October 30, 2009 - The United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has sent the following information to all Catholic bishops in the United States, charging them to distribute information on proposed federal health care legislation and federally funded abortion in all parishes in the United States.
No parish is to opt out. If you are Catholic, you should see this information in your parish this Sunday, November 1.
For more information see this LifeSiteNews.com article, USCCB Launches All-Out Campaign Against Abortion-Funding Healthcare
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Title of email to bishops: "Urgent Help Needed Now for Health Care Reform":
Text of email:
The President of the Conference and the Chairmen of the three major USCCB committees engaged in health care reform have written all the bishops and asked that this material on health care reform be printed or hand-stuffed in every parish bulletin and/or distributed in pews or at church entrances as soon as possible. Congressional votes may take place as soon as early November.
Material, as PDF files for easy download and reproduction, is available at http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/resources.shtml#bulletins. Please use what is most appropriate for your parishioners. We can also provide high resolution files if your printer prefers those; please ask your printer to contact Deirdre McQuade at dmcquade@usccb.org.
Also, below are suggested pulpit announcements and prayers of the faithful. This text can be modified and copied as needed.
More information can be found at www.usccb.org/healthcare. Please contact your diocesan leadership (especially the diocesan communications, pro-life and social justice offices) if you have specific questions.
Thank you for your urgent actions and prayers on behalf of this nationwide effort!
