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Contact your legislators
Sunday, 17 Jul, 2011 – 8:49 | Comments Off
Contact your legislators

Take action and send an e-mail message to your state legislators on the latest issues through the Pennsylvania Catholic Advocacy Network.
Or get your legislators’ contact information so you can visit their offices, call, fax or write …

School choice postponed until fall
Tuesday, 5 Jul, 2011 – 12:31 | Comments Off
School choice postponed until fall

“Hurry up and wait.”
That is the sentiment of school choice supporters in Pennsylvania who are disappointed that the state legislature left for its summer recess on June 30 without passing school vouchers. Yet they are …

REACH statement on school vouchers
Friday, 1 Jul, 2011 – 13:09 | Comments Off
REACH statement on school vouchers

The REACH Alliance issues a statement today regarding the status of school choice legislation in Pennsylvania.
“With the passage of the state budget, time has run out for school vouchers this session. While we are understandably …

State budget passed on time
Friday, 1 Jul, 2011 – 13:01 | Comments Off
State budget passed on time

For the first time in nine years, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the state budget before the June 30 constitutional deadline. The $27.15 billion spending plan holds the line on taxes and represents a 4 …

ACTION ALERT: Support School Choice
Friday, 24 Jun, 2011 – 19:02 | Comments Off
ACTION ALERT: Support School Choice

Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senators Jeffrey Piccola (R-Dauphin) and Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia), has been the subject of the school choice debate for many months. Titled the Opportunity Scholarship and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act, …

Senate Bill 3 passes House Insurance Committee
Wednesday, 22 Jun, 2011 – 14:32 | Comments Off

Senate Bill 3 is a proposal that will clearly prohibit abortion coverage in the taxpayer supported insurance plans that will be created in Pennsylvania’s health insurance exchange as we implement the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act …

Voices of School Choice in PA
Thursday, 16 Jun, 2011 – 10:23 | Comments Off
Voices of School Choice in PA

The Diocese of Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and the REACH Alliance hosted a news conference about school choice at Resurrection Catholic School in Lancaster, PA. The PCC is part of a coalition of concerned groups …

Victim assistance in Pennsylvania
Tuesday, 14 Jun, 2011 – 13:30 | Comments Off
Victim assistance in Pennsylvania

The first obligation of the Church with regard to victims is for healing and reconciliation. Dioceses and eparchies continue to reach out to every person who has been a victim of sexual abuse as a …

Today is Primary Election Day
Tuesday, 17 May, 2011 – 7:31 | Comments Off
Today is Primary Election Day

Today is Primary Election Day in Pennsylvania. We are voting for judicial and municipal candidates. Polls close at 8:00 pm. Exercise your faithful citizenship. VOTE!
For information about polling places and election equipment, go to votesPA.com.

Abortion clinics should be held to the same standard as other ambulatory surgical facilities
Thursday, 12 May, 2011 – 15:26 | Comments Off
Abortion clinics should be held to the same standard as other ambulatory surgical facilities

The deaths of one woman and seven newborn babies in the Philadelphia abortion clinic of Dr. Kermit Gosnell have many asking how Pennsylvania should respond. One proposal, House Bill 574, aims to improve oversight of …