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Can You Spare 40 Days for Life?
The fall 40 Days for Life runs from
September
23 to November 1 in over 200 communities.
Please register to participate at one
of the nine locations in Washington state by clicking on the
city below. In addition, please remember to pray
and fast this fall for an end to abortion in America and around
the world, and for a successful 40 Days for Life campaign,
internationally, nationally, and here locally.
A heartfelt thank you goes out to the many volunteers who have committed early on to participate in a vigil. For those of you who have not yet had the chance to do so,
We encourage you to sign up as soon as possible. If you are able to
commit to an hour a week, it would really help out. You can help 40 Days for Life to
save lives in our community by signing up today to participate in a vigil and helping to spread the word among your friends, family, and peers. More information about 40 Days for Life can be found at www.40daysforlife.com.
Kansas City Bishops Issue Joint Health Care Reform Pastoral Statement
Following is a joint pastoral statement by Kansas City, Kansas Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann and Kansas City – St. Joseph Bishop Robert W. Finn:
Principles of Catholic Social Teaching and Health Care Reform
A Joint Pastoral Statement
of
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann and Bishop Robert W. Finn
Dear Faithful of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph,
To his credit, President Barack Obama has made it a major priority for his administration to address the current flaws in our nation’s health care policies. In fairness, members of both political parties for some time have recognized significant problems in the current methods of providing health care.
As Catholics, we are proud of the Church’s healthcare contribution to the world. Indeed, the hospital was originally an innovation of the Catholic faithful responding to our Lord’s call to care for the sick, “For I was…ill and you cared for me.” (Matthew 25, v. 35-36). This tradition continues today in America, where currently one in four hospitals is run by a Catholic agency. We have listened to current debate with great attention and write now to contribute our part to ensure that this reform be an authentic reform taking full consideration of the dignity of the human person. Read more...
September 4, 2009
Bishop Aquila outlines four principles for genuine health care reform
Fargo, N.D., Sep 1, 2009 / 06:11 am (CNA).-
Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota Samuel J. Aquila has written a
letter encouraging priests, deacons, vowed religious and laymen
to become engaged in promoting “genuine health care reform.”
His letter presents four principles on which to evaluate legislative
proposals for health care plans.
He said health care plans must exclude any provisions which
deny “the dignity of human life,” such as abortion, passive
or active euthanasia and embryonic stem cell research. It would
be “inherently inconsistent” to expand access to health care
without safeguarding human life from conception onward, Bishop
Aquila wrote. “True health care begins with the unborn child
in the womb,” he explained. “When a given plan to provide care
fails to protect that life, it is no longer animated by a source
of truth and justice, thus it will not, and cannot, flourish.”
Killing unborn children, he continued, has “nothing to do with promoting health.” Read more...
September 2, 2009
Washington State March for Life
Baby Saved
On August 21, Show the Truth Washington had a confirmed save at Olympia's Planned Parenthood. After seeing a graphic image of an eleven-week-old preborn, the mother and father decided to keep their twelve-week-old preborn baby. Please say a prayer of thanksgiving.
September 1, 2009
