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Awesome Inspiration of the Saints

Our Catholic Church has such a magnificent tradition. From the lives of the saints that no matter what challenging situation in life we face, we can a find a saint who can inspire us to either endure or overcome the situation. Whatever affliction, trouble and worry you may have in life, you can find a saint who can help you through it. The Catholic Church massively enriched by humble and holy saints and martyrs provide the faithful with a rich resource of hope in the face of struggle full of wisdom, experience and encouragement. From Japan's first female saint, Saint Magdalene of Nagasaki (1612-1634), Saint Marina of Omura (martyred 1634, and who is eatured on the front page of this issue), to saints known for their work of evangelization, these people and more feature herein. Check too the article on the joy and humour of the saints where you can discover just how ordinary people did extraordinary things. If you seek encouragement take your time to follow up and read about our saints. May we be blessed and inspired to learn from our extraordinary saints.

Mission Japan: Rallying Catholics to Evangelise Japan

With the recent visit of Cardinal Filoni to Japan in which he presented the Bishops of Japan a letter from Pope Francis and the election of Bishop Kikuchi to the Archdiocese of Tokyo, the Church here is being strongly encouraged to return to the missionary spirit of the early Christians of 16th and 17th century Japan.

In the letter Pope Francis exhorts the Bishops to forego ‘efficiency’ and adopt anew the missionary impulse to evangelize once again throughout this nation.

In recognizing that Christians in Japan only make up about 1% of the population Pope Francis however sees the urgent need to bring the love of Christ to a population here with “high divorce rates, suicide among the young, people who choose to live totally detached from social life (hikikomori), religious and spiritual formalism, moral relativism, religious indifference, and obsession with work and earning money.” Interestingly, Pope Francis also highlights the role of lay people and writes, “not infrequently involving priests and religious, who are also members of that People whom God calls to fully live their mission.

Such situations contribute to the work of evangelisation; as bishops, we are called upon to know and to accompany the charisms they bear and make them participants in our work in the context of pastoral integration.”

With Archbishop Kikuchi’s accomplished experience in missionary evangelisation in Ghana and now set to lead the Archdiocese of Tokyo (officially from December 2017), Pope Francis is aiming to reset Japan back to an active missionary zeal where both religious and lay people are being called to work together in this great new evangelisation effort.

New Archbishop Kikuchi of Tokyo

"I want to bring unity and mission to Tokyo’s mix of different cultures"

The new archbishop of Tokyo explains his vision for this new responsibility. He will be shepherd to 90,000 faithful in a city with over 9 million inhabitants. The fruit of his missionary experience in Ghana. - Tokyo (AsiaNews) To bring unity to Tokyo, a city full of "diversity" and "a mix of cultures"; and to bring the missionary spirit to the Christian community there, "a minority, compared to the Japanese" population. This is the vision that Msgr. Tarcisio Isao Yama Kikuchi has of his future as Archbishop of Tokyo. Nominated two days by Pope Francis, Msgr. Kikuchi wanted to share with AsiaNews the prospects of his ministry.

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Fake News & Cultural Marxism

With the assault of Cultural Marxism on the world since the 1930s, Fake news has proliferated wildly particularly over the past year. Lauded by Saul Alinsky in his book, Rules for Radicals, not only have long-standing traditional values come under attack but also Christianity and Western society. In short Cultural Marxism aims to bring down and crash established society values and customs and rebuild a new world order that includes curtailing individual and religious freedom, free speech and the traditional family.

Tools used in this onslaught comprise of a compliant mainstream media industry and increasingly political ‘progressive’ establishments (agents) that have lurched dramatically left in recent years, the strangling tyranny of Political Correctness that shuts down free speech, and an obsession with creating endless divisions in society.

Wherever divisions are being fomented, whether it is between racial groups, men and women, husband and wife, religious denominations, you can be sure that the hand of the progenitor of deception, Satan, is behind it all. Through his Marxist Alinsky agents, God & Truth, beauty, goodness, traditional values, family and marriage, the dignity of man and woman, the unborn child, population growth, all, are under attack. Typically that which these agents find fault with is the very thing that they themselves are guilty of.

Articles in this issue cover this naked aggression by subversive Cultural Marxism, a shrill ideology bereft of substance but malignantly infectious.

See Catechism of the Catholic Church

Accompanying a friend in Japan

Two days ago, walking home, a group of Japanese schoolgirls, maybe seven or eight persons, ahead of me appeared. They were walking slowly as one of them was using crutches to walk. She also had metal braces on both the lower parts of her legs so that walking was not easy for her. It takes about 20 minutes to walk to the station, there is a bus service along this route but she and her friends were choosing to walk. As I approached I could hear them chattering, one could see that they were great friends and enjoying a laugh together.

Then they heard my footsteps and needing to make space for me to pass them they broke into groups allowing me to walk by them. The girl with the crutches stopped and edged closer to the side of the path and apologized to me for being ‘in the way’. And I apologized to her and to her friends for disturbing their walking space.

As I passed by them, it struck me how beautiful and touching it was to see seven to eight girls accompany their friend who could not walk as fast as them and knowing that to get home would take much longer than usual. It did not bother them. They made it their mission to be with their friend in her difficulties while walking and their shared chatting with her was lively, loving and joyful.

In this little event, on an ordinary path with nothing especially happening, I could see Christ in action among these amazing students such was their love and desire to accompany their friend. It is in these seemingly simple actions between people that we see extraordinary examples of Christ’s message of love and indeed great patience that He wishes us to have for our fellow brothers and sisters.

As I continued on my way home I said a prayer to God that He bless this courageous crippled girl and that if it was God’s will that He cure her.

These girls, most likely none of them Christians, behaved in a way that reminds me and us all how to be a Christian and to live as a Christian. Christ accompanies these girls too. Please say a few words for them and especially for the girl with the crutches in your prayers.

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Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of Japan, on the occasion of the Pastoral Visit of Card. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples [17-26 September 2017] Dear brothers in the episcopate, The pastoral visit of the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples offers me the opportunity to convey to you my cordial greeting, recalling our meeting during your ad Limina visit in March 2015.

I wish to confide to you that, every time I think of the Church in Japan, my thoughts turn to the witness of the many martyrs who offered their life for the faith. They have always had a special place in my heart: I think of Saint Paul Miki and his companions, who were sacrificed in 1597, faithful to Christ and to the Church; I think of the innumerable confessors of the faith, of the Blessed Justus Takayama Ukon, who in the same period preferred poverty and the life of exile to abjuring the name of Jesus. And what can we say of the so-called “hidden Christians”, who from 1600 until the mid-1800s lived clandestine lives so as not to abjure, but rather to preserve their faith and whom we recently commemorated on the 150th anniversary of their discovery? The many martyrs and confessors of the faith, diverse by nationality, language, social class and age, have in common a profound love for the Son of God, renouncing their civil status or other aspects of their social condition, “in order that [they] may gain Christ” (Phil 3: 8).

Remembering such a spiritual heritage, it is dear to me to address you, Brothers who have inherited and with such delicate car continue the task of evangelisation, especially taking care of the weakest and favouring their integration in the communities of the faithful of various origins. I wish to thank you for this, and also for your commitment in cultural development, interreligious dialogue and care for creation. I wish, in particular, to reflect with you on the missionary effort of the Church in Japan. If “the Church was born catholic, that is to say she was born ‘outward-bound’, that she was born missionary” (General Audience, 17.9.2014). Indeed, “the love of Christ controls us” (2 Cor 5: 14), driving us to offer our life for the Gospel.

Such dynamism dies if we lose our missionary enthusiasm. Therefore, “life grows by being given away, and it weakens in isolation and comfort. Indeed, those who enjoy life most are those who leave security on the shore and become excited by the mission of communicating life to others” (Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, 10).

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I focus on the Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus says, “You are the salt of the earth; … you are the light of the world” (Mt 5: 13-14). The salt and light function for a service. The Church, as salt, has the task of preserving from corruption and of giving flavour; as light, she prevents darkness from prevailing, ensuring a clear view of reality and the reason for existence. These words are also a strong appeal to fidelity and authenticity; that is, it is necessary for salt to truly give flavour and for light to vanquish darkness. The Kingdom of Heaven – as Jesus speaks of it – is presented initially with the poverty of a little leaven or of a small seed; this symbolism reproduces well the current situation of the Church in the context of the Japanese world. Jesus has entrusted to her a great spiritual and moral mission. I am well aware that there exist not a few difficulties due to a lack of clergy and of men and women religious, and of limited participation by lay faithful. But the scarcity of workers cannot reduce the commitment to evangelisation: rather, it is an opportunity that stimulates us to seek them incessantly, like the master of a vineyard who goes out at all hours in search of new workers for his vines (cf Mt 20: 1-7).

Dear brothers, the challenges that the current situation places before us cannot make us resigned, neither should it lead to an irenic and paralysing dialogue, even if some problematic situations give rise to a number of concerns; I refer, for example, to the high divorce rates, suicide among the young, people who choose to live totally detached from social life (hikikomori), religious and spiritual formalism, moral relativism, religious indifference, and obsession with work and earning money. It is equally true that a society that races ahead in economic development also creates among you the poor, marginalised and excluded; I think not only of those who are materially, but also spiritually and morally poor. In this very specific context, there is an urgent need for the Church in Japan to constantly renew her choice for the mission of Jesus and that she be salt and light. The genuine evangelising force of your Church, which comes also from having been a Church of martyrs and confessors of the faith, is a great asset to protect and develop.

To this end, I would like to underline the need for a solid and integral priestly and religious formation, a particularly urgent task today, especially due to the spread of the “throwaway culture” (Meeting with seminarians and novices, 6.7.2013). This type of mentality leads the young in particular to think that it is not possible to love truly, that nothing stable exists and that everything, love included, is relative to the circumstances and needs of sentiments. An important step in priestly and religious formation is therefore to help those who undertake such a journey to understand and experience deeply the characteristics of love as taught

by Jesus, which is free, involves the sacrifice of the self, and is merciful forgiveness. This experience makes it possible to go against the grain and to trust in the Lord, Who does not let us down. It is the witness that Japanese society thirsts for greatly.

I wish to say another word on ecclesial movements approved by the Apostolic See. With the evangelising impulse and their witness, they can be of help in pastoral service and in the missio ad gentes. In recent decades, in fact, the Holy Spirit has inspired in the Church men and women who intend, by their participation, to enliven the world in which they work, not infrequently involving priests and religious, who are also members of that People whom God calls to fully live their mission. Such situations contribute to the work of evangelisation; as bishops, we are called upon to know and to accompany the charisms they bear and make them participants in our work in the context of pastoral integration.

Dear brothers in the episcopate, I entrust each one of you to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and I assure you of my closeness and prayer. May the Lord send workers to His Church in Japan and support you with His consolation. Thank you for your ecclesial service. I extend to you, to the Church in Japan and to her noble population my apostolic blessing, while I ask you not to forget me in your prayers.

