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Prepare/Enrich Training Session Saturday, September 16, 2017 - 9am-3pm
Since many parishes do not have ministers who are trained in administering and giving feedback through the Prepare/Enrich inventory, our office offers the Prepare/Enrich training session. We are recommending it for anyone who might be involved in the use of a pre-marital inventory including priests, deacons, marriage prep coordinators and mentor couples.
Cost is $100 per individual or $115 per couple. Includes lunch. Location: Rm. 104 Bishop Robert Tracy Center at the Catholic Life Center. Deadline for registration is Monday, August 28, 2017 to allow time for us to order the necessary materials. TO REGISTER ONLINE CLICK ON LINK below: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=2013031 For more Information see File attached. 
Prayer for Families After the FloodsGracious and Almighty Father,
In this time of loss and sorrow following the floods, Please be with our families and loved ones As we attempt to pick up the pieces of our damaged homes and tumultuous lives. Give us strength and courage to face each day with hope and renewal. Grant calm and patience to our mothers and fathers even when stresses are great. Grant obedience and flexibility to our children even when they don’t fully understand what’s going on around them. Grant generosity and compassion to our neighborhoods so that we might support each other and offer helping hands and gentle words when the strength of others falters. Help us to grow closer to each other and to You And let this be an opportunity for our faith to find new roots in your unceasing mercy. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for all that you have done for us and continue to do, You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen. We also turn to you, our Blessed Mother, protector of families, that you may see our need as you saw the need of the newly married couple in Cana (John 2). We ask that you petition Jesus on our behalf to supply what necessities enable our households to return to normal again. Amen. LA Bishops Make a Statement on Surrogacy IssueThe Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops (LCCB) seeks to articulate the Catholic Church’s teaching on the issue of surrogacy in light of legislation proposed during last year’s legislative session as well as what is before the Louisiana Legislature presently. The Church is clear and consistent in her teaching that surrogacy, in any form, is to be opposed as an immoral means to create a family. The desire to have a child is both natural and good. We recognize that issues of infertility can be incredibly sensitive and personal. While acknowledging this reality, it is important to realize that pursuing all means in the effort to create a child presents moral and ethical concerns and that a child is truly a gift to be given as opposed to a right to attain.
Surrogacy arrangements commercialize and objectify women relegating them to a utilitarian purpose. The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith spoke to this point in Donum Vitae as it stated that surrogacy is contrary to the dignity of persons. Surrogacy diminishes the dignity of women in that it grossly focuses on what women can produce as opposed to the entire worth and being of who women have been created to be. In addition, surrogacy fails to acknowledge the uniqueness of the mother-child relationship to the detriment of women from a physical, psychological, and spiritual level. To finish reading the rest of their statement or to read the statement as a whole, click here.
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'Growing Up Gracefully' Tuesday, September 19
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2017 Dates for
Life Choice, Engaged Encounter &
Additional Options
Life Choice retreat (Pre-Cana) on Saturdays
January 7 February 4 March 11 March 25
April 22 May 13 June 17 August 19
September 23 October 28 November 11.
For more information and to register http://www.mfldiobr.org/life-choice-online-registration.html
Engaged Encounter (Pre-Cana) weekend retreat
January 20-22 March 17-19 April 28-30 June 23-25
August 25-27 November 10-12
Call 225-337-2214 or for more information & to register - Catholic Engaged Encounter - Baton Rouge
Online Pre-Cana option or the Re-Marriage Program
http://www.mfldiobr.org/marriage-preparation.html
January 7 February 4 March 11 March 25
April 22 May 13 June 17 August 19
September 23 October 28 November 11.
For more information and to register http://www.mfldiobr.org/life-choice-online-registration.html
Engaged Encounter (Pre-Cana) weekend retreat
January 20-22 March 17-19 April 28-30 June 23-25
August 25-27 November 10-12
Call 225-337-2214 or for more information & to register - Catholic Engaged Encounter - Baton Rouge
Online Pre-Cana option or the Re-Marriage Program
http://www.mfldiobr.org/marriage-preparation.html
Bread or Stones Campaign
"Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread" -Matthew 7:9
The Bread or Stones Campaign is a children's anti-poverty initiative approved by all Louisiana bishops as part of the The L.I.C. Public Policy Task Force. The Bread or Stones Campaign focuses primarily on improving services in four areas that most impact child well-being: maternal and child health, school readiness and school dropout prevention, marriage and family supports, and child poverty reduction.
“In reports such as the Annie E. Casey Annual Kid’s Count, Louisiana has consistently been ranked as one of the worst states in all measures of child well-being. This is completely unacceptable. We can do better,” states Bishop Shelton Fabre. The Bread or Stones Campaign is inspired by Jesus' words in the Gospel of Matthew: "Would one of you hand his child a stone when he asks for a loaf?" How will you answer? Contact Rob Gorman at Catholic Charities Houma-Thibodaux (985-876-0490 or rgorman@htdiocese.org) to sign your church up for the Bread or Stones Campaign. To learn more about this campaign, click here.
The Bread or Stones Campaign is a children's anti-poverty initiative approved by all Louisiana bishops as part of the The L.I.C. Public Policy Task Force. The Bread or Stones Campaign focuses primarily on improving services in four areas that most impact child well-being: maternal and child health, school readiness and school dropout prevention, marriage and family supports, and child poverty reduction.
“In reports such as the Annie E. Casey Annual Kid’s Count, Louisiana has consistently been ranked as one of the worst states in all measures of child well-being. This is completely unacceptable. We can do better,” states Bishop Shelton Fabre. The Bread or Stones Campaign is inspired by Jesus' words in the Gospel of Matthew: "Would one of you hand his child a stone when he asks for a loaf?" How will you answer? Contact Rob Gorman at Catholic Charities Houma-Thibodaux (985-876-0490 or rgorman@htdiocese.org) to sign your church up for the Bread or Stones Campaign. To learn more about this campaign, click here.
Planned Parenthood Expanding
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, an affiliate of Planned Parenthood (PP), the largest abortion business in the nation, plans to open a 7,000 square foot facility on Claiborne Ave in New Orleans in 2015. This multimillion-dollar "New Orleans Health Center" will become a regional abortion center in the heart of New Orleans, leading to an increase in abortions in New Orleans and surrounding areas.
For more information, go to www.NolaNeedsPeace.com
For more information, go to www.NolaNeedsPeace.com
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Fun Catholic Apps!
Check out these great Catholic apps for prayers, readings, scripture, etc! Just click each link to be taken to information on each app (for iPhones, iPads, some Androids):
iMissal
iPieta
Lighthouse Catholic Media Bible
Mea Culpa - Examination of Conscience
YouCat
Laudate
Catholic Devotions
Rosary Deluxe Audio
iBreviary
Concordance
The Catholic Directory Mass Times
3 Minute Retreat (LoyolaPress)
Way of the Cross by St. Francis of Assisi
For more great Catholic Apps, visit Catholicapps.com
iMissal
iPieta
Lighthouse Catholic Media Bible
Mea Culpa - Examination of Conscience
YouCat
Laudate
Catholic Devotions
Rosary Deluxe Audio
iBreviary
Concordance
The Catholic Directory Mass Times
3 Minute Retreat (LoyolaPress)
Way of the Cross by St. Francis of Assisi
For more great Catholic Apps, visit Catholicapps.com
