Putin Receives Virgin Mary ‘fertility’ Relic

Vladimir Putin receives Virgin Mary ‘fertility’ relic as Russia fights abortion, population decline|LifeSiteNews.com

Vladimir Putin receives the relic believed to be a belt worn by Mary, the mother of Jesus.

SAINT PETERSBURG, October 26, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was personally present at a St. Petersburg airport on October 20 to receive an Orthodox relic of the Virgin Mary from Greek monks bringing it from the Vatoped Monastery on Mount Athos.  The relic, which is believed to be a belt worn by Mary, the mother of Jesus, is also believed to be associated with miraculous restorations of fertility.  Continue here.

This is Where the Healing Begins Part III

HEALING- Healing Power of Confession

Part I & II

COUNSELING- Healing Power of Confession

Parts I & II

GOOD CONFESSOR- 

Healing Power of Confession

http://twoheartsnj.com/JesusandMary/mission.asp

This is Where the Healing Begins Part II

REVERENCE TO THE EUCHARIST-Healing Power of  Confession Parts I & II

MAGISTERIUM- Healing Power of Confession

Parts I & II

THE REALITY OF SIN -Healing Power of Confession

Parts I & II

DELIVERANCE- Healing Power of Confession

Parts I & II

This is Where the Healing Begins

Remember

If you need help–especially if you have been away for some time–simply ask the priest and he will help you by "walking" you through the steps to make a good confession.

Rely on HIS MERCY

 

Happy Feast Day Blessed John Paul II

We love YOU!

John Paul taught us to love one another as Christ has called us to do. Let us hold this in our hearts each and every day.  His voice was a vessel for Our Lord just as we are called to be, let us be this imitation of Christ also.  

"Song For Karol"

Catholic Fertility Conference 2011 ~ Diocese of Lexington

 Family Life Ministries 

Catholic Diocese of Lexington

 This website, is an on-line resource for all persons, Catholic and non-Catholic, who desire to discover and experience the full splendor of God’s truth for family life. We believe that those who discover the rich treasure of Catholic teaching will find the answer to the deepest hungers of their hearts and homes.

What's New

All 2011 and Some 2012 Marriage Preparation information is on-line

"The Intersection of Faith and Science on
Fertility-related Issues" (click here for brochure)

REGISTER ON-LINE

-Concluding with the White Mass celebrated by Bishop Ronald Gainer

http://family.cdlex.org/

A Story of HOPE

http://allyouwhohope.blogspot.com/2011/10/story-of-hope.html

Redbook’s No-Shame Campaign

Passing on the information from Catholic Infertility Bloggers, please continue to support their cause!

Redbook magazine partnered with Resolve and The National Infertility Association to create the no shame campaign called "the truth about trying". The goal is to bring infertility out in the open and provide women with support. There is going to be an article about infertility in the November issue of Redbook.

There is also an online component with videos and links. I watched some of the videos and it made me cry. Here is the link to the videos. I think that this could really help some women who feel isolated and alone. I was a little disappointed with the support information. I am hoping that they will add more as this grows. They had some links to women's blogs.

I then checked out the link to  infertility treatments and I was not happy.  The only treatments listed were Clomid, iui, IVF, and egg freezing. So I am going to launch my own campaign here today and I hope you will join me.  Here is a link to the a page about treatments.

I would like to send Redbook magazine a message from those of us who choose not to do IVF. I would like them to know that it is not the only option. If they really want to explore the "truth about trying" then I am hoping that they will include us. I am going to send them an email explaining that there are more treatments available. I am going to ask them to do an article in their magazine about NaproTechnology and other methods such as immune issues. Can you please help me? Would you also send them a request? If you want, you can also include your blog for their blog page. I found the contact information for the editor. Maybe they will ignore us, but maybe if enough of us send a message, they will do a follow up article next month.

If you send something in, please let me know. You can leave a comment or send me an email  Contact ME.

THANK YOU!

-Simone

Redbook 

Editorial Offices 

300 West 57th St. 

22nd Floor 

New York, NY 10019 

NFP Awareness Project in Wyoming

Dear Friends,

Please see this post on about my small NFP Awareness Project at St. Stephen's Mission in rural Wyoming. Support if you can, but definitely pray and spread the word. 

