Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Connecticut Right to Life Corporation is having their 2013 Convention at the Courtyard by Marriott in Cromwell on April 20 starting at 8:30A.M and going until 4:30P.M. The theme is: Dignity of the Human Person. This is a great way to learn more about life issues going on in the state of CT. More info can be found here.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Suicide Bill HB 6645
Public hearing details are as follows:
The Public Health Committee will hold a public hearing on
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. in Room 1D of the
LOB. The Committee is accepting
electronic testimony via email at phc.testimony@cga.ct.gov. Please submit electronic testimony no later
than 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. If you are unable to submit electronic
testimony, please submit 10 copies of written testimony no later than 8:30 A.M.
on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in Room 3000 of the LOB. Please submit separate testimony for each
bill. Testimony submitted after the
deadline will be made available after the hearing. Sign-up for the hearing will begin at 9:00
A.M. in the First Floor Atrium of the LOB.
The first hour of the hearing is reserved for Legislators, Constitutional
Officers, State Agency Heads and Chief Elected Municipal Officials. Speakers will be limited to three minutes of
testimony. Bills will be heard in the
order listed in the Bulletin. Unofficial
sign-up sheets have no standing with the Committee.
SUBJECT MATTER:
Public Health Related Bills
H.B. No. 6590 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING LICENSING OF
TATTOO TECHNICIANS.
H.B. No. 6592 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATION OF
CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHS.
S.B. No. 1070 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL NURSE
STAFFING AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCHOOL NURSE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
S.B. No. 1066 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATE OF
NEED APPLICATION GUIDELINES AND THE ISSUANCE OF DECISIONS.
H.B. No. 6391 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE PRACTICE OF
ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES.
S.B. No. 1135 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING NUCLEAR MEDICINE
TECHNOLOGISTS.
S.B. No. 1136 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
H.B. No. 6589 (RAISED) AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE
TO STUDY THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR DENTAL HYGIENISTS.
S.B. No. 1137 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTERS.
H.B. No. 6594 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING RESIDENTIAL CARE
HOMES AND DEFINITIONS OF "NURSING HOME FACILITY" AND "MEDICAL REVIEW
COMMITTEE."
S.B. No. 1064 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE
ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION IN NURSING HOMES BY CERTAIN NURSE'S AIDES.
S.B. No. 1068 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING CARE
COORDINATION FOR CHRONIC DISEASE.
H.B. No. 6646 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING MARITAL AND
FAMILY THERAPISTS.
S.B. No. 1065 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING LICENSED ALCOHOL
AND DRUG COUNSELORS.
H.B. No. 6645 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING COMPASSIONATE
AID IN DYING FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.
S.B. No. 1038 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION
OF SURGERY.
S.B. No. 1067 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF
CERTAIN SERVICES AT MEDICAL SPAS.
H.B. No. 6591 (RAISED) AN ACT REQUIRING THE EUTHANIZATION
OF ANY CAT OR DOG TO BE PERFORMED BY A LICENSED VETERINARIAN.
S.B. No. 1128 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING INFLUENZA
IMMUNIZATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEES.
H.B. No. 6647 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE COLLECTION
OF DATA REGARDING RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM BENEFITS.
S.B. No. 1129 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH PLAN
DATA.
H.B. No. 6588 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPIRATION
OF CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDER CONTRACTS.
H.B. No. 6644 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS
REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES.
S.B. No. 1069 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE JOINT
PRACTICE OF PHYSICIAN AND PSYCHOLOGISTS.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
HUGE TAG SALE for LIFE!
On July 18th and 19th from 8am-2pm and July 20th from 8am-1pm Y-LIFE will be having its annual tag sale. This years proceeds will be going to benefit Adore Te Catholic Homeschoolers (with support from Catholic Financial Life); the Two Hearts Pregnancy Center in Torrington; and Y-LIFE. The sale will be located at 200 Waterville Road (Route 10) and Pheasant Run in Avon, CT. Call Laura at (860)-738-4371 for more information.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Friday, November 9, 2012
Read this letter from Abby Johnson:
Dear Friend-
Since the election, I have felt renewed resolve. Elections won't
stop abortion. Our commitment to this cause and our willingness to
sacrifice is what saves lives. Our willingness to file away our
own desires and to simply focus on the needs of women in crisis is
what saves lives. Our ability to step out of our comfort zones and
to witness to those walking into abortion clinics is what saves
lives. With the help of God, we save lives...not our federal
government. It is up to us. It always has been, no matter who has
ever been in office. Now is the time to energize grassroots
efforts. Now is the time to step out of our comfort zones. Now is
the time to demonstrate love to those who celebrate the culture
of death.
