Praiseworthy....don't let anyone tell you differently.

NO OregonTax Dollars for Abortions. Let's get moving.

 “Because God is full of life, I imagine each morning Almighty God says to the sun, "Do it again"; and every evening to the moon and the stars, "Do it again"; and every springtime to the daisies, "Do it again"; and every time a child is born into the world asking for curtain call, that the heart of the God might once more ring out in the heart of the babe.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life Is Worth Living

Oregon Catholics need to get behind this initiative.  No other organization is doing what these folks are doing.  This is a time we all need to pull together and get signatures if we can and pray like we can to end this scourge funded by our money in Oregon.  It's simple and to the point.  No bells or whistles.  Let's get moving.

 Initiative #25 Volunteers Gather Signatures to End State Abortion Funding

For Immediate Release
(March 22, 2012) – Abortion. It’s a controversial subject, but one point where many people can agree is that taxpayers should have a choice about whether or not they must fund the procedure.

Proposed Oregon state Initiative #25 would allow voters to choose whether abortions should continue to be publicly funded. Volunteers around the state are currently collecting signatures that will put the question of taxpayer-funded abortion on the November ballot.

“Today, one in three abortions — about 3,500 each year — are fully paid for by Oregon taxpayers,” said Jeff Jimerson, Co-Chief Petitioner of the initiative. “And while this isn’t about restricting a woman’s legal right to choose abortion, it is about giving Oregon taxpayers freedom from being forced to fund the highly controversial procedure.”

How Many Empty Car Seats am I Responsible For?

Albany resident Jimerson, along with Co-Chief Petitioners Lee Edward of Corvallis and former State Senator Marylin Shannon of Salem, are heading up the Oregon 2012 Petition Committee, a diverse grass-roots group of citizens who want to give Oregon taxpayers a choice.

“We’re relying on the efforts of hundreds of volunteers around the state to collect signatures,” Jimerson said. “Because we’re not using any paid petition circulators, getting the attention of concerned citizens, like-minded organizations and faith-based communities is very important right now.”

The Oregon 2012 Petition Committee is not affiliated with any political or religious organizations — it’s truly a citizen-driven group.

Organizers say the goal is to collect 150,000 signatures by May 18, one week before the Secretary of State’s “early submittal” deadline. Time is short, but confidence remains high that enough signatures will be collected to place this issue before voters in November.

“We have a wide base of enthusiastic, supportive volunteers around the state,” Jimerson said. “But there’s still time for many more people and churches to get involved in circulating the petition. Every single signature is important.”

The website for Initiative #25, www.Oregon2012.org, includes information on how churches can participate in “Sign on Sunday” activities to help circulate and share petition sheets with church members. Resources for churches — including printable posters, bulletin inserts, and an inspirational 3-minute video — can be downloaded from the website.

Jennifer Gardner, Press Coordinator, can be reached at 541.896.1825 or jennifer@oregon2012.org.

Our Convert Family's Journey Home

This is a page out of the Archdiocesan Catholic Women's Conference Book for 2004.  I was the Church Commission Chair for five years until the Archbishop had me removed. Click

This post is to thank God for his mercy and guidance through many experiences.  On the  anniversary of my family's entrance into the Church, this is the condensed version of our experience on Our Journey.

The Convert

After one moment when I bowed my head
And the whole world turned over and came upright,
And I came out where the old road shone white,
I walked the ways and heard what all men said,
Forests of tongues, like autumn leaves unshed,
Being not unlovable but strange and light;
Old riddles and new creeds, not in despite
But softly, as men smile about the dead.

The sages have a hundred maps to give
That trace their crawling cosmos like a tree,
They rattle reason out through many a sieve
That stores the sand and lets the gold go free:
And all these things are less than dust to me
Because my name is Lazarus and I live.

--GK Chesterton

Rally Reports - Praying for Supreme's June Announcement

Rally for religious freedom was well attended in over 145 cities.  The Portland rally was really in the belly of the beast but was well attended by almost three hundred people.  There were religious at this event which was inspiring to everyone.
 
"I came to this country for freedom, religious freedom, and that's not what we're getting," says Sister Therese Improgo of Our Lady of Peace. "It's a disappointment. We're all praying for Obama."

One woman, who asked not to be named, had brought her four homeschooled children out to the rally for a fieldtrip. "I want to show my kids that freedom is important. It's in our First Amendment. I hope that when they grow up, they will finally have this freedom."


The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments for and against Obamacare which has this mandate in it.  If the court rules against Obamacare, religious freedom for all is not on the chopping block.

Here are two links FYI. 

Priests for Life: HHS Mandate and Supreme Court


Supreme Court Website Link

The Roberts Court, 2010
Back row (left to right): Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, and Elena Kagan. Front row (left to right): Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

We need to hold up the Supreme Court in prayer.  This decision is due in June, so on your knees!

Students Ordered to Stop Praying Outside Supreme Court Building

God said... "He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain." (2 Sam 23.3b-4)

Friday, March 23rd: Apex of Spiritual Battle

The HHS mandate is from the Office of Health and Human Services.  It is a part of "Obamacare" a nickname of sorts for what is called the  "Affordable Health Care" (fact sheet).  Religious freedom is at stake and this can be nothing less than a spiritual battle of good vs evil.

Friday, March 23rd is a day with too many coincidences not to be the day for this battle, they include:

• Stand Up For Religious Freedom Rally Info and Locations
• Two year anniversary for Obamacare 
• "October Baby"     Theaters Near You
• The newly elected Reichstag met in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin to consider passing Hitler's Enabling Act. It was officially called the "Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich." If passed, it would in effect vote democracy out of existence in Germany and establish the legal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. It passed.
• End of Novena to Stop HHS Religious Freedom ploy.

Bishops Say Fight Against Religious Freedom Top Priority  

"Top U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday formally made their fight against a White House mandate for reproductive services the church’s top priority, saying “this struggle for religious freedom” demands their immediate attention.
The statement, issued by the leadership of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, came at the end of a closed, two-day meeting and as some close to the bishops say the men are concerned that their campaign is faltering in the public square.

“This dispute is not about access to contraceptives but about the government’s forcing the church to provide them,” the statement read."

"3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of fortifications, destroying counsels, 5 And every height that exhalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every understanding unto the obedience of Christ; 6 And having in readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be fulfilled."

2 Corinthians 10: 3-6