God Bless you,

Jessica M.H. Smith
NFP & Feminist Blogger

Mondays with Elisabeth

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted on our dear friend Elisabeth.  I pray that you are all getting to know her like we are within the Hannah's Tears Ministry.  I have to let you know that yesterday, October 16, was Elisabeth Leseur's 145th birthday, some of us were actually praying a 9 day novena to her as a gift. This novena was very special as it shed many graces upon those of us that participated.  If you are interested in the novena please click the novena prayer.  Were you also aware that it was the feast of Saint Gerard, patron of mothers?  I was not aware of his feast day until this morning and it gave me such a warm feeling in my heart to know that Elisabeth was born on his feast day, a woman that suffered the pains of infertility yet learned to use her suffering for the good of those in need of conversion.  I must ask, am I doing this?  Am I offering all that I can with my own sufferings to Our Lord?  Am I uniting my cross to His?  Or am I wasting my time choosing to be in pain and sorrow  because of what I don't have in life? How am I choosing to live today?

Everything that we do in life is a choice, most especially what we do with the gift of suffering.  As I heard on EWTN Live today, it was one of Mother Angelica's old shows from the 90's, she said, "we must train the will (within ourselves) to offer and unite our suffering to Christ in union with HIS".  Then and only then will we be on the journey that HE has called us to walk.  

Let us pray for one another that we may all learn to train our will to unite our all to Christ Jesus, no matter what the struggle/suffering.

Did you receive your Saint Gerard blessing yesterday?  If not make sure you ask your priest/pastor for a blessing this week.  God bless you all!

Some links that I would like to share with you today:

Saint Gerard Majella

The Mothers' Saint

Because of the miracles God worked through Gerard's prayers with mothers, the mothers of Italy took Gerard to their hearts and made him their patron. At the process of his beatification one witness testified that he was known as "il santo dei felice parti"--the saint of happy childbirth. This devotion has become very popular in North America, both in the United States and Canada.

Thousands of mothers have felt the power of Saint Gerard through the League of Saint Gerard. Many hospitals dedicate their maternity wards to him and give medals and prayer leaflets of Saint Gerard to their patients. Thousands of children have been named after Saint Gerard by parents who are convinced that it was his intercession that helped them to have healthy children. Even girls are named after him, and it is interesting how "Gerard" takes form as Gerarda, Geralyn, Gerardine, Gerianne, and Gerardette.

Bible Study Idea:  

Hope ~ http://www.acts17-11.com/hope.html

God bless you and have a week filled with GRACE & HOPE!

Elisabeth Leseur Servant of God ~ Novena/Prayer

Prayer asking for the Intercession 

of 

Elisabeth Leseur Servant of God

God, our Father, you fortified Your servant Elisabeth with admirable prudence and a profound interior life, so that she could bear witness to Christ before her husband and in the unbelieving world that surrounded her. You gave her great meekness, making her capable of accepting her sufferings as an agreeable prayer to you.

We thank you, Father, for the gifts that You gave her, for the example she has given to the women of today, and for the benefits obtained in our family through her intercession.

We confidently beseech you that through her intercession you grant us the grace of... (Ask for the grace desired.)

We also ask that, if it be Your will, the Church may recognize the holiness of Elisabeth's life, for the glory of the Holy Trinity.

We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

* With ecclesiastical approval

Please contact The Cause of Elisabeth Leseur, Defensa 422 (1065) Buenos Ares, Argentina or Fr. Vito Gomez-Garcia,O.P., Postulator Generalis, if you receive special graces through Elisabeth's intercession.

 

Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary

and Convent of Saint Dominic - Late S. XVIII

c/o Order of Friars Preachers

422 Defense  C1065AAH- Buenos Aires

Phone: 

4331-1668 / 343-5009 

Jurisdiction Parish: St. Ignatius of Loyola 

belongs: Order of Friars Preachers

Email Form:  http://www.curiosamonserrat.com.ar/formulario.html

http://www.curiosamonserrat.com.ar/iglesia/domingo.html

OR

Fr. Vito Gomez - Garcia, O.P.

Postulator Generalis

Curia Generalizia dei Padri Domenicani

Convento Santa Sabina (Aventino)

Piazza Pietro d'Illiria, 100153 Roma (Italia)

Telephone: (39) 6 57 941

Fax: (39) 6 57 50 675

e-mail: postulatore@curia.op.org

"The Strange World of Assisted Reproductive Technology"

The Strange World of Assisted Reproductive Technology

by Pia de Solenni 

So here’s the thing. If you’re looking for something to follow that’s strange, weird, and fascinating, forget reality TV or any other fiction. Just look into the largely unregulated world of assisted reproductive technologies (ART).  Read more here