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USCCB November General Assembly, Baltimore, MD. Items Approved On: Marriage, Reproductive technologies, Medically Assisted Nutrition & Hydration

CCHD – “To give or not to give??”

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Married Love and the Gift of LIFE

Life-Giving Love in an Age of Technology – USCCB Documentation

Marriage Love and Sacrifice sponsored by TOOLS & St. Valentine

What we are most grateful for in this blessed gift of life?

Most of all the true meaning of LIFE. Living in Him, for Him, and through HIM!!

Over the years we have seen and heard so much coming from everywhere that we cannot help but to look back and be thankful for where we are today. Truly praising, thanking, and adoring HIM!! There is no better way than to see Him in each of you. Thank you on behalf of RLM, and your Diocese.

Walk for LIFE January 23, 2010

Amarillo, Join us in this tremendous display of Respect for ALL Life!!

World Marriage February 14, 2010

WM Day, visit wmd.wwme.org for great ideas to celebrate this day!!

RLM Banquet March 21, 2010

Amarillo Civic Center, Heritage Rm. See you there!!

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Respecting ALL Life God is Love. Made in God’s image and likeness,

we human beings are created by love and for love, called to share God’s unconditional love

with each other and the world. ~ USCCB, Life-Giving

Love in an Age of Technology

Bishops Approve Items on Marriage, Reproductive Technologies, Medically Assisted Nutrition and Hydration BALTIMORE—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved a pastoral letter on marriage, a document on reproductive technologies, and a proposed revision to the directives that guide Catholic health care services on November 17, the second day of their 2009 Fall General Assembly.

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Bishop Morin calls claims against CCHD's work 'outrageous'

By Catholic News Service

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Members of the U.S. bishops' subcommittee overseeing the Catholic Campaign for Human Development reassured their fellow bishops and donors that "no group that opposes Catholic social or moral teaching is eligible for funding" from their domestic anti-poverty campaign.

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For more information on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development

National March for LIFE, DC 2010 Possible openings for youth and adults to join the Annual Pilgrimage March for Life 2010 For more info. Contact Jessica Huerta at (806) 231-9817 Limited space and time!!!

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Married Love and the Gift of Life

Getting married. What a blessed and hope-filled time. Men and women considering marriage yearn for certain things. They want to be accepted unconditionally by each other. They want their marriage to be filled with love and happiness. They want a family. In short, they want their marriage to be a source of joy and fulfillment their whole life long. God s plan for marriage, from the time he first created human beings as male and female, has always included all this and more. The desire and ability of a man and woman to form a lasting bond of love and life in marriage are written into their nature. In the Rite of Marriage (1969) a man and

woman are asked if they will love one another faithfully and totally—in short, if they will love as God loves. “Have you come here freely and without reservation to give yourselves to each other in marriage?” asks the bishop, priest, or deacon. “Will you love and honor each other as man and wife for the rest of your lives? Will you accept children lovingly from God, and bring them up according to the law of Christ and his Church?” These are different ways of asking the same basic question: Are you ready to accept this person, and all that may come from your union, completely and forever? For full document go to www.usccb.org/laity/marriage/MarriedLove.pdf

Marriage Love & Sacrifice December 4-5, 2009

St. Hyacinth’s Church, Intro Friday Night, Blessing by Bishop and 1st session begins Saturday 10:AM

Retrouvaille

December 11-13, 2009 Retrouvaille™ ... a lifeline for Marriages

A program to Help Couples Heal and Renew their Marriages.

• Do you feel lost, alone or bored in your marriage? • Are you frustrated, hurt or angry with your spouse? • Are you constantly fighting? Or, do you simply shut

down? • Have you thought about separation or divorce?

Does talking about it only make it worse? ... Retrouvaille provides marriage help!?

For more info go to: www.helpourmarriage.com

“Your marriage is worth one day to grow deeper in love with your spouse and your savior!”

Keynote, National Catholic Speaker Deacon James Keating Fee per Couple: 30. Includes boxed lunch Registration: Limited to 200, Sign up TODAY For more information call: Nancy at (806) 640-4399, Tammie at 372-9246, Stephanie at 678-4673

“Life-Giving Love in an Age of Technology” – USCCB Documentation

Looks at morally problematic procedures including in vitro fertilization, embryo adoption, sperm and egg donation and surrogacy and recommended therapeutic means that help a couple conceive through sexual intercourse rather than replacing the act itself.

Document to be released soon…

Pray with us… Father and Creator of ALL, we seek Thee for all in our lives. May Thy will be done for each of us. Grant us the wisdom to seek You in all we say, do, think and feel. We ask You all these through the intercession of Our Lday and her most chaste spouse St. Jospeh. In Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Live to the FULL!!

Respect Life Ministries, Diocese of Amarillo 1800 N Spring Amarillo, Tx. 79107

RLM Director, Stephanie Frausto

P.O. Box 5644

Amarillo, Tx. 79107-5644

www.prolifeamarillo.org

Frausto@dioama.org (806) 678-4673/HOPE

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