Dear Parishioners,
Sympathy to Shannon Marotzke and family at the death of her father Allen Engstrom, and to Dan and Linda Weber at the death of his mother Beatrice Weber. May they rest in peace.
Welcome Fr. Mark Mallak who is covering Masses this weekend as I am at TEC.
Tuesday of this week marks the 40th anniversary of the tragic Roe Versus Wade decision. Since then, more than 55 million (over 4 times the number of those killed in the Holocaust, and 20 times the number of Americans injured or killed in all wars since the Revolutionary war, and 3 million more than those killed in the Sandy Hook shootings, not to politicize that tragedy)! Were is the outcry for the innocent lives lost? Where are the government task forces or recommendations for limiting access to abortion mills? These innocent, unseen and too easily forgotten souls are human, too. We pray for an end of abortion. We must work to eliminate the 'need' for abortion by helping those who are in difficult circumstances of pregnancy, and most of all need to remember that every life is precious. We also need to 'reconnect' marriage, fertility, openness to life, and family life. These last years, we have only witnessed the further disintegration of these. We see co-habitation and promiscuity on the rise, single mothers, children shuttled between divorced parents, domestic violence, and all sorts of other societal problems. The Church will continue to be a voice of reason and call to change, but it takes us to raise our voices.
Next week is the start of Catholic Schools Week. We will have our special collection next weekend because of the Carnival the following weekend.
In Christ,
Fr. Todd
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