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FRANCIS From the Vatican, 14 September 2017 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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教皇フランシスコ、 日本の教会への親書 福音宣教省長官、 フィローニ枢機卿来日に際して 親愛なる、兄弟である司教の皆さん、 福音宣教省長官の司牧訪問は、 わたしの心からのごあいさつを皆さんに届けるよい機会を与えてくれまし た。2015年3月の 「アド・リミナ （教皇庁定期訪問）」 の際の皆さんとの出会いは鮮やかに記憶に残っており ます。

日本の教会について考える度に、 わたしの思いは信仰のためにそのいのちをささげた多くの殉教者 たちに向かいます。 日本の殉教者たちはいつもわたしの心の中に特別な位置を占めております。1597年、 キ リストにあくまでも忠実に従った他の殉教者たちとともにそのいのちをささげた聖パウロ三木、多くの証聖 者たち （信仰のあかしびと） 【証聖者とは？】、 さらに、 同じころイエスの名を拒否することよりも、貧しさと国 外追放を選びとった福者ユスト高山右近などのことをわたしは思っています。 またさらに1600年から1800 年代中ころまで、 キリストを否定することなくその信仰を密かに守り抜いた、 いわゆる 「隠れキリシタン」 は どうでしょう。 ついこの間、 わたしたちは信徒発見150周年を記念したばかりです。国籍も社会階級も年齢 も異なる多くの殉教者や証聖者たちは、皆同様に神の御子への深い愛をもっていました。社会的な地位も 何もかも、 ただ 「キリストを得るため」 （フィリピ3・8） に捨て去ったのです。

兄弟の皆さん、 わたしは数多くの霊的遺産に思いをはせながら、 それらの遺産を受け継ぎ福音宣教 に専心し、 とくに弱い人々の世話に励み、 さまざまな国々から来ている信者たちが日本へ融和するよう助け ている皆さんを大切に思っています。文化の発展や諸宗教対話、 また自然環境保全などに対する皆さんの 働きにも感謝いたします。日本の教会がもつ福音宣教の使命についてともに考えてみたいと思います。 「教 会はその起源から普遍（カトリック） であり、 『出掛けて行き』、宣教する存在です」 （2014年9月17日、教皇、 一般謁見演説）。事実、 「キリストの愛」 は福音のためにいのちをささげるよう、 わたしたちを後押しします （ 二コリント5・14参照）。 このダイナミックな傾向は宣教熱のないところでは死んでしまいます。 ですから、 「い のちは与えることで強められ、孤立と安逸によって衰えます。事実、 いのちをもっとも生かす人は、岸の安全 を離れ、他者にいのちを伝えるという使命に情熱を注ぐ人です」 （使徒的勧告『福音の喜び』10項）。

「山上の説教」 にしばらく目を向けてみましょう。 イエスは言われます 「あなたがたは地の塩…… 世の光である」 （マタイ5・13-14）。塩も光も、人々への奉仕という役目をもっています。教会は 「地の塩」 とし て、腐敗から守り、 さらに味付けをするという使命を課されています。 そして 「世の光」 として闇を取り除き、 現実を照らし、存在目的を明らかにしながら暗闇を打ち破るのです。主のこれらのことばは、忠実と正真性 への力強い呼びかけでもあります。 すなわち、 塩は本当に味を付け、光は闇を追い払え、 と語っています。神 のみ国は、 イエスの言われる通り、 はじめはほんの少量のパン種のような貧しさをもって現れます。 まさしく 14

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このシンボルは日本における教会の現状をよく表しています。 イエスはこの小さな日本の教会に、 大きな霊 的、倫理的使命を託したのです。 もちろんわたしは、 日本の教会に聖職者や修道者、修道女が少ないこと、 また一般信徒の限られた参加に由来する、少なからぬ困難のあることを十分承知しております。 しかし、働 き手の少なさは福音宣教の使命を弱めるわけではありません。 かえってますます宣教熱を高揚し、働き手 を絶えず求める好機とさえなるのです。 まるで福音に出てくるぶどう園の主人が、 一日中、 何時になっても新 しい労働者を自分のぶどう園のために探しに行くようなものです （マタイ20・1-7参照） 。

親愛なる兄弟の皆さん、 たとえ現状で見過ごしえない問題があるとしても、 目の前にある現実がわ たしたちに投げかける課題は、 わたしたちをあきらめさせ、事なかれ主義的で停滞した対話に追い込むこと はできないはずです。 たとえば、 わたしは日本における離婚や自殺率の高さ、若者たちの間における自殺の 多さ、 また社会生活から完全に孤立して生活することを選び取る人々の存在（「引きこもり」 のこと）、宗教 や霊性の形骸化、倫理的相対主義、宗教に対する無関心、仕事や儲けに関する過度の執着などのことを考 えています。 同様に、 これも本当のことですが、経済的に発展した社会は、皆さんの中にも見られるように、 新たに貧しい人や疎外者、落ちこぼれる人を生み出します。何もわたしは物質的に貧しい人々のことだけ を指摘しているのではなく、霊的に、 また倫理的に貧しい人々のことも考えているのです。 このような多様な 現状にあって日本の教会には、 イエスから託された使命の選択を絶えず新たにし、 そしてさらに 「地の塩」 「 世の光」 であることが緊急に必要なことなのです。殉教者たちの教会、証聖者たちの教会であったという皆 さんの教会がもつ福音宣教の真の力は、守り、 かつ発展させるべき偉大な宝です。

このためにも今いくつかの必要性について強調しておきたいと思います。確固として全人的な司祭、 修道者の養成を強化することは、 「一過性の文化」 （2013年7月6日 「神学生、修練者との面談」） がはびこる 今日、 とくに緊急を要する懸案です。 こうしたメンタリティーは、真に愛することなど不可能であって、愛をも 含む何もかもが不確か、 その時々の感情や必要による相対的なものである、 という考え方に、 とくに若者た ちを導きます。 ですから、 司祭職や修道生活の養成で最も重要な第一歩は、 これらの召命の道を歩み始め た人たちが、 イエスが教えてくれた愛の深い特徴を体験し理解できるよう助けることです。 イエスが教える 愛は無償の愛であり、 自己犠牲を伴い、 そしていつくしみ深くゆるすことです。 この体験は世の流れに逆行 し、決して裏切ることのない主に信頼することを可能にします。 これこそ日本社会が渇望しているあかしで す。

最後に、聖座が承認している教会のいくつかの運動体について話したいと思います。彼らの福音宣 教熱とそのあかしは、 司牧活動や人々への宣教においても助けとなりえます。事実この数十年間、聖霊は教 会の中の男女を目覚めさせ続け、 いまも目覚めさせ、 そうした人々は自分の働きによって自らが生活してい る社会を豊かなものにしていきたいと望んでいます。 これらの運動体にかかわりをもつ司祭や修道者も少 なくありません。彼らもまた、神がそれぞれの宣教使命を十全に生きるよう招いている神の民の一員です。 これらの運動体は福音宣教活動に寄与します。 わたしたちは司教としてこれらの運動体のカリスマを知り、 同伴し、全体的な司牧活動の中でのわたしたちの働きに参与することへと導くように招かれています。

親愛なる、 司教職にある兄弟の皆さん、皆さん一人ひとりを聖母の取り次ぎの祈りにゆだねます。 そ していつもわたしは皆さんとともにあり、 そして皆さんのために確かに祈っています。主が日本の教会に多く の働き手を送り、 その慰めで皆さんを支えてくださいますように。教会における皆さんの奉仕に心から感謝 いたします。 さらに、 日本の教会、 また高潔な日本の皆さんの上に、 わたしの使徒的祝福を送ります。 わたし のためにも、忘れずに祈ってください。 フランシスコ バチカンにて 2017年9月14日、十字架称賛の祝日に （2017.9.20） * 引用箇所など数カ所、修正しました。上記本文は修正済みです。

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Augustin History of the Mission

The story of the Augustinian Mission in Japan is one that spans centuries. In 1602, Augustinian Friars from the Philippines arrived in Japan. They built the Church of the Holy Spirit in Nagasaki and more churches thereafter. Sadly, however, missionaries and their converts soon came under severe persecution and martyrdom, leading to the suppression of Catholicism, kept alive only through an underground movement in Nagasaki.

In 1952, 350 years after their first arrival in Japan, the Augustinians were invited by the Diocese of Nagasaki to return to Japan. Three Augustinians - Father George Krupa, O.S.A., Father Tom Purcell, O.S.A., and Father Edward Robinson, O.S.A. - accepted the invitation. The mission has continued to grow since it set roots in Nagasaki. Today, Augustinians minister in four cities throughout Japan: Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Tokyo. Though the Catholic population in Japan is small, the friars minister to a growing community of faith.

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In 1952, the Augustinians established Shiroyama Catholic Church, located just 800 meters from the epicenter of the atom bomb explosion. The founding of Saint Mary's School, the first parochial school in all of Japan, soon followed. Missions in japan expanded, with Sasaoka Church, Fokuoka (founded 1961); Minato Church, Nagoya, where the friars are involved in the “ministry of the sea,� called Stella Maris; and Kasai Church in Tokyo ( founded 1964), a metropolitan parish.

In addition, the Augustinian Formation House, is also located in Tokyo, where young Japanese men prepare for ministry as an Augustinian priest or brother.

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Magdalene of Nagasaki (died 1634), an Augustinian Tertiary in Japan, in spite of great

danger and difficulty, remained faithful to Jesus Christ until her martyrdom.

Born in the early seventeenth century, Magdalene belonged to a devout Christian family. Her parents were martyred around 1620, when Magdalene was in her teens.

It was around this time that the first Augustinians arrived in Japan. As a committed Christian, Magdalene made herself known to them. She served as a catechist and interpreter for the early Augustinian missionaries.

She found their Augustinian spirituality appealing, with its emphasis on the search for God, interiority, and community. She asked to be accepted into the Order of Saint Augustine, and in 1625 was formally received into the Augustinian Third Order.

Being a Christian in Japan became more and more difficult, as the persecution became stronger.

Magdalene fled to the hills, where she worked at bringing the Word of God to those who did not know Jesus, and strengthing the faith of those who did.

In 1632 the Augustinians Francis of Jesus Terrero and Vincent of Saint Anthony Simoens, who had been her first counselors, were burned to death because of their Christian faith. This served to make Magdalene's faith and commitment to Christ even stronger. She located two other Augustinian Friars, Martin of Saint Nicholas Lumbreras and Melchior of Saint Augustine Sรกnchez. They continued to develop her appreciation and practice of Augustinian spirituality.

Eventually these two Friars were also martyred. Magdalene then took as her spiritual guide Jordan of Saint Stephen, a Dominican. Since Dominicans also follow the Rule of Augustine, the spirit of Augustine continued to grow in her.

She considered becoming a full-fledged Dominican sister, but continued religious persecution kept her from doing so.

Moved by her strong Christian conviction, Magdalene voluntarily declared herself a follower of Jesus. She was threatened, ridiculed and tortured, but her Christian witness was strong.

After 13 days of torture, wearing her Augustinian habit, Magdalene was suspended upside down in a pit of garbage. Then her body was burned and her ashes scattered. Pope John Paul II canonized her in 1987.

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Blessed Martin Lumbreras Sanchez Perez Peralta and Melchiorre Sanchez, Augustinian Priests and Martyrs Nagasaki, Japan, December 11, 1632 Click here.

Japan, the seedbed of Martyrs The Augustinian Recollect missions

Three years before the arrival of the Recollects the Philippine Church was implicated in the evangelization of Japan. In July 1622 the Province wanted to join in this effort and organized between 1623 and 1632 six expeditions, of which only two arrived to their destination. The first expedition was composed of the Recollects Francisco de Jesús and Vicente de San Antonio. They were captured in 1629 and burnt alive on the 3rd of September 1632. The second expedition left Manila at the beginning of August 1632 with Melichor de San Agustín and Martín de San Nicolás. By the 2nd of November they were imprisoned and were burnt alive forty days later in Nagasaki.

