_ Update 3-18-2012
 The following is from the National Association of the
 Holy Name Society - Life Marriage Family Youth Committee - established for
 Promoting dignity and sacredness of Life, protecting the sanctity of the
 sacrament of Marriage, promoting Catholic Social teaching on the Family and
 promoting activities for the proper formation of Catholic Youth and Young
 Adults.  One particular religious  freedom issue demands our immediate attention: the now-finalized rule of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would force virtually
all private health plans nationwide to provide coverage of sterilization and
 contraception—including abortifacient drugs—subject to an exemption for
"religious employers" that is arbitrarily nar-row, and to an unspecified and
dubious future "accommodation" for other religious organizations that are denied
the ex-emption.

 The Administrative Committee of the United States
  Conference of Catholic Bishops, gathered for its March 2012 meeting.  The USCCB is strongly unified and
intensely focused in its opposition to the various threats to religious freedom
in our day. In our role as Bishops, we approach this question prayerfully and as
  pastors—concerned not only with the protection of the Church's own
  institutions, but with the care of the souls of the individual faithful, and
  with the common good.

 Please read the attachment and share with your Diocesan
  and Parish Holy Name Society members. 
Our Bishops are united and standing strong in an effort to keep our
  religious freedom and to stem the tide of the culture of death that is
  attacking the Catholic faith.

 The National Holy Name Society stands with our Catholic Bishops
and encourages all of our members to stand up for our Catholic Faith in this
very important social issue—before our religious freedom is taken from
us!
 
Life Marriage Family Youth Committee: Assists Holy Name Society
members implement the U.S. Catholic Bish-ops' Plan for rebuilding a Catholic
Culture in accord with a consistent ethic of life, which holds that all life is
sacred from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death, protecting
the sanctity of the sacrament of mar-riage, promoting Catholic Social teaching
on the Family and promoting activities for the proper formation of Cath-olic
Youth and Young Adults.

 For more information please contact:
 Richard Kehoe, NAHNS Committee Chair, Life Marriage Family
Youth
 Phone: (773) 545-2491 Email: suerich94@sbcglobal.net

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  Communications Committee

The Holy Name Society - Spreading Devotion to the most Holy Name of Jesus Christ. 
Yesterday, Today and Forever!

The 2012 NAHNS National Convention is being held in Pittsburgh,
PA from
Thursday, September 20th through Sunday, September 23rd. 

Please show
your support of the 2012 National Holy Name Society
Convention by placing
an ad in the Convention Program book. 
The convention program book is given
to all those who attend the
convention.  We encourage
individuals to
place patron ads and or memorial ads. 
We also encourage Parish and
(Arch)diocesan Holy Name Societies and
businesses to purchase ads. 


Cost information is located in the attached form. 
Please use the
attached form to place your add. 

Send electronic ad copy and artwork
to Beverly Bronder via
e-mail (diopitthns@yahoo.com) or mail a hard copy. Please
make check payable to
Diocese of Pittsburgh Holy Name Society.


Please mail check and this completed form
to:



2012 NAHNS Convention Ad
Book


Beverly
Bronder


1055 Norsis
Dr.


Pittsburgh, PA 15220