Annunciation detail stained glass Mausoleum Roman Catholic Cathedral Our Lady of Angels, LA, CA. Created in 1920's workshop of Franz Borgias Mayer. Photo by Andreas Praefcke  on Wikimedia          

HEALTH CARE AND LIFE ISSUES AND SOCIAL CONCERNS

Most current information found at
http://www.colsdioc.org/Offices/SocialConcernsOfficefor/Issues.aspx

October is Respect Life Month---
The Catholic Church has long held October to be the month in which we prayerfully celebrate our firm belief that all human life is sacred. The Diocesan Marriage and Family Life Office reminds you that, as Pope John Paul II wrote in his 1995 Encyclical "The Gospel of Life,"
The family proclaims life when parents teach children to communicate openly, to value all life and to fulfill their God-given mission.
The family celebrates life through prayers, thanking God for the gift of life, and for each other.
The family serves life by promoting the welfare and well-being of its own members and the members of the greater "family of life."
 

HELP SAVE OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
posted July 2012
Bishops in the U.S. have launched a text messaging campaign to provide a new way for people to join in the national campaign for religious freedom. Text "Freedom" to 377377 to defend your right to live your faith.
For additional information, please visit www.Fortnight4Freedom. org

Religious Freedom challenged by U.S. Department of
                                                            Health and Human Services

BIshop Campbell's letter read to parishioners at all Masses 1-29-12---in English

Bishop Campbell's letter read to parishioners at all Masses 1-29-12--- Spanish

Go to http://www.usccb.org
to see a 1.59 second video of Cardinal designate Timothy Dolan
representing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on this issue

Added February 5, 2012
At Mass this past weekend, we were informed of new rules regarding provisions that all
employee health plans must provide, including churches. The Bishop has requested "that
we must commit ourselves to prayer and fasting that wisdom and justice may prevail, and
religious liberty may be restored." Additionally, he has recommended that we visit
www.usccb.org/conscience to learn more about this severe assault on religious liberty
and how to contact Congress in support of legislation that would reverse the Administration's
decision.

Added May 22, 2012
Document from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Religious Liberty

Added June 10, 2012
The U.S. Catholic Bishops called for "A Fortnight for Freedom," the two-week period from June 21 to July 4---beginning with the feasts of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher and ending with Independence Day---to focus "all the energies the Catholic community can muster" for religious liberty. For more information, contact the diocesan Office for Social Concerns at (614) 241-2540.
 

 HELPING HANDS HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER
1421 Morse Road, Columbus, OH 43229
Phone 614-262-5094

The clinic will be open on the following Thursdays and Fridays
Sign-in is at 3:00 P.M.
Columbus Cancer Clinic open days marked with ( ) call 262-5006 for appointment.

March 2-9-(15)

April 13-20-(26)

May 4-18-(24)

June 8-22-(28)

July 13-20-(26)

August 3-10-(23)

September 7-21-(27)

October 5-12-(25)

November 2-16-(29)

December 7-14-(20)