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January
2012
Dear Fellow Parishioners,
I am painfully reminded at times of our
need to examine the myths, lies, half-truths and okay, propaganda that
surround all of us. Here’s just two.
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I met a worried seventh grade boy and
his ‘girlfriend’ (thankfully, her test was negative). He tearfully
assured me he had listened to his health teacher:
“Honestly, Mrs. Hoffman, I wouldn’t do anything until my girl
friend said she was ready!” Two more casualties in the
classroom of so-called Comprehensive Sex Ed (“instruction”). The
actual teacher’s manual denigrates abstinence as “learning to live
like a hermit (define if necessary)”. Showering together is fun.
Also try hiding condoms on one another. Composing lists of every
imaginable filthy word is part of a class project as is getting bike
directions to their nearest family planning (PP) site. Most parents
are not to be trusted.
Propaganda: Comprehensive Sex Ed
makes sense since kids don’t need the Dark Ages of chastity education
which doesn’t teach them what matters in today’s world. It’s okay if
you consider yourself as pro-life even though you support this
Comprehensive Sex; it doesn’t really damage children and their
families.
Truth check: Comprehensive Sex
Ed corrupts a minor; it is never pro life. Among other vital aspects,
your PCE chastity education actually does discuss contraception,
premarital sex and STDs…it just respectfully tells the truth about
them. Students are empowered as they learn about the beauty of the
gift of their sexuality and the joy of living a moral aka healthy
life. Parents are supported in their God-given role as primary
educators.
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In a local university text book it
clearly said that pro abortion individuals were the educated,
broad-minded, true feminists. “Anti-choice” people are for the most
part uneducated radicals who want women “barefoot and pregnant”.
Propaganda: if you support
abortion “rights” you are a true feminist, intellectually and socially
superior. You are correct in your advocacy of “choice” and anti-male
agenda.
Truth Check:
Founding mothers of feminism, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, were pro life: neither children nor women should be treated
as property. Radicals Margaret Sanger (PP) and Betty Friedan’s group
later successfully usurped feminism by mandating abortion, by viewing
most men as enemies and by seeking to end marriage. Thankfully, the
Church teaches children are a precious God-given gift; celebrates the
dignity of women and men with their similarities and differences;
upholds marriage as a reflection of Christ’s love for His Church. Some
of the fundamentals to being fully pro life. Theology of the
Body,
Feminists
for Life; Domestic Tranquility (Carolyn Graglia).
God is good!
Jane Hoffman
St. Antoninus
Pro-Life, Pro-Family Committee
www.SaintAntoninus.org/organizations/prolife.htm
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March 2012
Dear Fellow Parishioners,
Remember in our
classroom days: “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid
of their country.” Well, now really IS the time.
These major historic
attacks on our freedom conscience and freedom of religion are by far
the worst in my entire lifetime; some say in American history.
President Obama’s Dept. of Health and Human Services insurance mandate
is the latest assault to sharply bring into focus a major goal of
the Culture of Death aka supporters of the Abortion Industry:
to undermine at all costs the Catholic Church’s leadership in
proclaiming the Gospel of Life. Judeo-Christian principles are
under assault. Our pro-life pregnancy centers are on the front lines;
thankfully you are prayerfully serving this ministry.
In his book,
Render unto Caesar, Archbishop Chaput of Denver exhorts us:
“If we really truly
love this country, and if we really treasure our faith, living our
Catholic beliefs without excuses or without apologies, and advancing
them in the public square, are the best expressions of patriotism we
can give to the nation. American Catholics need to be more Catholic,
not less; and not simply more Catholic, but more authentically and
unselfishly Catholic---in the way we live our personal lives, and in
our public words and actions.”
We are not to look
away. “Therefore take up the armor of God, that you may be able to
resist in the evil day and stand in all things perfect…Pray at all
time in the Spirit and therein be vigilant….” (Ephesians 3:11-18) Let
us call upon God to heal our land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)
In our decision to
better serve, let us be more informed about the “players” in this
Culture of Death. Planned Parenthood’s partner is the Sexuality
Information and Education Council of the United States (commonly
called SIECUS). It arose out of Alfred Kinsey’s fraudulent sex
research and for many years has played a major role in the current
crisis in America. (see our last LIFE column). Our Archdiocese
recently attended a fantastic seminar on SIECUS with renowned expert
Dr. Judith Reisman. Please see her work
www.DrJudithReisman.com Make
time for “nine minutes that will change your life”: view
Children of Table 34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vltmeBPKAAo .
Go to American Life League’s youtube channel for overview of Planned
Parenthood’s corruption of our children.
Praying and working
together we can make a difference standing up for our gift of LIFE.
God is good!
Jane Hoffman
St. Antoninus
Pro-Life, Pro-Family Committee
www.SaintAntoninus.org/organizations/prolife.htm
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July 2012
Dear Fellow Parishioners,
So, together we shall redouble our
prayers, fasting and efforts! Regardless of this newest Supreme Court
decision: we remain undeterred. Our commitment to serve God, His
Church and our country remains firmly grounded. We may not know what
He has in store but God always draws greater good!
As a reminder, distinct from the Supreme
Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the tax in Obamacare, the
Obama Administration’s federal Health and Human Services (HHS), has
issued mandates requiring religious institutions and others to provide
insurance coverage for activities contrary to their religious
convictions. On behalf of the Catholic Church, lawsuits were filed
(5/21/12) against this Administration’s federal agencies responsible
for these historic threat to our freedom. Joining in these suits are
43 Catholic dioceses, schools and universities, health systems and
charitable organizations.
This is an unprecedented attack
by the government on the freedom to practice one’s religion without
government interference…every religious organization and every
individual should be concerned that the federal government believes it
has the right to force its citizens to violate their conscience.”
(Most Rev.
Dennis Schnurr, Archbishop of Cincinnati)
Make no mistake…these continued and
latest assaults on our God-given, constitutionally protected religious
freedom are attacks that strike at the very heart of our Catholic
faith and ministry in pro-life; attacks that are actually intended
to do precisely that! Of course the surface involves insurance,
abortion, sterilizations, mandates and more. This is a major clash in
the battle of the Abortion Industry/Culture of Death against the
Gospel of Life itself. “Stay awake and pray” Jesus tells us.
Here in Ohio, the battle also
continues. Our state legislature has placed into law a record number
of pro-life measures. Thank God for their leadership. However,
the life-saving Heartbeat Bill (HB125) has only until Dec. 2012 to
reach the Ohio Senate floor (it passed the Ohio House last summer) and
then to Gov. Kasich’s desk. Please continue to encourage the
support of your state legislators and leaders.
This vital bill is a momentous
step forward in moving the legal protection line closer to our goal of
protecting all human life from conception to natural death.
(Professor David Forte,
brilliant Constitutional attorney, serving two Popes)
Frankly, who would have thought our
country would slip so far that we would actually even need a law
saying “if your heartbeat is detected we won’t kill you…you’re
protected”? Unborn people need this law! Our inspiration: Jesus was
also the God-man with the Sacred Heart of an unborn child! A
Sacred Heartbeat if you will; Whose very Heartbeat would also be
audible. See
www.OhioProLifeAction.com
www.HeartBeatBill.com
Catholics4HeartBeatBill@hotmail.com
Tired or not…let’s all get more involved! For our children and
grandchildren, the generations to come! Work to get out the vote.
God is good!
Jane Hoffman
St. Antoninus
Pro-Life, Pro-Family Committee
www.SaintAntoninus.org/organizations/prolife.htm
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