SACRED HEART TRI-PARISH  

and Sacred Heart Church, Roggen, CO

YOU can help save lives!  Our community will be one of many around the world joining

together for a faith-filled, groundbreaking, coordinated pro-life mobilization --

40 Days for Life.  40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life effort that consists of:

40 days of prayer and fasting and  40 days of peaceful vigil.  We are praying that,

with God's help, this groundbreaking effort will mark the beginning of the end of abortion

in our city -- and throughout the world.

Bishop Conley's Prayer to end abortion

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The "Sacrament" of Abortion

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Holy Father's Words to 6 New Ambassadors

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As you may know, Priests for Life was involved from the beginning in strategizing for the growth of 40 Days for Life. If you are involved in organizing or participating in any of the vigils this Lent, please see my special video of encouragement at http://youtu.be/keT84SeTRBM.

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THE CHALLENGE! Now, we have a challenge.  The 40 Days for Life Vigil Schedule is still pretty empty.  We need you to make a commitment to pray at PP at least one hour per week for the next 40 days.  Please prayerfully discern your commitment.    When you have chosen your dates and times, please go to http://www.vigilcalendar.com/denver/login/login_page.  You will have to log in.  Once you login, you will see three colors:  Red, Yellow and Green.    Red means that no one is scheduled and we need your help!!  Please choose to fill in the red areas first.     Yellow means that only one person is present, praying at Planned Parenthood that day.  This is still not good, but at least someone is there...     Green means that God has blessed that time and date with PRAYER WARRIORS and more than two are present as a prayerful witness!!!      The other area to consult is the EVENTS page.  The events page has the list of parishes that are participating as a group and even if the Vigil page shows red, if there is a parish listed, there will be Prayer Warriors present to accompany you and the unborn.     **IF YOUR PARISH IS NOT LIST, PLEASE SPEAK TO YOUR PARISH PRIEST AND/OR YOUR RESPECT LIFE COORDINATOR FOR MORE INFORMATION.  THEY MAY BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE A COMMITMENT.        CAMPAIGN DATES: FEBRUARY 22 - APRIL 1, 2012   PARISHES LISTED HAVE A SOLID COMMITMENT TO PRAYER AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD FOR THE END TO ABORTION AND A PRAYERFUL WITNESS TO ALL WHO ENTER ... THANK YOU! Holy Ghost Church - Tueday, March 13 Mother of God Parish - Monday, April 2 Holy Mass to be offered at 6pm by Msgr Bernard Schmitz Our Lady of Fatima - Saturday, March 24 Our Lady of Loreto - Friday, March 9 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel - Saturday, March 3 / Saturday, March 31 Holy Mass to be offered at 11am both days by Fr. Joseph Hearty Shrine of St. Anne - Monday, March 19 and Monday, March 26th St. Augustine - Every Wednesday, One hour St. Mary's, Littleton - Friday, March 16 St. Thomas More - Wed, March 28 and Sat, March 31 St. Vincent de Paul / Mother of God - One hour each day x4   Following are parishes who participated last campaign, but who have not yet committed to a date for this Spring Campaign.   Please contact me directly.  I will add your parish to the website.  Thank you  Our Lady of the Rosary St. James St. Jude Spirit of Christ St. Joseph of Golden x2 Parker Hills Bible Fellowship (two hours) Light of the World Christ the King St Michael the Archangel (two hours) All Souls Parish Catholic Radio Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception St. Frances Cabrina Parish St. Anthony of Padua (One Hour) Our Lady of the Pines KOC (One Hour)   If your parish is not listed, please talk to your Parish Priest or Pro-Life Coordinator for details.  Thank you   Cecelia Joy O'Connor PRAYER TO END ABORTION    Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life, And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters. I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion, Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death by the Resurrection of Your Son. I am ready to do my part in ending abortion. Today I commit myself Never to be silent, Never to be passive, Never to be forgetful of the unborn. I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement, And never to stop defending life Until all my brothers and sisters are protected, And our nation once again becomes A nation with liberty and justice Not just for some, but for all, Through Christ our Lord. Amen! Fr. Frank Pavone

 

New figures directly from the Komen for the Cure foundation show 18 affiliates of the breast cancer charity gave a total of more than $569,000 to the Planned Parenthood abortion business in 2010.     The donations will certainly prompt the continued boycott of the Komen breast cancer group by millions of pro-life Americans who find it disingenuous that the women's organization would partner with an abortion business when abortions are linked to an increase in breast cancer and when Planned Parenthood has been proven to mislead the public by falsely claiming it performs mammograms. To read more go here: http://www.lifenews.com/2011/08/25/komen-gave-569k-to-planned-parenthood-abortion-biz-in-2010/

 

A LIVING ROSARY FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE PREGNANCY CENTER

CAN YOU COMMIT TO JUST ONE DECADE OF THE ROSARY FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE PREGNANCY CENTER?

Your commitment will be for just one decade of the rosary - daily. Join 12 million other faithful who participate in the Living Rosary. 