One of the fundamental aspects of the evangelization of Japan was the collaboration of the laity, which showed that their courage and commitment was no less than that of the religious. In October 1632 there were already some 300 confraternity lay people who had been martyred. Read more here.

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Aduno - Catholic Japan

First Woman Saint in Japan Saint Magdalena of Nagasaki

- Nakamachi Catholic Church and saints of Japan

Saint Magdalena of Nagasaki (1612-1634)

Saint Magdalena of Nagasaki, became a member of Third Order Augustinian. She made vows with the help of Fr. Francisco Terero, O.S.A (Beatified in 1868), and after his martyrdom, she was leading the spiritual life under the guidance of Fr. Giordano, O.P.

When Fr Giordano and Fr Nishi were arrested, she declared herself as Christian and a religious nun to the authorities. At first, the Magistrate wanted to save this young beautiful woman, recommending apostasy in exchange of good offers. However, since she stood fast and firm, they started to torture her.

She received bamboo sticks under her nails and was ordered to scratch the ground. They hung her from ceiling and placed a tub containing water under her head. They pulled up her just before she could suffocate and repeated their act. She was forced to drink many tubs of water and they placed heavy stones on her belly. But she did not give up.

Finally for the first time to a woman, they hanged her in a pit. To increase the shame and anguish, in her case, she was suspended with only one foot tied. Normally, after one or two days later, tortured person would die by this pit hanging. She survived more than 13 days. At last, the executioners dropped her to the pit many times, her head was damaged, leaving her half dead. On that night, it rained. The rain water filled the hole, she was choking and drowning. It was in the morning on Oct. 15, 1634. She was 22 years old.

- Read more here.

Why Become a Member of the Lay Fraternities of Saint Dominic?

- Order of Preachers

St. Marina of Omura-burned alive in 1634 in Nagasaki, Japan

Why be a Lay Dominican when I can become a Lay Cistercian, Secular Franciscan, Carmelite, or a Benedictine Oblate? Even Alcoholics Anonymous offers a Spiritual AA.

The answer is certainly personal, but the definitive response would be because of the spirituality and charism to which each individual has been called in their vocation. Think of the Lay Dominicans that have been called to martyrdom: •St. TÔMA Nguyen Van De- one of the Vietnamese martyrs, died in 1839 •St. Marina of Omura-burned alive in 1634 in Nagasaki, Japan •St. Gaspar Koteda-beheaded in 1601 - Read more here.

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FIRES ENCOUNTER - Japan

FIRES ENCOUNTER

Families, Intercommunication, Relationships, Experiences, Services Requested by a Spanish couple in 1952, a worldwide series of programs set up by Fr Gabriel Calvo, for Married Couples, Sons and Daughters, Families, Engaged Couples, Individuals, Priests and Men and Women Religious, to build more honest and loving relationships with oneself, with ones’ family, with others and with GOD. FIRES ENCOUNTER SAVING COUPLES & FAMILIES IN JAPAN SINCE 1971 Read the Testimonials here.

Please contact Fr. Donnon (donnon.murray@holistic–family.org). Website is here.

ENGAGED ENCOUNTER Website: http://www.fires-encounter.com/ For couples planning a future marriage, but also open to married couples desiring an opportunity to reflect on ways to deepen even further their life together as couples and families in the Lord. If you, or couples you may know, are interested, please contact Fr. Donnon directly or by phone/email donfires@ hotmail.com or donnon.murray@holistic–family.org

FIRES Encounter Testimonials (English)

23. Miyamoto Yoko and Kazumi Miyamoto – Ibaraki, Japan Circumstances say, “No way!” God says, “There’s My Way”!

Fr. Donnon Murray FIRES Encounter Centre, Franciscan Chapel Center, Tokyo

APPEAL FOR PRAYER

With the strong desire by Pope Francis to support families and Marriage through the Synod of the Family and his Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, now more than ever the work of Fr. Donnon O.F.M, is needed in this time of crises and stress for true family life.

Please pray for Fr. Donnon Murray, O.F.M., that he can receive the support and resources needed to continue his FIRES ENCOUNTER mission as was once before provided by the Franciscan Chaopel Center through former parish priest Fr. Bede Fitzpatrick O.F.M and Fr. Campion O.F.M. Read FIRES Testimonials introduction.

Wife

In 1975 my husband was transferred from Okinawa to Ota in Gumma Prefecture. We no sooner met Fr. Donnon, the pastor of the Ota church, than he said, “Wait just a second”. He went to pick up an application form for ME, handed it to us, and proceeded to explain it briefly. On learning that it was a two day experience requiring getting someone to watch our kids in a place completely new to us, where we knew no one, I had my apprehensions.

First of all, would there be any such people who would take in the children of strangers? Well in fact there was no need to worry about that at all, for a couple immediately volunteered. There is no way to ever thank them enough.

Husband

When I was transferred to Ota my wife, being Catholic, went to Mass every Sunday, and I was her non–Christian taxi driver. So when we were invited to attend a ME, I did not at all object to participating. What struck me most strongly about

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Family Encounter - Tajimi, Gifu that first experience was that, at the time of the greeting of peace during the final Mass, a virtual stranger, a man, greeted me by saying: “I love you”. I certainly had heard the passages from the Bible saying that, “God is Love”, and “Love your neighbor” etc.; but this was the first time in my life that anyone expressed that directly to me. It was a surprise, and a shock. But it did give me a feeling of acceptance. That was a first, along with hearing the open sharings of couples just like ourselves. I think I can say that the experience really changed my life.

Wife

Even now 30 years later, it is with great joy that I recall the warmth of the couples involved and all the effort they put into the preparations, the great food, etc. I also remember how difficult it was for us to communicate deeply. A big surprise was how many couples from the area who had previously experienced ME came to celebrate the final Mass with us, joyfully shouting “Shalom”! and embracing one another at the greeting of peace. This was an entirely new experience for me. And I am eternally grateful to Fr. Donnon, the couple that watched our kids, the fellow participants, and especially my husband for making that ME a life–changing experience - a grace beyond description.

Husband

The final Mass was a thing of joy which all spontaneously expressed during the greeting of peace when, with absolutely no sense of embarrassment, all embraced one another, sharing from the heart the Peace (Shalom!) that Jesus had promised. It was easy to understand how, in that ideal atmosphere of ,true peace, a man could say from his heart, “I love you” to one who was, at the time, a virtual stranger: love, the love of spouses for one another, the love that is God - what an experience to be given the opportunity to think about all of this!

After that I joined a group of middle aged men in their study of the Bible. As my wife has shared, a year later all of us were baptized. But I will never forget that prior to the Baptism Fr. Donnon said, “You 23

FIRES ENCOUNTER - Japan know, you have to desire Baptism from the heart”. I got the impression that he was reading my heart, for which I am thankful.

Wife

For me one of the most wonderful and unexpected graces from participating in ME was the decision of my husband to study the catechism and be baptized, along with 10 other men who were similarly influenced. My husband joined that group of men late in their preparation, and while I thought it might be too early to expect him to seek Baptism, nevertheless it was the first time since we were married that he accompanied me to Mass, something which had always been a dream for me. I did desire with all my heart that he be baptized, to the point of very often shedding tears of joy as he sat next to me at Mass. Sister Guadalupe and other friends in the church often encouraged me by telling me to pray, and promising to offer their prayers too. Eight men in that group of ten had already declared their decision to receive Baptism, and then so did my husband. That left only one who had not yet decided. It so happened that one time that man attended a gathering of ME couples without his wife and joined the two of us in a small group sharing. He was relieved and comforted by my husband’s sharing about his previous reservations. It seemed to be just what he needed to make that decisive jump. Ultimately all ten were baptized that following Easter Sunday; and the faith has been important to all of them, both young and old, throughout the past thirty years. I will never forget the smile on Fr. Donnon’s face that day. Our son, at the time in fourth year grammar school expressed his joy by simply saying, “Yes!” And I concurred. My husband said, “I asked for Baptism in order to experience peace in the family.”

I am very grateful to many priests, sisters, couples and individuals for all their prayers and encouragement throughout the years of that journey to faith that my husband and I have made. It is especially the grace of experiencing ME that resulted in our receiving the Sacrament of Marriage and becoming a couple with the same values and seeking the same goal.

Husband

After about five years, we had to take leave of that crazily joyful parish and go to Bangkok where we met fellow Japanese Catholics who gathered frequently to share the faith. We were encouraged from time to time by priests and bishops coming from Japan who offered Mass for us. Being a government worker, I have been transferred a total of seventeen times. Wherever we would go my wife would end up being surrounded by friends from the churches. So that despite all the changes, she was able to cope because of having many friends with the same faith and ideals. I am grateful for that too.

Wife

As my husband has said, five years after his Baptism he was transferred to Thailand. With Fr. Donnon’s permission we took with us a banner made by Sister Guadalupe (each week she drew one as a pictorial explanation of the theme of the Gospel and homily of that Sunday). This one happened to be a drawing of the blessed Mother with her arms outstretched over the church in Ota, We hung it on the wall in our parlor there. Coincidentally, Fr. Lucian Mulhern, who had built that church in Ota, when he would come to Bangkok, often visited us to say Mass in our home, for Catholic people living in Bangkok. That banner is now in the “Mori House” in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. The influence of the graces we have received as a couple and as a family, far from waning with the passing years, continue and seem to grow progressively stronger.

There is no doubt in our minds that this is an immeasurable gift from the Lord.

Husband

One outstanding grace for me that has its origin in my being baptized as a result of attending a ME, was the opportunity to go to Rome to attend the Beatification of Fr. Damiano. On this trip to Europe we also went to Brussels, Paris and Lourdes. During our first night in Lourdes I had a dream of an apparition so enwrapped in light and darkness that it was unclear to me whether it was Jesus or Mary. What was clear to me is that I have come a long way from being a Sunday morning taxi driver to one transformed into a believer; and moreover, one who could accept the presence of either Jesus or Mary in an apparition – if only in a dream. The graces from ME continue in our marriage and the life of our family 24

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Sons & Daughters Encounter - Philippines 23. Miyamoto 宮本和美・陽子妻

FIRES Encounter Testimonials (Japanese)

マリッジ・エンカウンターとキリストとの出会い 夫の転勤に伴い1975年、沖縄県から群馬県にまいりました。初めて訪れた太田の教会で、挨拶に出られ たダナン神父様が、 「ちょっと待っていてください」 と言ってマリッジ・エンカウンターの申込書を取りに行 かれ、短い説明とともに私たちに渡してくれました。 それは、2泊3日のものだということがわかりましたが、 初めての所で何もかもが新しく、誰か赤の他人の私たちの子供を預かってくれる人がいるのだろうか、 と いう不安がありました。 しかし、 そうした心配は無要で、 さっそく、 ボランティアの人が出てきてくれました。 そのご夫婦にどれほど感謝しているかわかりません。 夫 太田に転勤したとき、妻はもともとカトリックの信者で毎日曜日にごミサに預かっていましたが、私は未信 者であるゆえに、妻のタクシーの運転手役でした。 ですからマリッジ・エンカウンターに参加するように勧 められたとき、私には少し抵抗がありました。 そして、 その最初の体験のとき、一番印象深かったことは、 そ れ以前一切面識のない男性がわたしのところへ来て 「愛しているよ」 といわれたことです。確かに聖書の中 には、“神が愛”であるとか“隣人を愛しなさい”という表現があることは知っていましたが、生まれて始めて 面と向かって｢愛しているよ｣といわれました。 それは驚きであり、 ショックでした。 しかし、受け入れられて いるのだということを強く感じました。 それに加え、 私たちと同じ普通の夫婦がオープンで、 自分たちの実 生活を分かち合ってくださったことも初めての体験でした。 そうした思いをもって、 このマリッジ・エンカウ 25

