bishop Joseph F. Martino for
affirming his anti-abortion stance.
Also, Hats Off to
Father Jay Scott Newman for his
letter on doing penance
before receiving Holy Communion if one willingly voted for a
pro-abortion politician when there was a plausible pro-life
alternative.
(directed to Church members who fully understand Catholic
teaching)
And,
Hats Off to
Father Dwight Longenecker on his response to Father Newman
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In
the Lion's Den
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Also, Hats Off to
Father
Joseph Illo
for his letter to his more than 15,000 parishioners on
the election.
We praise God for every courageous Bishop and Priest defending
the Vatican document
"Redemptionis Sacramentium"
• Candid
Address
by Archbishop Charles Chaput on Catholic Voter Responsibilities
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Face Of Pro-Life
Show:
FOCA - More Information We
Should Know
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National Organization for Marriage
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A Glimpse of Religious Liberty Under Fire *
Alliance for Marriage
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Civil Unions:
"It is
legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is perhaps part
of a new ideology of evil perhaps more insidious and
hidden, which attempts to pit human rights against the family
and against man."
John
Paul II "Memory and Identity"
Remember, the
Church teaches to love the sinner not the sin.
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"We must trust the teaching of the Church to guide us in serving humanity."
Please read the scholarly facts on stem cell research from
Father Tad
Pacholczyk, Ph.D.
National Catholic Bioethic Center
(
NCBC )
Statement from President Bush on Human
Embryos
Dignitas Personae (The
Dignity of a Person)
Vatican document raises warning on bioethics
A
beautiful
article written by former
Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum
Discover Our Lady's
Prerogatives
Begin here
Visit
Air Maria for more insight on Our Lady.
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An elementary look at Moral Relativism
When we insist on doing it our way and not God's way, or when we
try to have it both ways, or when we determine what we think
truth should be, we are participating in moral
relativism. Dear brothers and sisters, moral relativism is
condemned by the Church.
Lord, give us your children, the
gift of obedience which is the beginning of wisdom.
The Call for Chastity
Every person with a well formed
conscience (faith-filled or not) understands that sex outside of
marriage is a sin, even in this day and age. Please parents, take great care to promote chastity to your
precious children to protect them from the consequences of the prince of
darkness. Let us ask Our Holy Mother to defend us, teach
us virtue and send us Her grace to live in the light of His
presence.
A Shocking Reality
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When a man abuses a woman it is
because he has an impure mind.
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Another way of saying this is to say
that he has sins of impurity.
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No matter how it is said, the Church
knows this to be true.
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Statistics show that abuse is on the
rise.
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Therefore, we have a lot of work to
do to reverse this shocking reality.
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With Our Lady, let us pray for guidance and trust in
His Providence.
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Please pray this
Consecration
to Our Lady
Patroness of the United States
April 1, 2008
"We are living in a spiritual Hiroshima" by
Peter Kreeft
February 14, 2008
Another school shooting shakes our nation.
America mourns the seven students who were killed and we pray
for the fifteen students wounded at Northern Illinois
University.
Respect for all human life begins in the womb. The murders
that took place at Columbine in Colorado along with the more
recent shootings in Illinois, Virginia, Pennsylvania and other
parts of our beloved country are a horrible result of the
Culture of Death. It is a grim reminder that we reap what
we sow. Our young people are under attack from the powers
that promote abortion, pornography, drugs and alcohol, sex and
violence throughout the media: in movies, on TV, on the news, in
commercials, on the internet, in video games and music, etc.
It is time to comprehend the gravity of these evils. Or,
God forbid, are we just too busy accumulating things to
understand? America must wake up. The enemy is well funded to succeed.
We can begin the good fight by praying the holy rosary every day
for the Holy Spirit to enlighten and guide us and the media as
well, and by reading good Catholic
books to inspire us to act through faith and reason.
With Our Lady's intercession and God's help, we can reverse the
trend of evil and give victory to Him who sustains us.
Let us pray that God will cause great good to come from all the
evil that has been done.
LEST WE FORGET
April 16, 2007 - Virginia Tech shootings (32 dead, 15 wounded)
October 2, 2006 - West Nickel Mines Amish School, Lancaster
County, PA (5 school girls dead, 5 wounded)
April 20, 1999 - Columbine High School, Littleton, CO (12
students and 1 teacher killed, 23 wounded)
FYI...School shooting
timeline
Watch
The Truth
- A Very Special Homily -
For every suffering soul who has ever been touched by a personal
catastrophe, please visit
this powerful
video
and allow this holy priest to give you hope.
more
Remember
Terri Schiavo
Away from the Church? Please
Come Home where you belong.
The Capitol buildings are currently open to visitors.
However, those planning to participate in Operation Holy
Presence should contact the Capitol Switchboard (1-202-224-3121) to confirm this
information before visiting the Capitol Complex.
The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen
Colonies
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
"...We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness."
Pro-Life Dates
of Note
March 9, 2009
President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order authorizing
more federal taxpayer spending for human embryonic stem cell
research overturning an Executive Order in place since 2001.
January 23, 2009
President Barack Obama's First Executive Order of his
Administration was to Lift the Ban of American
Taxpayer Funding to International Groups that Promote and Perform Abortion Services Overseas.
January 20, 2009
President Barack Obama is sworn into office and is presently the most pro abortion politician in the U.S.A.
