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Top 10 Reasons For Hope From 2010

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Media, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, Issues, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
Dec 19 2010

Does 2010 have you down? Concerned over the decline in societal mores and government aiding and abetting that shove over the cliff? Our friends at CatholicVote.org produced a video giving us real reason for hope. It is a product of thousands of responses to its request for suggestions on what happened this year to give reason for hope in the future. It is, as usual with CatholicVote.org, an inspiring piece. We hope you enjoy it and provide us your feedback. Do you agree with the 10 reasons? What gives you hope for 2011 and beyond?

The Top 10 reasons for hope are . . . and none of them have to do with social justice.

Tagged as: 2010, 2011, CatholicVote.org, government, social justice

We Are The Catholic Vote

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, Issues, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
Nov 01 2010

CatholicVote.org is known for dropping ground breaking, powerful, attention getting, thought provoking ads in the last week of national elections. It’s first, in the 2008 election, was viewed nearly 3 million times. It’s latest, “We Are The Catholic Vote,” is another great production that underlines why we need to exercise our faithful citizenship Tuesday. We encourage you to distribute this link on your social media sites and to those you think this will resonate with.

You, me, our families, our neighbors, our co-workers, friends and people from all walks of life: We are the Catholic vote. Together, we can protect life at all stages from the culture of death.

Tagged as: 2008 election, CatholicVote.org, culture of death, faithful citizenship, national elections, We Are The Catholic Vote

CatholicVote.org Video: Don’t Gamble With Your Vote Tuesday!

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, Issues, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
Nov 01 2010

“High Stakes” is another instant classic from CatholicVote.org. We encourage you to distribute this link on your social media sites and to those you think this will resonate with.

Not the change you expected? Don’t gamble away your vote Tuesday.

Tagged as: CatholicVote.org, High Stakes

Catholic Voters Called To Faithful Citizenship And Vote For Life Tuesday

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, Issues, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
Nov 01 2010

An update, from Brian Burch, on CatholicVote.org’s activities as the crucial mid-term election draws near. In short, it is doing a lot, targeting several races, trying to bring a pro-life majority to Congress. 

Dear Catholic Voter:

Our radio ads are running everywhere.

In Nevada, Michigan, Virginia, Wisconsin and Illinois . . . voters are hearing from you.

In the race to replace retiring Rep. Bart Stupak with pro-life doctor Dan Benishek, Michigan voters are hearing from us.

In the hotly contested Nevada Senate race to defeat Harry Reid, voters are hearing from CatholicVote.org;

In Virginia, where pro-life candidate Robert Hurt is running to defeat the founder of the left-wing group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good — voters are hearing from us;

In Illinois and Wisconsin, we are running more ads to help elect pro-life candidates Sean Duffy (WI) and Bobby Schilling (IL) in two of the most watched races in the country.

Together we made the decision to get involved in supporting specific candidates. Helping educate our fellow Catholics is important, but we chose to go further. We want to elect the candidates best positioned to help us renew our country and our culture.

That’s why we’re on the air all week urging voters to make the difference on Election Day.

Click here to see the rest of the update. An observation: CatholicVote.org’s endorsement page (see here) doesn’t mention Robert Hurt, even though the Virginian rated a mention in Mr. Burch’s letter. However, it does endorse another Virginian, Keith Fimian, in Virginia’s 11th Congressional district. Perhaps CV runs ads against pro-abortion incumbents while running ads in favor of candidates it endorses?

In any event, CatholicVote.org is working hard to “uphold the rightful duty and responsibility as Catholic laity to apply the teachings of the Church in public life.” One way it does this is producing widely acclaimed videos. The following posts will feature two of its latest. Catholic voters have a duty to exercise their citizenship responsibility (see John Mallon at CV’s blog). According to a new New York Times/CBS poll, they are, indeed, beginning to do exactly that (see Joshua Mercer at CV’s blog and Thomas Peters at American Papist).

Tagged as: American Papist, Bart Stupak, Bobby Schilling, Brian Burch, Catholic laity, Catholic Voters, CatholicVote.org, Congress, Dan Benishek, Election Day, faithful citizenship, Harry Reid, in Alliance for the Common Good, John Mallon, Joshua Mercer, Keith Fimian, Nevada Senate race, New York Times/CBS poll, pro-abortion incumbents, pro-life majority, Robert Hurt, Sean Duffy, Thomas Peters, Virginia's 11th Congressional district

CatholicVote.org Celebrates Year Two With New Ad, Web Site

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Media, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
Sep 13 2010

CatholicVote.org late last week announced that its long-awaited Web site overhaul is complete. But in addition, as part of its two-year anniversary celebration, it released its latest commercial, “The Dream 2010,” which we gladly share below. Catholic Vote reports that within 72 hours of its release it had 30,000 views. Let us know what you think of it.

