Friday, July 04, 2008

Independence Day - July 4th in the Year of Our Lord 2008




May God continue to bless this nation, under the patronage of Our Dear Blessed Mother - under the titles of the Immaculate Conception & Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Happy Fourth of July!


Thursday, July 03, 2008

Sister of Charity Louise Lears 'Forced Out' of Church Ministerial Roles

Community supports ousted St. Louis nun

NCReporter's John Allen - On Burke Move

More on Burke’s move to Vatican court

Since news of St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke’s appointment as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura was announced June 27, I’ve received numerous telephone calls and e-mails, from both sides of the Atlantic, posing some version of the following question: Was this a case of what the Italians call promuovere per rimuovere … promoting someone in order to get rid of him?

Good News - SF

Pro-life group wins free-speech ruling

McDonalds Refuses AFA Requests

Petition/Boycott- pdf. file

Boycott McDonalds.com

Pray at the Pump!

Group Asks for Divine Intervention to Ease Oil Prices

Oprah - Stanford Commencement Speaker

Oprah gives advice to Stanford graduates

Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle: This man could change your life

NOT!

New Age in Tehran

Positive Thinking in Tehran: Youth Embrace Self-Help Movement

New Age & Obama

'V/T' to Carrie Tomko - New age America is entranced by Obama's electoral aura

EU News

Cyprus moves to ratify EU treaty despite Irish no vote

Czech President hopes treaty will be blocked

EU ups pressure on treaty approval

Poland: A Vow to Sign a Treaty if Ireland Approves It

Kmiec & Catholic Voters

The Battle for Catholic Voters

Update: Richmond, Virginia,Catholic Charities, & Bishop DiLorenzo

Bishop DiLorenzo forbade charity’s assistance in girl’s abortion, diocese says

Catholic Aid for Abortion Creates Stir in Virginia

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

EU - News

Polish president refuses to sign EU reform treaty

Czech Backs Poland EU Treaty Stance

GO BLESSED MOTHER!

The prayers of Gerry (90) & Maire (96) O'Mahony are being answered!

Feast Day & Month of the Most Precious Blood of JESUS

St. Catherine's Prayer -

"Precious Blood, Ocean of Divine Mercy, flow upon us!


Precious Blood, Most Pure offering, procure us every grace!


Precious Blood, Hope and refuge of sinners, atone for us!


Precious Blood, Delight of the Holy Souls, draw us! Amen.”



The Litany of the Most Precious Blood


3 Acts of Consecration to the Precious Blood



Fr. Mark -St. Catherine - And Tasting of His Roseate Blood,


The Inner Sanctuary Beyond the Veil, & The Most Precious Blood.


Fr. John Hardon - The Precious Blood of Christ

Fr. Jeffrey Keyes, C.PP.S. - Month of the Precious Blood, Madonna of the Precious Blood - download - Precious Blood pdf.



O, loving, Most Precious Blood that coursed through the veins of Our Dear Blessed Mother.
Her blood united with HIS Most Precious Blood by the power of the Holy Spirit for all mankind.
O, loving, Most Precious Blood shed for all mankind.
O, loving, Most Precious Blood how grateful we are for this powerful love.

HIS Most Precious Blood pour on us and on the whole world!

GOD'S Speed - Archbishop Burke

For Immediate Release
Contact: Mary Ann Kreitzer
E-mail:
kreitzr1@shentel.net Phone: (540) 459-9493

Arrivederci, Archbishop Burke
(June 28, 2008) -- In a letter to Archbishop Raymond Burke, members of the Catholic Media Coalition expressed their deep gratitude and best wishes to a cleric they called, “A bishop after God’s own heart.” The long-rumored appointment of Archbishop Burke as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, the highest ecclesial court, came on June 27th, the feast of St. Cyril of Alexandria. Mary Ann Kreitzer, CMC president, commented that, “It was a particularly appropriate day to announce Archbishop Burke’s appointment. St. Cyril battled the Nestorian heresy that denied the divinity of Christ. “That heresy thrives in our modern culture,” Kreitzer said. “Many Catholics no longer believe in the divinity of Christ because of the bishops’ failure to teach and anti-Catholic works like the DaVinci Code. Against that sad background, Archbishop Burke stands out as a champion of Catholic doctrine, a clear and articulate defender of the faith.” CMC expressed particular appreciation to Archbishop Burke for his great courage and witness for:

· Publicly defending the Holy Eucharist: In 2004 Archbishop Burke said he would deny Holy Communion to Senator John Kerry and other Catholic politicians who support abortion. He also admonished pro-abortion Catholics in the pew to refrain from receiving Communion.

· Resigning as Chairman of the board of Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital Foundation when they refused to disinvite radical pro-abortion singer Sheryl Crow to head up a benefit concert.

· Confronting the scandal of Coach Rick Majerus publicly supporting abortion and embryonic stem cell research.

· For excommunicating Rose Hudson, Elsie McGrath, and fake bishop Patricia Fresen for an act of schism in attempting the ordination of the two women.

· Advancing the Institute of Christ the King to restore the Traditional Latin Mass and promoting solid vocations to the priesthood.

· Fostering the Marian Catechist Movement founded by Fr. John Hardon to teach the authentic Catholic faith based on fidelity to the pope and the doctrine of the Church.


“We are grateful, “ Kreitzer said, “for having such a faithful apostle in the United States. Not only has Archbishop Burke given us hope, he has given us an example of how to speak the truth in love. We are confident that in his new role we will see greater justice especially to priests punished and silenced for their orthodoxy. Arrivederci, Archbishop Burke, we love you.”

