"In the last number of years, my attention has been directed to Fortnight for Freedom. The struggle to maintain our cherished freedom of religion has been under attack in the past few decades. The attempt of government to characterize religion as only one hour in the four walls of the church, synagogue or mosque is especially disturbing, since religion demands that its followers present their teachings in the marketplace of ideas."
Showing posts with label Fortnight for Freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fortnight for Freedom. Show all posts
Practicing Our Faith to Protect our Future
Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki in
his latest weekly Love One Another message.
Ben Nguyen: "The Continued Assault on Religious Freedom"
via the Diocese of La Crosse Youtube
I only get audio out of one speaker, but still it's totally worth the time to watch. His talk I think is around 25 minutes. Seriously, listen, it's excellent.
I only get audio out of one speaker, but still it's totally worth the time to watch. His talk I think is around 25 minutes. Seriously, listen, it's excellent.
Bps. Morlino and Ricken speeches at Fortnight for Freedom events
Bp. Morlino speaks at the Capitol.
Bp. Ricken speaks on Religious Freedom.
Bishop David Ricken | Let Freedom Ring Rally | June 21, 2013 from Diocese of Green Bay on Vimeo.
Bp. Ricken speaks on Religious Freedom.
La Crosse: “The Continued Assault on Religious Freedom” Tues. June 25
Tuesday, June 25, 7:00 pm – “The Continued Assault on Religious Freedom”Diocese of La Crosse
Aquinas High School auditorium, 315 11th St . S . , La Crosse.
Keynote by Ben Nguyen, Visiting Adjunct Professor and Assistant to the Director of the Institute for Pastoral Theology of Ave Maria University. Ben is the former Chancellor of the Diocese of La Crosse, where he continues to serve as a legal and canonical consultant. After an opening prayer and remarks by Bishop Callahan, Ben will bring us up to date on the continued violation of religious freedom represented by the HHS Mandate, as well as other threats.
The keynote will be followed by comments from a panel consisting of Msgr. Roger Scheckel, Pastor of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Richland Center, Nancy Hatle vig, Pastor of Connect Church in Onalaska, Corey Sateren, Pastor of Bethany Evangelical Free Church in La Crosse, and Dr. Mark Grunwald, a physician from Prairie du Chien. Admission is free.
There is remote viewing at certain parishes... not sure if they are streaming online so anyone can watch.
Fortnight for Freedom events in Wisconsin
The U.S. bishops have once again called for a Fortnight for Freedom,
a two-week period of prayer and action, to address many current
challenges to religious liberty, including the August 1, 2013 deadline
for religious organizations to comply with the HHS mandate, Supreme
Court rulings that could attempt to redefine marriage in June, and
religious liberty concerns in areas such as immigration and humanitarian
services. Last year they outlined their position They outlined their
position in “Our First, Most Cherished Freedom.”
***The bishops have called for “A Fortnight for Freedom,”
the
two-week period from June 21 to July 4—beginning with the feasts of St.
Thomas More and St. John Fisher and ending with Independence Day—to
focus “all the energies the Catholic community can muster” for religious
liberty.***
Green Bay:
http://www.gbdioc.org/images/stories/Front_Page/PDFs/f4f-All-Events.pdf [pdf]
Website was down this morning.
Milwaukee:
http://www.archmil.org/offices/social-justice/Fortnight-Freedom.htm
Bp. Hying has a nice video there, but I can't embed it. Sharing is caring?
Madison:
http://www.madisondiocese.org/Outreach/JusticePastoralOutreach/FortnightforFreedom.aspx
Don't forget tonight!
Rosary Rally at State Capitol 7:00 PM, State Street steps of the State Capitol Building
Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino will be in attendance!
La Crosse:
http://www.dioceseoflacrosse.com/freedom/files/Fortnight%20for%20Freedom%20Schedule%20of%20Events%202013.pdf
A great event next Tuesday at Aquinas, I'm doing a separate post on that.
Superior:
http://www.catholicdos.org/index.php?cat=1341405133182291
Nuns on the Bus by the numbers
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:continue at Catholic League
Media coverage of both the “Fortnight for Freedom” events sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and the competing “Nuns on the Bus” campaign, reveal interesting results.
A total of 141 dioceses, involving tens of thousands of Catholics, participated in the USCCB events; it ended with a crowd of 5,000 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on July 4. Although Bill Moyers wrote that “a bus filled with nuns” participated in the “Nuns on the Bus” campaign, in actual fact a total of two nuns made the entire bus trip; there were never more than six at any one time on the bus. No matter, CNN did eight stories on the nuns, and none on the bishops; MSNBC did six on the nuns, and one on the bishops; and CBS News did two on the nuns and none on the bishops.
The nuns were helped by a media advisor for Faith in Public Life. As I pointed out in my news release of June 18, the group is funded by atheist billionaire George Soros; its Catholic Program Director is John Gehring, a left-wing operative who sought to manipulate the media against the USCCB events. Leading the nuns was a registered Washington lobbyist, Sr. Simone Campbell of Network. This group’s founder, Sr. Marjorie Tuite, was threatened with expulsion in the 1980s for her pro-abortion work. Today, Network employs nine people, three of whom are nuns.
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A few photos from last night's Capitol Rosary Rally
7PM every Thursday until the election. Get there if you are able!
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