Dear e-link Subscriber,
May Holy Week bring us all closer to Our Lord in his rejection,
suffering, and death, and may it bring us closer to all those
who, both near and far, like Jesus, suffer at the hands of
others.
As we celebrate e-link's seventh year of publication, the OSM
staff would like to thank all those who read e-link, who
participate in it's highlighted events, and who advance
their understanding of how to re-build a culture of life through
the essays and articles featured in e-link. May we all continue
to grow in wisdom, compassion, and predilection to action.
As always, we remind current members and inform new members that
past e-link bulletins and this current bulletin can be viewed at
www.osmelink.org.
Have a very
blessed Easter!
     
Thursday, April 1, 2010 e-link Bulletin #85
Table of Contents
Remarks from Kent Peters on
"Event Overload"
Key Upcoming Culture-of-Life
Gatherings/Projects (please join us)
1. Catholic Lobby Day set for Tuesday,
April 27, 2010, "Bringing the voice of
San Diego Catholics to Sacramento" - Hurry, roundtrip
fare is only $168
2. St. Gianna Beretta Molla Feast Day Celebration
at Our Lady of the
Rosary Catholic Church, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 ~ 7:00
p.m. Honoring
Marriage, Family and the Sanctity of Life
3. Join the Ignatian Volunteer Corps
on Sunday, April 18, 2010, to get a
"Taste of IVC" and honor the
San Diego Catholic Worker, at the
Annual Della Strada Award Dinner
4. Fifth Annual Good
Friday Pro-life Stations of the Cross, Friday,
April 2, Noon to 1:00 p.m. starting at St. Joseph
Cathedral -
participants will meet in front of the Cathedral -
procession is
to Horton Plaza then back to the Cathedral
5. 19th annual Good Friday Walk
with the Suffering in Downtown San Diego
on April 2, starting at the San Diego Rescue Mission on
Elm Street and
Second Avenue - from 8:30 a.m. to about 11:00 a.m.
6. Join your friends at Fair Trade San Diego for "A
Fair Trade Open
Market Celebrating World Fair Trade Day"
on Saturday, May 1,
2010, from Noon to 4:00 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church
on 4761
Cass St. in Pacific Beach - music, food, shopping,
films, and loads of fun!
7. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) "NAMIWALK"
set for Saturday,
April 17, 2010 at Balboa Park - Registration opens at
6:30 a.m. -
Walk begins at 8:10 a.m. Join with Diocesan Disability
Facilitators
to raise awareness, hope, and resources for NAMI San
Diego
8. St. Martin of Tours to host
informational session on Fair Trade, featuring
Rigoberto Contreras Diaz -"Why What's in Your
Mug Matters" on Tuesday,
April 13, 2010, at 1:00 p.m., 7710 El Cajon Boulevard,
La Mesa, CA 91942
9. Stand with Children Training and
Formation Program Comes to San Diego,
Regaining the Offense on Defining Marriage - A four-part
series starting on
Saturday, April 10, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sponsored by
Catholics for the
Common Good - located at the John Paul II the Great
University
10. North County Job Transition Ministry to
offer free Job Search & Networking
Clinic at St. James Parish on Wednesday, April 14, 2010,
from 6:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m.
11. Living Wage Concert - "Celebrating Five Years of
the Living Wage in
San Diego" Tuesday, April 13, 2010, Noon to
1:30 p.m. at the Civic
Center Plaza, 1200 3rd Avenue (at B Street), San Diego,
CA 92101
12. Walk for the Workers - Raising funds to
establish micro-credit banks in
small towns in the Mexican state Oaxaca - Saturday, May
8, 2010, 8:00 a.m.
leaving from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 13541 Stoney
Creek Road, San
Diego - Co-sponsored by Out Lady of Mt. Carmel and
Border Angels
Short Reports on Office for Social
Ministry Related Issues/Events
1. February 27th Adoption Seminar Uplifts Spirits and
Changes Adoption
Messaging to Reflect Current Reality
2. Another 40 Days for Life Completed in San Diego/San
Marcos
Web and e-mail-based Resources
- Got 20 minutes? Just do it!
Local and Regional
Events/Gatherings/Projects
1. Attend the San Diego Friends of Fair Trade
monthly meeting on Wednesday,
April 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the Open Door Book Store in
Pacific Beach
2. "Get Acquainted with Detention Ministry"
monthly information/training
sessions offered by Deacon Walsh at the
Pastoral Center - Wednesday,
April 7, 9:00 a.m. to Noon or Thursday, April 8, 6:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
or Wednesday May 5, 9:00 a.m. to Noon or Thursday, May
6, 6:00 p.m.
to 9:00 p.m.
3. North County prayer witness at the
Carlsbad Planned Parenthood Clinic
scheduled for every third Monday of the month from
10:00 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.
