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16th November 2012 

Cleveland Right to Life 

 


Catholic Campaign for Human Development Funds Groups Who Support Abortion, Homosexuality, Intimidation and Violence

 

Catholics should boycott the second collection this weekend

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Cleveland Catholics will be asked to participate in the annual Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) fund drive by making a donation during a second collection this weekend (Nov. 17th & 18th).  This campaign, which has been part of Catholic's annual giving for four decades, is marketed as a means to fight poverty and injustice, but almost from its inception there have been serious questions raised about the recipients of CCHD's grants.

 

The American Life League (ALL) has issued detailed reports showing how dozens of CCHD grantees actively work against Catholic teaching, in clear violation of the CCHD grant guidelines published by the USCCB. The latest of these  reports shows that 40% of CCHD grant money currently goes to groups that are pro-abortion, pro-LGBT, Marxist, and/or Socialist. 

 

The fact is, CCHD funds a network of radical, left-wing liberation theology groups who have repackaged their agenda using "feel-good" jargon such as "Social Justice," "Social Concerns," "The Common Good," and other Christian-sounding phrases to win influence in our churches. This "theology," though condemned by the Church, has infiltrated our schools, colleges, churches and charities, imposing an "ends justifies the means" approach to responding to human needs, replacing faith and trust in God as a prerequisite for action to achieve His will.

 

So what is the state of the CCHD campaign in Cleveland?

 

ALL reports that 40% of CCHD's national grants are made to groups that directly or indirectly advance intrinsic evils. And the same is true in Cleveland...

 

Let's examine just two Cleveland grantees:

 

1. NOAH's parent organization is The Gamaliel Foundation, a major part of the Marxist/Socialist Alinskyian Network. 

 

2. NOAH's parent organization, The Gamaliel Foundation, and the Center for Community Change (CCC) are partners:

    • CCC is a politically radical, anti-life, pro-homosexuality organization.
    • CCC promotes "reproductive freedom" - its "Movement Vision Lab" equates access to abortion and "reproductive justice" with seeking criminal justice.
    • CCC's board members include Heather Booth, former consultant for the National Organization for Women, and Sara Gould, President and CEO of the pro-abortion Ms. Foundation for Women. 

3. ESOP and NOAH are both members of Community Shares, whose membership list also includes:

    •  Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the country;
    •  PreTerm, whose operators proudly perform 5000 abortions/year;
    •  The NARAL Pro-Choice Foundation;
    •  The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland

(In 2009, in addition to receiving $10,870 from Community Shares, ESOP was also voted "Community Shares Member Organization of the Year"!)

 

4. Contrary to Catholic Teaching, ESOP believes "the end justifies the means" and sees no problem with using physical intimidation and violence to achieve their ends:

 

    • The Garmone family of Cleveland experienced ESOP's violent intimidation tactics first hand when the group trashed their family home;
    • The Washington Post reported that ESOP attacked the home of Karl Rove while his 10-year-old and 14-year-old children were inside.

5. NOAH is listed as a Cleveland Jobs for Justice organization. Jobs for Justice is a radically pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, and militantly Marxist organization.

 

6. NOAH endorses Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) and is affiliated with National People's Action, a steering committee member of FIRM. NOAH's parent organization, The Gamaliel Foundation, is a member of FIRM:

    • The intention of FIRM and its members is to include homosexual activism in immigration reform.

 

It is a serious wrong that faithful Catholics, who have been misled to believe their CCHD donations are helping the poor, are unknowingly funding a leftwing agenda that flagrantly opposes the dignity of the human person. It is time for our priests, pastors and bishops to reclaim our Christian theology. We cannot stand by idly and contemplate the "common good" while thousands of innocent children are killed every day

 

We therefore repeat our call to Bishop Lennon and the USCCB for reform of the CCHD so that it truly aids the poor, instead of channeling money into groups that work with those advancing abortion, same-sex marriage, and other moral evils.

 

And we call on faithful Catholics in our diocese and around the nation to boycott this weekend's CCHD collection.

 


ACTION

Remember that the Mass is the core of all Catholic worship. That it would be used to collect money to support intrinsic evil is beyond despicable!

 

In alliance with Leading Catholics from around the Nation who have issued an open letter to the USCCB, respectfully call on Bishop Lennon to require the following actions be taken with regard to CCHD:

  • That the CCHD grant process be frozen and 2012 grants be suspended until a complete review and overhaul of the campaign can be conducted
  • That all donations be placed in safe interest-bearing accounts during the process
  • That the grant application process be thoroughly studied and new policies developed that ensure only organizations that follow Catholic moral principles, i.e., pro-life, pro-family, pro-marriage, and pro-biblical morality, be eligible for grants
  • That the principle of subsidiarity be honored in the grant process
  • That the Industrial Areas Foundation and other Alinsky-style community organizations that follow immoral principles of action be permanently banned from receiving grants
  • That groups networking and interfacing with groups that advance pro-abortion, pro-homosexual policies be permanently banned from funding
  • That whenever possible Catholic organizations be given preference over secular groups

 

All that it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.

  • On Nov 17th & 18th please show your support for the moral teachings of the Catholic Church and for the lives of countless unborn children when you place the letter below into the collection basket instead of your dollars.
  • Make sure that all your friends and family have a copy of this request and encourage them to use it to ask for corrective action from the USCCB.
  • Send this email to everyone on your email list - spread the word. Remember - ignorance is never an excuse. You are responsible for your actions! Giving to organizations that support a myriad of left-wing, anti- Catholic activities is not an option for Catholics.
  • Volunteer to help Cleveland Right To Life with research by calling 216-661-3000 or e-mailing [email protected].
  • Contact Cleveland Right to Life if you have any information you would like to share related to the Diocese of Cleveland (see contact information below).
  • If you decide to boycott the CCHD campaign, please consider sending your donation to a pro-life organization who is working to pass legislation to protect Life both in the womb and from euthanasia. There are also many groups who are working tirelessly to fight against the homosexual agenda. Or consider supporting groups who are helping to expose the corruption within the CCHD such as American Life League; Reform CCHD Now; Church Militant.TVURGENT: CONTACT THE CCHD OFFICE TODAY TO EXPRESS YOUR CONCERN OVER THIS MISUSE OF YOUR DONATIONS:

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

3211 Fourth St. NE

Washington DC 20017 
v: 202-541-3210
f: 202-541-3329

[email protected]

 

Your Pastor - and copy:

Bishop Richard Lennon

1027 Superior Ave.

Cleveland, OH 44114

Ph: 216-696-6525



Please pray for our Clergy - their calling is Divine and the road is narrow! Pray especially for the Bishop of Cleveland. His are not easy shoes to walk in!

 

Cut along the dotted line and place in the second collection basket - please be respectful at all times

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Dear Bishop Lennon

I will not be supporting the Campaign for Human Development 2nd collection on Nov. 17 & 18 2012. Before I will contribute again I would like a full and detailed explanation of the safeguards that will be put in place to ensure that my money does not directly or indirectly fund intrinsic evils. I would also require a full disclosure of what my money has been used for in the past. How will the CCHD ensure that my money is used to support activities that are consistent with Catholic Teaching?

 Signed: 

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