FIRES ENCOUNTER - Japan ンターがわたしの生活をまったく変えてくれたのではないかと思っています。 妻 そのときのマリッジ・エンカウンターで、携わっていたご夫婦の努力や準備、 おいしい食事などを思い出 し、30年たった今でも大きな喜びを感じます。 と同時に、私たち夫婦にとって深く通じ合うということが、 ど れほど困難だったかということも思い出されます。 また、 もうひとつびっくりさせられた思い出は、 マリッジ・ エンカウンターの最後のミサを一緒に祝うためにその近辺の多くの夫婦が集まってくださったこと、 そして 喜びをもって 「シャローム！」 とさけびながら、平和の挨拶のときに抱き合っていたことです。私にとって、 そ れはまったく新しい体験でした。 ダナン神父や子供たちをみてくださったご夫婦や、一緒に参加した仲間 たちや、特に夫に、 そのマリッジ・エンカウンターを私たちの生活を変えてくれるものとしてくれたことに対し て、心から感謝しています。 これこそ、何にも代えがたい恵みでした。 夫 マリッジ・エンカウンターでの最後のミサは、 非常に喜ばしいものでした。平和の挨拶のときに自然と何の 恥もなく、 抱き合ってイエズス様が約束なさった平和「シャローム！」 を分かち合う挨拶を交わしました。 こ のマリッジ・エンカウンターを体験したおかげで、先ほどお話した男性が、｢あなたを愛している｣と心から 言ってくれた意味がわかりました。 その愛は、 夫婦がお互いに対するものですし、 そして、神の現存を表して いる愛だという事がわかりました。 これらのことについて考えることができたこと、 それ自身がこの上ない恵 みでした。 さっそく私は、 中年の男性による聖書研究のグループに入って、1年後、私たちはそろって全員洗 礼を受けました。洗礼の前に、 ダナン神父に言われた、 「心から洗礼を望まなければならないよ」 という言 葉が忘れられません。 まるで、私の心を読まれていたようです。 妻 私にとって、 そのマリッジ・エンカウンターに参加した一番すばらしい、 また思いがけない恵みは夫の洗礼 でした。受洗は同じ影響を受けた8人の男性と一緒でしたが、実際には、夫が参加したのはグループがかな り進んでからですから、 まだ洗礼を望むのは早すぎるだろうと思っていました。 それでも結婚してからずっ と一緒にごミサに参加してくれていましたから、 いつか洗礼を受けてくれることは長年の夢でした。 ごミサ の時にもそれを思うと、 しばしば、 涙があふれてきました。 シスター・グァダルーペやほかの友達も祈ってく れましたし、 また私にも祈るようにと励ましてくれました。 男性グループの8人はすでに洗礼を受ける決心を しておられましたが、 しばらくして、 ついに夫も決心してくれました。 ところが、 その時点で決心していない人がまだ一人いました。残っていた一人は、 たまたまマリッジ・エンカ ウンターで夫婦のある集いのときに、奥さんがこられずにひとりで私たちの小グループに参加していまし た。 そして、夫の迷っていたという分かち合いを聞いて安心し、慰めを感じられたようすで、 やっとご自分も 洗礼を受ける決心をされました。 そして、次の復活祭には、 その10人全員が洗礼を受けました。 それ以来、 全員、 その当時若かった方も、少し歳を取っておられた方もこの30年の間、固く信仰の恵みを大切にして います。 その洗礼の日のダナン神父の笑顔は、生涯忘れることができません。 そして当時4年生だった息子 までが 「やった！」 と叫んで自分の喜びを表現してくれました。私も同感でした。夫は、俺は家族の中に平和 をもたらすために洗礼を受けたんだよ、 と言っていました。 なが年、私たちが、夫婦としての信仰の旅ができ たのは大勢の司祭･シスター･ご夫婦･個人の方の祈りや、励ましのおかげだと感謝しています。 そして何よ りも、婚姻の秘跡を受けるようになって、 同じ価値観、 同じゴールをもたらした、 あのマリッジ・エンカウンタ ーに参加できた恵みには、 言い尽くせない感謝をささげています。 夫 5年くらいたって、 その熱狂的な喜びの教会からタイのバンコクへ転勤することになりましたが、定期的に 自分たちの信仰を分かち合うために集まっていた日本人のカトリックの信者に何人も出会うことができま した。時々日本からいらした司祭と司教様も私たちのためにごミサを捧げてくださいました。公務員である 私は17回もの転勤をしました。 そしてどこへ行っても、教会の友達が妻を囲んで分かち合ってくれました。 同 じ信仰や理想を持った大勢の友達がいてくれたおかげで、 これだけ数の転勤があったにもかかわらず、妻 は耐えることができたのだと思います。 そのためにも私は感謝しています。 26

FIRES ENCOUNTER - Japan 妻 夫が分かち合いましたように洗礼を受けて5年後バンコクに転勤させられました。太田の教会のシスター やグループが毎週日曜日の説教を大きな絵に描いてくださったバンナを、 ダナン神父の許可の元、一枚バ ンコクまで持ってきてくれました。 それは太田教会の上にマリア様がご自分の腕を伸ばして教会全体を包 んでいるような絵でした。 それはバンコクの家の居間の壁にかけられていました。 そして、 その太田教会を 建てたルシアン神父様もバンコクへ来られる度にごミサを捧げてくださいました。今、 そのバンナは茨城県 のつくばの 「森の家」 にあります。 年月がたてばたつほど、 私たちが夫婦として、家族として受けた恵みは衰えるどころかますます強くなって きている気がします。 そのすべての発端は、 あのマリッジ・エンカウンターがもたらしてくれた計り知れない 恵みにあると、私たちは二人とも、 そう確信しています。 夫 マリッジ・エンカウンターに参加して、 そのために洗礼を授けられたことによって頂いた特別な恵みのひと つは、 ローマへ行ってダミアノ神父様の列福に参加する機会を得られたことでした。 そのヨーロッパへの旅 では、 ブリュッセル、 パリ、 ルルドへ行きました。 ルルドへ行って最初の晩に夢を見ました。 それが、 イエズス 様であるかマリア様であるかはっきりしないのですが、 まぶしい光の中に包まれている幻がありました。 そ こで、 はっきりしていたのは、 かつてのあの日曜日の朝のタクシー運転手が信者になり、 まして、 イエズス様 であるかマリア様であるか気にすることなく、 たとえ単なる夢であってもその超自然的な体験を認めてい る、 という自分の姿に、私の心がかなり大きな心に変化をしたということを物語っているということです。 ま さに、 はじめのマリッジ・エンカウンターを体験した時にいただいた恵みが、 ずっと私たちの結婚と家族の 生活の中で、生き続けているように感じています。

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PRO LIFE - Japan マーチフォーライフ2017の歩み March for Life Japan 2017 妊娠中絶を合法とする社会が 「いのちの⽂化」 に向かうことを求めて Let society turn from accep1ng abor1on to promo1ng “Culture of Life” アメリカで始まったMarch for Life⽇本で４回⽬のマーチフォーライフ ■全⽶50州でAbortion （堕胎） は合法であるとした1973年１⽉22⽇の衝撃の最⾼裁判決。 その判決の差 し戻しを求めた 「いのちの⾏進〜Marchfor Life」 は、⼀⼈のカトリック信者の⼥性が声をあげ、 その呼び かけに司教団がこたえるかたちで翌年の同じ⽇にワシントンD.C.で始まりました。以降、毎年この⽇に⾏進 がおこなわれ、年々規模は拡⼤し、今年の参加者数は50万を超えました。 ■受精の瞬間から始まる⼈のいのちの⼤切さを訴えるプロライフ （pro-life） 運動はMarch for Lifeととも に⼒強く前進し、今⽇では再び堕胎が違法になる⽇が現実になるのではと堕胎の権利を擁護する側が危 機感を募らせるまでになっています。 ■いのちの⾏進の取組みは、 いまではアメリカだけでなく世界じゅうでおこなわれるようになりました。堕 胎の罠から⼦どものいのちと⼥性を守ろうという訴えも、祈りとともに歩む笑顔あふれるピースフルな⾏進 も世界じゅうどこでも同じです。 ■⽇本のマーチフォーライフは、30年にわたって⽇本でプロライフの灯を守りつづけた 「⼩さないのちを守 る会」代表の牧師・辻岡健象先⽣の協⼒のもと、 ようやく2014年に最初の⼀歩を踏み出しました。 プロテ スタントを中⼼に33名が集まりました。…その⽇は、 ７⽉13⽇の⽇曜⽇でした。 ７⽉１３⽇は 「⽣命尊重の⽇」 ７⽉第３⽉曜⽇は 「産みの⽇」 ■７⽉13⽇という⽇は、来⽇したマザー・テレサの影響を受けて⽴ち上がった⽣命尊重センターによって 「 ⽣命尊重の⽇」 とされる⽇です。 しかし現実には 「⽣命軽視が始まった⽇」 です。 「⼦は宝」 から 「⼦どもはお 荷物」 へと⽇本社会の態度が⼀変した⽇です。 ■1948年のその⽇、優⽣保護法（現⺟体保護法） が成⽴しました。刑法に堕胎罪を残したまま堕胎は事 実上合法になりました。堕胎をのぞむ⼥性は周産期以前なら誰でも妊娠中絶⼿術が受けられるようにな りました。 ⾷糧難にあえぐ敗戦直後の⽇本社会は妊娠する⼥性を標的にしたのです。 ■ 「⼦どもが増えると⾃分たちの⾷い扶持が減る」 という⾝勝⼿極まりない発想が堕胎を⼥性に押し付け たのです。焼け野原の⼈々に魔が差したのでしょう。 サタンに付け込まれたのでしょう。 ⾷糧難どころか飽 ⾷の時代になった今でも、問題の法律もサタンも居座り続け、 ⼩さないのちへの狙い撃ちは⽌みません。 ■その７⽉13⽇のすぐ後になる 「海の⽇」 を今年のマーチの実施⽇に選びました。授かっても産めない苦痛 を⼥性に与えた暗⿊の記念⽇の後にやってくる、 お⽬出度い 「産みの⽇」 です。堕胎の罪をあがない 「産み」 の喜びを分かちあう特別な⽇になります。 ファティマの聖⺟ご出現百年の年〜中絶のない社会をめざす教会の使命 ■⽇本のマーチは今年４回⽬にして初めて世界のMarchと同様にカトリック教会が前線に⽴つ取組みと なりました。築地教会でミサをあげ祈りを捧げてから出発した今年のマーチは、 ただ集合場所の公園から 歩き出すだけだった過去３回とは明らかに⼀線を画すものになりました。事前に東京教区の全教会に案 内チラシを配布したほか、教会に関わる様々な⼈たちの協⼒協賛がありました。聖⺟、天使、聖⼈への取り 次ぎを願う祈りの輪は全国に広がりました。 ■くしくも今年はファティマの聖⺟ご出現百年の年。聖⺟が牧童たちに地獄をみせた⽇が 「７⽉13⽇」 だっ たことを⼼に留める⼈たちがたくさんマーチに集まりました。 そしてファティマの聖⺟ご⾃⾝が （！） マーチ の歩みをともにしてくれました。 ⼿作りの素晴らしいみこしを提供してくださったのは 「ファティマの聖⺟の 会」。⼩野⽥神⽗をはじめ聖ピオ⼗世会の有志がマーチに協⼒するために結成されたグループです。熱⼼ にマーチへの賛同を求めるための教会訪問も各地で展開されました。 ■ほかにも、 産まれる前のいのちのために活動してこられた⼈たちが⽅々の教会から集まり、 思いを⼀つに しました。教会が動かなければ何も変わらないけれど、教会が動けば中絶という名の堕胎を世の中からな くすことができる。 その思いが確信に変えられた、初めて教会と歩みをともにした2017のマーチです。 28

