Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Letter to Catholics from Iowa Bishops to protect religious freedom
March 20, 2012
Fellow Catholics in Iowa:
As the Catholic bishops of Iowa, we are strongly united in our ongoing efforts to protect religious freedom. Regrettably, a Health and Human Services mandate announced last year will require many Catholic and other religious institutions to cover medical services that are in opposition to their religious beliefs. The president’s announced accommodation still makes an unacceptable distinction between our houses of worship and our ministries, and still requires all non?exempt employers to facilitate the objectionable coverage.
The mandate represents government coercion of religious people and groups to violate their most deeply held convictions. We believe this dispute is not about access to contraceptives but about the government’s forcing the Church to provide them. At a minimum, any federal regulation should fully respect religious freedom and freedom of conscience as enshrined in our Constitution and in particular, the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
During this time of Lent, as a community of faith let us commit ourselves to prayer and action. As you know, during the Fridays of Lent, the faithful are obliged to abstain from eating meat. Recognizing the necessity of our dependence on God, we, the Bishops of Iowa, request that all Catholics dedicate the regular Lenten Friday practice of prayer and abstinence as well as the practice of fasting on Friday, March 30, to the preservation of religious liberty. Pray for your Church and political leaders that together we can find a solution that respects our respective roles in society.
Please watch www.usccb.org/conscience and www.iowacatholicconference.org for updated information.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Rev. Jerome Hanus, OSB: Archbishop of Dubuque
Most Rev. R. Walker Nickless: Bishop of Sioux City
Most Rev. Martin Amos: Bishop of Davenport
Most Rev. Richard Pates: Bishop of Des Moines
PRAY FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY!
STOP HHS
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Call
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Iowa Senate: 515-281-3371
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GOSPEL
Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Jesus moved about within Galilee; he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret.
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St. Theresa (Des Moines)
7a
St. Anthony (Des Moines)
7:15a
St. Francis of Assisi (West Des Moines)
7:45a
St. Luke the Evangelist (Ankeny) mass @ Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church
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St. Joseph (Winterset)
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ANKENY
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