Opinion – Page 86 – Madison Catholic Herald

To the editor:

The Affordable Care Act, funded by half the Medicare budget, offers free condoms, free birth control, and free abortion for all ages. The right of conscience is not protected as it was before the legislation.

Medicare defunding will not be felt until after 2012. The Independent Advisory Board of 15 appointed by our president makes all decisions about who gets what and at what age without input from seniors or politicians. The board is also delegated to defund Medicare by another $200 billion in the next decade.

On January 25, 2012

Charlene Tolmie

Pro-life witness helped lead to closing of abortion mill

To the editor:

As we ponder the ramifications of the January 22 Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion 39 years ago, I would like to comment on the closing of the Rockford abortion mill.

This closing would not have been possible without the presence of many faithful pro-life Christians. For over two decades, these valiant pro-lifers have been there praying, witnessing, and pleading with the mothers who walked into the killing center.

On January 18, 2012February 15, 2022

Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

Making a life-changing detour: Women’s Care Center offers pregnant women a chance to choose life

On January 23, 1973, the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion in the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision.

As we mark the 39th anniversary of that sad decision, many people have been praying and working to give all babies a chance to live. We know that we have to change minds and especially hearts on this issue.

On January 18, 2012

Fr. Don Lange

Work for unity with other churches, deeper conversion

To the editor:

We celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from January 18 to 25.

In John 17:21 Jesus prays for unity among his followers, “Father, I pray that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.”

On January 18, 2012

J.W. Rock

Elevation of Archbishop Dolan is great honor

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On January 11, 2012February 15, 2022

Mary C. Uhler, Catholic Herald Staff

It’s Vocation Awareness Week: Pray! Invite! Encourage! Affirm! Vocations

Every year since 1976, the Catholic Church in the United States has celebrated National Vocation Awareness Week (NVAW) as a special time when we pray for the renewal and strengthening of all vocations within the Church.

This includes the vocations of married and single people; men serving as priests, deacons, and Brothers; and women serving as religious Sisters.

On January 11, 2012

Ted Kaminski

Keep Christmas in our hearts every day of the year

To the editor:

At this time of year I hear about people taking the “Christ out of Christmas.” Why? Because some anti-religious group stops a public Nativity scene. Another is that some people will use the greeting “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.”

What should really define this time of year for us is the feeling in our hearts. Do we only give gifts to get more? Do we only throw parties for public display? Are we only thinking of ourselves?

On December 28, 2011February 15, 2022

Mary C. Uhler

Faith and public life: Religion should not be relegated only to the private sphere

During the holiday season, we were subjected again to “Christmas wars” about public displays of Nativity scenes and controversies over calling a Christmas tree by its real name.

These squabbles are really part of a deeper effort to relegate religious practice to the private sphere. There are those who say, “It’s okay for you to practice your faith, but do it behind closed doors.”

On December 21, 2011

Peggy Hamill

PLW concurs with cardinal on ‘contraceptive mentality’

To the editor:

Thank you to Mary Uhler and the Catholic Herald for your report on Cardinal Raymond Burke’s recent compelling address on the need to counter the “contraceptive mentality” and “advance the culture of life” with “new enthusiasm and new energy.”

As Pro-Wisconsin (PLW) embarks on our 20th year in 2012, we realistically concur with His Eminence Cardinal Burke, in recognition that “the struggle is fierce and the contrary forces are many and clever.”

On December 21, 2011

Jeanne Breunig

Thanks to cardinal, bishop for speaking the truth

To the editor:

Thank you for Mary Uhler’s excellent article on Raymond Cardinal Burke’s recent statement on contraception in Illinois. We were blessed to inform Cardinal Burke of the Madison Catholic Herald covering that story after he celebrated Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse on Friday, Dec. 9, the Feast of St. Juan Diego. He was pleased.

My parents gave me 10 brothers and sisters, 20 years from youngest to oldest, and my in-laws gave me my husband, youngest of eight children, born when his father was 40, and his mother was 39. Praise be to God for big families!