4. Prayerful witness for life at two locations in
San Diego County - every
Saturday and Wednesday at 7340 Miramar Road, just east
of the Pyramid
Building, adjacent to Carroll Road, and the second
Saturday of every
month at 15546 Pomerado Road in Poway
5. St. Dismas Guild sponsors two weekly hours of
prayer for the unborn
in front of the North County Women's Medical Clinic on
Craven Way
6. St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Carlsbad
also supports the St. Dismas
Guild prayer ministry in front of the North County
Women's Medical
Clinic on Craven Way
7. St. John the Evangelist Parish in Encinitas
Pro-Life Mass and Rosary held
on the first Monday of each month
8. Prayer Vigil at Planned Parenthood -
First and Grape Street, San Diego –
Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
9. Most Precious Blood Parish in Chula Vista
Rosary Prayer Vigils held every
Wednesday at 8:45 a.m.
10. Prayer partners are needed at 1079 Third Ave.,
suite 3, in Chula
Vista - abortions are performed at this facility - Meet
each Wednesday
from 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
11. Join neighbors and friends to pray in front of
the new Planned
Parenthood facility in El Cajon on Fridays
and Saturdays
12. The Goretti Group is offering a chastity prayer
gathering and a speaker
training monthly along with a Mass to celebrate
chastity
Article/Statement for April 1, 2010
- Article on Health Care Reform by
Charles J. Chaput O.F.M. CAP., Archbishop
of Denver - from the Denver Catholic Register
Remarks from Kent Peters on Event
Overload
From time to
time, e-link bulletins seem to be overloaded with opportunities
to serve or to learn more about the sanctity of human life and
the promotion of human dignity. This is one of those
 bulletins.
In fact, you'll see twelve diocesan-wide events promoted in
the "Key Upcoming Culture of Life Gatherings/Projects"
section below, and they will all take place between April 1st
and May 8th.
Due to a friend's wedding and calendar conflicts for a few of
the events, I'll only be able to attend seven of the thirteen,
but a question remains... What will my attitude really be with
this level of engagement?
To be honest, I know what I'll be feeling and thinking on the
way to each of these events. I'll be whining interiorly. "I'm
too old for this." "I didn't get enough sleep last night." "I
worked all day, what am I doing out in the evening?" "I could
be playing tennis." The negative thoughts will multiply, and
one can only wonder about their origin.
Past experience, however, has always taught me that if I just
press on and give myself to the event and its cause, I will be
blessed and enriched. Like exercise, we rarely want to begin,
but we feel invigorated when finished. I know exactly how I'll
feel driving back to work or home after each of the events.
"Gosh, it was great to see..." "I need to add that to my
prayer." "It was so good to encounter 200 people who care so
much." "We need a write up on that for e-link." "I hope
someone took some decent photographs." I believe these kinds of
thoughts are Holy-Spirit inspired, and they demonstrate that I
likely received what I really needed -participation in
a community that is publicly sharing and acting on its values.
This is how we build the Kingdom of God. It's what we're made
for.
Why am I sharing all this? Only to shamelessly promote the
events highlighted in e-link and to help enrich the lives of
Catholics who have said "yes" to being artisans in the building
up of Our Lord's Kingdom. Come out. Share this calling with
friends. Add a brick to the heavenly castle. Help rebuild a
culture of life and dignity.
Thank you and God bless you. |
Key
Upcoming Culture-of-Life
Gatherings/Projects
Number 1:
Catholic Lobby Day in Sacramento
- Join OSM director, Kent Peters, and other parishioners at
the 12th annual Catholic Lobby Day at the Capitol in Sacramento on
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Inspirational Speakers
- Key Issues & Public Policy Overview
- Chance to collaborate with Diocesan
Directors
- Lunch and fellowship with other Catholics
- Opportunity to call on and Lobby
Legislators
Special Notice: Roundtrip from San Diego to Sacramento is now only
$168.
We will join with more than 1,000 Catholics from across the
State in Sacramento to pray, sing, march, have lunch, and then visit
our State Assembly Members and Senators.
It's a long day but a very rewarding one. Please check out the
schedule below.
Schedule
for Catholic Lobby Day
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
6:30 a.m.
Depart from the San Diego Airport - SW #2033
8:10 a.m. Arrive at the Sacramento Airport
8:15 a.m. Mini-bus from Airport Leaves for the Capitol
9:00 a.m. Arrive at the Cathedral and Register
9:35 a.m. Welcome and Program
10:15 a.m. Eucharistic Liturgy
11:30 a.m. March to the Capitol
12:00 p.m. Rally at the Capitol
12:15 p.m. Lunch on the Capitol Lawn
1:00 p.m. Lobby Visits to Assembly and Senate Offices (small
groups by districts)
3:00 p.m. Bus to the Airport - Short de-briefing at the SW Gate
4:30 p.m. Depart from Sacramento Airport - SW #2115
5:55 p.m. Arrive back in San Diego
How do those from the
Diocese of San Diego register for Catholic Lobby day?