This is why ministries like And Then There Were None are so vital.
Lives are changed through our efforts. Babies are spared. Souls
are changed. You are making a difference through this ministry.
We reach one worker at a time. One at a time is how we will win.
Thirty-six workers have been changed. That is just the beginning!
Here is my warning to Obama. You are in for the fight of your
life, Mr. President. We in the pro-life movement will not back
down. We will not be silent. We will come away from your
pro-abortion agenda stronger than ever before. We will not
adhere to those things that compromise our principles. We will
fight back with increased fervor.
Just four years ago, I was celebrating the victory of Barack Obama.
My heart has been changed. All hearts can change. We must pray and
fast. Now is not the time to throw in the towel. "This too shall
pass." Be committed. Be in prayer. Be active. Use your voice.
I was not voted out of Planned Parenthood. I was prayed out of
Planned Parenthood.
Fighting for Life,
Abby Johnson
President/Founder
Dear Friend-
Since the election, I have felt renewed resolve. Elections won't
stop abortion. Our commitment to this cause and our willingness to
sacrifice is what saves lives. Our willingness to file away our
own desires and to simply focus on the needs of women in crisis is
what saves lives. Our ability to step out of our comfort zones and
to witness to those walking into abortion clinics is what saves
lives. With the help of God, we save lives...not our federal
government. It is up to us. It always has been, no matter who has
ever been in office. Now is the time to energize grassroots
efforts. Now is the time to step out of our comfort zones. Now is
the time to demonstrate love to those who celebrate the culture
of death.
This is why ministries like And Then There Were None are so vital.
Lives are changed through our efforts. Babies are spared. Souls
are changed. You are making a difference through this ministry.
We reach one worker at a time. One at a time is how we will win.
Thirty-six workers have been changed. That is just the beginning!
Here is my warning to Obama. You are in for the fight of your
life, Mr. President. We in the pro-life movement will not back
down. We will not be silent. We will come away from your
pro-abortion agenda stronger than ever before. We will not
adhere to those things that compromise our principles. We will
fight back with increased fervor.
Just four years ago, I was celebrating the victory of Barack Obama.
My heart has been changed. All hearts can change. We must pray and
fast. Now is not the time to throw in the towel. "This too shall
pass." Be committed. Be in prayer. Be active. Use your voice.
I was not voted out of Planned Parenthood. I was prayed out of
Planned Parenthood.
Fighting for Life,
Abby Johnson
President/Founder
Take some time to read this great note from Catholic Vote.
Dear Friend of CV,![]()
It is providential that this Election Year is the Year of Faith.
An election like this one can cause a great deal of discouragement. The results were practically a worse-case scenario for the most fundamental building blocks of society: The right to life, religious liberty and the family.
But don’t forget that Jesus Christ has only one modus operandi: The cross.
His story starts with his birth into the life of a refugee one step ahead of a murderous king. It ends with him being dragged away from his fleeing apostles and crucified.
After that came a Church whose fights and sins are the subject of the letters of St. Paul. Then came torture and martyrdom for his followers — followed all too quickly by the long march of heresies that denied the very identity of Christ. Around the year 1000, the Church was torn apart by human pettiness in the Great Schism. About 500 years later, an overbearing, arrogant and worldly Church would get torn apart again and again.
Over the years, powerful Catholics have advanced or allowed terrible evils that the Church’s teaching denounces: simony, slavery, and various other atrocities, up to and including genocide and abortion. From Peter’s betrayal to Pope John XII’s, from the days when Judas sold Christ to the days when Catholics sold slaves, the Church’s story is a long, sick tale of sin.
But, as I have written before, the Church isn’t the sum of its failures and sins. The Church is the sum of its sins plus grace, which is to say it is an institution always being dragged back from the brink of failure and handed victories by God.
