Comments on: Congress session: The Death of Innocents (Sr. Helen Prejean)

By: Wynette Sills

Wynette Sills — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:27:07 +0000

Ken, I don’t know what your work schedule is, but would you are anyone else in your Parish be interested in joining other Catholics in prayer and ministry at the abortion clinics in Roseville (PP on Sunrise) or Sacramento (29th and B St)? Email me at esills@earthlink.net if you or any of your readers are interested in coming on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday mornings. Also, our Respect Life Ministry meets in Lincoln on the 3rd Friday of the month, right after Mass at 9:15. Anyone from neighboring parishes are invited to join us. Abortion is our primary focus, but we are also opposing Physician Assisted Suicide legislation at the capitol this week and have done educational efforts on embryonic stem cell research. The Death Penalty has been our most controversial topic, at least amongst our pro-life committee. Wynette

By: Ken Crawford

Ken Crawford — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 04:38:40 +0000

Hi Wynette, glad to hear from you. Yes, I’m in the Sacramento area. Roseville to be exact. I’m a parishioner to SS. Peter and Paul in Rocklin.

I don’t think SS Peter and Paul has a Respect Life ministry, although I wish it did. From my experience of talking to various people in the parish, I’ve found very similar results as you have. From my viewpoint, people are more swayed by their political loyalties than their religious loyalties. Our parish has a fairly liberal bent to it and you won’t hear much talk about abortion here. However, there are those sub-groups in the parish that are fairly conservative and they’ll be pretty averse to respecting the Church’s teachings on the Death Penalty.

It’s pretty sad to me that the Pope’s message is less important than Howard Dean’s or Karl Rove’s (take your pick) for the average Catholic.

By: Wynette Sills

Wynette Sills — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:45:35 +0000

Ken, I agree with so much of your writings and it sounds like you are in the Sacramento area. As a member of our Parish Respect Life Ministry at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lincoln, we are trying to embrace the “seamless garment” consistent ethic of life concept in our efforts, but have struggled with including opposition to the Death Penalty. Are you active in your Parish Respect Life efforts and if so, what have you experienced, as a group, when challenged to embrace the breadth of life issues? Wynette (aka “Katelyn’s Mom”)