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7/9に築地教会でプレイベント開催マーチフォーライフ・シンポジウム ■マーチ本番に向かう⼀つのステップとして、築地教会のホールをお借りして本番⼀週前の⽇曜の午後に イベントを開催しました。 「世界を変えるプロライフ運動」 と題したシンポジウムを企画していましたが、 ゲス トの千葉茂樹監督と⼩さないのちを守る会の辻岡先⽣を囲んで皆で意⾒交換するのにちょうどいい20名 程度の参加者が集まりました。 もしかするとこれが⽇本で初めてのプロライフをテーマにしたカンファレンス （会議） だったかもしれません。貴重な出会いと交流の機会になりました。 ■ 「7⽉13⽇」 に松⼾教会で 「胎児とその命を守る活動のため」 のミサとロザリオの会があることを知りまし た （実際すばらしいプロライフの集いを実現されていました）。 アイルランド⼈のニールさんは世界に⽇本の マーチを発信することを約束してくれました （約束どおり海外のメディアでわれわれのマーチが紹介されま した） 。 ■こうしたカンファレンスやレセプションの機会が増えるとともに、来年以降のマーチはますます実のある 盛り上がりをみせることでしょう。 派遣される喜び産まれる前の⼦どものためのミサ ■集合場所のお願いのみならずマーチ出発前のミサの開祭まで築地教会のレオ神⽗に快諾いただけたこ とは今回⼤きなおめぐみでした。教会から世の中へ、 ⽂字通り派遣されることになったのです。 「いのちの福 ⾳」 を告げ知らせる使命をもって。 ■産まれる前の⼦どものために捧げられるミサは、 レデンプトール会のロジェ神⽗からいただいた 「絶えざ る御助けの聖⺟」 に取り次ぎを願う 「⽣まれなかった⼦供のための祈り」 を会衆全員で唱えた後、予定どお りマーチの出発１時間前に始まりました。早くから跪いて祈りを捧げていた⼈たちがいつしか声を合わせ て唱え始めた⼀環のロザリオの祈りによって、信者でない⽅も⼤勢詰めかけた聖堂はすでに荘厳な空気 に包まれていました。 ■ミサはレオ神⽗と、横浜からマーチに参加するためにやってこられた熱いプロライフのルイス神⽗との共 同司式になりました。 予定外の嬉しいハプニングでした。 そしてミサの終わりにも嬉しいハプニングがありま した。神の愛の宣教者会のシスターが進み出て列席者⼀⼈⼀⼈にマザー・テレサのキーホルダーをプレゼ ントしてくれたのです。 ■プロライフの聖⼈のぬくもりを⼿に、派遣される喜びに満たされ、⼀同マーチに繰り出しました この最も⼩さい者の⼀⼈にしたのはわたしにしてくれたことなのである （マタイ25-40） ■築地教会を出発して⽇本橋、⼋重洲をめぐり、銀座、数寄屋橋から⽇⽐⾕公園内幸⾨までの3km強の道 のり。 猛暑⽇ですが、通りによっては⾼いビルに直射⽇光が遮られ、 ときにビル⾵も吹き抜け、⾚ちゃん連れ のファミリーにも⼼地よいぐらいの“銀ブラ”です。毎年参加され年々腰の曲がりが⽬⽴つおばあさんも元気 に笑顔で完歩。 ■もちろんただの銀ブラとはちがいます。 派遣の祝福を受けたいのちの⾏進だから、漲るパワーがちがいま す。 ビル⾵ではなく、聖霊の息吹が、疲れを癒します。 ■ゴールの⽇⽐⾕公園では毎年のお楽しみ恒例の記念撮影。 でも残念ながら⼀枚の写真に全員を収める 29

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のはこれが最後かもしれません。来年はまた参加者倍増が必⾄ですから！ ■ミサの終わりに歌った派遣の歌は、 ⼩さないのちを守る会の辻岡先⽣が作詞した賛美歌「⼩さないの ち」。 ミサ前に練習もして、皆で⼤合唱しました。 きょうの福⾳ （マタイ25-40） の呼びかけに対するわたした ちの答えがこの歌にあります。 これが⽇本のマーチのテーマです。 この歌の祈りとともに、 これからもわたし たちは派遣されていくのです。 「⼩さなイエス様 守る愛と⼒を 私にください」 マーチフォーライフ2017の歩み 7⽉17⽇ （⽉※産みの⽇） 16:05 カトリック築地教会出発 〜17:15 ⽇⽐⾕公園内幸⾨着 15:00 産まれる前の⼦どものために捧げるミサ 聖書朗読 イザヤ （49・15-16,20-21） マタイ （25・34-40） 司式 レオ・シューマカ神⽗ (14:40頃よりロザリオの祈り) ・参加⼈数（出発時）150名 ・参加司祭（出発時）４名 ・もっとも遠⽅からの参加者 豊橋市のブラジル⼈ファミリー photos: Shinya Hirose

・公式サイト marchforlife.jp ・関連サイト prolife.jp ・賛同⼈ ⼈⾒滋樹（⽇本カトリック医師会会⻑ こうのとりのゆりかご in 関⻄理事⻑） 平⽥國夫（医学博⼠） ・協⼒団体 ファティマの聖⺟の会 ■マーチフォーライフ・シンポジウム 7⽉9⽇ （⽇）16:00-18:30 カトリック築地教会２Fホール 千葉茂樹（映画監督）辻岡健象（⼩さないのちを守る 会） ・参加者 20名 ■マーチフォーライフ実⾏委員会・総会 6⽉16⽇ （⾦）18:00-20:00 御殿⼭コミセン1F会議室 ・参加者 6名 マーチフォーライフ実⾏委員会（代表 池⽥正昭） 東京都武蔵野市吉祥寺本町2-22-3 Taihiban TEL 0422-27-1392 info@prolife.jp 日本語

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Clear Thinking About Crucial Issues

Dear Friends,

There are crucial issues that face us today: abortion, aids, bioethics, birth control, when life begins, population concerns, post-abortion healing, etc. But far too often our public debates are long on emotion and short on clear thinking. Along the way, respect for the dignity of human life gets lost in the rhetoric. Our purpose is to promote a “Culture of Life” in which human freedom will find its authentic meaning by joining forces with truth, life and love. This culture “needs new lifestyles which will show respect for the dignity of every individual, especially the weakest, and which will recognize the value of human sexuality in the development of the person.” (Evangelium Vitae)

This website hopes to help change the present situation by providing clear thinking about these most crucial issues. The project was started on September 1st, 2000. We are blessed by the support of serious scholars and good people who are donating their writings. We hope that Oblates and interested visitors will feel inspired to contribute their own well–reasoned writings and research papers.

Accessibility

We are committed to being as accessible to as many different visitors as possible, including people with various disabilities. We support and follow the Accessibilty Guidelines drafted by the Web Accessability Initiative of the W3C. We invite all responses to the site and are especially interesed in hearing from visitors using assistive technologies such as screen and braille readers.

OMI The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate are a group of Catholic Priests and Brothers who belong to The Congregation of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (0MI). They strive to bring all people especially the poor to full consciousness of their dignity as human beings. They try to hear and make heard the clamour of the voiceless. Action for justice is an integral part of their work, trying to change all that is a cause of oppression and poverty. In this way, they share in creating a society which recognizes the dignity of the human person from its very beginning to its very end.

Your comments, ideas and materials are essential to the success of this project. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

Editor:Jerry Novotny, OMI, Japan Website: LifeIssues.Net

Sexual Exploitation of Children in Japan Father Jerry Novotny, OMI, Japan

Dear Friends for Life: The current population of Japan is a little over 127 million, of which approximately 25 million are children under the age of 18. According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a child is defined as anyone under the age of 18. Japan is a major destination, source, and transit country for children subjected to sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. - Continue reading here.

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“Today, of course, we are made to believe that diversity is strength, perversity is virtue, success is oppression, and that relentlessly repeating these ideas over and over is “tolerance and diversity.” Indeed, the multicultural revolution works subversion everywhere, just as Communist revolutions did: judicial activism undermines the rule of law; “tolerance” weakens the conditions that make real tolerance possible; universities, which should be havens of free inquiry, practice censorship that rivals that of the Soviets. At the same time, we find a relentless drive for equality: the Bible, Shakespeare, and rap “music” are just texts with “equally valid perspectives;” deviant and criminal behavior is an “alternative life-style.” Today, Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment would have to be repackaged as Crime and Counseling.”

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“Cultural Marxism is the Marxist dialectic fused with Freudian theory and applied to identity and culture. Like all forms of Marxism, it is based upon categorizing people into abstract groups and then creating a narrative of historical oppression between them. The strategy of Marxists is always to cultivate a victimized group and then convince its members that solidarity is required against the oppressors. This creates resentment and hatred and is how Marxist ideologies fulfill their revolutionary objectives.

The cultural Marxism that our societies are infected with is a particularly Western phenomenon.

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Marxists in Europe believed that the dictatorship of the proletariat was at hand. They were wrong. The revolution failed to spread. In despair, and in one of Mussolini’s prisons, a young Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci wrote that the problem was the Christian bedrock of Western European cultures. He encouraged Marxists to develop a fifth column inside these countries to destroy the foundations of Western cultures. Only then would international socialism be achievable.”

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【訳者注】 これは、先の短い解説文の中にリンクされていたCultural Marxism Is Destroying Americaを訳したものである。短くて的確な 「文化マルクス主義」 の説明である。 このフェイク救済理論 を押し付けようと暗躍する者たちが、隠れた世界政府の手先であることは、疑いようがない。学者の理 論は、政治的に利用されて強力になるのであって、純粋にそれ自体で世界を動かすことはないであろう。 ダーウィン進化論やフロイト理論がその例で、 この2つはマルクス主義と共に、破壊的な闘争理論であ る――階級闘争、生存闘争、 リビドーの破壊的自己主張。 そして、3者とも唯物論的なイデオロギー （党派 的疑似科学） であって、神と神の創った世界を滅ぼそうとするNWO陰謀団にとって、非常に都合のいい ものであった。

またしても、 アメリカのある都市が黒人暴動によって引き裂かれつつある。我々の見るシャーロット での暴力の映像は、我々の知っている国には似ていない。 と同時に、高校のフットボール選手やチアリーダ ー、 それに米軍人までが、 コリン・キャパニック （フットボール選手） のリードに従って、国歌の演奏される 間、 しゃがんで起立を拒否している。多くのアメリカ人は戸惑っている。

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Reaching Out to Teens - Renewal Ministries Randy Raus, CEO and President of Life Teen, shares how own story of deeper conversion and how Life Teen is helping teens advance in their faith.

