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Rosary Novena for Life and Liberty: October 14-22 | |
Please join us in praying the
beginning this Sunday October 14 - October 22!
As we continue to celebrate
Respect Life Month we are also aware of the increased threats to our religious liberty through the mandate that virtually all employers be required to include sterilization, abortifacient drugs, and contraceptives among the benefits covered in the healthcare plans they offer employees. In this month of the Holy Rosary we turn to this powerful prayer to intercede on behalf of human life wherever it is threatened and for the protection of our religious liberty.
As a recipient of the People of Life E-Newsletter you will recieve a daily reflection from each day of the Novena to help guide your prayer for these crucial issues. Please with friends and family so more may receive our daily reflections!
Additional Resources are also available for the October Respect Life and Religious Liberty campaign!
"Whenever religious freedom is denied, and attempts are made to hinder people from professing their religion or faith and living accordingly, human dignity is offended, with a resulting threat to justice and peace...."
- Pope Benedict XVI, 2011 World Day of Peace Message |
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USCCB Responds to Inaccurate Statement of Fact on HHS Made During the Vice-Presidental Debate |
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows:
Last night, the following statement was made during the Vice Presidential debate regarding the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to force virtually all employers to include sterilization and contraception, including drugs that may cause abortion, in the health insurance coverage they provide their employees:
"With regard to the assault on the Catholic Church, let me make it absolutely clear. No religious institution-Catholic or otherwise, including Catholic social services, Georgetown hospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital-none has to either refer contraception, none has to pay for contraception, none has to be a vehicle to get contraception in any insurance policy they provide. That is a fact. That is a fact."
This is not a fact. The HHS mandate contains a narrow, four-part exemption for certain "religious employers." That exemption was made final in February and does not extend to "Catholic social services, Georgetown hospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital," or any other religious charity that offers its services to all, regardless of the faith of those served. Read the full statment here... |
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Mass and Pilgrimage for Life and Liberty: October 14 |
"The God who gave us life gave us liberty" - Thomas Jefferson
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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception |
A Mass and Pilgrimage for Life and Liberty at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington is slated for Sunday, Oct. 14 at 12 noon EDT. Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, will celebrate the liturgy and pilgrimage as part of the U.S. bishops' annual Respect Life prayer campaign. His homily will focus on the noted quote from Thomas Jefferson: "The God who gave us life gave us liberty."
Mass will be preceded by time for confessions starting at 10 a.m. Following Mass, there will be Eucharistic Adoration. Shortly thereafter, attendees will recite the rosary as part of the first day of the Rosary Novena for Life and Liberty. At the conclusion of the rosary, Archbishop Lori will offer a 10-minute reflection. The event will conclude with benediction at 2:30 p.m. EWTN television will carry the Mass and Pilgrimage live. Read on...
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Life Issues Forum |
"Suing the Administration"
by Tom Grenchik
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Tom Grenchik |
"Is it consistent to profess our beliefs in church on Sunday, and then during the week to promote business practices or medical procedures contrary to those beliefs?...Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted. Only when their faith permeates every aspect of their lives do Christians become truly open to the transforming power of the Gospel." Pope Benedict XVI
When Pope Benedict visited the United States in 2008, he challenged Catholics to resist the growing governmental and societal pressure to confine religious beliefs to houses of worship, and to prevent the Church and individual believers from living out their faith in their day-to-day work and care for others...read more |
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October Respect Life Month Events |
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October 14-22 -Rosary Novena for Life and Liberty
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