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Monday, August, 2011, e-link Bulletin #96
Table of Contents
Remarks - Message
from Kent on "A New use for the OSM e-link Bulletin"
Key Upcoming
Culture-of-Life Gatherings/Projects (please join us)
1. Mark your calendars... On Saturday, August 13, 2011, at the
Jenny Craig
Pavilion at the University of San Diego, join with thousands
of friends and
parishioners to celebrate life at the Second Annual
Mother of Life
Conference, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
2. Priests, deacons and their wives are invited to a
reception with Fr. Frank
Pavone and Dr. Alveda King on Friday, August 12,
at 6:30 p.m. at St.
Michael Parish in Poway
Short Reports
on Office for Social Ministry Related Issues/Events
1. Daughter of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, Gianna Emanuela
Molla, Receives
Warm Welcome in San Diego
Web and e-mail-based
Resources
- It's time to review the great Internet resource of
Catholic Radio of San Diego
Local and Regional
Events/Gatherings/Projects
1. Attend the San Diego Friends of Fair Trade monthly meeting
on Wednesday,
August 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Open Door Book Store
in Pacific Beach
2. "Get Acquainted with Detention Ministry" monthly
information/training
sessions are offered by Deacon Walsh at the Pastoral
Center - The next
training will be held sometime in August - call for dates
the times,
registration is required
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 August 2, 2011
- Thoughts from Greg Schleppenbach, Bishops'
Pastoral Plan for Pro Life
Activities of the Nebraska Catholic Conference,
on the Administration's
mandate for private health care
insurance companies to cover artificial
contraception with no co-payment ---- Mr.
Schleppenbach's remarks are
followed by an USCCB article explaining the
Catholic Church's objections to
the mandate
 Remarks
- Kent Peters on "A New Use for e-link"
Dear e-link Readers,
Linda, Deacon Jim, and I have been producing, writing, directing,
and hosting a one-hour program on Catholic Radio of San Diego, KCEO
AM 1000, for the past 18 weeks. We're on each Wednesday at 6:00
p.m.
It would be fair to say that the production process for the show,
"Setting Things Right," absorbs a significant amount of our time.
Funny thing, though, we're not sure how many listeners are tuning in
each week.
KCEO 1000 primarily broadcasts business programming, and we're just
not sure how
 many
of those listeners "don't touch that dial" at 6:00 p.m. when the
content shifts to Catholic programming for two hours. We hope that
many of those listeners care as much about their
"Eternal" 401(k)s as they do their worldly ones.
We share this as a way to introduce an new use for OSMe-link.
Starting this week, in addition to the regular monthly e-link
bulletin you've been receiving, we will be sending a very short
announcement each Wednesday morning with the content of "Setting
Things Right" for that evening at 6:00 p.m. We hope it will serve
as a reminder to those who may want to tune in.
In addition to the business programming
 listeners
that hang with us, we hope to grow a significant listening audience
of Catholics and non-Catholics alike who are eager to lean more
about the moral/practical side of Catholicism. From saving the
lives of unborn children to befriending those in prison, our call to
reach out to and to advocate for the marginalized in our midst is
not an option. As the Catechism says, "everyone should look upon
his neighbor (without any exception) as ‘another self,' above all
bearing in mind his life and the means necessary for living it with
dignity."
Join us each Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. on KCEO AM 1000 or online at:
www.CatholicRadioOfSandiego.com.
Blessings,
Kent
Key
Upcoming Culture-of-Life
Gatherings/Projects
Number 1:
Join thousands of friends and fellow parishioners at the
Second Annual
 Mother
of Life Conference on Saturday, August 13, 2011, from 8:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at USD's Jenny Craig Pavilion, 5998 Alcala Park,
San Diego, for a celebration of life you will never forget - seating
is limited so register online today
The Mother of Life Conference is about "Saving Lives and
Changing Lives." Mother of Life Conference leaders thank Mary, the
Mother of Jesus, for choosing life for our Lord and Savior. The
organizers seek to unite all people touched by this
Conference, equipping them to transform our society through
spiritual and earthly means into a vibrant and faithful Culture of
Life.
Additionally, all net proceeds will go to select local
pro-life ministries through San Diego Knights of Columbus Chapter
Charities, Inc. a 501 (c) (3) organization.
Experience this much heralded Southern California Pro-Life Event!
Be sure to visit the exhibit area featuring a wide array of
Culture of Life literature, music, and more!
Adult Tickets are $45 each.
Youth tickets, ages 13 to 25, are $20. Children 12 and under are
free. Several youth tickets have been donated by KofC Councils -
Contact the Mother of Life Conference at the e-mail address below
to check availability for free youth tickets.
To register online and to print a full colored flyer for
distribution to friends and family, visit:
MOL Conference Speakers:
Number 2:
Priests, deacons and deacons'
wives are invited to a special evening reception with Father Frank
Pavone, Director of Priests for Life, and Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral
Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King,
on Friday, August 12, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Michael Parish in
Poway.
