Humanae Vitae- Drink from the well of its wisdom!

This encyclical on contraception has been sorely misinterpreted, mostly because its teachings have never been read. The following is an excerpt from the encyclical itself. Drink from the well of its wisdom:



The Church’s view of “conjugal love”

“This love is first of all fully human, that is to say, of the senses and of the spirit at the same time…intended to endure and to grow by means of the joys and sorrows of daily life, in such a way that husband and wife become one heart and one soul, and together attain their human perfection.

“This love is total, that is to say, it is a very special form
of personal friendship, in which husband and wife generously share everything,
without undue reservations or selfish calculations.

“Again, this love is faithful and exclusive until death…, a fidelity which can sometimes bedifficult, but is always possible, always noble and meritorious, as no one can deny.

“Finally this love is fruitful for it is not exhausted by the communion between husband and wife, but is destined to continue, raising up new lives.” (num. 9)

Experience the transcendent beauty of the Church’s vision of marriage, family and human life!

For the text of the encyclical please see http://www.hli.org/humanae_vitae.html or
http://www.humanaevitaepriests.org/

A call to celebrate and reverence God’s vision of human sexuality

Natural Family Planning Awareness Week highlights the anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (July 25) which articulates Catholic beliefs about human sexuality, conjugal love and responsible parenthood along with the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne (July 26), the parents of the Blessed Mother.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Pope Paul VI's landmark encyclical.

For those in the NY tri-state area,visit St. Mary Church in Norwalk, CT on Friday July 25 at 6:30 PM for a High Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite followed by a visit by Msgr. William Smith, Moral Theology Professor, St. Joseph Seminary Dunwoodie, who will speak on "Humanae Vitae: 40 years later."

Mass is offered in reparation for sins committed against the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

NEA endorses the candidate who would eliminate the next generation of schoolchildren

"The National Education Association (NEA) has chosen to back a presidential candidate who wants to continue a policy of abortion on demand, which has resulted in nearly 50 million missing students in classrooms from coast to coast since 1973,” Karen Cross, the National Right to Life political director, told LifeNews.com.

Senator Obama has said that, if elected president, the first thing he would do is sign the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" – a bill that would make partial-birth abortion legal again, require taxpayer funding of abortion and nullify virtually all federal and state limitations on abortion, such as parental notification laws.

"Barack Obama's extremist pro-abortion agenda is a poison pill for our nation's classrooms," Cross added. "It borders on the incomprehensible that our nation's educators would get behind a candidate whose agenda will result in more and more missing children."

This week, pro-life advocates protested at the national NEA convention at the Washington Convention Center. The protest, which started on Wednesday, pointed out how the union has upset pro-life advocates many times over the years.

Most recently, the NEA received criticism from pro-life advocates when it hosted a forum featuring a late-term abortion practitioner.

The National Education Association came under fire in march for allowing a radical pro-abortion group to use its building to host a forum featuring controversial late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller.

LifeNews.com reported on the NEA-hosted pro-abortion forum and the criticism of it. Later, NEA Assistant General Counsel Michael Simpson slammed the criticism as "untrue and unfair."

ACTION: Send your complaints about the Obama endorsement to the National Education Association. Go to http://www.nea.org/aboutnea/contact.html for contact information.

More on Obama and Abortion:
Obama in his own words on the Infant Born Alive Protection Act:

“Aborting babies alive and letting them die violates no universal principle.”
“Babies who survive abortions are not protected by the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.”
“A ban to stop aborted babies from being shelved to die would be burdensome to mothers.” “Aborting babies alive and letting them die is a doctor’s prerogative.”
“Aborting babies alive and letting them die is a religious issue.”