Catholic Vote, recognized for its creative, well produced and thought-provoking ads, promises more of the same, especially as election time draws near, and Catholics are called to make informed decisions as to who should represent us in government. While this ad doesn’t strike me as up to the standards of its past work, that is a pretty high standard. I look forward to seeing its next releases.

CatholicVote.org celebrates its two-year anniversary with a new Web site and another glossy, attention-grabbing ad.

Tagged as: ad, Catholics, CatholicVote.org, government, The Dream 2010, two-year anniversary

Mother Teresa Stamp Now Available

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Media, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, Church News, Issues, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
Sep 08 2010

Despite the best efforts of atheists, the U.S. Postal Service in May approved the issuance of a commerative Mother Teresa stamp. Finally, last Sunday, at a ceremony at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., exactly 13 years after she died on September 5, 1997, the USPS released the stamp. More than 145,000 people signed a nationwide online petition organized by CatholicVote.org to stiffen the spine of the USPS — and it worked. 

Now, let’s go out and buy as many as we can (see American Papist)! What better way to prove we were right, to show America how dear this woman was to all the world and to honor this saintly nun (CatholicVoteAction.org Blog). What better way to show our country the strength and grace of The Catholic Church and to spread the good message of The Church as exemplified by the life of Mother Teresa? As far as a simple, conventional method that’s every bit as powerful as anything in this Internet driven, social media crazed culture . . . nothing!

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Worth every cent . . . and then some! The Mother Teresa stamp now is available from the U.S. Postal Service. Time to buy them up!

Tagged as: American Papist, atheists, Catholic Church, CatholicVote.org, CatholicVoteAction.org, Internet, Mother Teresa, National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, social media, stamp, U.S. Postal Service, USPS

Health Care Law Allowing Taxpayer Funded Abortions After All? We Told You So!

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, Church News, Issues, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
Jul 22 2010

Here’s a letter from CatholicVote President Brian Burch concerning serious revelations about the new health care law and its permissiveness on abortion — despite what most everyone who read the billsaid. Brian spells out a crucial episode being played out in Pennsylvania right now that could determine whether, despite President Obama’s cynical executive order to the contrary, federal funding of abortions now will be the law of the land>

Dear CatholicVote Friend,

Can you answer this question?

Does President Obama’s new healthcare law fund abortions or not?

Last week the Obama administration announced they would be pouring hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars (our money!) into high-risk insurance pools in Pennsylvania and New Mexico where taxpayer funded abortions would be covered.

And then they got caught.

The National Right to Life Committee exposed the plan, prompting pro-life groups and legislative leaders to demand answers. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) responded by promising not to use the funds for abortion. This time.

Sign our petition to the Catholic Health Association to help us make sure this doesn’t happen again!

Cardinal DiNardo speaking on behalf of the Catholic Bishops responded saying: “We welcome this new policy [preventing abortion coverage] . . . while continuing to be gravely concerned that it was not issued until after some states had announced that pro-abortion health plans were approved and had begun to enroll patients.”

The Cardinal emphasized that the episode makes clear that a new law (not an Executive Order) is needed to strictly prohibit all funding for abortion.

Let’s face it, the nearly 2000-page health care law is so complicated it is virtually impossible to keep up with the new authorities and regulatory agencies that could be manipulated to funnel your money to abortion providers.

So something must be done.

Taxpayer dollars must NEVER be used to fund the destruction of innocent human life.

Some groups claiming to be faithful to the Church continue to claim that the new health care bill does not fund abortion. But last week’s episode proves there are loopholes, and we can’t rely on promises from the Obama administration to keep our money out of the hands of abortion doctors.

Our petition to the Catholic Health Association calling on them to get behind the Protect Life Act continues to add new signatures every day.

Join over 56,000 people that have already signed our petition!

If the Catholic Health Association claims to be Catholic, then they must be held accountable.

Help us turn up the heat. Sign our petition today. …

- Your Friends at CatholicVote.org

Tagged as: abortion, Brian Burch, Cardinal DiNardo, Catholic Bishops, CatholicVote.org, Department of Health and Human Services, Executive Order, Health Care law, lic Health Association, National Right To Life Committee, Pennsylvania, President Obama, pro-life, Protect Life Act, tax dollars fund abortion

Mother Teresa Stamp Survives Atheist Protest, Will Be Issued September 5

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Media, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, Issues, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
May 12 2010

Great news! Many of our readers will remember the drummed up controversy by an atheist group Freedom From Religion Foundation protesting the U.S. Postal Service issuing a stamp in honor of Mother Teresa. For a brief spell it looked like the USPS might reconsider. However, 138,000 people signed a national petition urging the Post Office to stick to its guns. Last week, it did! Thanks to all of you who signed the petition.