There are four simple steps:
1.
Go to the Southwest Airlines web site below and reserve your
flight. The cost at this time is $168 dollars for the round trip
air fare. The ride to and from the airport and lunch will be
provided free of charge by the OSM.
We will be departing Tuesday, April 27th on Southwest Flight #2033
at 6:30 a.m. and returning the same day on Southwest Flight #2115 at
4:30 p.m., arriving back in San Diego at 5:55 p.m.
http://www.southwest.com/flight/?int=GSUBNAV-AIR-BOOK&forceNewSession=yes
2. Call the Office for Social Ministry at
858-490-8324 or email us at
reportback@diocese-sdiego.org
to let us know that you have made your flight reservation and
provide us with your street address and e-mail address. Legislative
visits with Assembly Members and Senators will be scheduled by the
staff of the OSM.
3. Keep an eye on your e-mail for information
on possible issues on which we will lobby. We will likely survey
participants on "issue interest" as we get closer to Lobby Day. We
will also be sending instructions and tips for the legislative
visits.
4. Meet at the San Diego Airport at 5:30 a.m.
sharp on April 27, 2010 at the Southwest gate area for flight SW
2033. We'll have a short 20 minute meeting at that time.
That's it!
 Catholic
Lobby Day will be a gathering of people of faith raising their
voices in “sincere dialogue…and with anxious interest…seeking the
common good.” 1 For the 12th consecutive year, the California
Catholic Conference (CCC) is hosting Catholics from all over
California who are interested in exercising their “faithful
citizenship” in their state’s Capital. The CCC welcomes all who are
interested in meeting with elected officials to speak on behalf of
those who are poor, vulnerable or voiceless.
Please
register promptly and begin to pray for all who will join together
that day – raising our voices as faithful citizens who are working
for justice and searching for the common good.
1 Vatican II, Gaudium et Spes, 7 December, 1965, 43.
Twelfth Annual Catholic Lobby Day
Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 6:30 a.m. to 5:55 p.m.
San Diego to Sacramento and back (SW #2033 and SW #2115)
Depart from the San Diego Airport
For information or questions about Catholic Lobby Day, contact Kent
Peters at 858-490-8324.
Number 2:
St. Gianna Beretta Molla Feast Day
Celebration at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, 1668 State
Street, San Diego, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. -
Honoring Marriage, Family and the Sanctity of Life
St. Gianna Beretta Molla was an Italian wife, mother and physician
who is well known for having
 refused
to have either an abortion or hysterectomy when she was pregnant
with her fourth child and diagnosed with a fibroid tumor in her
uterus during her second month of pregnancy. As a physician Gianna
knew the risks of choosing to remove the tumor and attempting to
bring the child to term. She chose the life of her child over her
own.
Her heroic witness to the respect owed to all human life was the
culmination of her faithful response to the call to holiness of
life. She is a particular source of inspiration and strength to
spouses and parents who are called to make heroic sacrifices in
fidelity to their vocation in life.
She serves as an inspiring model for physicians and those who
assist them in working to overcome the culture of death that besets
our time and to establish a civilization of life and love.
St. Gianna was referred to as the “Mother of a Family” by Pope
John Paul II on the occasion of
her beatification. She serves as a special intercessor for married
and engaged couples. Countless couples around the world suffering
from infertility were blessed with children after praying for her
intercession or receiving a blessing with her relics.
7:00 p.m. Litany of St. Gianna followed by Mass
At the end of Mass there will be a special blessing with the
relics of St. Gianna.
8:00 p.m. special debut of a recently released video on
the life of St. Gianna.
"St. Gianna Beretta Molla: A Modern Day Hero of Divine Love" (30
min.)
Followed by refreshments and information on the St. Gianna
Physician’s Guild
BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY!
Sponsored by Our Lady of the Rosary Church and the St.
Gianna Physician’s Guild
For more information, contact Marie McRoberts at (858) 461-0777 or
via e-mail at:
info@StGiannaPhysicians.org.
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church
1668 State Street, San Diego, CA 92101
St. Gianna Physician’s Guild - www.StGiannaPhysicians.org
Number 3:
The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) invites you to
attend the 2010 Della Strada Award Reception, "A Taste of IVC"
- This
year's honoree will be "The Catholic Worker of San Diego" - Sunday,
April 18th at St. Catherine Laboure in San Diego - 2:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.
The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) is a national service ministry of
volunteers and for volunteers. IVC connects the experience and
talents of men and women, age 50 and older, with the real and many
needs of people who are materially poor. IVC San Diego is one of 16
regional programs nationwide, with 38 Ignatian Volunteers serving
in 20 community having 31 service sites.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saint Catherine Laboure Parish
4124 Mount Abraham Ave.
San Diego, CA 92111
A Taste of IVC - featuring savory hors d'oeuvres, sweet
delights, festive live entertainment, and a wonderful silent
auction.
