Catholic Family Campaign

Racism, bigotry, anti-Christian hatred, and vicious personal attacks on people with HIV have been displayed in the windows of a Rockford abortion facility.  And the local government has not acted to stop it and are losing the trust of the citizens.  For those of you who are near Rockford, this is an opportunity to go and offer your support.  Remember:

All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

January 22, 2010, 7:30am at Rockford’s Abortion Mill, 1400 Broadway

This is the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe V. Wade that has resulted in the deaths of over 50 million children in the United States.

Christians will gather to pray and remember the 50 million children who have been killed nationally by abortion and the more than 50,000 children who have been killed inside of Rockford’s own abortion mill.

Our prayers will include:

The Rosary, Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Stations of the Cross, and the Litany for Life in Rockford

Please join us for this Day of Penance and Rally for Life in Rockford.

For more information please contact the Rockford Pro-Life Initiative at RockfordProLife.com or 815-494-0333

“everything collapses without respect for life.” Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo

“Some will say that the defense of innocent life is only one issue among many, that it is important but not fundamental. They are wrong. In the natural moral law, the good of life is the most fundamental good and the condition for the enjoyment of all other goods.”  Archbishop Raymond Burke

“The taking of innocent human life is so heinous, so horribly evil, and so absolutely opposite to the law of Almighty God that abortion must take precedence over every other issue.” Bishop James Timlin

“…we have a most grave obligation to defend all human life from the moment of conception until natural death. God help us if we fail in this most fundamental obligation.”  Archbishop John Myers

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This is a great opportunity to support the Susan B Anthony List as they work hard to elect Pro-Life candidates and protect taxpayer funds from funding abortion.

Monday, January 11th

10:00 AM—Pittsburgh, PA

225 Ross St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219  15219  (Between 2nd Ave and 3rd Ave)
Sidewalk in front of Congressman Doyle’s district office.

Local Representatives who need to hear from you!

• Jason Altmire (PA-04)
• Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03)
• Mike Doyle (PA-14)
• Alan Mollohan (WV-01)
• John Murtha (PA-12)

Local Leaders joining with Marilyn Musgrave:

• Georgette Forney, co-founder of Silent No More, president of Anglicans for Life
• Amy Scheuring, Executive Director of the Women’s Choice Network

1:30 PM—Youngstown, OH

4137 Boardman Canfield Road, Canfield, OH 44406
In front of Congressman Wilson’s Office.

Local Representatives who need to hear from you!

• Tim Ryan (OH-17)
• Zack Space (OH-18)
• Charlie Wilson (OH-06)

Local Leaders joining with Marilyn Musgrave:

• Georgette Forney, co-founder of Silent No More, president of Anglicans for Life
• Sally Dubinski, Director of Pregnancy Help Center
• Judy Welsh, Director of Women United for Life-
• Melinda Knight, Director, Office Pro-Life, Marriage and Family, Diocese of Youngstown
• Natalie Wardle, Youth Minister, St. Stephen’s Church, Bordman, OH

4:00 PM—Erie, PA

208 E. Bayfront Parkway Suite 102, Erie, PA 16507
Right in front Rep. Dahlkemper’s office.
Special Directions: Head East on Bayfront Parkway, turn left (North) on Hudson St., and the Intermodal Transportation Center on your right, at the bottom of Hudson on your right.

Local Representatives who need to hear from you!

• Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03)

Local Leaders joining with Marilyn Musgrave:

• Georgette Forney, co-founder of Silent No More, president of Anglicans for Life
• Melanie Brewer, Chair, Erie County Young Republicans

Tuesday, January 12th

9:00 AM—Cleveland, OH

Willard Park, next to City Hall. 601 Lakeside East Avenue, Cleveland, OH.

Local Representatives who need to hear from you!

• John Boccieri (OH-16)
• Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
• Tim Ryan (OH-17)

Local Leaders joining with Marilyn Musgrave:

• Molly Smith, President of Cleveland Right to Life
• Diane Stover, Director, North East Ohio Value Voters

11: 45 AM – Toledo, OH
One Maritime Plaza, Toledo, Ohio 43604
Sidewalk in front of Congresswoman Kaptur’s office

Local Representatives who need to hear from you!

• Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)

Local Leaders joining with Marilyn Musgrave:

• Ann Barrick, Toledo 40 Days for Life Campaign Director
• Ana Thompson, Toledo Physician

3:30 PM—South Bend, IN
207 West Colfax Avenue, South Bend, IN 46601

In front of Congressman Donnelly’s district office.