"Do Not Retreat" - Fr. Pierre Ingram, OLGC Plymouth View here.

"Missionary Discipleship and Relational Ministry" - Fr. Prentice Tipton.

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Commitment to Spiritual Multiplication "God's Church doesn't have a mission, God's mission is to have a Church" - Deacon Steve Mitchell, - Acts XXIX #4

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A Community of Missionary Disciples If I preach the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for necessity has been laid upon me.

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NEW EVANGELIZATION WITH THE SAINTS Archbishop Nowak: saints prove that Christ appeals to all hearts At the solemn crowning of the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary in St Peter's Church at Gravesano in Lugano, Switzerland, on 4 March 2001, Archbishop Edward Nowak, titular Archbishop of Luni and Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, answered questions about the great number of beatifications and canonizations in the last twenty years. The priests and faithful wondered why there should be so many. Here is a translation of their questions and of Archbishop Nowak's answers.

Q: Beatifications and canonizations have become one of the most visible ecclesial phenomena of John Paul II's pontificate.

What is the connection of this emphasis on holiness and the work of the new evangelization?

Archbishop Nowak: Before answering this question, I should like to give you precise information.

Since the beginning of Pope John Paul's pontificate, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints has worked on more than 1,600 beatifications and canonizations, 1,675 in all. The Holy Father has canonized 446 blesseds at 41 ceremonies and beatified 1,229 servants of God at 124 ceremonies.

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This is yet another installment in our "surviving S-o-d-o-m" series that I hope you are finding helpful. Recall that are upon us and the worker of malice gains power, we must attend to our own souls and seek to know the ways of the Lo self-restraint as well. Provided that we hold fast to these virtues and look to the Lord, then wisdom, understanding, know

Today's sermon also used this important passage from the Book of Wisdom that gives much food for thought in li war of ignorance ‌ [and] call so many and so great evils peace. [‌] So that now they neither keep life, nor marriage und murder, theft, and dissimulation, corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the good, forgetfulne [‌] For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselve

Although things look very dark, let us not loose our hope in God or allow our confidence in Him to waver, for He proportions! Please check here.

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t we are basing some of these sermons on the excellent advice of St. Barnabas, who wrote so long ago: “When evil days ord. In those times reverential fear and perseverance will sustain our faith, and we will find need of forbearance and wledge and insight will make joyous company with them” (cf. Letter of St. Barnabas). ight of recent events: “men serving… their affection[s]…” serving the creature rather than the Creator enter into “a great defiled, but one killeth another through envy, or grieveth him by adultery: and all things are mingled together, blood, ess of God, defiling of souls, changing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregularity of adultery and uncleanness. es” (cf. 14:21-28). e loves to work astonishing reversals. And the one that is promised to come from approved prophecies will be of Biblical 55

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Saintly Obedience trumps Divisive Revolt Contrasting the lives of two saints and a rebel

St. Peter Damian (1007 - 1072) Background • 500 years before Martin Luther • Rampant Church abuses • Reformed the Catholic Church by removing abuses e.g. homosexual acts between the clergy • Stayed obedient to the Church in spite of the rampant abuses • Was a learned scholar • Had a cruel childhood (abusive family members) • Rose to be a Cardinal though he desired to remain a simple monk.

• Hus legacy was to heal the Church of its divisions and bring unity • Became a Saint

Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) Background • 500th Anniversary Revolt • Rampant Church abuses • Revolted against the Catholic Church by attacking abuses e.g. sale of indulgences • Rejected obedience to the Church, & excommunicated • Was a learned scholar • Had a cruel childhood (abusive parents) • Left his Augustinian Order, married and had a family • Left a legacy of over 33,000 Protestant denominations today separated from the Catholic Church

St. Magadelena of Nagasaki (1612 - 1634) Background • 100 years after Martin Luther • Persecution against the Church • Provided courageous support to Augustinian friars in Japan, four of whom were martyred.

• Stayed obedient to the Church in spite of great danger • Was studying to be a nun • Had a cruel childhood (her parents were martyred) • Was a lay Augustinian sister, sought to be a Dominican sister • After 13 days of torture was martyred becoming an inspiration for Christians in Japan.

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Motherhood is in crisis today in the western world and the mentality expressed by women like Jane, whom I mention nor has there ever been a population bomb and explosion, but rather a looming population implosion. First world nati olution. One could mention the pill or the suicide tablet as it has been called. One could mention the great crime of ab causing the death of the west is far, far deeper. Instead of rejoicing in motherhood and praising maternity, the vocation for a living seems more important than who we are as a mother‌a father‌a wife‌or a husband. In the opening ex appointments, its successes and its failures, its pleasures and its pains, its joys and its sorrows, is hidden from your ey but they have also shown that they have great hope. In the distant past, single women and men grew concerned if they finally wed they then delay the bringing forth of children citing careers, financial concerns, or the desire to travel. Thi ent moment and leaves the future to Divine Providence. This couple are not afraid to unite. They are filled with hope Hail Marys for the priest - Sensus Fidelium 68

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ned before, has led to some serious consequences. In short, there is a demographic winter ahead of us. There is not ions are dying. They face a mortal crisis. What, then, is the problem? One could mention the onset of the sexual revbortion. But then again, this isn’t China. Neither the pill nor abortion are forced upon most women. No, the problem n of being a life-bearer is largely rejected. Again, careerism has trumped the importance of vocation. What we do xhortation that preceded this marriage, Holy Mother Church stated the following: (the) future, with its hopes and disyes. This couple have not only demonstrated great maturity in embracing the wondrous natural vocation of marriage, y weren’t married by 30 years old, but now many wait…and wait… afraid to commit. And when many couples do is couple will not follow this modern example, for they are a couple filled with hope…a couple that lives the presand hopeful people are always fruitful. For more please visit http://reginaprophetarum.org/#/ & remember to say 3 69

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Cardinal Müller: Luther’s reform was ‘against the Holy Spirit’ LifeSite provides a full translation of Cardinal Muller's article on the Protestant Reformation.

ROME, October 25, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Luther’s so-called reform was not an “event of the Holy Spirit,” and we should not “change history” or “falsify what happened 500 years ago and the disastrous effect it had” for the sake of “good relations,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has said.

In an article published in the Italian Catholic Journal, La Nuova Bussola, the German cardinal said of Luther’s movement: “From the point of view of the doctrine of the Church it wasn’t a reform at all but rather a revolution, that is, a total change of the foundations of the Catholic Faith.”

Cardinal Müller’s statements come five days after Bishop Nunzio Galantino, secretary general of the Italian Bishops Conference, praised Luther at a conference sponsored by the Pontifical Lateran University, saying: “The Reformation initiated by Martin Luther 500 years ago was an event of the Holy Spirit.”

The conference, held at the Lateran on October 18-19, was entitled: “Passion for God. Spirituality and theology of the Reform 500 years after its dawn.” Here below LifeSite offers its readers a full English translation of Cardinal Müller’s article, with the kind permission of La Nuova Bussola.

LUTHER? NOT A REFORM BUT A REVOLUTION

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There is great confusion today when we talk about Luther, and it needs to be said clearly that from the point of view of dogmatic theology, from the point of view of the doctrine of the Church, it wasn’t a reform at all but rather a revolution, that is, a total change of the foundations of the Catholic Faith.

It is not realistic to argue that [Luther’s] intention was only to fight against abuses of indulgences or the sins of the Renaissance Church. Abuses and evil actions have always existed in the Church, not only during the Renaissance, and they still exist today. We are the holy Church because of the God’s grace and the Sacraments, but all the men of the Church are sinners, they all need forgiveness, contrition, and repentance.

This distinction is very important. And in the book written by Luther in 1520, “De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae,” it is absolutely clear that Luther has left behind all of the principles of the Catholic Faith, Sacred Scripture, the Apostolic Tradition, the magisterium of the Pope and the Councils, and of the episcopate. In this sense, he upended the concept of the homogeneous development of Christian doctrine as 80

MILITIAE SPIRITUALI - Spiritual Warfare explained in the Middle Ages, even denying that a sacrament is an efficacious sign of the grace contained therein. He replaced this objective efficacy of the sacraments with a subjective faith. Here, Luther abolished five sacraments, and he also denied the Eucharist: the sacrificial character of the sacrament of the Eucharist, and the real conversion of the substance of bread and wine into the substance of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Furthermore, he called the sacrament of episcopal ordination, the sacrament of Orders, an invention of the Pope — whom he called the Antichrist — and not part of the Church of Jesus Christ. Instead, we say that the sacramental hierarchy, in communion with the successor of Peter, is an essential element of the Catholic Church, and not only a principle of a human organization.

That is why we cannot accept Luther’s reform being called a reform of the Church in a Catholic sense. Catholic reform is a renewal of faith lived in grace, in the renewal of customs, of ethics, a spiritual and moral renewal of Christians; not a new foundation, not a new Church.

It is therefore unacceptable to assert that Luther’s reform “was an event of the Holy Spirit.” On the contrary, it was against the Holy Spirit. Because the Holy Spirit helps the Church to maintain her continuity through the Church’s magisterium, above all in the service of the Petrine ministry: on Peter has Jesus founded His Church (Mt 16:18), which is “the Church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth” (1Tim 3:15). The Holy Spirit does not contradict Himself.

We hear so many voices speaking too enthusiastically about Luther, not knowing exactly his theology, his polemics and the disastrous effect of this movement which destroyed the unity of millions of Christians with the Catholic Church. We cannot evaluate positively his good will, the lucid explanation of the shared mysteries of faith but not his statements against the Catholic Faith, especially with regard to the sacraments and hierarchical-apostolic structure of the Church.

Nor is it correct to assert that Luther initially had good intentions, meaning by this that it was the rigid attitude of the Church that pushed him down the wrong road. This is not true: Luther was intent on fighting against the selling of indulgences, but the goal was not indulgences as such, but as an element of the Sacrament of Penance.

Nor is it true that the Church refused to dialogue: Luther first had a dispute with John Eck; then the Pope sent Cardinal Gaetano as a liaison to talk to him. We can discuss the methods, but when it comes to the substance of the doctrine, it must be stated that the authority of the Church did not make mistakes. Otherwise, one must argue that, for a thousand years, the Church has taught errors regarding the faith, when we know — and this is an essential element of doctrine — that the Church can not err in the transmission of salvation in the sacraments.

One should not confuse personal mistakes and the sins of people in the Church with errors in doctrine and the sacraments. Those who do this believe that the Church is only an organization comprised of men and deny the principle that Jesus himself founded His Church and protects her in the transmission of the faith and grace in the sacraments through the Holy Spirit. His Church is not a merely human organization: it is the body of Christ, where the infallibility of the Council and the Pope exists in precisely described ways.

All of the councils speak of the infallibility of the Magisterium, in setting forth the Catholic faith. Amid today’s confusion, in many people this reality has been overturned: they believe the Pope is infallible when he speaks privately, but then when the Popes throughout history have set forth the Catholic faith, they say it is fallible.