Participating restaurants include (partial listing that may
change):
PF Chang's, A Taste of Italy in El Cajon, Sammy's Woodfired
Pizza, Casanova Fish Tacos, and our own Fr. Gil's gourmet Italian
specialties, and several others.
If you have questions or would like to
receive an invitation in the mail - Contact:
Margie Carroll, Regional Director 619-881-9509,
mcarroll@ivcusa.org
Pat Doyle, Regional Coordinator 858-715-0900,
pdoyle@ivcusa.org
Number 4:
Fifth Annual Good Friday Pro-life Stations of
the Cross in Downtown San Diego, Friday, April 2, 2010, from Noon to
1:00 p.m. - the group will meet in front of St. Joseph Cathedral,
1535 3rd Ave.
To view a four-minute expressive video
of third annual Stations of the Cross produced by Laura Lopez,
visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10R56EfRkFw&feature=channel_page
The Fifth Annual Good Friday Pro-Life Stations of the Cross will be
held on April 2, 2010 at Noon, in Downtown San Diego. The event
will start at St. Joseph Cathedral, with a procession to Horton
Plaza and a return to the Cathedral.
Participants will pray the Stations of the Cross for an end to
abortion, making the link between the killing of the innocent Jesus
and the innocent unborn. There will be no graphic abortion pictures
present at this event. Everyone is invited to bring a Crucifix.
Banners will be available that read: "Take my hand not my life,"
"I'm a child not a choice," and "Life is Precious," as well as signs
that read "Stop killing the innocent unborn".
Bring coins for metered parking in the area. Come early and carpool
if you can.
Please spread the word to others who you
 think
would be interested.
Last year was a very holy and moving experience for everyone, as
well as a powerful public witness for Life.
Good Friday Pro-life Stations
of the Cross
Friday, April 2, 2010, at Noon
Starting at St. Joseph Cathedral
Fourth Ave. and Beech St.
San Diego, CA
For information or questions about the Good Friday Pro-life Stations
of the Cross, contact Roger Lopez: 619-990-1341 or
sandiegohelpers@earthlink.net
Number 5:
19th Annual Walk with the Suffering Good Friday Stations of the
Cross - Friday, April 2, 2010, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. - Beginning and
ending at the San Diego Rescue Mission, 120 Elm St., corner of
Second Avenue and Elm, downtown San Diego - Last year more than
160 individuals participated in the Walk
The annual Walk with the Suffering is coordinated by the Ecumenical
Council of San Diego County and features students from two local
Catholic high schools depicting scenes from Jesus’ walk to Calvary
on Good Friday.
Walk participants stop outside various public venues in the downtown
area, reflecting and praying about issues that create suffering in
the community while the students act out a particular scene from
Calvary on the back of a flatbed truck.
Representatives from faith-based community organizations like the
San Diego Rescue Mission, San Diego Organizing Project, Safe Place
Faith Communities, Affordable Housing Coalition, and others lead the
group in prayer and song at each ‘station.’ This year, participants
will stop and pray at First Lutheran Church, Catholic Charities,
City Administration Building, the Metropolitan Correctional
Facility, the County Courthouse, Sempra Energy, and Horton Plaza.
The walk with begin and conclude at the Rescue Mission where free
parking will be available in the Rescue Mission Parking Structure on
Second Ave. between Elm and Fir.
Sponsored by the Ecumenical Council of San Diego County
For more information, phone (619)702-5399 or visit the Ecumenical
Council website at: www.ecsd.org
Approximate length of walk is 2 1/2 miles
19th Annual Walk with the Suffering
Good Friday Stations of the Cross
Friday, April 2, 2010
8:30 a.m to 11:00 a.m.
Starting and Ending at San Diego Rescue Mission
120 Elm Street, San Diego
Number 6:
Join Fair Trade San Diego for an
"Open Market Celebration of World Fair Trade
Day" on Saturday, May 1, 2010, from Noon a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at
Christ Lutheran Church, 4761 Cass Street. in Pacific Beach - Lunch
available - Free parking on site
Hear great music, taste wine and
chocolate, have lunch, and shop Fair Trade items till you drop!
Also, the day will offer fair trade films, vendors, and special kids
activities.
Come and enjoy learning about how you can make Fair Trade work for
your church or place of business - You, too, can Reach Across the
World!
What is Fair Trade?
It’s about justice. Fair Trade provides an alternative trade model
which insures healthy working conditions and a living wage for
farmers. Fair Trade aims to improve
 living
conditions in producing communities. Membership guidelines and
regulations for Fair Trade are managed by the non-profit
certification group, TransfairUSA. For more information on Fair
Trade, go to
www.transfairusa.org.