It also means the real history of the Church is the history of saints and charity. At each stage in that story of sin, the Church was also a multinational organization transforming the world through love. We invented hospitals, schools — and science, and principles of human justice. We created works of stunning beauty with pens, brushes, chisels and musical instruments. Our scriptures and our sacraments built families that brought cheer and comfort to a world that had often lacked them.
We may feel like the forces of secularism have finally triumphed in America.
The reality is far from that.
Just ask Pope John Paul II what it looks like for the forces of secularism to triumph. His nation was overrun by murderous Nazis — only to be replaced by Communists for decades.
Or ask Pope Benedict XVI what it was like to live under aggressive secularizers — Nazis euthanized his Down Syndrome cousin and his family had to move several times because his father opposed them. The Nazis were replaced by a new Germany that before long would deny the unborn the right to life and succeed in marginalizing the faith.
What lesson did these two great men learn from watching the constant triumph of secularism over Catholicism in their time?
“We can and must believe, with the late Pope John Paul II,” Pope Benedict XVI told Americans in 2008, “that God is preparing a new springtime for Christianity.”
If that sounds naive, remember who is saying it.
It is absolutely providential that this Election Year is also the Year of Faith. The Pope and the bishops have called for us to do what every other generation of Christians has done: Turn to Christ in our hour of need, and carry his cross to victory.
Christ’s modus operandi is always the same: He loses battles, then wins wars.
-Tom Hoopes, for CatholicVote.org
Dear Friend of CV,
It is providential that this Election Year is the Year of Faith.
An election like this one can cause a great deal of discouragement. The results were practically a worse-case scenario for the most fundamental building blocks of society: The right to life, religious liberty and the family.
But don’t forget that Jesus Christ has only one modus operandi: The cross.
His story starts with his birth into the life of a refugee one step ahead of a murderous king. It ends with him being dragged away from his fleeing apostles and crucified.
After that came a Church whose fights and sins are the subject of the letters of St. Paul. Then came torture and martyrdom for his followers — followed all too quickly by the long march of heresies that denied the very identity of Christ. Around the year 1000, the Church was torn apart by human pettiness in the Great Schism. About 500 years later, an overbearing, arrogant and worldly Church would get torn apart again and again.
Over the years, powerful Catholics have advanced or allowed terrible evils that the Church’s teaching denounces: simony, slavery, and various other atrocities, up to and including genocide and abortion. From Peter’s betrayal to Pope John XII’s, from the days when Judas sold Christ to the days when Catholics sold slaves, the Church’s story is a long, sick tale of sin.
But, as I have written before, the Church isn’t the sum of its failures and sins. The Church is the sum of its sins plus grace, which is to say it is an institution always being dragged back from the brink of failure and handed victories by God.
It also means the real history of the Church is the history of saints and charity. At each stage in that story of sin, the Church was also a multinational organization transforming the world through love. We invented hospitals, schools — and science, and principles of human justice. We created works of stunning beauty with pens, brushes, chisels and musical instruments. Our scriptures and our sacraments built families that brought cheer and comfort to a world that had often lacked them.
We may feel like the forces of secularism have finally triumphed in America.
The reality is far from that.
Just ask Pope John Paul II what it looks like for the forces of secularism to triumph. His nation was overrun by murderous Nazis — only to be replaced by Communists for decades.
Or ask Pope Benedict XVI what it was like to live under aggressive secularizers — Nazis euthanized his Down Syndrome cousin and his family had to move several times because his father opposed them. The Nazis were replaced by a new Germany that before long would deny the unborn the right to life and succeed in marginalizing the faith.
What lesson did these two great men learn from watching the constant triumph of secularism over Catholicism in their time?
“We can and must believe, with the late Pope John Paul II,” Pope Benedict XVI told Americans in 2008, “that God is preparing a new springtime for Christianity.”
If that sounds naive, remember who is saying it.
It is absolutely providential that this Election Year is also the Year of Faith. The Pope and the bishops have called for us to do what every other generation of Christians has done: Turn to Christ in our hour of need, and carry his cross to victory.
Christ’s modus operandi is always the same: He loses battles, then wins wars.
-Tom Hoopes, for CatholicVote.org
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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