Of course, 500 years have passed. It’s no longer the time for polemics but for seeking reconciliation: but not at the expense of truth. One should not create confusion. While on the one hand, we must be able to grasp the effectiveness of the Holy Spirit in these other non-Catholic Christians who have good will, and who have not personally committed this sin of separation from the Church, on the other we cannot change history, and what happened 500 years ago. It’s one thing to want to have good relations with non-Catholic Christians today, in order to bring us closer to a full communion with the Catholic hierarchy and with the acceptance of the Apostolic Tradition according to Catholic doctrine. It’s quite another thing to misunderstand or falsify what happened 500 years ago and the disastrous effect it had. An effect contrary to the will of God: “… that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou has sent me” (Jn 17:21).

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Martin Luther - Deep in History Talk Featuring Paul Thigpen The Coming Home Network International

We often hear and read that Martin Luther ignited the Protestant Reformation in 1517 because the Church was in a state of severe moral and institutional decay and there was no hope of real reform. In truth, the authentic renewal of the Church started long before Luther was even born.

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Review of marriage contract. Prediction made by Archbishop Fulton Sheen in March, 1931. Actions of Henry VIII. Protestant revolt on perpetuity and exclusivity. Casti Connubii (Pius XI). The consequences on the mentality of those who use contraception. Solemn warning to US Catholics from Benedict XVI. HHS mandate and the Bishops' response.

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Sermon on the militant homofascist movement that is going on in our society today. Their own words & goals have been out in the open for us to hear.

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We are the Pro Abundant Life Movement Care Net

Dear CNN, if ‘this is an apple,’ then acknowledge ‘this is a human person,’ and ‘this is a man’ - The Pulse, LifeSite News

Boycott Over Vulgar Content Kills ‘Teen Vogue’ - Anita Carey, Church Militant

Trump Lauded as ‘Most Pro-Life President in Modern History’ - Stephen Wynne, Church Militant

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15 Ways to Be Pro-Life Every Day Here’s a list of ways we can be pro-life beyond the ballot box: (Catholic Match Institute) 1. Feed the hungry. Help those who are hungry for the truth, a warm meal, love, and God. Read more here.

4 Tips for Helping Friends Cope with Miscarriage - Catholic Match Institute Read more here.

UN increases pro-abortion pressure on Ireland, pro-lifers refuse to testify in front of “kangaroo court” - National Right to Life

Rosary on the Coast for Life and Faith, Ireland

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Pope's Speech to the General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Oct 5th 2017 [Excerpt] "In summary, a real cultural revolution is on the horizon of history in our time. And the Church must take the lead.

First and foremost, however, we must honestly recognize what is holding us back and what is lacking.

The subordination that, sadly, has marked the history of women must be definitively abandoned. The ethos of peoples must accept a new beginning so that it can create a new culture of identity and difference.

The recent proposals for restoring the dignity of the person by radically eliminating any difference between the sexes, and, as a result, the covenant between man and woman, is not right. Rather than opposing negative interpretations of sexual difference that eliminate the value of that difference for human dignity, these proposals would simply eliminate this difference by proposing techniques and practices that make difference irrelevant to human development and to human relationships. But a "neuter" utopia removes both the human dignity of sexual difference and the personal aspect of the generation and transmission of life.

The biological and psychological manipulation of sexual difference, which biomedical technology now presents as a simple matter of personal choice—which it is not!— risks eliminating the source of energy that nourishes the covenant between man and woman and makes it creative and fruitful."

Read entire speech here.

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Pro-life web sites officially supported by the Dicastery for Laity Family and Life

National Right to Life Fondation Jerome Lejeune Movimento per la Vita Italiano One of Us Federation Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) Human Life International World Organization of Ovulation Method Billings Associazione Scienza e Vita Difendere la Vita con Maria Ateneo Regina Apostolorum Professor Giuseppe Noia Segretariato Sociale per la Vita Onlus Fondazione Ut Vitam Habeant ed Associazione Donum Vitae

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5 Lessons for pro-lifers - SPUC

New video from CMP—Unsuspecting technician faints the first time she touched an aborted baby - National Right to Life

Seminarians for Life International™

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Magisterium on Lay Faithful In the last century, the Church carefully analysed the foundations of the vocation and the mission of the lay faithful in the Church and in the world, gathering a rich harvest from the “promotion of the laity� whose seed was already sown in the nineteenth century. The teachings of the Second Vatican Council gave a strong impulse to the deepening of this theme, offering wisdom that, since then, has become indispensable in the evolution of the theology of the laity. On this page, we indicate the major interventions of Church and Papal Magisterium on this topic. See the related document links here.

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MILITIAE SPIRITUALI - Persecution Persecution of Christians - Erbil, Iraq (Alliance Defending Freedom) See video here

"In the Footsteps of the Nazarene" presents the testimony of Fr. Douglas Bazi, a Catholic priest serving as the Pastor of St. Elijah Parish in Erbil, Iraq. This priest's devotion towards his people shines through in the account of his life as a priest in an increasingly Islamicized and anti-Christian country. He himself was abducted by a group of Muslim radicals who held him hostage and tortured him for 9 days.

Hear his testimony and discover the profound faith which sends a wake-up call to Europe and other Western countries.

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Multiverse, Time, Transgenderism, Silence & a Modern Syllabus of Errors ~ Fr Ripperger Fr. Chad Ripperger joins Ryan again for a wide ranging discussion of topics in Philosophy and Theology ranging from the Multi-verse and Time to transgenderism, Martin Scorsese’s film Silence, and Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s call for a new Syllabus of Errors to condemn errors in Ecclesiology and the misappropriation of the term “Priesthood of the Laity”.

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276 Schoolgirls were abducted on April 14, 2014.

57 Escaped, 4 Found, 106 Released, 4 Infants with our girls, 19 Parents dead, 113 Still missing!

- Bring Back our Girls A diverse group of citizens advocating for speedy and effective search and rescue of all our abducted girls and for a rapid containment and quelling of insurgency in Nigeria.. Read more here.

2 Fr Tom: Jesus was with me every day I was held captive - By World Watch Monitor, Yemen The Indian missionary priest released this week after 18 months in captivity in Yemen has said he felt Jesus was close to him every day during his ordeal.

Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, a priest in the Salesian order, met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday, the day after his release.. See video here.

3 Three Kenyan Christians ‘called out by name’, then beheaded by suspected Al-Shabaab - WorldWatch Monitor A group of around 30 heavily armed men in military gear, suspected to be Al-Shabaab militants, killed three men in Lamu West, near Hindi, at about 1.30am on Wednesday (6 September) In eastern coastal Kenya, along the Somali border, Lamu has been beset by Islamist attacks for years.

This has instilled fear in regions where Christians are the minority.. Read more here.

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Catechism of the Catholic Church You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor PART THREE LIFE IN CHRIST SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS CHAPTER TWO "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF" ARTICLE 8 THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.253 It was said to the men of old, "You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn."254

2464 The eighth commandment forbids misrepresenting the truth in our relations with others. This moral prescription flows from the vocation of the holy people to bear witness to their God who is the truth and wills the truth. Offenses against the truth express by word or deed a refusal to commit oneself to moral uprightness: they are fundamental infidelities to God and, in this sense, they undermine the foundations of the covenant.

I. LIVING IN THE TRUTH

2465 The Old Testament attests that God is the source of all truth. His Word is truth. His Law is truth.

His "faithfulness endures to all generations."255 Since God is "true," the members of his people are called to live in the truth.256

2466 In Jesus Christ, the whole of God's truth has been made manifest. "Full of grace and truth," he came as the "light of the world," he is the Truth.257 "Whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness."258 The disciple of Jesus continues in his word so as to know "the truth [that] will make you free" and that sanctifies.259 To follow Jesus is to live in "the Spirit of truth," whom the Father sends in his name and who leads "into all the truth."260 To his disciples Jesus teaches the unconditional love of truth: "Let what you say be simply 'Yes or No.'"261

2467 Man tends by nature toward the truth. He is obliged to honor and bear witness to it: "It is in accordance with their dignity that all men, because they are persons . . . are both impelled by their nature and bound by a moral obligation to seek the truth, especially religious truth. They are also bound to adhere to the truth once they come to know it and direct their whole lives in accordance with the demands of truth."262

2468 Truth as uprightness in human action and speech is called truthfulness, sincerity, or candor.

Truth or truthfulness is the virtue which consists in showing oneself true in deeds and truthful in words, and in guarding against duplicity, dissimulation, and hypocrisy.

2469 "Men could not live with one another if there were not mutual confidence that they were being truthful to one another."263 The virtue of truth gives another his just due. Truthfulness keeps to the just mean between what ought to be expressed and what ought to be kept secret: it entails honesty and discretion. In justice, "as a matter of honor, one man owes it to another to manifest the truth."264

2470 The disciple of Christ consents to "live in the truth," that is, in the simplicity of a life in conformity with the Lord's example, abiding in his truth. "If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth."265 110

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2471 Before Pilate, Christ proclaims that he "has come into the world, to bear witness to the truth."266 The Christian is not to "be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord."267 In situations that require witness to the faith, the Christian must profess it without equivocation, after the example of St. Paul before his judges. We must keep "a clear conscience toward God and toward men."268

2472 The duty of Christians to take part in the life of the Church impels them to act as witnesses of the Gospel and of the obligations that flow from it. This witness is a transmission of the faith in words and deeds. Witness is an act of justice that establishes the truth or makes it known.269 All Christians by the example of their lives and the witness of their word, wherever they live, have an obligation to manifest the new man which they have put on in Baptism and to reveal the power of the Holy Spirit by whom they were strengthened at Confirmation. 270

2473 Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto death. The martyr bears witness to Christ who died and rose, to whom he is united by charity. He bears witness to the truth of the faith and of Christian doctrine. He endures death through an act of fortitude. "Let me become the food of the beasts, through whom it will be given me to reach God."271

2474 The Church has painstakingly collected the records of those who persevered to the end in witnessing to their faith. These are the acts of the Martyrs. They form the archives of truth written in letters of blood: Neither the pleasures of the world nor the kingdoms of this age will be of any use to me. It is better for me to die [in order to unite myself] to Christ Jesus than to reign over the ends of the earth. I seek him who died for us; I desire him who rose for us. My birth is approaching. . .272 I bless you for having judged me worthy from this day and this hour to be counted among your martyrs. . . . You have kept your promise, God of faithfulness and truth. For this reason and for everything, I praise you, I bless you, I glorify you through the eternal and heavenly High Priest, Jesus Christ, your beloved Son. Through him, who is with you and the Holy Spirit, may glory be given to you, now and in the ages to come.

Amen.273 III. OFFENSES AGAINST TRUTH

2475 Christ's disciples have "put on the new man, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."274 By "putting away falsehood," they are to "put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander."275

2476 False witness and perjury. When it is made publicly, a statement contrary to the truth takes on a particular gravity. In court it becomes false witness.276 When it is under oath, it is perjury. Acts such as these contribute to condemnation of the innocent, exoneration of the guilty, or the increased punishment of the accused.277 They gravely compromise the exercise of justice and the fairness of judicial decisions.

2477 Respect for the reputation of persons forbids every attitude and word likely to cause them unjust injury.278 He becomes guilty: - of rash judgment who, even tacitly, assumes as true, without sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor; - of detraction who, without objectively valid reason, discloses another's faults and failings to persons who did not know them;279 - of calumny who, by remarks contrary to the truth, harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.

