The last post on this blog on Human Life International was e-mailed to them.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010
PLANNED PARENTHOOD COULD ASK HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL TO AFFIRM CANTATE DOMINO AS AN EXAMPLE FOR PRO-ABORTION CATHOLICS
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2010/11/planned-parenthood-could-ask-human-life.html#links
There has been no contradiction.
HLI Experts
Brian Clowes PhD Best known as author of the most exhaustive pro-life informational resource volume, The Facts of Life, and for his Pro-Life Basic Training Course, Brian is the author of nine books, over 90 scholarly and popular articles, and has traveled to 35 countries on five continents as a pro-life speaker, educator and trainer. Perhaps most importantly, Brian authored the report which helped sway legislators in the 2001 defunding of the UNFPA by the Bush administration.
Joseph Meaney One of the world's leading experts on the international pro-life movement, Joseph Meaney speaks French, Spanish, and Italian fluently and is HLI's Director of International Coordination. His bachelors and masters degrees from the Catholic University of Dallas and the University of Texas Institute of Latin American Studies prepared him for an international career that has included lectures and investigative journalism missions on all continents and over 64 countries.
Magaly Llaguno HLI's executive director for Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world is long time pro-life leader Magaly Llaguno, who arrived in the United States from Cuba with refugee status in 1959. HLI Founder Father Paul Marx recognized her abilities immediately, and since 1984, when he asked her to found an Hispanic division for Human Life International, she has been overseeing this important and predominantly Catholic region of the world with skill and dedication.
Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro was ordained a priest for the Catholic Archdiocese of New York in 1987. From the beginning of his priestly ministry, Monsignor Barreiro was involved in the Pro-Life and Traditional Latin Mass apostolates. Since September 1998, Msgr. Barreiro has been the Director of the Rome office of Human Life International. Msgr. Barreiro has published hundreds of articles on theology, life issues, and historical subjects in popular and scholarly publications.
Raymond de Souza is HLI's Regional Coordinator for Portuguese-Speaking nations. Fluent in 5 languages, Raymond is also renowned as a lay Catholic apologist and a tireless advocate for life around the world. He and his wife, Theresa, have eight children and live in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Jenn Giroux is Executive Director of HLI America. A Registered Nurse and mother of 9 children, Jenn's powerful witness to life is evident in her many efforts at defending life, and why she was specially chosen to lead HLI's new domestic pro-life initiative. - from the HLI website
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
CATHOLICS ARE MIXING UP THE LEFTIST AND TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATION OF EENS AND THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION
When you talk to an average Catholic here and see what is being taught in the Pontifical seminaries and universities in Rome on extra ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS) it is clear that there is a major mix up and plenty of avoidable confusion. This can all be cleared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in three simple statements.
If there are two interpretations of EENS in circulation can there also be two interpretations of the Catechism and Vatican Council II?
The last motu proprio issued by the Holy Father on Evangelisation recently, called to follow the Catechism.
Yes of course! But which interpretation some Catholics could ask.
The Catechism and Vatican Council II are magisterial documents and so are in accord with traditional magisterial teaching. The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has said that Vatican Council II is not a break from Tradition.
So one can interpret the Catechism keeping the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus before you and being in accord with Tradition. Or we can interpret the Catechism as we like, going off on a tangent often and not even knowing it.
Many of the liberal interpretations of the Catechism present us with statements which are not part of the Catholic Deposit of Faith.
It is promoted by the secular media and so Catholics believe it is the new teachings of the Church.
Monday, November 22, 2010
THREE COMMONSENSE STEPS FOR THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH, VATICAN TO RESOLVE THE EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS CONFUSION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010
CDF PLEASE REVIEW MICHAEL MAZZA AND FR. MOST'S ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET FOR DOCTRINAL ERRORS : EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS
Remembering Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Remembering Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM (from the blog DA MIHI ANIMAS)
November 24 is the 10th anniversary of the death of Father Slavko Barbaric, OFM of Medjugorje. This saintly man was a wonderful witness to so many pilgrims. Let's pray that we might imitate him and the sentiments he expressed in his last homily (read below). Hat tip to The North East for the following:
At the top of the 'hill of the cross' or 'Krusevac' is a plaque commemorating the place where Father Slavko died. The story of how he died is incredible.
With tears in her eyes, our Croatian guide described how he climbed the hill every day of his life since the apparitions began and how he always took a bag to collect any accumulated litter which he happened to spot whilst praying and stepping over rocks. She related the story of how he reached the last station of the cross and said to those around him ' We will now pray for all the pilgrims in Medjugorje and we we will now pray for the next one to die.'
He then sat down and died.
The next day the visionaries were told by Our Lady that their brother Slavko had entered Heaven and was now interceding for them.
