"Wink Wink: have fun, do good." Church Message at Seaside Adolescent Conference?

Although the Adolescent Sexuality Conference hasn't happened yet, it's April 6th and 7th, Amy Johnson's past article shows how her mind works.  In "Wink Wink: have fun, do good."  she feels that the game "Wink, Wink" is appropriate.  Here's the picture in her article.

The problem for us as Catholics is that the things shown in this picture are not option for our children, or us. Although most Catholics use birth control, the Church teaches that there is more freedom in Natural Family Planning but abstinence for the un-married.

She wants to circumvent many church teachings with her workshop. And the State of Oregon is helping her.  She can be reached at info@diligentjoy.com

E3 – Embracing Sexuality Education in Church:  Alternative to Just Say No
Amy Johnson, MSW
Using a model of holistic sexuality, the presenter will explore ways to include scripture in sexuality education in a way that promotes comprehensive education and inclusivity of all people.  This workshop will be useful for youth and adults who find themselves feeling like sexual identity and sexuality education are difficult to reconcile with religion, and in particular with Christianity.  Come explore ways to use spirituality and religion as healthy building blocks in sexuality education for youth.
Intended Audience:  Youth & Adults
Main Focus:  Spirituality & Sexuality
Level of Information: Introductory
Presentation Techniques: Interactive
  

Click on for the Full List of Workshops 

There is no information on this woman's background or religious belief, if any.  The people running this conference are not parents and not balanced in their view of sexuality.  Active homosexuality behavior and total sexual license is their message.  Plus this conference is for "adolescents up to age 24".  What is that all about?

If the the State of Oregon let Amy speak on Church issues and sex, why not let a priest or minister give their church's view and have real education or is this all contraception driven and no other views are welcome?   Wink, wink.

http://oregon-asc.org/steering-committee/

Cascade AIDS Project  pparisot@cascadeaids.org
208 SW 5th Ave #800, Portland, OR 97204              

(503) 234-5334

or

Father Peter J. Smith, Bishop-Elect
2838 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214

(503) 234-5334

 From USCCB website.

Matthew 18:6-7

Temptations to Sin.

 6^d “Whoever causes one of these little ones^* who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 
7^* Woe to the world because of things that cause sin! Such things must come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Alert! "War Room" to Stop Us From Paying for Abortions. No EMO's Here.

This is from Jeff Jierson the head of the effort to Stop Taxpayer Funded Abortions.  Here is a opportunity for  Lenten gift to Our Lord as His Children are wanted to be removed from existence by abortion.  We have little traction because there needs to be a champion for the unborn in the Office of "Life", Justice and Peace.

Ask Matt Cato, Archdiocesan Office of Life, Justice and Peace to get an Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Church to host an effort against this evil.  I don't think he'd hurt his reputation with them to even broach the request.  

From Jeff:

This Saturday, March 22, we're holding a strategic planning “war room” at Salem First Baptist Church in downtown Salem. 

We need your input to craft an effective plan of action as we sprint towards our Mother’s Day signature gathering deadline. This will be a critical meeting for anyone who wants to see an end to taxpayer-funded abortion in Oregon this November.

There's no cost to attend, and lunch will be provided. Can you join us?

» Click here for details and to register

Just 55 days remain to gather 150,000 signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot, and it’s exciting to see momentum really starting to pick up.

If you need petition sheets, click here. To make a donation, click here.

Serving together with you,

Jeff Jimerson
Co-Chief Petitioner to Stop Taxpayer Funding for Abortion
Oregon 2014 Petition Committee / Oregon 2014 PAC
www.Oregon2014.org

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New Auxiliary Bishop Named to Archdiocese of Portland...He will wear many hats.

 March 4, 2014 11:46 a.m. | Portland  Sergio Cisneros / OPB

Father Peter Leslie Smith is the new Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Portland. Pope Francis appointed him.

An Auxiliary Bishop assists the Archbishop in confirmations and other tasks.

Archbishop Alexander K. Sample, left, and
newly named Auxiliary Bishop, Father Peter Leslie Smith.

The last time an Auxiliary Bishop was appointed in Portland was thirty-six years ago. The most recent one retired two years ago.

Bishop-elect Smith says he was not expecting the appointment.

“I love being out here in the Northwest and serving the presbyterate.  This is where the door opened for me to serve and it’s just an honor and a surprising one to get into this position.”

Bishop-elect Smith is serving as Vicar General and Moderator of Curia for the Archdiocese. He will continue those positions after he is ordained bishop.

The new Auxiliary Bishop was born in South Africa. His ordination is tentatively set for April.

In Defense of Baby Worship...thanks G.K.

Archbishop Alexander Sample and our new Auxiliary Bishop, Peter Smith, formerly "just" our Vicar General, are asking all Oregon Catholics to sign the petition the ends taxpayer funded abortions.

Father John Reedy on his 100th Birthday. Glory 2 weeks later.

Oregon taxpayer monies contribute to approximately 32 aborted children daily.

While this is sickening, it is even worse because those of us who love life are forced to fund this atrocity.


There is a way to find out if you have signed or not: go to http://oregon2014.org/search/  and look for your name, or your child's or friends.


There is not much more time to make sure that this measure is on the November ballot.

With these two new men leading the Catholic flock into Heaven as their desire, lets double our efforts, especially this Lent, to do everything we can not to be part of the problem and to love each life God has ordained by the very fact of their heartbeat.

"The fascination of children lies in this: that with each of them all things are remade, and the universe is put again upon its trial. As we walk the streets and see below us those delightful bulbous heads, three times too big for the body, which mark these human mushrooms, we ought always to remember that within every one of these heads there is a new universe, as new as it was on the seventh day of creation. In each of those orbs there is a new system of stars, new grass, new cities, a new sea."  GK Chesterton

Archbishop Sample's Pontifical Mass Homily - Getting to Know Him and Our Church Better.