More information on "Open
Market" at:
www.fairtradesd.org or 858-274-0587
Fair Trade Open Market -
Celebrating World Fair Trade Day
Saturday, May 1, 2009, Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Christ Lutheran Church - Next to St. Brigid Parish
4761 Cass Street
Pacific Beach, CA, 92109
More information at:
www.fairtradesd.org
Number 7:
Whether it's Depression, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder,
Eating Disorders, Schizophrenia, or one of a host of other serious
disorders, nearly every Catholic family has been touched by mental
illness. Join Parish Disability Facilitators on Saturday, April 17,
2010 at 8:00 a.m. at Balboa Park to "Walk for the Mind of America"
with NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness
******Balboa Park at 6th and Quince******
It's again time to join San Diego County's NAMI Walk for the Mind
of America! The journey
 your
footsteps will make at Balboa Park will join those across the nation
to fight for the cause of mental illness. The fundraising goal for
NAMI of San Diego this year is $150,000.
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s
largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving
the lives of persons living with serious mental illness
and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation’s
voice on mental illness, a national organization including NAMI
organizations in every state and in over 1100 local communities
across the country who join together to meet the NAMI mission
through advocacy, research, support, and education.
One in five people will be treated for a biological brain disorder
at some point in life.
 NAMI
Walks for the Mind of America, the annual NAMI San Diego County
fundraiser, is a big part of the solution. Financial support that
NAMI receives from the Walk is used for its programs that increase
mental health recovery and reduce mental illness stigma.
NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the
improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected
by these diseases.
Saturday, April 17, 2010, 7:30 a.m.
Schedule of Events:
6:30 a.m. Registration Opens
8:00 a.m. Welcome to NAMI WALK
8:10 a.m. WALK Begins!
REGISTRATION - Runners/walkers can register
online at:
www.nami.org/namiwalks/CA/sandiego You may also register the
day of the walk. If you register under a team, your team captain
will pick up your race bib and t-shirt coupon.
POST-RACE FESTIVITIES - This year, along with
our usually wonderful resource fair, we also have activities for
children and food vendors so teams can picnic in the park after the
race!
INFORMATION - Call Annie Dunlop at 619-584-5564
or visit:
anniedunlop@namisd.org
NAMI San Diego, 4480 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92116
Walk for the Mind of America with NAMI
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Balboa Park, at 6th and Quince
Check-in time starting at: 6:30 a.m.
Walk/Run Start Time: 8:30 a.m.
Number 8:
St. Martin of Tours Parish and Academy
to host informational session on "Fair Trade," featuring Rigoberto
Contreras Diaz -"Why What's in Your Mug
Matters" on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at 1:00 p.m., 7710 El
Cajon Boulevard, La Mesa, CA 91942 in Barry Hall.
Everyone is invited to St. Martin of Tours to learn more about how
Fair Trade actually works, and how churches can make a real
difference in the lives of growers.
Rigoberto Contreras Díaz is a small-scale, fair trade coffee farmer
from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and a founding member of the Yeni
Navan cooperative, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2010.
Rigoberto currently serves on the organization’s
Board of Directors and also coordinates the critically important
coffee renovation activities undertaken in connection with the CRS
CAFE Livelihoods project.
Rigoberto shares the story of struggles within coffee
farming communities today, and how CRS and Fair Trade are helping
build a stronger foundation for the future.
FOR DIRECTIONS OR FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 619-466-3241.
Number 9:
"Stand with Children"
Training and Formation
 Program
- Learn New Positive Advocacy Techniques and Messages on the
Centrality of Marriage - a Four-part Series in San Diego, CA
All four events will be held at:
John Paul the Great University
10174 Old Grove Road, San Diego, CA 92131
All events: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 10
Regaining the Offense on Marriage Training
Participants learn about the secular role of the laity in the
mission of the Church, what it means to be an authentic Catholic
advocate for marriage, and how principles of Catholic Social
Teaching and a Trinitarian insight into the nature of the human
person can lead to arguments and tactics for promoting marriage and
family in secular society.
Sunday, May 23
The Holy Spirit—the Fire and the Light of the Apostolate
Retreat
Participants contemplate how the Holy Spirit guides us in our lay
vocation to evangelize culture.
Sunday, July 11
Practical Tools Workshop
Participants gain hands-on training in speaking techniques
responding to common arguments from opponents, redirecting
discussions to create more favorable terms for supporting marriage,
and identifying other like-minded people to join the Stand with
Children leadership team.
Sunday, August 22
Created for Love Retreat
Participants contemplate Trinitarian love as the source and meaning
of the person, marriage, family, and a civilization of love.
