Thursday, September 30

Oklahomans For Life - ELECTION ALERT

 

September 30th, 2010

LogoCandidates' Survey Responses for November 2
General Election Posted on Website;
Votes in State Legislature also Posted

Updated responses of candidates to our pro-life questionnaire are now posted on our website, www.OkForLife.org. Click on "Candidate Surveys" on the left side of our home page.

The key pro-life votes from this year's and previous years' sessions of the state legislature are also posted on our website, www.OkForLife.org. Click on "Votes" on the left side of the home page.

By clicking on "ID Your Legislators" you can type your address, scroll down to the fourth and fifth entries to find your own senator and representative, and then click "Votes" to see how they've voted. By using their contact information, you'll be able to thank them if they've been voting pro-life. Please do so. They need our encouragement.

When identifying your own state senator and state representative, you'll also see your district numbers which will enable you to identify the candidates in your districts on the "Candidate Surveys" site.

The General Election is November 2. The unborn cannot vote. Please vote for them.
Tony Lauinger
State Chairman


email: info@okforlife.org

phone: 918-749-5022

web: http://www.OkForLife.org

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BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER

VATICAN CITY, 30 SEP 2010 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for October is:

"That Catholic universities may more and more be places where, in the light of the Gospel, it is possible to experience the harmonious unity existing between faith and reason".

  His mission intention is:

"That World Mission Day may afford an occasion for understanding that the task of proclaiming Christ is an absolutely necessary service to which the Church is called for the benefit of humanity".

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Wednesday, September 29

Changing Driving Laws

There is a bill before Congress that, as I understand it, will propose to raise the driving age from the current 16 to 18 as well as raise the permit age from 15 and 1/2 to 16. I believe this is short-sighted and potentially will cause more harm than good.

I am a driving instructor, aside from the jobs implications across the country for many losing their livihood, this places the time when teens will be independently driving to the same timeframe that they leave home. At the current limits, drivers typically learn to drive when they are in High School, when they live at home under the supervision of their parents. Currently, students are supervised and restricted by parental authority for about 2 years after receiving their licenses.

If the age is raised, students will be independently driving at the same time they are typically leaving home. There will be no parental guidance that will guide them through two of the most influential years of their lives, giving them gradual independence as they learn to drive. Children will be thrown into driving independently as they move into dorms and into their own apartments.

As well, typically teens begin working and gaining independence coinciding with obtaining their licenses, after the permit period. Because of the time restraints on parents’, many do not pursue this step toward added responsibility until they have their full license. This will be, yet another, step postponed until after the student leaves the household and is an ‘adult’, either living on campus or away from parental supervision.

In the effort to save children’s lives, I think that this provision would only serve to sacrifice more children, though later. It would postpone and magnify. If anything is needed, it may be more structured instruction and, possibly, encouraging insurance companies to provide more benefits to safe drivers. If there has to be laws enacted to restrict citizen’s rights, maybe look to actual statistics and use those as starting points. Maybe restrictions of 17 year boys in brand new Mustangs?

Monday, September 20

The Battle of Lepanto: October 7, 1571

 

For those who do not know, the Battle of Lepanto was the last crusade; by the grace of God, and after intense prayer, the Christians won a decisive battle against the Muslim navy on October 7, 1571.

If that battle had been lost, it is possible that Rome would have fallen into Muslim hands, and St. Peter’s basilica would have been stolen, and turned into a Mosque.

That is exactly what happened to the magnificent Church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. When the Muslim army captured Constantinople and destroyed most of Byzantium Christianity, they stole the Hagia Sophia Church and made it into a Mosque. (I have stood in that incredible building, and wept.) In recent years, the government made it a museum.

incredible building, and wept.) In recent years, the government made it a museum.

I urge you to read the wonderful article that follows on the Battle of Lepanto. (Frankly, it is worth your time far more than any of today’s headlines.)

Please Pray with Us.

We are considering doing a

“teaching event” in cities around the country

On October 7.

Several people who have written to me, or with whom I have spoken by phone, havee said that they would like to hold some calm, yet prophetic event in their own community. We are praying about that, focusing on the date of October 7 – the date of the Battle of Lepanto.

I urge you – for the sake of your mind and soul – to read the article that follows. You will learn more from this article than from every newscast you have ever seen on the religion of Islam.

Tomorrow or the next day, we will decide what, if anything, we are DOING or NOT DOING.  And I will tell you why.

Again, I will read EVERY LETTER that comes to me in response of this email.

Please read this article; it shows the place of PRAYER, MARY, and FIERCE ACTION that saved the Latin Church from the sword of Islam.

The Battle that Saved the Christian West

[The Battle of Lepanto]

By Christopher Check

“…1571, the year of the battle of Lepanto, the most important naval contest in human history, is not well known to Americans. October 7, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, celebrates the victory at Lepanto, the battle that saved the Christian West from defeat at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. That this military triumph is also a Marian feast underscores our image of the Blessed Virgin prefigured in the Canticle of Canticles: "Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array?..."

You will LOVE this historic record!

Entire article found at:

http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2007/0703fea2.asp

Thursday, September 16

40 Days for Life KICKOFF

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  • Kick-off next week on Tuesday, September 21 from 6-8pm at the Garden of Hope

  • We need you to sign-up for one hour of prayer during the first week
  • Here is the link: http://www.40daysforlife.com/tulsa/index.cfm?
  • Tuesday, September 21, 8pm to Thursday, September 23, 11pm
  • Saturday, September 25, 12am - 6am and 7pm - 11pm
  • Pray for the success of our 40 Days for Life Campaign
  • Can you help during the rallies, set-up, clean-up?  Please contact me.

For Life,
Tracy Callicoat
Diocese of Tulsa
Family Life, Pro-Life and NFP
Direct:  918-307-4939
Fax:  918-294-0920
tracy.callicoat@dioceseoftulsa.org

Thursday, September 9

Honor Guard Request for SK Steve Campbell

"Sir Knights, we have a Honor Guard Request for Sir Knight Steve Campbell. the Rosary time is tomorrow September 9th at 7pm. at ST. Bernard Church.
the Funeral time is Friday September10th at11am. show time 30 minutes before each event.
Steve's Father Richard Campbell, a Deacon at ST. Bernard and also a 4th Degree Knight, Requested the Honor Guards at both events. so if any of you can make it to either one he would appreciate it.
Hopeto see some of you there.
Jon Kidd Faithful Navigator Chief Justus White Assembly,"

Monday, September 6

Arroyo Celebrate Labor Day Weekend

We had the Arroyo’s en mass to the house Sunday afternoon. Linda and I hosted Michael and Andrew, back from USAO and St. Gregory’s for the weekend and their grandparents, my father, Jose’ or “Joe” and his wife, Frances Arroyo. We had a fantastic afternoon and it was a great opportunity for Dad and Frances to see my two youngest, whom they have not seen since they were very small. I don’t think they have had the pleasure since before Michael was in 3rd Grade!

Frances and Joe Arroyo

Frances, J. and Linda Arroyo

Joe, Frances and J. enjoy the weather

Andrew (going to St. Gregory’s), Michael (going to USAO), and Frances Arroyo

J, Joe, and Michael Arroyo

Wednesday, September 1

BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER

VATICAN CITY, 1 SEP 2010 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for September is: "That in less developed parts of the world the proclamation of the Word of God may renew people's hearts, encouraging them to work actively toward authentic social progress".

  His mission intention is: "That by opening our hearts to love we may put an end to the numerous wars and conflicts which continue to bloody our world".

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