- Join Bishop Joseph M. Siegel and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, for Mass, dinner and discussion on Oct. 14 at St. Benedict Cathedral. Tickets are only $20.00 for adults (over 18) and $5 for youth. Registration ends Oct. 2 so register soon at https://www.evdio.org/events1.htmlor call Eric Girten at 812-424-5536.
- Please join Right to Life of Southwest Indiana for The Life Chainevent from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT Oct. 3 at the Brinker’s parking lot (Lloyd Expressway and South Green River Road in Evansville). Participants stand along the sidewalk on Green River Road in silent, prayerful solidarity for life. Signs will be provided. For more information, call the Right to Life office at (812) 474-3195.
- Are you suffering as a result of a past abortion? Do you know someone who is? Please join us for a one-day retreat of Prayer and Healing on Oct. 2. For more information and for a confidential reservation, please call the Project Rachel Healing Ministry at 812-483-7812 or email [email protected]. Hope and healing are possible. Come experience the love and mercy of God.
- If you or someone you know has experienced abortion in some way and feel a need to heal from that experience, please call Project Rachel at 812-483-7812 or email [email protected]. Your call is confidential.
- Are you the adult child of divorced parents? Do you feel that a spiritual retreat focused on just this issue would help you live your life better, impact your relationships positively, and help you in your spiritual journey? Life Giving Wounds is a Catholic retreat that focuses just on this topic. You can go here to register for the next virtual retreat or for more information. https://www.lifegivingwounds.org/onlineretreat. Also, if you would like to help start this program in the Diocese of Evansville, contact the OFL for more details.
- Interested in starting a Foster Care/Adoption program in your parish? Have you felt called to foster care or adoption? Do you feel that you could support a foster care family in your parish? There are many ways our parishes can support life and becoming a foster family, supporting a foster family, praying for the children in our foster system, and raising awareness of this need are all ways we can do this. For more information, contact the OFL for more details.
- From the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops:
Congress is about to vote on the most radical abortion bill of all time.
The ongoing push to force taxpayer-funded abortion in the budget process is terrible. The so-called “Women’s Health Protection Act” is much worse.
In addition to forcing taxpayer dollars to fund abortion, this bill would mean:
- Abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy would be imposed nationwide, even in states that don’t want it.
- Pro-life laws would be on the chopping block at every level of government(federal, state, and local). This includes laws on parental notification for minor girls, informed consent, and health or safety protections for abortion facilities.
- Health care professionals like doctors and nurses would likely be forced to perform, assist in, and/or refer for abortion against their deeply-held beliefs.
- Employers and insurers would be forced to cover or pay for abortion.
We need to tell the House of Representatives that this horrible bill must never be enacted.
Please - can you spare just a moment to email Congress now?
To email Congress, visit https://www.votervoice.net/USCCB/Campaigns/88288/Respond