Directions:
15 to the Miramar Road/Pomerado Road exit
East on Pomerado Road
Left on Willow Creek Road
Left on Old Grove Road
Registration:
For single event: $30/person; $50/couple
For 4 event series: $100/person; $175/couple
Includes breakfast and lunch
Register for all four events: April 10, May 23,
July 11 and August 22, 2010
Registration: $100 per person or $175 per couple RECOMMENDED
Inquiries: (213) 291-3580
kathleen@ccgaction.org
Click Here to download a registration form:
http://www.ccgaction.com/downloads/swctrain/10-08-22SanDiegoseries.pdf
Number 10:
North County Job
Transition Ministry to Offer: "Free Job Search & Networking Clinic"
at St. James Parish Hall – 625 S Nardo Avenue, Solana Beach in North
County
Who Should Attend This Seminar?
If you need a job, are in the middle of job transition,
want a better job, or simply want to network.
What Do We Offer You?
Proven techniques on
networking, interviewing, and
building a resume that makes sense and really works.
Network with fellow attendee
and make connections.
Practice the techniques in
exercises during the session.
When is the Seminar?
Wednesday, April 14, 2010,
from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
St. James Parish Hall – 625 S Nardo Avenue, Solana
Beach, CA
Connect the dots and kick-start your job search!
Please share with friends & family. All
are welcome!
Questions: Call Chris & Kalee Strachan 858.792.0657
Number 11:
Living Wage
Concert - "Celebrating Five Years of the Living Wage in San Deigo"
Tuesday, April 13, 2010, Noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Civic Center
Plaza, 1200 3rd Avenue (at B Street) in Downtown San Diego, CA 92101
Featuring internationally acclaimed
singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked and the fantastic Folk Rock
sounds of The ZenKeys Cooperative
CLICK HERE FOR FLIER!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Civic Center Plaza
1200 3rd Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
Suggested parking at Horton Plaza *Three hours free with
validation*
Celebrate workers and their life changing
stories. Recognize key policy makers. Enjoying great music. Don’t
miss this important, inspiring and fun celebration!
To RSVP and for additional information please contact:
Lisa Maldonado at 619-584-5740
or at
Elizabeth@ICWJ.org
Number 12:
Walk for the Workers - Raising
funds to establish micro-credit banks in small towns in the Mexican
state of Oaxaca - Saturday, May 8, 2010, 8:00 a.m. leaving from Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 13541 Stoney Creek Road, San Diego -
Co-sponsored by Out Lady of Mt. Carmel and Border Angels
Short Reports on OSM Related
Issues/Events
Number 1:
February 27th Adoption Seminar Uplifts Spirits and
Changes Adoption Messaging
On February 27th, The Association
For Life of San Diego County and the Adoption Center of San Diego,
presented a seminar entitled “When a woman is facing an unplanned
pregnancy…is ADOPTION an Option?” Sarah Jensen, Director of the
Adoption Center of San Diego, brought together a panel of
birthparents, adoptive parents, a grandparent, a teenaged adoptee,
single parents, a foster care worker, and a crisis pregnancy center
counselor. Together they shared stories and tears and enlightened
the group as to the joy, love, hope, redemption, renewal of faith,
and reception of
 God’s
blessings that come from the empowering and courageous choice to
voluntarily place a child in an open adoption.
(at left: Sarah Jensen shares message of hope and joy at the
adoption seminar)
Panel members shared personal stories of how God had truly
blessed their lives through open adoption. Birthparents spoke of
the pride they felt at placing their child in a home where he or
she would receive love and guidance from both a mother and a
father. As one woman said, “It was the first responsible, adult
decision I ever made.” The message of the Day? Birth parents are
not filled with regret and sorrow, as the media would lead people
believe, rather, they are empowered by choosing life and a secure
hope for the child’s future.
Number 2:
Another "40 Days for
Life" Completed
The second San-Diego-based "40 Days for Life" Campaign ended on
March 28 with a reception at Calvary Chapel in Vista. Guest
speakers were Sarah Jensen Elhoff of the
 Adoption
Center of San Diego and Jessica, a birth-mom who shared her
life-transforming journey that brought her to choose open adoption
for her child. Many pro-life ministries were at hand with
information, and the Ultrasound Mobil Unit was on site available for
tours.
From February 17 to March 28, 2010, San Diego joined hands with
the other 166 locations throughout the U.S.
for another intense 40-day period of constant prayer and fasting,
with the intention of ending abortion and healing the wounds that
abortion has caused in society. Hundreds of San Diegans from
various churches came day after day to pray in front of the abortion
clinic located in San Marcos at 120 Craven Road, the Palomar-Pomerado
Health Center.
The 40-day time frame of the campaign echoes a recurring Biblical
time of transformation and preparation, for both individuals and
communities, to carry out God's plan for his people. The "40 days
for Life Campaign" sets apart such a period.
In God's time, the seeds planted in prayer during the campaign will
grow and provide fruits beyond day 41. Many participants have
committed to continue prayer and public witness at the Craven Road
location throughout the year.
