not explaining SSA

May 2 Fri 8pm Mass to “save babies through prayer” celebrated by Fr. Jonathan Slavinskas, followed by all-night Eucharistic Adoration in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel 495 Pleasant St. and concluding at 8am with 1st Saturday Mass celebrated by Father Michael J. Roy of St. Roch Parish, Oxford. Everyone is welcomed. Scheduled Adorers 9PM – Chris T. 10PM - Julie S - Paul T. 11PM - Eileen D, 12 AM midnight – Need help with Coverage, 1AM – Jim R. 2AM – Fran W 3AM – Jay G 4AM – Jay G. 5AM – Fred M - Bob D 6:00 – Adrian 7AM – Kathy L. Let me know if you cannot cover your hour.
May 3 Sat 8am 1st Saturday Mass with Fr. Roy in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel
May 3 Sat noon 1st Saturday Mass with Fr. Gaby Hoyak at Our Lady of Mercy Maronite Church, June St. Worc, 11am confession and Rosary, 1st Sat. meditation and Divine Mercy Chaplet before Mass.

Dale O’Leary, author of “One Man, One Woman, A Catholic’s Guide to Defending Marriage”, (available at Shower of Roses in W.Boylston), has written a well-researched, thorough and compassionate defense of our Church’s teaching that marriage is a life-long union between one man and one woman. I continue quoting from this work to assist our outreach to our brothers and sisters who have Same-Sex Attraction, SSA.
“In speaking about the ‘cause’ of same-sex attraction, we must always keep in mind that we’re talking about unique individual human beings, each with his own history. In different cultures and different eras, furthermore, there are different circumstances that can push a person down the path to same-sex attraction. And although people seldom ‘choose’ to be attracted to the same sex, human beings nonetheless make many choices, some of which might help lead to SSA. No single pattern will ever explain all cases…”
“…If SSA were genetically determined, then identical twins could be expected to have identical patterns of sexual attraction. Yet in the majority of cases, this isn’t so. The most comprehensive research on SSA in identical twins was done by John Michael Bailey and associates, using members of the Australian twins’ registry. They found that if one twin was non-heterosexual, in only eleven percent of the cases was the other twin also non-heterosexual.”*
“Bailey’s research with Australian twins precludes a strictly biological or genetic cause for same-sex attraction.”
*John Michael Bailey, Michael Dunne, and Nicholas Martin, “Genetic and Environmental Influences of Sexual Orientation and its Correlates in an Australian Twin Sample: Personality Processes and Individual Differences, “Jouranl of Personality and Social Psychology 78, no. 3 (2000): 524-536

May 10 Sat 10am Mass celebrated Fr. Mark Rainville, Assoc. from St. Joe’s Charlton, in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. Worc, followed by Sidewalk prayerful protest in front of Planned Parenthood, 470 Pleasant St. Worc
May 10&11 Sat/Sun - The annual Rose Drive to benefit the work of Problem Pregnancy of Worcester takes place on Mother's Day weekend. Problem Pregnancy has saved thousands of babies in its 32-year history and relies on this principal fundraising event to sustain their life-saving work of helping mothers in crisis choose life for their babies and providing them with needed aid to support their life-affirming decision. This is an excellent opportunity of service for parish Respect Life ministries, Knights of Columbus councils, and others. For more information about how to conduct a rose drive in your parish and/or to order roses contact:Jim Foyle at 508-987-9897 or Linda McManus at 508-864-4114

May 17 Sat 10am Mass to save babies with Fr. Adam Reid in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. Worc, followed by Sidewalk prayerful protest in front of Planned Parenthood.
May 17 Sat 8am Mass and Rosary to end abortion at Framingham Union Hospital, St. Stephen's Church

May 24 Sat 10am Mass Problem Pregnancy. Fr. Ken Cardinale

Mark Fisher, candidate for Governor gives a rousing speech at the Massachusetts Republican Convention, including the point where he re-affirmed the party’s platform that every instance of abortion is tragic.
Please support Mark against the Party officials trying to keep him from the ballot
May 17 Sat 10am Mass to save babies with Fr. Adam Reid in the Problem Pregnancy Chapel, 495 Pleasant St. Worc, followed by Sidewalk prayerful protest in front of Planned Parenthood.

Jay G.
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