January 15, 2009
National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2009
Proclamation by
President George W. Bush
June 13, 2008
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
statement on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
For additional information on Cloning / Embryo / Stem Cell
Research, visit
USCCB.
May 20, 2008
Virginia Abortion Ban declared
unconstitutional by Federal appeals court
Dear Judges: why not exercise compassion for the unborn babies?
May God help you in all your decisions.
January 22, 2008
Pro-Life
Address
by President
George W. Bush on 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
November 5, 2007
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Henry J. Hyde, former Congressman from Illinois received the
nation's highest civilian honor
as a "powerful defender of life" a man of integrity, a true statesman and an outstanding
legislator.
June 20, 2007
Once again we thank President Bush for his veto on Bill S. 5
that would have overturned the policy for not allowing federal
funding for embryonic stem cell research. The President
issued an executive order fostering research for morally
acceptable alternatives.
Let us continue to pray for our President and all our elected officials
for courage to make all of their
decisions with God's Will in mind to maintain integrity of heart.
April 18, 2007
The Supreme Court Upholds the Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion by
the vote of 5-4. We praise God, and thank all the members
of the Court who voted in favor of the Ban. May the Lord continue to
bless and keep you.
January
21, 2007
Proclamation for life by President
George W. Bush
July
19, 2006
Thank you President Bush for your faithfulness in
striving to do God's will in vetoing Federal support for
embryonic stem cell research. Let us continue to pray for
our President and all our elected officials.
July
12, 2006
Letter to U.S. Senate on 3
Stem Cell Bills from
Cardinal William H. Keeler.
July
12, 2005
Letter to U.S. Senate from
Cardinal William H. Keeler on Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell
Research
August 26, 2004
Update on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
Three trials in U.S. District
Courts in California, Nebraska, and New York s truck
down the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act prohibiting the U.S.
Justice Department from enforcing this law. It is
ultimately up to the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the ban on
partial birth abortion. A one-vote shift on the Supreme
Court would allow the ban on partial-birth abortion to be
upheld.
Dear brothers and sisters, we may have lost another battle but
not the war against the culture of death. Let us continue
the good fight with our prayers and holy presence in Washington
(our holy presence does matter) and let us offer up our daily
suffering for God's justice to be done.
A
Loving Reminder
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Justice - the very word itself is derived from God.
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The
principal outcome of private judgment is license.
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Taking God out of the equation when deciding an issue equals a
mere opinion.
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To
confound truth with personal opinion is the greatest
temptation and a sin of pride.
March
25, 2004
(Feast of the Annunciation - Feast of Life)
Members of the U.S. House and Senate passed the Unborn Victims
of Violence Act, which makes it a federal crime to assault a
woman and cause the death or injury to a child in her womb.
President Bush signed it into law on April 1, 2004.
November 5, 2003
George W. Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
With Our Lady we praise God for this effort to end partial birth
abortion.
(Pray for only a short delay of this law.)
Also, on November 5th we celebrate the feast of St.
Elizabeth, who was the wife of Zechariah, mother of St. John the
Baptist and cousin of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. According
to scripture, the Angel Gabriel told Mary that the Holy Spirit
would overshadow her, and she would become the Mother of God.
In addition, the angel told Mary that her cousin Elizabeth in
her old age, was also with child. With that knowledge, the
virgin Mary set out to be with Elizabeth and Zechariah in their
time of need. When Elizabeth came out to greet Mary,
through the power of the Holy Spirit, Elizabeth's child leaped
in her womb at the presence of Mary and the Child in Her womb. It is a dual miraculous moment in history that
on this day of November 5th, we celebrate George W. Bush signing
the bill to ban partial birth abortion as we remember that the
very first person on earth to recognize Our Lord was an unborn
child.
Lord, from our hearts we pray that You will rest Your holy hands
upon all our brothers and sisters involved in abortion.
Fill their minds with Your wisdom that they will come to know
that You reward virtue; bless them with many prosperous
opportunities to redirect the talents which You have given them,
for Your glory Lord. And please Lord, bless them with Your
peace. Amen.
Hats
Off
According to the Vatican document "Redemptionis
Sacramentum" a politician who publicly supports abortion rights
should not present him or herself to receive Holy Communion. Recently, a number of
Catholic bishops have stated that they would protect the
sacredness of the most Holy Eucharist by not serving Our Lord's
most precious body and blood to anyone whose soul is in a state
of mortal sin. To do so knowingly would gravely compromise
the fundamental teachings of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
"Hats Off" to the many faithful bishops who are publicly
defending this document.
Visit
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
for Old Testament Litany for Life.
"The
Tending of God's Garden"
An
edifying must-read article for the Culture of Life
by
Father Angelo Mary Geiger, FI
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
More
must-read Culture of Life documents:
Chastity and Homosexuality
The
Love of Husband and Wife
Embryonic
Stem Cells
Dear friends: for hope and inspiration for the reversal of Roe
v. Wade, please visit the National Archives & Records
Administration (NARA)
to read about the Dred Scott Decision on why and how it was
overturned.
Suggestions to Empower Clergy
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Simply remind your congregation/students
from time to time, "Remember...this is a pro life parish/school."
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Gently explain to your congregation/students
the idea to be personally opposed to abortion and at
the same time support it politically is a morally
schizophrenic idea.
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