CMC is an organization of Catholic writers, webmasters, editors, and others engaged in producing media for and about the Catholic Church. Its members live and work throughout the United States, and represent different approved Catholic Rites. They invite all practicing Catholic members of the media who are loyal to the Magisterium and to Church teaching to join CMC, whose mission is to "report truthfully about the Catholic Church and to defend, foster, and spread authentic Catholic faith and culture."
CMC's Web site is http://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/
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CMC's letter to Archbishop Raymond Burke is as follows:

July 1, 2008

Archbishop Raymond Burke, Archbishop of St. Louis

Your Excellency:
The members of the Catholic Media Coalition wish to express our heartfelt gratitude for your faithful service to the Church in the United States. There are many troubling situations that have injured the faith and trust of Catholics in this country. We particularly regret the failure of so many bishops to vigorously defend the teachings of the Church which contributed to the sex abuse scandals and to other major and ongoing problems.

We wish to especially acknowledge your courage in publicly defending the Holy Eucharist from sacrilege, for resigning as Chairman of the Board of the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital Foundation, for excommunicating the women who invalidly attempted female ordination, and for confronting the public scandal of Coach Rick Majerus’ outrageous statements. But even more than these, we thank you for advancing the Institute of Christ the King, developing vocations, and fostering the authentic Catholic faith through the Marian Catechist Movement.

Be assured of our continued prayers as you begin your new work as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura. Arrivederci, Archbishop Burke.

Sincerely in Christ,
Mary Ann Kreitzer
President, Catholic Media Coalition
http://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/
"The first law of history is not to dare to utter falsehood; the second, not to fear to speak the truth." ~ Pope Leo XIII

Catholic Media Coalition members endorsing the letter as co-signers are:

Jack Ames, Defend Life, Baltimore, MD
Janet Baker, Faithful Catholics of MD/DC
Stephanie Block, Catholic Author, Albuquerque, NM, Athanasius@aol.com
Jean Charles, Defender of the Magisterium Vermont
Kenneth Fisher, Chairman, Concerned Roman Catholics of America, Anaheim, CA
James Fritz, Defenders of the Faith, Inc., Berkeley Springs, WV
Camille Giglio, California Right to Life Advocates,CA
Alice Grayson, Veil of Innocence, West Falmouth, MA
Nancy Kokstis SFO, the Shepherds Warrior, Prentice, WI, kokstis @pctcnet.net
Mary Ann Kreitzer, Les Femmes, Woodstock, VA
Valerie Lubitz, President, Los Pequeños de Cristo, Albuquerque, NM,
Donna Marek, Catholic activist, Ogdensburg, NY
Karl Maurer, Director, Catholic Citizens of Illinois, La Grange, IL
Patricia McKeever, Catholic Truth Scotland, Scotland

Kathy Parker, Brothers and Sisters at the Cross, Birmingham, Alabama
Sheila Parkhill, The Holy Family Society of Tucson, Tucson, AZ
The Orlando Truth, orlandotruth@rome.com
Vivian Ripton, Call to Holiness, St. Michael the Archangel Chapel
Allyson Smith, Catholic Author, San Diego, CA, allysons@cox.net
Georgene M. Sorenson, Romans in the Desert, snownomore@cox.net
Donna Steichen, Catholic Author, Ojai, CA dmsteichen@aol.com
Carolyn Wendell, VOCAL (Voices of Catholics Advocating Life), Sublimity, Oregon

Scottish priest to sue the Catholic Church

Priest sacked for affair takes Catholic Church to tribunal

Pray for all priests -here!

Prayer Need: Priest Assassinated

Catholic Priest assassinated: the first in the history of Nepal

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Gloucester High School - Gloucester, Mass.

Catholic Church Responds With Sexuality Education In Gloucester, Mass.

Prayer Alert: Archbishop Nienstedt's home ROBBED!

While he was in Rome receiving his pallium from Pope Benedict...

Audacious theft at archbishop's home nets Catholic treasures

We pray for the thieves and the safe return of all stolen irreplaceable items.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Vultus Christi - Fr. Mark

Eucharistic Cenacle in the Diocese of Tulsa

Will you help?

Please send your contributions toward building the Eucharistic Cenacle to:
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Edward J. Slattery Bishop of Tulsa
P. O. Box 690240, Tulsa, OK 74169-0240

Kindly indicate that your contribution is for the Cenacle of Eucharistic Adoration. Thank you for your generosity. May Our Lord Jesus Christ make the light of His Eucharistic Face shine upon you. (Fr. Mark)

Bai Macfarlane - Update

Vatican promotes Justice. Advocacy group asks U.S. Church to enforce own divorce laws.

Earlier this year, marriage advocate, Bai Macfarlane, publicly asked the Arlington Diocese to apply canon law to protect a wife and children in a scandalous divorce situation. Macfarlane sent her plea to Rev. Robert Rippy, the Arlington Diocese Defender of Justice. Fr. Rippy was provided public records showing a professed-Catholic husband impregnated an adulterous partner and was living with her and their baby. The children of his marriage (who are financially devastated with their mother) are forced to spend overnight visits with their father and his adulterous partner.

Macfarlane is the director of Mary's Advocates, upholding marriage in light of no-fault divorce. She says, "When the church in the U.S. remains silent as professed Catholics abandon their families using the civil divorce routine to pursue their individualist goals, the public is taught that the Catholic Church condones the practices of routine civil divorce."

'V/T' to Mark Shea...

Poor Bai, yet she's helping others while dealing with her own situation!

Her history.

God help her!