Prayer vigils are held weekly in front of the San Marcos location
on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Prayer warriors are encouraged and welcome to join for either one or
two hours or just for a few minutes.
Web and
e-mail-based Resources
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New
Local/Regional Events and
Gatherings
If you are planning an event that falls within the mission of social
ministry, send the particulars four to five weeks in advance to the
Office for Social Ministry via e-mail,
osmelink@diocese-sdiego.org. The OSM reserves the right to
publish or not to publish any proposed event information. We hope
this will assist your local efforts to rebuild a culture of life.
1. Attend the San Diego "Friends of Fair Trade" monthly
meeting
San Diego Friends of Fair Trade is a coalition of non-profit
organizations and congregations attempting to advance the cause of
fair trade. They work to insure that all individuals who toil, both
at home and around the world, to provide consumers with commodities
are paid a living wage, one that can sustain a life with dignity.
The next SD Friends of Fair Trade meeting will be on
Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the Open Door
Book Store on 4761 Cass St., Pacific Beach - For more information,
please contact Carolyn Lief at
fairtradesandiego@gmail.com
2. Get Acquainted with Detention Ministry in the Diocese
of San Diego
Join Deacon Jim Walsh each month for an Information and Training
Seminar on detention ministry and restorative justice at
the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 3888 Paducah Drive, San Diego, 92117
Visit the OSM Restorative Justice Web site:
www.diocese-sdiego.org/restore
For the months of April and May...
-Wednesday, April 7, 9:00 a.m. to Noon
-Thursday, April 8, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
-Wednesday, May 5, 9:00 a.m. to Noon
-Thursday, May 6, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Sorry, no walk-ins. Contact Deacon Jim Walsh for reservations or
questions: 858-490-8375 or e-mail Deacon Jim at jwalsh@diocese-sdiego.org
3. North-County prayer witness at the Carlsbad Planned
Parenthood Clinic
North County parishioners meet the third Monday of every month
from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to peacefully pray the rosary in front
of the Carlsbad Planned Parenthood Clinic. The clinic is located at
1820 Marron Rd. (in the shopping center just west of Plaza Camino
Real Mall). For more information, contact Jahna White of St.
Margaret Parish at 760-586-6356.
4. Prayerful witness for life at two locations (7340 Miramar
Road in San Diego and 15546 Pomerado Road in Poway) in San Diego
County
Helpers of God’s Precious Infants weekly rosary prayer vigil from
8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. every Saturday and Wednesday at 7340 Miramar
Road, directly above Metro Flooring in the complex with the Pyramid
Building, adjacent to Carroll Road. Prayer warriors also needed as
early as 7:30 a.m.
Call Roger Lopez at 619-276-7525 for more information.
Second Saturday of the month: 20 decades of the Rosary are prayed
in procession past 4 clinics following the 7:30 a.m. Mass, 15546
Pomerado Road, Poway. For more information, call 858-748-2109.
5. St. Dismas Guild sponsors two weekly hours of prayer for
the unborn in North County
Join members of St. Dismas Guild for a rosary picket at North
County Women's Medical Clinic, 120 S. Craven Way, San Marcos,
(across from Cal State San Marcos), Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00
a.m.
The Guild also sponsors prayer (the rosary) in front of PayLess
at Mission Avenue and Escondido Blvd., 347 W. Mission, on Thursdays,
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. For information on these prayer vigils,
call 760-751-8541.
6. St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Carlsbad has a tri-weekly
prayer ministry in front of the North County Women's Medical Clinic
on Craven Way - San Marcos on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
Please join the St. Elizabeth Seton "Life Matters" Culture of Life
prayer vigils at 10:00 a.m. to Noon every Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday morning at "North County Women's Medical Clinic": 120 Craven
Road, San Marcos -
http://www.womensmedicalclinic.com/. Those interested can
carpool from St. Elizabeth Seton's upper parking lot at 9:30
a.m. Those who do not want to carpool, please feel free to meet us
at the Abortion Center at 10:00 a.m. or at any time between 10:00
a.m. and Noon. These vigils are not confrontational. We give
witness by being present in prayer and entrust our message to the
Blessed Mother. Contact Gene:
ejzoval@yahoo.com or 760-804-9656 for more information.
7. St. John the Evangelist Parish in Encinitas Pro-Life Mass
and Rosary held on the first Monday of each month
The first Monday of every month is designated Pro-Life
Monday at St. John the Evangelist Church, 1001 Encinitas Blvd,
Encinitas. The 8:00 a.m. Mass will be followed by a Rosary for
Life.
8. Prayer Vigil at Planned Parenthood - First and
Grape Street, San Diego – Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Prayer vigil contacts: Luis Mendoza 619-259-3906 or Roger Lopez
619-276-7525. Rosary processions the first Saturday of every month
from Our Lady of the Rosary, Date & State St., after the 7:30 a.m.