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2478 To avoid rash judgment, everyone should be careful to interpret insofar as possible his neighbor's thoughts, words, and deeds in a favorable way: Every good Christian ought to be more ready to give a favorable interpretation to another's statement than to condemn it. But if he cannot do so, let him ask how the other understands it. And if the latter understands it badly, let the former correct him with love. If that does not suffice, let the Christian try all suitable ways to bring the other to a correct interpretation so that he may be saved.280

2479 Detraction and calumny destroy the reputation and honor of one's neighbor. Honor is the social witness given to human dignity, and everyone enjoys a natural right to the honor of his name and reputation and to respect. Thus, detraction and calumny offend against the virtues of justice and charity.

2480 Every word or attitude is forbidden which by flattery, adulation, or complaisance encourages and confirms another in malicious acts and perverse conduct. Adulation is a grave fault if it makes one an accomplice in another's vices or grave sins. Neither the desire to be of service nor friendship justifies duplicitous speech. Adulation is a venial sin when it only seeks to be agreeable, to avoid evil, to meet a need, or to obtain legitimate advantages.

2481 Boasting or bragging is an offense against truth. So is irony aimed at disparaging someone by maliciously caricaturing some aspect of his behavior.

2482 "A lie consists in speaking a falsehood with the intention of deceiving."281 The Lord denounces lying as the work of the devil: "You are of your father the devil, . . . there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies."282

2483 Lying is the most direct offense against the truth. To lie is to speak or act against the truth in order to lead someone into error. By injuring man's relation to truth and to his neighbor, a lie offends against the fundamental relation of man and of his word to the Lord.

2484 The gravity of a lie is measured against the nature of the truth it deforms, the circumstances, the intentions of the one who lies, and the harm suffered by its victims. If a lie in itself only constitutes a venial sin, it becomes mortal when it does grave injury to the virtues of justice and charity.

2485 By its very nature, lying is to be condemned. It is a profanation of speech, whereas the purpose of speech is to communicate known truth to others. The deliberate intention of leading a neighbor into error by saying things contrary to the truth constitutes a failure in justice and charity. The culpability is greater when the intention of deceiving entails the risk of deadly consequences for those who are led astray.

2486 Since it violates the virtue of truthfulness, a lie does real violence to another. It affects his ability to know, which is a condition of every judgment and decision. It contains the seed of discord and all consequent evils. Lying is destructive of society; it undermines trust among men and tears apart the fabric of social relationships.

2487 Every offense committed against justice and truth entails the duty of reparation, even if its author has been forgiven. When it is impossible publicly to make reparation for a wrong, it must be made secretly. If someone who has suffered harm cannot be directly compensated, he must be given moral satisfaction in the name of charity. This duty of reparation also concerns offenses against another's reputation. This reparation, moral and sometimes material, must be evaluated in terms of the extent of the damage inflicted.

It obliges in conscience.

IV. RESPECT FOR THE TRUTH 2488 The right to the communication of the truth is not unconditional. Everyone must conform his life to the Gospel precept of fraternal love. This requires us in concrete situations to judge whether or not it is appropriate to reveal the truth to someone who asks for it.

2489 Charity and respect for the truth should dictate the response to every request for information or communication. The good and safety of others, respect for privacy, and the common good are sufficient reasons for being silent about what ought not be known or for making use of a discreet language. The duty to avoid scandal often commands strict discretion. No one is bound to reveal the truth to someone who does not have the right to know it.283 2490 The secret of the sacrament of reconciliation is sacred, and cannot be violated under any pretext. "The 112

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2491 Professional secrets - for example, those of political office holders, soldiers, physicians, and lawyers - or confidential information given under the seal of secrecy must be kept, save in exceptional cases where keeping the secret is bound to cause very grave harm to the one who confided it, to the one who received it or to a third party, and where the very grave harm can be avoided only by divulging the truth.

Even if not confided under the seal of secrecy, private information prejudicial to another is not to be divulged without a grave and proportionate reason.

2492 Everyone should observe an appropriate reserve concerning persons' private lives. Those in charge of communications should maintain a fair balance between the requirements of the common good and respect for individual rights. Interference by the media in the private lives of persons engaged in political or public activity is to be condemned to the extent that it infringes upon their privacy and freedom.

V. THE USE OF THE SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA

2493 Within modern society the communications media play a major role in information, cultural promotion, and formation. This role is increasing, as a result of technological progress, the extent and diversity of the news transmitted, and the influence exercised on public opinion.

2494 The information provided by the media is at the service of the common good.285 Society has a right to information based on truth, freedom, justice, and solidarity: The proper exercise of this right demands that the content of the communication be true and - within the limits set by justice and charity - complete. Further, it should be communicated honestly and properly. This means that in the gathering and in the publication of news, the moral law and the legitimate rights and dignity of man should be upheld.286

2495 "It is necessary that all members of society meet the demands of justice and charity in this domain. They should help, through the means of social communication, in the formation and diffusion of sound public opinion."287 Solidarity is a consequence of genuine and right communication and the free circulation of ideas that further knowledge and respect for others.

2496 The means of social communication (especially the mass media) can give rise to a certain passivity among users, making them less than vigilant consumers of what is said or shown. Users should practice moderation and discipline in their approach to the mass media. They will want to form enlightened and correct consciences the more easily to resist unwholesome influences.

2497 By the very nature of their profession, journalists have an obligation to serve the truth and not offend against charity in disseminating information. They should strive to respect, with equal care, the nature of the facts and the limits of critical judgment concerning individuals. They should not stoop to defamation.

2498 "Civil authorities have particular responsibilities in this field because of the common good. . . .

It is for the civil authority . . . to defend and safeguard a true and just freedom of information."288 By promulgating laws and overseeing their application, public authorities should ensure that "public morality and social progress are not gravely endangered" through misuse of the media.289 Civil authorities should punish any violation of the rights of individuals to their reputation and privacy. They should give timely and reliable reports concerning the general good or respond to the well-founded concerns of the people. Nothing can justify recourse to disinformation for manipulating public opinion through the media. Interventions by public authority should avoid injuring the freedom of individuals or groups.

2499 Moral judgment must condemn the plague of totalitarian states which systematically falsify the truth, exercise political control of opinion through the media, manipulate defendants and witnesses at public trials, and imagine that they secure their tyranny by strangling and repressing everything they consider "thought crimes."

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Know Your Faith truth carries with it the joy and splendor of spiritual beauty. Truth is beautiful in itself. Truth in words, the rational expression of the knowledge of created and uncreated reality, is necessary to man, who is endowed with intellect. But truth can also find other complementary forms of human expression, above all when it is a matter of evoking what is beyond words: the depths of the human heart, the exaltations of the soul, the mystery of God. Even before revealing himself to man in words of truth, God reveals himself to him through the universal language of creation, the work of his Word, of his wisdom: the order and harmony of the cosmos-which both the child and the scientist discover-"from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator," "for the author of beauty created them."290 [Wisdom] is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her. For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness.291 For [wisdom] is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars. Compared with the light she is found to be superior, for it is succeeded by the night, but against wisdom evil does not prevail.292 I became enamored of her beauty.293

2501 Created "in the image of God,"294 man also expresses the truth of his relationship with God the Creator by the beauty of his artistic works. Indeed, art is a distinctively human form of expression; beyond the search for the necessities of life which is common to all living creatures, art is a freely given superabundance of the human being's inner riches. Arising from talent given by the Creator and from man's own effort, art is a form of practical wisdom, uniting knowledge and skill,295 to give form to the truth of reality in a language accessible to sight or hearing. To the extent that it is inspired by truth and love of beings, art bears a certain likeness to God's activity in what he has created. Like any other human activity, art is not an absolute end in itself, but is ordered to and ennobled by the ultimate end of man.296

2502 Sacred art is true and beautiful when its form corresponds to its particular vocation: evoking and glorifying, in faith and adoration, the transcendent mystery of God - the surpassing invisible beauty of truth and love visible in Christ, who "reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature," in whom "the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily."297 This spiritual beauty of God is reflected in the most holy Virgin Mother of God, the angels, and saints. Genuine sacred art draws man to adoration, to prayer, and to the love of God, Creator and Savior, the Holy One and Sanctifier.

2503 For this reason bishops, personally or through delegates, should see to the promotion of sacred art, old and new, in all its forms and, with the same religious care, remove from the liturgy and from places of worship everything which is not in conformity with the truth of faith and the authentic beauty of sacred art.298 IN BRIEF 2504 "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Ex 20:16). Christ's disciples have "put on the new man, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness" (Eph 4:24).

2505 Truth or truthfulness is the virtue which consists in showing oneself true in deeds and truthful in words, and guarding against duplicity, dissimulation, and hypocrisy.

2506 The Christian is not to "be ashamed of testifying to our Lord" (2 Tim 1:8) in deed and word. Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith.

2507 Respect for the reputation and honor of persons forbids all detraction and calumny in word or attitude.

2508 Lying consists in saying what is false with the intention of deceiving one's neighbor.

2509 An offense committed against the truth requires reparation.

2510 The golden rule helps one discern, in concrete situations, whether or not it would be appropriate to reveal the truth to someone who asks for it.

2511 "The sacramental seal is inviolable" (CIC, can. 983 ยง 1). Professional secrets must be kept. Confidences prejudicial to another are not to be divulged.

2512 Society has a right to information based on truth, freedom, and justice. One should practice moderation and discipline in the use of the social communications media.

2513 The fine arts, but above all sacred art, "of their nature are directed toward expressing in some way the infinite beauty of God in works made by human hands. Their dedication to the increase of God's praise and of his glory is more complete, the more exclusively they are devoted to turning men's minds devoutly toward God" (SC 122).

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254 Mt 5:33.

255 Ps 119:90; Cf. Prov 8:7; 2 Sam 7:28; Ps 119:142; Lk 1:50.

256 Rom 3:4; Cf. Ps 119:30.

257 Jn 1:14; 8:12; cf. 14:6.

258 Jn 12:46.

259 Jn 8:32; Cf. 17:17.

260 Jn 16:13.

261 Mt 5:37.

262 DH 2 ยง 2.

263 St. Thomas Aquinas, STh II-II,109,3 ad 1.

264 St. Thomas Aquinas, STh II-II,109,3, corp. art.

265 1 Jn 1:6.

266 Jn 18:37.

267 2 Tim 1:8.

268 Acts 24:16.

269 Cf. Mt 18:16.

270 AG 11.

271 St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Rom. 4,1:SCh 10,110.

272 St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Rom. 6,1-2:SCh 10,114.

273 Martyrium Polycarpi 14,2-3:PG 5,1040; SCh 10,228.

274 Eph 4:24.

275 Eph 4:25; 1 Pet 2:1.

276 Cf. Prov 19:9.

277 Cf. Prov 18:5.

278 Cf. CIC, can. 220.

279 Cf. Sir 21:28.

280 St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises, 22.

281 St. Augustine, De mendacio 4,5:PL 40:491.

282 Jn 8:44.

283 Cf. 27:16; Prov 25:9-10.

284 CIC, Can. 983 ยง 1.

285 Cf. IM 11.

286 IM 5 ยง 2.

287 IM 8.

288 IM 12.

289 IM 12 ยง 2.

290 Wis 13:3, 5.

291 Wis 7:25-26.

292 Wis 7:29-30.

293 Wis 8:2.

294 Gen 1:26.

295 Cf. Wis 7:16-17 296 Cf. Pius XII, Musicae sacrae disciplina; Discourses of September 3 and December 25, 1950.

297 Heb 1:3; Col 2:9.

298 Cf. SC 122-127.

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