THE LAST HOMILY OF Fr SLAVKO BARBARIC O.F.M.
Given on the morning of his last day on earth, November 24, 2000, at 9.00am Mass in St James’ Church, Medjugorje.
The unity of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Almost every message of Our Lady ends with the sentence, ‘Thank you for having responded to my call’. I have often asked myself, whom does Our Lady give thanks to, who is so important that she comes down from Heaven to say ‘Thank you’ to that person? She does not expect a lot from us, but she sees everything good we have done already and that is why she thanks us.
FORGIVENESS
Let us also ask God's forgiveness for all that was not good, where selfishness, jealousy or arrogance prevailed in the past, so that, by our prayer and fasting, we may help in the dawning of a new time; as Our Lady said in her last message (25th October 2000) I would like to say quite consciously, together with Mary, once more ‘Thanks’ to all who have answered her messages in their own special way. It is always good to know, time and again, that Our Lady cannot do anything without our help! When we heard her ‘Thank you’ for the very first time, we were somehow taken aback, for we are used to ask God for everything.
Of course, there is nothing wrong in expecting everything from God, to ask and pray to Him, the Almighty One – but there is a message coming back to us, saying: ‘I need you, you are important to me, I cannot do anything without your help!’ We often cannot comprehend this, but it is truly a fact. God wanted each and everyone of us, at our time, in our own surroundings, where we live. He wanted us and He has bestowed certain talents to us, which He wants to develop and make grow in us by His grace, so that we may serve Him by using our talents.
CRITICISM
Everyone who, by using his or her talents, serves, loves, believes and hopes, is helping and respects others. We all are essential, in our time, at our place in our life, where God has decided us to be. I have often said this to people who criticise others a lot, or to those who believe they themselves would have done better had they been in God’s position. If God would have thought that you would have lived and served better at a different time or at a different place, then He would not have put you where you are now, but at that other place. Never say ‘I’ in God's place, but rather open your eyes and ears to your time and to your neighbour with whom you live. This is your very first task; this is where you are irreplaceable; this is where you are important for God and this is where God cannot do anything without your help. In that way we experience God's love and, His love, that same love reaches others through us.
GOD NEEDS US
When we receive consolation from God, it is only right to give it to others and – this we can only do at the time, at the place where we are just now. Only there, and now, can we do God's will and He cannot do anything without our help. Mary has succeeded in one thing during these 19 years and 5 months: Many people, who thought it sufficient to attend Holy Mass on Sundays only, have become very active in their religious life through the messages. That is why we can say today ‘Thank you’ for all the people across the whole world, who consciously spread the messages, with Our Lady's and other's help.
A Croatian monk, a missionary who spent his time in India, once told me that every Saturday night and evening programme like the one in Medjugorje is being celebrated not just in one parish, but in several. This is another reason for Mary saying in her last message, that she thanked God and is delighted that so many people have come here during this Jubilee year and that the Church has been spiritually renewed.
I believe we still must change quite a lot ourselves, for instance, to be able to see the Church and our families with the eyes of Mary. We are often inclined to judge and to complain about people and our time when we look at the world around us. Of course, there are a lot of problems. But Mary looks upon this world with different eyes than we do. She sees the good, however small, however insignificant. She recognises it and is grateful for it.
GRATITUDE
Gratitude is the best guideline in education. When you want to educate someone, you must first look at the good inside that person; however insignificantly small it may be. Then you must try and visualise how the individual could be and work on that together with the person. If we are blind to these things we only see the negative aspects; things that are imperfect; things alien to our momentary fancy and so we can get cracking with our criticism; we condemn and reject.
Mary, on the other hand, only sees the good things in this world. She also sees what could be better, and right there she begins with her teaching. Read the messages! They are positive and they give hope, they are encouraging. In the same way, Mary has awakened the positive power within us and that is why we thank her.
The one who follows Mary has no time to criticise. Mary gives us courage to do something even where we might believe it might disturb, or not be good, or be too much for us. Only in this way can Mary, together with her Son Jesus, enter the third Millennium. Therefore, thank all the people in the world who follow Mary, who visit us untiringly, who organise pilgrimages without ever getting tired.
Let, as Mary says, a new dawn arise, a new springtime. It is not springtime in a calendar sense, but it is springtime of a new decision. Let the New World begin, where we believe it is outdated, contaminated and destroyed. When you decide to love God and our neighbour as yourself and when many besides you do likewise, then the new time has arrived. Amen.
Fr Slavko Barbaric O.F.M., November 24, 2000
Posted by Padre Steve at 9:00 PM
Labels: Medjugorje, Saints
Below is the memorial plaque at the site of his death.
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