Mass.
9. Most Precious Blood Parish Rosary Prayer Vigils held on
Wednesdays each week
The Pro-Life Prayer Group from Most Precious Blood sponsors a
Rosary Prayer Vigil in front of "A Woman's Choice" Clinic abortion
facility at 1550 Broadway, Chula Vista, every Wednesday at 8:45
a.m. For more information, please call Shirley Henry at
619-420-7096 or Luis Mendoza at 619-259-3906.
10. Prayer partners are needed at the office of Feliciano
Rios M.D., 1079 Third Ave., suite 3, in Chula Vista - Dr. Rios
performs abortions at his medical facility - Meet each Wednesday
from 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Please contact Luis Mendoza, a Missionary of The Gospel of Life
Lay Associate, at 619-259-3906, with questions or to share interest
in this prayer ministry.
11. Pray in front of the Planned Parenthood facility located
at 1685 East Main, just off the Greenfield Drive exit in El Cajon -
join friends and neighbors
According to the PP website, chemical (RU-486) abortions
only are done at this location - not surgical abortions. They do
refer women for abortions to their surgical center on First Ave.
Join the group each Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and Saturday
from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Contact:
mfowler@nethere.com
12. The Goretti Group offers chastity prayer and speaker
training monthly
Every First Friday of the month, the Goretti Group
will celebrate a St. Maria Goretti Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary,
1654 State Street, at 6:15 p.m.
Every Second Monday of the month: ChasteMasters Meeting at Our
Lady of the Rosary, Giovanni Room, 7:00 p.m. Please join us in
prayer, a roundtable discussion, and providing feedback as chastity
speakers refine their talks.
For more info please visit:
www.thegorettigroup.org or call David at: 619-733-8439
Watch for OSM e-link bulletin
#86 around Thursday, May 6, 2010
Article/Statement for April 1, 2010
From the Denver Catholic Register
How We Got from Good Intentions to a Flawed
Bill
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. CAP.
As health-care legislation moves forward toward law,
we need to draw several lessons from events of the last weeks and
months:
First, the bill passed by the House on March 21 is a
failure of decent lawmaking. It has not been “fixed.” It remains
unethical and defective on all of the issues pressed by the U.S.
bishops and pro-life groups for the past seven months.
Second, the executive order promised by the White
House to ban the use of federal funds for abortion does not solve
the many problems with the bill, which is why the bishops did
not—and still do not—see it as a real solution. Executive orders
can be rescinded or reinterpreted at any time. Some current
congressional leaders have already shown a pattern of evasion, ill
will and obstinacy on the moral issues involved in this legislation,
and the track record of the White House in keeping its promises
regarding abortion-related issues does not inspire confidence. The
fact that congressional leaders granted this one modest and
inadequate concession only at the last moment, and only to force the
passage of this deeply flawed bill, should give no one comfort.
Third, the combination of pressure and
disinformation used to break the pro-life witness on this bill among
Democratic members of Congress—despite the strong resistance to this
legislation that continues among American voters—should put an end
to any talk by Washington leaders about serving the common good or
seeking common ground. Words need actions to give them flesh. At
many points over the past seven months, congressional leaders could
have resolved the serious moral issues inherent in this
legislation. They did not. No shower of reassuring words now can
wash away that fact.
Fourth, self-described “Catholic” groups have done a
serious disservice to justice, to the Church, and to the ethical
needs of the American people by undercutting the leadership and
witness of their own bishops. For groups like Catholics United,
this is unsurprising. In their effect, if not in formal intent,
such groups exist to advance the interests of a particular political
spectrum. Nor is it newsworthy from an organization like Network,
which—whatever the nature of its good work—has rarely shown much
enthusiasm for a definition of “social justice” that includes the
rights of the unborn child.
But the actions of the Catholic Health Association
(CHA) in providing a deliberate public counter-message to the
bishops were both surprising and profoundly disappointing; and also
genuinely damaging. In the crucial final days of debate on
health-care legislation, CHA lobbyists worked directly against the
efforts of the American bishops in their approach to members of
Congress. The bad law we now likely face, we owe in part to the
efforts of the Catholic Health Association and similar “Catholic”
organizations.
Here in Colorado, many thousands of ordinary,
faithful Catholics, from both political parties, have worked hard
over the past seven months to advance sensible, legitimate
health-care reform; the kind that serves the poor and protects the
rights of the unborn child, and immigrants, and the freedom of
conscience rights of health-care professionals and institutions. If
that effort seems to have failed, faithful Catholics don’t bear the
blame. That responsibility lies elsewhere. I’m grateful to
everyone in the archdiocese who has worked so hard on this issue out
of love for God’s people and fidelity to their Catholic faith. Come
good or bad, that kind of effort is never wasted. |