Local Representatives who need to hear from you!

• Joe Donnelly (IN-02)

Local Leaders joining with Marilyn Musgrave:

• Mary Akre, Local 40 Days for Life coordinator
• Mia Reini, Volunteer, The Gabriel Project
• Mary Forr, Vice President of Notre Dame Right to Life
• Kathleen Donahue, Notre Dame Student

Wednesday, January 13th

9:00 AM—Cincinnati, OH
Carew Tower, 441 Vine Street, Suite 3003, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (corner of Vine and 5th)
Outside Congressman Driehaus’ office.

Local Representatives who need to hear from you!

• Steve Driehaus (OH-01)
• Baron Hill (IN-09)

Local Leaders joining with Marilyn Musgrave:

• State Senator Shannon Jones—Ohio’s 7th Senate District
• Paula Westwood, Executive Director of Cincinnati Right to Life

1:00 PM—Terre Haute, IN
901 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807
Outside Congressman Ellsworth’s Office, Southeast Corner of 9th and Wabash Avenue.

Local Representatives who need to hear from you!

• Brad Ellsworth (IN-08)

Local Leaders joining with Marilyn Musgrave:

• Mary Ellen Van Dyke—Director of Vanderburgh County Right to Life in Evansville.
• Sharon Carey, President Wabash Valley Crisis Pregnancy Center.
• Jennifer Buell, President Wabash County Right to Life.

3:00 PM – Indianapolis, IN
200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
Indiana Statehouse, South Atrium, 200 W Washington St., Indianapolis, In 46204

Local Representatives who need to hear from you!

• Brad Ellsworth (IN-08)

Local Leaders joining with Marilyn Musgrave:

• Sue Swayze, Indiana Family Institute.
• Sally Williams, Indiana Right to Life.

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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has been very supportive of health care reform but has expressed disappointment at the direction that the current legislation is taking.

USCCB Position on Health Care Reform includes the following:

• a truly universal health policy with respect for human life and dignity
• access for all with a special concern for the poor and inclusion of immigrants
• pursuing the common good and preserving pluralism including freedom of conscience and variety of options
• restraining costs and applying them equitably across the spectrum of payers

The USCCB has issued an updated bulletin insert and is encouraging parishioners to get involved and contact their Representatives and Senators.

As long-time advocates of health care reform, the U.S. Catholic bishops continue to make the moral case that genuine health care reform must protect the life, dignity, consciences and health of all, especially the poor and vulnerable. Health care reform should not advance a pro-abortion agenda in our country.

• On November 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed major health care reform that reaffirms the essential, longstanding and widely supported policy against using federal funds for elective abortions and includes positive measures on affordability and immigrants.

• On December 24, the U.S. Senate rejected this policy and passed health care reform that requires federal funds to help subsidize and promote health plans that cover elective abortions. All purchasers of such plans will be required to pay for other people’s abortions through a separate payment solely to pay for abortion.

• Outside the abortion context, neither bill has adequate conscience protection for health care providers, plans or employers.

• These two bills must now be combined into one bill that both the House and Senate will vote on in final form. Provisions against abortion funding and in favor of conscience protection, affordability, and immigrants’ access to health care must be part of a fair and just health care reform bill, or the final bill must be opposed.

Read the rest of the insert and ACT today!

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A coalition of pro-life advocates and religious leaders plan to gather in Houston on Jan. 18 to oppose what is expected to be the largest abortion clinic in the country.  If you are in the Houston area, make plans to join them.

Planned Parenthood is converting a former bank building into a 78,000 square foot facility.  The clinic is strategically located in a part of Houston that is surrounded by black and Hispanic neighborhoods raising the question of whether Planned Parenthood is intentionally targeting minorities.

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As our Representatives head back to Washington and Congress goes back in session, we have an obligation to educate ourselves on the current health care debate.  This has the potential to have the most significant legislation and societal changes of our lifetime.

Implementation of any of the existing health care reform initiatives will have the effect of institutionalizing deeply held values from both the left and the right.  The premise that health care is a basic human right which everyone should have access to is a concept that liberal politicians have been advocating for decades.  The tenets of Catholic Social Justice implies that same thing and this has been strongly supported by the USCCB.

The difference of opinion among Americans, and even among Catholics comes down to the delivery of health care services and what those basic services represent.