Presentations by and dialogue with Father Pavone and Dr. King are
planned for the evening. Dinner will include heavy hors d'oeuvres
and refreshments. Please RSVP to Maria Valencia at
mvalencia@diocese-sdiego.org or 858-490-8323 by Tuesday, August
9 if you plan to attend.
Most e-link readers are very familiar with Fr. Frank Pavone. Some,
however, may not be acquainted with Dr. Alveda King. Her biography
follows.
Dr. King currently serves as a Pastoral Associate and Director of
African-American Outreach for Priests for Life and Gospel of Life
Ministries. She is also a voice for the Silent No More Awareness
Campaign, sharing her testimony of two abortions, God’s forgiveness,
and healing.
The daughter of the late civil rights activist Rev. A.D. King and
his wife Naomi Barber King, Alveda grew up in the civil rights
movement led by her uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Her family
home in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed, as was her father’s church
office in Louisville, Kentucky. Alveda was jailed during the open
housing movement. She sees the prolife movement as a continuation of
the civil rights struggle.
Dr. King is a former college professor and served in the Georgia
State House of Representatives. She is a recipient of the Life
Prize Award (2011), the Cardinal John O’Connor Pro-Life Hall of Fame
Award (2011) from the Legatus organization and the Civil Rights
Award from Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) (2011).
She is a bestselling author; among her books are How Can the Dream
Survive if we Murder the Children? and I Don’t Want Your Man, I Want
My Own. She is an accomplished actress and songwriter. The Founder
of King for America, Inc., Alveda is also the recipient of an
honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Saint Anselm College and sits
on the Board of Georgia Right to Life. She is also a member of the
National Black Prolife Coalition, NBPC.
Dr. King lives in Atlanta, where she is the grateful mother of
six and a doting grandmother.
An Evening with Fr. Frank Pavone and Dr. Alveda King
Friday, August 12, 2011, starting at 6:30 p.m.
St. Michael Parish, Poway, in the New Parish Center
15546 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA 92064
RSVP by Tuesday, August 9,
mvalencia@diocese-sdiego.org or 858-490-8323
Questions? Contact Kent Peters at 858-490-8324.
Short
Reports on OSM-Related
Issues/Events
Daughter of St. Gianna Receives Warm Welcome in San Diego
On Sunday, July 17, faithful from San Diego and as far away as Los
Angeles gathered at St. Therese of Carmel Church to hear the
youngest daughter of St. Gianna Molla
 speak
about her saint mother. The church was packed as more than thousand
people listened and learned about the life and virtues of St. Gianna
who was a dedicated wife, mother and physician. She died in 1962
from complications upon giving birth to her youngest daughter,
Gianna Emanuela.
The program was organized by St. Gianna Physician’s Guild based in
San Diego, as part of a 15 day national tour of lectures and
programs promoting the work of the Guild and its outreach to teach
about St. Gianna. The program began with a Solemn Benediction
presided over by Salvatore Cordileone, Bishop of Oakland,
California. The choir of St. Therese of Carmel parish sang
beautiful and inspiring hymns that brought tears to the eyes of
many.
Following Benediction St. Gianna Physician’s Guild founder and
president, Thomas McKenna, introduced Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla who
he has known for many years. He began by reminding the faithful of
the definition of a saint, “A person who
 practiced
virtue to a heroic degree” and why it is important to learn about
their lives. Mr. McKenna also called attention to the fact that
Gianna Emanuela and her two siblings represent the first time in
history that a saint was canonized and children were attended the
canonization of their parent.
Gianna Emanuela then recounted her mother’s story and practice of
virtue. She began by saying: “First of all I wish to thank God, the
Virgin Mary and my beloved saint Mother, for the gift of Life, which
is really everything. I can tell you, I would not be here with you
if I had not been loved so much. Life is really the most important,
the greatest, the most precious and the most sacred gift we always
ought to honour, respect and defend.” She mentioned this because
when St. Gianna was
 two
months pregnant with her she developed a benign tumor in her
uterus. The physicians recommended a hysterectomy which would have
taken the life of the baby but St. Gianna opted for a riskier
operations to remove the tumor which spared the life of her child.
Throughout the program several relics of St. Gianna were
displayed near the altar: a pair of gloves the saint wore, a
specialized stethoscope which she used to listen to the
heartbeat of babies in their mother’s wombs, along with a lock of
hair from the saint. Following the presentation Bishop Cordileone
gave a blessing with this relic. The ceremony concluded with the
church resounding in Holy God We Praise Thy Name.
Delicious refreshments were provided by volunteers from St. Therese
Church and people stayed for more than two hours for the opportunity
to greet Gianna Emanuela and pray and ask favors before the relics
of her saint mother.