Roy Betts, a spokesman for the Postal Service, told CatholicVote.org last week (click here to read more from CV):

The stamp will be dedicated September 5 [at] the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Feel free to post information about the stamp, the image and the dedication ceremony on your website. Thanks!

The push to stop the stamp was nothing more than anti-religious and, specifically, anti-Catholic bigotry. So, it’s never too late to show support for a great cause like this. If you haven’t signed the petition, please do (by clicking here). CatholicVoteAction.org has done a great job with the Stamp Out Bigotry Web site. In fact, the more people sign in the days ahead, the better the chance of making this a forever stamp. Why not? As one commenter put it, Mother Teresa’s spirit and work are enduring.

Most importantly, be sure to buy and use the Mother Teresa stamp. The Postal Service is like any business — if you buy a certain product a lot, it will keep making it! Show your devotion to the Church through one of its modern servants, Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

MotherTeresaStamp

Coming soon, on an envelope in your mail! Mother Teresa’s spirit endures in many forms including, in the very near future, a new U.S. post stamp.

Tagged as: anti-Catholic, anti-religious, bigotry, CatholicVote.org, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Mother Teresa, National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, stamp, Stamp Out Bigotry Web site, U.S. Postal Service, Washington D.C.

Catholic Vote Earth Day Campaign Unveils Video

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Media, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, Church News, Issues, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
Apr 20 2010

Last week I wrote about the inventive way CatholicVote.org is turning the secularist high holy feast of Earth Day on its head by promoting God’s greatest creation: Human Life! Today, it released a complementary video on people’s reactions to its provocative bus boards in major markets (click to learn more or get involved). It also announced it is expanding the campaign to Los Angeles! Here’s the video. Let us know what you think.

Another slant on Earth Day: Celebrating God’s greatest creation! The people get it!

Tagged as: CatholicVote.org, Earth Day, human life, secularist

Earth Day = Pro Life?

Posted in Catholicism In Culture, Catholicism In Media, Catholicism In Public Policy And Law, Church News, Issues, News And Current Events by Brother Stephen
Apr 12 2010

Normally, a headline like that would signal a sarcastic post, instigated from some wacky, ill-thought, usually liberal fad or, worse, actual policy. But . . . not this time. As they used to say (and probably still do, somewhere): Now that I’ve got your attention!

In this case, it’s CatholicVote.org turning the liberal paganism of Earth worship around on its illogical head to make some actual sense of the Earth Day, whose advocates are vigorous population control freaks. It is buying up billboard and bus signage space around the country to promulgate the pro-life message by using the secular line of thinking. Pretty brilliant to use their words to promote the most precious aspect of God’s creation on Earth:

Human Life!

It is more than disturbing that “environmentalists” choose to protect and prioritize anything living except the unborn. You cannot celebrate the Earth and not celebrate the Creator — and that which He created in His Likeness. As CatholicVote’s Brian Burch said in a statement: 

Our goal is to use Earth Day to get Americans to think more deeply about what it means to truly respect the Earth and creation. Prevailing environmental attitudes too often view humans as the enemy of nature. We believe the human person is God’s greatest creation, and the Earth’s greatest resource. Building up a culture of life is the single most important way to build a culture that respects the environment.

If we truly care about building a world that respects the environment, we must begin by building a moral culture — one that understands pollution not just in materialistic terms, but in spiritual terms too. In fact, moral pollution does more to harm the environment than inefficient cars or greenhouse gases.

If we are wasteful and reckless with the environment, maybe it is because we are wasteful and reckless with each other — including the unborn.

Here’s what Pope Benedict wrote in a recent encyclical:

If there is a lack of respect for the right to life and to a natural death, if human conception, gestation and birth are made artificial, if human embryos are sacrificed to research, the conscience of society ends up losing the concept of human ecology and, along with it, that of environmental ecology.

It is contradictory to insist that future generations respect the natural environment when our educational systems and laws do not help them to respect themselves.

CatholicVote.org has bought space for these ads in Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle for starters. You can read more the Earth Day Pro-Life campaign from Joshua Mercer at the CatholicVoteAction blog, here. 

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According To CatholicVote’s Burch: “Let’s remember: Transforming pagan feasts into Christian celebrations is what our faith has been doing for 2,000 years.”

Tagged as: Brian Burch, CatholicVote.org, CatholicVoteAction.org, Christian celebrations, conscience of society, Earth Day, ecology, human embryos, Joshua Mercer, pagan feasts, paganism, Pope Benedict, pro-life, the environment
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