Earlier this fall, Kansas City, Kansas Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann and Kansas City – St. Joseph Bishop Robert W. Finn have released a joint pastoral statement on Principles of Catholic Social Teaching and Health Care Reform.  The statement reflects the fundamental principles of Catholic social and moral teaching that must accompany any evaluation of the varied health reform proposals.  Included in the letter was an in depth explanation of the principles of Subsidiarity and Solidarity; both of which play a significant role in defining the need for and the limitations of health care reform.

For years, the right has been successful in restricting the use of federal dollars in funding abortions.  Depending on the language that comes out of the conference committee, the signing of this legislation could ingrain the use of tax dollars for the funding of abortion in federal law or provide a permanent injunction against it.

Each of us has an obligation to educate ourselves on the legislation as it clears the committee and heads back to the House and the Senate for a final vote.   As Catholics we have an obligation to actively promote a just and moral solution to the existing health care crisis.  There is no excuse for sitting back and relying on the press or even our Priest and Bishops to let us know what is going on.  The obligation lies with each of us individually.

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The bishops of the United States have issued a 60-page pastoral letter on marriage that offers an overview of Catholic teaching on the sacrament while addressing the challenges posed by contraception, same-sex unions, divorce, and cohabitation.

This is objectively wrong in and of itself and is essentially opposed to God’s plan for marriage and proper human development. It makes the act of intercourse signify, or speak, something less than the unreserved self-gift intended in the marriage promises.

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from Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif)

I expect political hardball on any legislation as important as the health care bill.

I just didn’t expect it from the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

Who elected them to Congress?

The role the bishops played in the pushing the Stupak amendment, which unfairly restricts access for low-income women to insurance coverage for abortions, was more than mere advocacy.

They seemed to dictate the finer points of the amendment, and managed to bully members of Congress to vote for added restrictions on a perfectly legal surgical procedure.

And this political effort was subsidized by taxpayers, since the Council enjoys tax-exempt status.
When I visit churches in my district, we are very careful to keep everything “non-political” to protect their tax-exempt status.

The IRS is less restrictive about church involvement in efforts to influence legislation than it is about involvement in campaigns and elections.

Given the political behavior of USCCB in this case, maybe it shouldn’t be.

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As Catholics in Kansas City and across the country head to Mass this weekend, they can expect to see messages in their weekly bulletins urging them to contact Congress about the recent health reform initiatives.  The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has distributed the message that they cannot support the existing health care proposals unless it includes language specifically forbidding the use of taxpayer dollars funding abortions.  To date, the Democratic leadership has refused to include such language and is said to be considering rules to prevent amendments from being attached on the House floor.

Rep. Bart Stupak (D- MI) has proposed…read more at the Examiner

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“If there was a god, I’d still have both nuts.” Lance Armstrong

Something to think about next time you see you kids with the yellow wristbands…

Livestrong.com website

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Cardinal Rigali’s released a powerful statement for Respect Life Sunday.  You can read the entire article at Catholic Online. 

Respect Life Sunday, this year celebrated on October 4this a day set aside for Catholics in the United States to reflect with gratitude on God’s priceless gift of human life. It is also an occasion to examine how well we, as a nation and individually, are living up to our obligation to protect the rights of those who, due to age, dependency, poverty or other circumstances, are at risk of their very lives.

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Here is a good article over at According2mark.com concerning the recent passing of Senator Ted Kennedy.  Before to check it out and let me know what you think.

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The Federal government has taken a giant leap toward discriminating against the religious freedoms of Catholics.  The EEOC office in Charlotte, N.C. ruled that Belmont Abbey College in discriminated against female employees by refusing to cover prescription contraceptives in its health insurance plan.

This is a ominous sign of things to come if the government succeeds in taking over health care.  What is going to keep the government from mandating that contraception be covered?  Or Abortion?  Or Euthanasia?

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In South Dakota, doctors must disclose to pregnant women that “the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being.”

In doing so, the federal judge upheld part of the 2005 informed consent law that had been challenged by Planned Parenthood.  Unfortunately the judge rejected other portions of the state’s 2005 informed consent law that required doctors to tell women that abortion increases the risk of suicide and that they have “an existing relationship with that unborn human being.”

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The Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency (AIFA) announced its decision late on Thursday after a long meeting during which it was lobbied intensely by the church and Catholic politicians, including many from Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right government.

Silvio Viale, a Turin gynecologist who has campaigned for the pill to be authorized, said the AIFA decision was “a victory for Italian women, who from today have more freedom and choice.”

“But I am sorry it has come 20 years late. If such there had been such an innovative drug for something like the prostate I doubt we would have had to wait so long,” said Viale.

Comparing a baby to the prostate? 

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