Web
and e-mail-based Resources
Catholic Radio of San Diego is rapidly becoming a valuable resource
for the region's Catholics
Visit the Catholic Radio of San Diego web site for information on
programming, sponsors, and past shows. All past "Setting Things
Right" shows can be found in the archives.
www.catholicradioofsandiego.com
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,
August 10, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. at the Open Door Book Store on 4761
Cass St., Pacific Beach (No chapter meeting in July) - For more
information, please contact Carolyn Lief at
fairtradesandiego@gmail.com. To sign up for the Fair Trade San
Diego newsletter, send a request to
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 for the August dates and
times:
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 -
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:
Watch for OSM e-link bulletin #97 around Friday, August 26, 2011
Article/Statement
for August 2, 2011
Media Frustration on Obama Birth Control Mandate
Greg Schleppenbach - Nebraska Catholic Conference
I'm finding the "dialogue" in the media coverage of the Obama birth
control mandate to be extremely frustrating...even by some
spokespersons from our side (none of which are USCCB). No one is
pointing out that the overwhelming body of evidence (at least from
what I can tell) does not support the assertion that greater access
to artificial contraception will reduce unintended pregnancies. And
yet this is the basis of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM)
recommendation. I actually downloaded the full report and read the
section recommending mandated artificial contraception and found
only two studies cited as evidence that greater access to artificial
contraception reduces unintended pregnancies. And one was done by a
staffer at the Alan Guttmacher Institute.
Conversely, Richard Doerflinger and Susan Wills of the USCCB have
compiled an overwhelming body of research (conducted by artificial
contraception proponents) that shows little or no reduction in
unintended pregnancies and abortion following increased access to
artificial contraception. I've combined a couple of their documents
(found on the USCCB website) and added some recent research in a
document that has been placed on the Nebraska Catholic Conference
website:
http://www.nebcathcon.org/Family%20planning%20fact%20sheet.pdf.
I keep searching for more evidence from artificial
contraception proponents to back up their assertion but can't find
it. Am I missing something here?
Finally, I'm also frustrated by the media's glossing over the
dissenting opinion of an IOM committee member who expressed strong
concern that there was not a serious or substantive review of the
data/research to arrive at these recommendations and that ideology
seemed to be driving the recommendations. I can verify that for one
of the IOM committee members, Dr. Magda Peck from the Univesity of
Nebraska Medical Center. She has been a long-time board member for
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland having served recently as board
chair. I've mentioned this to local media but, alas, they yawn.
USCCB: HHS Mandate for
Contraceptive and Abortifacient Drugs Violates Conscience Rights
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
sharply criticized a new HHS “preventive services” mandate requiring
private health plans to cover female surgical sterilization and all
drugs and devices approved by the FDA as contraceptives, including
drugs which can attack a developing unborn child before and after
implantation in the mother’s womb.
“Although this new rule gives the agency the discretion to
authorize a ‘religious’ exemption, it is so narrow as to exclude
most Catholic social service agencies and healthcare providers,”
said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston and
chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
“For example, under the new rule our institutions would be free
to act in accord with Catholic teaching on life and procreation only
if they were to stop hiring and serving non-Catholics,” Cardinal
DiNardo continued. “Could the federal government possibly intend to
pressure Catholic institutions to cease providing health care,
education and charitable services to the general public? Health
care reform should expand access to basic health care for all, not
undermine that goal.”
“The Administration’s failure to create a meaningful conscience
exemption to the preventive services mandate underscores the need
for Congress to approve the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act,”
the Cardinal said. That bill (H.R. 1179), introduced by Reps. Jeff
Fortenberry (R-NE) and Dan Boren (D-OK), would prevent mandates
under the new health reform law from undermining rights of
conscience.
Cardinal DiNardo added: “Catholics are not alone in
conscientiously objecting to this mandate. The drugs that Americans
would be forced to subsidize under the new rule include Ella, which
was approved by the FDA as an ‘emergency contraceptive’ but can act
like the abortion drug RU-486. It can abort an established
pregnancy weeks after conception. The pro-life majority of
Americans – Catholics and others – would be outraged to learn that
their premiums must be used for this purpose.”
“HHS says the intent of its ‘preventive services’ mandate is to
help ‘stop health problems before they start,’ said Cardinal DiNardo.
“But pregnancy is not a disease, and children are not a ‘health
problem’ – they are the next generation of Americans.”
“It’s now more vital than ever that Congress pass the Respect for
Rights of Conscience Act to close the gaps in conscience protection
in the new health care reform act, so employers and employees alike
will have the freedom to choose health plans in accordance with
their deeply held moral and religious beliefs.”
In a July 22 letter supporting the bill, Cardinal DiNardo wrote:
“Those who sponsor, purchase and issue health plans should not be
forced to violate their deeply held moral and religious convictions
in order to take part in the health care system or provide for the
needs of their families or their employees. To force such an
unacceptable choice would be as much a threat to universal access to
health care as it is to freedom of conscience.”
The full text of Cardinal DiNardo’s letter is available online at
www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/religious-liberty/upload/respect-for-rights-of-conscience-act-cardinal-dinardo-letter-to-congress-hr1179-07-22-11.pdf.
Cardinal DiNardo also addressed the Institute of Medicine’s
recommendations on preventive services for women in a July 19
statement:www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2011/11-143.shtml.
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