Category: Life

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Help Oppose Physician Assisted Suicide in NY!

Please take a moment to review the current state of Physician Assisted Suicide in NY…and…please contact your NY State Assembly Member and Senator today!

Thank you to our NYS Bishops, who are always ready to lead the charge into the breach! We also appreciate their efforts to Reclaim the Language with the term “State-Sanctioned Suicide.” It is important to use accurate terms generally and only more so as the Culture of Death attempts to obscure the truth by changing the language!

You can use the form linked here to contact your NYS legislative representatives. Please do so soon as they could vote any day! Please note, while the suggested text in the Message Body is a good starting point, please edit it to “make it your own”! Legislators receive many messages and tend to give less attention (or completely ignore!) unoriginal messages.

More info can be found at these links:

NYS Catholic Conference

1. Assisted Suicide page, including a link to Episode 14 of the Catholic Compass podcast featuring our own Dr. Thomas Carroll!

2. Prolife Activities – Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia, which has links to many helpful resources.

NY Alliance Against Assisted Suicide

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(Possibly) Overturning Roe v Wade

If true, and we pray it is(!), this is the answer the literally billions of prayers uttered in defense of life over the past 49 years.

Please keep in mind both that this is a leaked story and may or may not prove to be true…and…sadly, for all but about 13 states this decision will have no immediate effect, especially here in NY given the extreme laws passed over the years.

We will continuing to pray for Pro-Life victories, large and small!

We would also be remiss if we did not point to the fact that abortion is a significant part of the spiritual battle being waged by Satan against God and his Church.

“Abortion is the Antichrist’s demonic parody of the Eucharist. That is why it uses the same holy words, ‘This is my body,’ with the blasphemously opposite meaning.” – Peter Kreeft

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Catholic Conversations – Death with True Dignity

January 15, 2022 from 8:30am to 1pm

We are excited to announce that, in cooperation with Mt. Carmel House, St. Bernard’s and the Diocese of Rochester, the Symposium has been resuscitated!

COVID-permitting we will offer an in-person option, though either way, the Symposium will be available via Zoom.

We welcome you would like to join in-person (COVID permitting) or virtually! Please register here!

We will address important topics and questions around common and challenging end of life issues, including…

  • Why does the Church teach that? (Foundations of Catholic Teaching)
  • Does Hospice mean I’m giving up?
  • I don’t need a Health Care Proxy because my wife will make decisions if I can’t.
  • I don’t want Hospice because they’re going to kill me with morphine!
  • But if I start the feeding tube, then the Church says I can never stop it…right?

…and many more…

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Help Oppose Planned Parenthood in Brighton!

This Wednesday is the Brighton Town Board Meeting.  This will be the first in-person meeting since COVID started and it’s of utmost importance that there be as many people attend as possible- Brighton residents and non-Brighton residents alike.  

When: THIS Wednesday (July 14, 2021) @ 7pm

Where: Brighton Town Hall at 2300 Elmwood Ave

If you are NOT a Brighton resident, we still need you in attendance.

If you ARE a Brighton resident, you will have an opportunity to speak at the open forum portion near the beginning of the meeting as to why you oppose a Planned Parenthood in Brighton.

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Theology of the Body Event at St. Bernard’s!

From Dr. Kuhner

I am excited to invite you to a unique event for teens and parents on the topic of Theology of the Body and Fertility Awareness, taking place at Saint Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry! Recognizing the ever-increasing challenges posed by cultural trends, a highly qualified team of medical professionals and catechetical leaders will provide an evening of education and discussion, firmly grounded in the teachings of the Catholic Church, that will explore the significance of our sexuality within God’s plan and what it means to live free and healthy lives with regard to our sexuality and fertility.

What: Fully Alive! Health and Freedom: Understanding the Body. An Introduction to Theology of the Body, Health and Fertility Awareness

Who: Fr. Peter Van Lieshout (Pastor, St. Peter’s Parish)

Mrs. Rebecca Mitrousis (Youth Minister, Church of the Holy Spirit, Penfield)

Mr. David Klosterman (Catholic School Teacher)

Dr. Angela Kristan (University of Rochester Medical Center)

Mrs. Anne Olek, (Family Nurse Practitioner and Creighton Model FertilityCare Practitioner and Educator)

Dr. Paul Carpenter (Medical Director, Gianna Center of Long Island for Women’s Health & Fertility at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center of Catholic Health Services)

Mrs. Jaqueline Tomko (Board Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner)

When: Friday, April 26th,  6-9pm

Where: St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry, 120 French Road, Rochester, NY

The speakers will address the following questions (and many others):

  • What is the relationship between sexuality and the sacred?
  • Why did God create us as body and soul?
  • What does it mean to live a healthy life with regard to sexuality?
  • How do nutrition and lifestyle affect my body and my fertility?
  • How can learning about how my body and my fertility work help my overall health?

The event will include a taco dinner. There will be a $10 fee per family, to cover the cost of food and speakers.

Please register online before April 24th via the following link: https://www.stbernards.edu/news/fully-alive-health-and-freedom-event/