This is the perfect opportunity to participate, consistently united in prayer, in this spiritual battle especially on days that you cannot physically make it out to PP to pray.

Please respond to Cecelia at:

livingrosary-den@comcast.net  to sign up and to receive your assigned decade and meditation.

You are important.  Your time is precious and appreciated.  Thank you for your prayerful consideration! 

The "Sacrament" of Abortion

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JUNE 18, 2011 The War Against Girls Since the late 1970s, 163 million female babies have been aborted by parents seeking sons By JONATHAN V. LAST Mara Hvistendahl is worried about girls. Not in any political, moral or cultural sense but as an existential matter. She is right to be. In China, India and numerous other countries (both developing and developed), there are many more men than women, the result of systematic campaigns against baby girls. In "Unnatural Selection," Ms. Hvistendahl reports on this gender imbalance: what it is, how it came to be and what it means for the future.   In nature, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. This ratio is biologically ironclad. Between 104 and 106 is the normal range, and that's as far as the natural window goes. Any other number is the result of unnatural events. more

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Holy Father's Words to 6 New Ambassadors
 

"Technology Should Help Nature Develop Along the Lines Envisioned by the Creator"

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 9, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the message Benedict XVI gave to six new ambassadors to the Holy See: George Robert Furness Troup of New Zealand, Stefan Gorda of Moldava, Narciso Ntugu Abeso Oyana of Equatorial Guinea, Hussan Edin Aala of Syria, Henry Llewellyn Lawrence of Belize, and Geneviève Delali Tsegah of Ghana.

The Holy Father gave one speech addressing all the new diplomats and then gave letters to each

individually, which addressed the specific nations they represent.

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Lady and Gentlemen Ambassadors,

I receive you happily this morning in the Apostolic Palace for the presentation of the letters that

accredit you as ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary of your respective countries to the Holy See: Moldavia, Equatorial Guinea, Belize, the Arab Republic of Syria, Ghana and New Zealand. I thank you for the kind words you addressed to me on behalf of your respective heads of state.

Please be kind enough to transmit to them in return my deferent greetings and my respectful wishes for their persons and for the high mission they carry out at the service of their countries and their people.

Through you, I also wish to greet all the civil and religious authorities of your nations, as well as the whole of your compatriots. Naturally, my prayers and thoughts go also to the Catholic communities present in your countries.

As I have had the opportunity to meet each one of you privately, I now wish to speak to you in a more general way. The first half of this year was marked by innumerable tragedies that have affected nature, technology and people. The magnitude of these catastrophes challenges us. It is good to remember that before all else, the person comes first. Humanity, to whom God has entrusted the stewardship of nature, cannot be dominated by technology and become its subject. This awareness should lead states to reflect together on the short-term future of the planet, given their responsibilities with regard to our lives and technology. Human ecology is an imperative. Adopting a lifestyle that respects our environment and supports the research and use of clean energies that preserve the patrimony of creation and that are safe for human beings should be given political and economic priority.

In this sense, it is necessary to completely revise our approach to nature. Nature is not simply a space that is useful or recreational. It is, rather, the place where man was born; his "home," so to speak.

It is essential for us. A change in mentality in this realm, even with the contradictions it entails,

must make it possible to quickly arrive at a global lifestyle that respects the covenant between humanity and nature, without which the human family risks disappearing. Hence, serious reflection must be engaged in and precise and viable solutions must be proposed. Every government must commit themselves to protecting nature and assisting it to carry out its essential role in the survival of humanity. The United Nations seem to be the natural framework for this type of reflection, which should not be obscured by blindly partisan political or economic interests in order to give preference to solidarity over particular interests.

It is also helpful to ask ourselves about the appropriate role of technology. The wonders it is

capable of go hand in hand with social and ecological disasters. By extending the relational aspect of work to the planet, technology imprints on globalization an especially accelerated rhythm.

However, the basis of the dynamism of progress corresponds to man who works and not to

technology, which is no more than a human creation. To bet on it unreservedly or to believe it is the exclusive agent of progress or happiness, entails a reification of humanity that leads to

blindness and misery when he himself attributes and delegates to it the powers it does not have.

It is enough to see the "ravages" of progress and the dangers that an all-powerful and ultimately

uncontrolled technology poses to humanity.

Technology that dominates human beings deprives them of their humanity. The pride it generates has created an impossible economism in our societies as well as a hedonism that subjectively and selfishly regulates behavior. The weakening of the primacy of the person leads to existential confusion and the loss of the meaning of life. The vision of man and material things that lacks a reference to transcendence uproots man from the earth and, more fundamentally, impoverishes his very identity. Hence, it is urgent that we match technology with a strong ethical dimension, given that the capacity man has to transform and, in a certain sense, to create the world through his work is always based on the first original gift of things made by God (John Paul II, "Centesimus annus," No. 37).

