Saint Frances Cabrini Catholic Community
Saint Frances Cabrini Catholic Community Serves Fairless Hills, Fallsington and Levittown.
Youth Group Meet and Greet!
On Sunday, October 16th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM our Youth Group will host our Annual Welcome Back Night! All current and new members in 3rd-8th grade are invited to join us in the Youth Group Room in the Father Laut Building for some games, crafts and refreshments! Please RSVP to Alixandra Holden at aholden@saintfrancescabrini.net. We can’t wait to see you there!
Pizza will be served!
Due to the lack of teams available for this Saturday’s Trivia Night, the event has been postponed until the Spring. We will keep you updated with a future date. Thank you to all who were interested and offered to volunteer.
| Most of us have spent time with a loved one at the end of his or her life. Depending on circumstances, this could have been a peaceful and loving experience or one filled with anxiety and uncertainty. Some see doctor prescribed suicide as the solution to this uncertainty. However, doctor prescribed suicide is anything but an easy answer. Simply put, doctor prescribed suicide normalizes suicide as the solution to suffering, encourages decisions to be made based on cost containment instead of human dignity, and relies on inaccurate predictions of quality of life to determine a person’s worth. The American Medical Association (AMA) is considering a resolution to change its decades-long opposition to doctor prescribed suicide. There are many risks in legalizing assisted suicide, particularly to socially marginalized groups of people like the disabled and the elderly. At the end of life, supportive care for both the patient and his or her family is what is needed. Physical pain and depression can be alleviated through medicine and therapy. Responsible healthcare demands putting the symptoms and needs of the patient first.
If the AMA weakens its opposition, the move will send a message to the legislature that legalizing suicide is acceptable.
Additional resources from the PCC can be found at http://www.pacatholic.org/should-doctors-be-neutral-on-suicide/.
Please read this material and consider sending a message to the AMA via the link below asking them to support the dignity of every person and the need for supportive and comprehensive end of life care.
https://www.votervoice.net/BroadcastLinks/Qa1EhSWh0gp3Rm0cMpKROQ. |
Yesterday morning Archbishop Chaput hosted a news conference to announce the launch of Project Rachel in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
This ministry is a collaborative effort of Catholic Social Services and the Office for Life and Family. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive and integrated approach to healing for men and women whose lives have been impacted by the decision to abort a child. It does so through reconciliation, professional counseling, prayer, liturgies, retreats, and support groups. The work is performed confidentially and services are tailored to the unique circumstances of each individual.
There is a video from the news conference here: https://vimeo.com/catholicphilly/projectrachel Please consider sharing this material broadly with others and join me in praying for the success of this new ministry that it may provide reconciliation, comfort, and most of all peace to those in need of God’s healing mercy. Thank you.
Get Ready, Philly…
Your Mornings Are About To Get A Little Brighter!
I am very excited! As you probably know, I was born and raised in Philadelphia and have been eating soft pretzels, Tastykakes and cheesesteaks for as long as I can remember. I have experienced many ups and downs with the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers and Sixers. I know and love the City of Brotherly Love!
Despite being ranked as the ninth largest radio market (according to the July 2016 Neilsen Audio Ratings), Philadelphia has never had a local Catholic morning radio show. That will change on October 10, 2016 when Spirit In The Morning comes to Holy Spirit Radio in Philadelphia!
Every Monday thru Friday at 7 AM Eastern, I’ll help you to start your day with a mix of music, Scripture and inspiration. And you better believe that I’ll offer hope to my fellow “worriers”! This is a show that I have wanted to do for a long time and soon it will become a reality. If you’re outside of the Philadelphia area, the show will stream live on Holy Spirit Radio and TuneIn Radio.
Finally, if you’re wondering about how this will affect my work as a full time Catholic evangelist, the answer is that nothing will change. I will still be traveling around the country giving talks and leading parish missions. I will still host The Gary Zimak Show on BlogTalkRadio and continue to do my various Catholic TV and Radio interviews. And my next book, Stop Worrying And Start Living! will be released in the Fall. Spirit In The Morning is just another way for me to spread the Good News.
Please keep me in your prayers as I get ready to begin this new project. I have a feeling that the Holy Spirit is up to something exciting!
Cabrini Pod
Mass Celebrated Sundays 7 AM, 9 AM, 11 AM (Saturday Vigil 5:30 PM)
Monday-Saturday 9:30 AM & Holy Days 6:30 AM, 12 PM, 7 PM
325 South Oxford Valley Road, Fairless Hills, PA, 19030 (Map)
215-946-4040
