Summer Soiree 2020
Contact Albany – Oppose Assisted Suicide!!
The proponents of legalizing Assisted Suicide continue to push in the legislature. We must stand against this!
Please, please(!), contact your representatives TODAY to register your support for a culture of life and opposition to the Culture of Death that advocates for simply killing those are seen as no longer useful.
The template provided by the Albany Update is very good…and…we strongly recommend editing it. Our elected officials are, not wrongly, becoming ever-more able to spot and ignore form letters. So please, take the few moments necessary to express your personal opinion.
Please always feel free to Contact Us if we can be of any assistance!
For more from the Finger Lakes Guild on this important topic, see here.
Physician Assisted Suicide – Updates
Here is a quick summary of changes that are happening across the US:
Two things to keep in mind…
- The slippery slope is real. Remember this when “they” claim that it will be different in NY.
- We expect that the removal of the residency requirement in Vermont will have repercussions in NY, even this far west. More to come…
Mass of Healing for Miscarriage and Infant Loss
St. Michael’s FPI – 2nd Mondays!
Coming up – Ethics of Gene Therapy Talk
Two CMA Press Releases
We wanted to highlight two recent press releases from the Catholic Medical Association. Thank you to the CMA for all of their hard work!
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Dr. Ralph Martin Coming to Rochester!
We are excited to help spread the word that well-known author and speaker Dr. Ralph Martin will be giving a series of three talks at Sacred Heart Cathedral on April 14 and 15.
Please plan to attend (and remember to register)! We hope to see you there!
If you’d like a preview, you can sample (or voraciously consume, in a temperant fashion, of course!) his podcast here.
St. Michael’s Family Protection Institute
Thank you to all of the men who took part in the first meeting of the the St. Michael’s Family Protection Institute last night at Sacred Heart Cathedral!
An unofficial estimation suggested that the goal of 300 men was reached, and, it was a truly prayerful and moving two hours.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible, most especially to Fr. Van Lieshout, Deacon Michael Kristan and the speakers!
We look forward to the next SMFPI meeting!
St. Michael’s Family Protection Institute
The Rector and Deacon at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester, Fr. Van Lieshout and Deacon Michael Kristan, are looking for a few good men to take a stand against pornography, which has become an ever-increasing scourge on our society…300 men to be exact!
We are asking YOU to help them spread the word!
They will be hosting a Presentation and Holy Hour at Sacred Heart Cathedral on March 27th, 2023 from 6pm to 8pm.
Please take a look at the website and share the link with anyone you think might be interested!
In his Apostolic Exhortation, Familiaris Consortio, St. John Paul II teaches (referencing the Second Vatican Council’s document Apostolicam Actositatem) that:
...prayer constitutes the strongest incentive for the Christian family to assume and comply fully with all its responsibilities as the primary and fundamental cell of human society. Thus the Christian family's actual participation in the Church's life and mission is in direct proportion to the fidelity and intensity of the prayer with which it is united with the fruitful vine that is Christ the Lord.
We are part of the Mystical Body of Christ and so whether or not you have ever personally struggled with pornography, so long as this affects even one of our brothers,this has, is, and will continue to affect you. Please join us on March 27th!
