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27 June: Our Lady of Perpetual Help and the Fortnight For Freedom
According to the traditional, Extraordinary Form Ordo for today in the USA we can celebrated Our Lady of Perpetual Help, which has a proper Mass in the Missae pro aliquibus locis in the back of the 1962MR.
Domine Iesu Christe, qui genitricem tuam … Continue reading
Group funded by George Soros poised to attack US Bishops for the “Fortnight for Freedom”
This came via The Catholic League:
SOROS-FUNDED GROUP SET TO NAIL BISHOPS
June 18, 2012
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:
June 21 marks the beginning of the “Fortnight for Freedom” events, the campaign for religious liberty being conducted by the nation’s … Continue reading
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Magisterium of Nuns, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Faith in Public Life, Fortnight for Freedom, George Soros, HHS mandate, John Gehring, Obama Administration, Pres. Obama, religious liberty
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CNS: State Department Purges Religious Freedom Section from Its Human Rights Reports
The US State Department is run by the surrogates of The First Gay President, Mr. Obama, and they take his order.
Maybe religious liberty is not a human right after all?
From CNS:
State Department Purges Religious Freedom Section from Its Human Rights … Continue reading
Great Pentecost sermon on the signs of the times (e.g., the Obama’s HHS mandate and his war on the Church)
It is the Octave of Pentecost. We can should and review Pentecost during the Octave.
A friend of mine, Fr. Richard Jacobs, OSA, gave this sermon for Pentecost Sunday:
One of the Fathers of the Church, St. Cyril of Alexandria, wrote the … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services, Cyril of Alexandria, health care, HHS mandate, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama Administration, Pentecost, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, reproductive services
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U.S. Bishops Issue Call To Action To Defend Religious Liberty
From the website of the USCCB:
April 12, 2012
Urge strong lay involvement
Outline threats to First Freedom at all levels of government and abroad
Call upon dioceses to pursue religious liberty fortnight, June 21-July 4 [Mark your calendars. Get things going.]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. bishops … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Blatteroons, Brick by Brick, Dogs and Fleas, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, freedom of religious, freedom of worship, Obama Administration, Pres. Obama, public square, religious liberty, USCCB
36 Comments
A Good Friday Liturgy intercession in the light of our current concerns
In light of the current circumstances we face as Catholics, as people of all faiths, and as American citizens, this is excerpted from the Good Friday intercession prayers in the Ordinary Form:
IX. For those in public office
Let us pray also … Continue reading
The Obama Administration is organizing…. WHAT?!?
I saw something worthy of Germany in the 1930′s in today’s Hell’s Bible (aka The New York Times):
White House Works to Shape Debate Over Health Law By ROBERT PEAR Published: March 9, 2012 [...] On Wednesday, White House officials summoned … Continue reading
CL: Lefty “catholics” shilling for Pres. Obama
From The Catholic League:
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:
The Catholic left is so deep in the tank for Obama that they are working publicly to undermine the bishops. First a little background. [cf Magisterium of Nuns]
On March 2, … Continue reading
Obama Admin lectures Card. Dolan and USCCB. Dolan responds.
“We did not ask for this fight, but we will not run from it.”
Thus, Card. Dolan about the latest insult tossed our way by the Obama Administration.
From LifeSite:
Cardinal: Obama Admin Lectured Bishops on Catholic Teaching
by Steven Ertelt
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the … Continue reading
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Dogs and Fleas, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged America Magazine, American Patriotic Catholic Association, HHS, HHS mandate, Jesuits, Obama Administration, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, White House
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Fr. Z endorses idea from NcFishwrap. Sky to Fall. Lord to Return. Film at 11.
Was that booming CRACK I just heard the opening of the Fifth Seal?
You know that things are getting pretty serious when Fr. Z endorses an idea from the National catholic Fishwrap.
But it was a good idea, and around here we play … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Biased Media Coverage, Brick by Brick, Emanations from Penumbras, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Fishwrap, HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, Michael Sean Winters, Obama Administration, Pres. Obama
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