Technology should help nature develop along the lines envisioned by the Creator. In working

together, the researcher and the scientist adhere to God's plan that wished to place humanity as

the apex and the administrator of creation. Solutions based on this principle will protect human

life and its vulnerability, as well as the rights of the present and future generations. And humanity will be able to continue to benefit from the progress that man, by his intelligence, is able to realize.

Conscious of the risk that humanity runs when it considers technology to be a more efficient "

answer" than political will or patient educational efforts to civilize customs, governments should

promote a humanism that respects the spiritual and religious dimension of human persons. The

dignity of the human person does not vary with changes in opinion. Respecting human aspirations to justice and peace allows the construction of a society that promotes itself when it sustains the family or when it refuses, for example, the exclusive primacy of finance. A country lives from the plenitude of the life of the citizens that make it up, each one being conscious of his own responsibilities and being able to give worth to his own convictions.

Moreover, the natural tendency to the true and the good is a source of a dynamism that engenders the will to collaborate in bringing about the common good. Thus social life can be enriched constantly by integrating the cultural and religious diversity through putting values in common, source of fraternity and communion. Social life should be considered, above all, as a reality of the spiritual order.

Politicians in charge have the mission of guiding persons to human harmony and the wisdom they so desire, which should culminate in religious freedom, a true sign of peace.

On beginning your mission to the Holy See, I assure you, Excellencies, that you will always find

in my collaborators attentive listening and the help you might need. Upon you yourselves, your

families, the members of your diplomatic missions and upon all the nations you represent, I invoke the abundance of divine blessings.

Dear Friends in Christ

Queridos Amigos en Cristo,

In 1995, the recently beatified, Pope John Paul II wrote these words in his encyclical,

Evangelium vitae:

En 1995, el recientemente beatificado, Juan Pablo II escribió estas palabras en su encíclica,

Evangelium Vitae:

"To all the members of the Church, the people of life and for life, I make this most urgent appeal, that together we may offer this world of ours new signs of hope, and work to ensure that justice and solidarity will increase and that a new culture of human life will be affirmed, for the building of an authentic civilization of truth and love."

"Para todos los miembros de la Iglesia, la gente de vida y por la vida, yo hago este

llamamiento más urgente, que juntos podamos ofrecer este mundo nuestro nuevos signos

de esperanza, y trabajar para asegurar que justicia y solidaridad incremente y que una

nueva cultura de vida humana se afirme, para la edificación de una civilización autentica

de la verdad y el amor."

And, so as the "people of life and for life" let us continue to pray for an "authentic civilization of

truth and love."

Y, como la "gente de vida y por la vida" continuemos rezando por una "civilización autentica de

la verdad y el amor".  

Almighty Father and Lord of life,

Padre todopoderoso y Señor de Vida,

Stir in our hearts a greater love for you and for each other.  Reawaken in the heart of every

pregnant mother a profound love for the life growing in her womb and grant to her unfailing

courage to choose life for her child.

Alborota en nuestro corazón un amor más grande para ti y para los demás.  Despierta de nuevo

en el corazón de cada madre embarazada un profundo amor por la vida creciendo en su vientre y dale valor fuerte para elegir la vida de su hijo.

Lord Jesus, the firstborn of all creation, have mercy on us. Accept our prayers and our fasting in atonement for the tragic sin of abortion. By the merits of your precious blood shed for our

redemption, instill in all hearts a profound respect for the gift of life and bring about an end to

abortion, euthanasia and every other assault on innocent human life.

Señor Jesús, el primogénito de toda la creación, ten misericordia de nosotros.  Acepta nuestras

oraciones y nuestro ayuno como reparación por el pecado trágico de aborto. Por los meritos de

Tu preciosa sangre derramada para nuestra redención, planta en todos nuestros corazones un pro fundo respeto al regalo de la vida y trae un fin al aborto, la eutanasia y cada otro ataque contra la inocente vida humana.

Come Holy Spirit, strengthen us and give us fortitude to work tirelessly to promote a true

Culture of Life, a culture that recognizes the dignity and sanctity of every person.

Raise up men and women to serve in public office who will enact laws which will safeguard and

protect all human life.

Ven Espíritu Santo, fortalecemos y danos fuerza para trabajar sin cansancio para promover una

Cultura de Vida verdadera, una cultura que reconoce la dignidad y la santidad de cada persona. 

Levanta a hombres y mujeres para servir en oficinas políticas que promulguen leyes que

mantendrán a salvo y protegerán toda vida humana.  

Blessed Mary, Mother of God, you bore the Author of Life in your womb. Through your

intercession may our hearts be conformed to yours so that we might accept, nurture and cherish

all human life.

Bendita María, Madre de Dios, Tu distes a luz al Autor de Vida en tu vientre.  Que por tu

intercesión se conformen nuestros corazones al tuyo para que quizás aceptemos, nutríamos y

apreciemos toda vida humana.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, ten misericordia de nosotros.

Written by Bishop James D. Conley

Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver (05/11)

Escrito por Obispo James D. Conley

Auxiliar Obispo de la Archidiócesis de Denver  (05/11)

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