Video Recommendations
Life Principles (V 1377)
A five-part series devoted to explaining
to the secular culture the underlying philosophy
of the pro-life movement. Features Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer.
- A - Unit 1: Defining Personhood - Part 1 (31 minutes)
- Unit 2: Defining Personhood - Part 2 (39 minutes)
- B - Unit 3: Happiness - Five Fundamental Attitudes (45 minutes)
- Unit 4: Happiness, Ethics and Freedom (29 minutes)
- C - Unit 5: Rights and the Common Good (35 minutes)
- Unit 6: What Makes a Culture Healthy (23 minutes)
- D - Unit 7: The Abortion Issue (27 minutes)
- Unit 8: The Euthanasia Issue (44 minutes)
- E - Unit 9: Conclusion - Teaching the Life Principles (70 minutes)
A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death (D 5038)
Learn about Catholic social teaching on
the issue of capital punishment. Hear
from those who have been touched by
violence, like Bud Welch, whose daughter
died in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Join the Catholic Church’s campaign to
eliminate the death penalty in the United
States.
Beginning and End of Life Issues: Seeking Divine Wisdom (D 5105)
Learn about the Catholic Church’s stand
on beginning and end-of-life issues.
Topics of discussion include marriage
and sex, family planning, treating infertility,
advanced directives, organ donation
and death with dignity.
Book Recommendations
Consistent Ethic of Life (BK 4041)
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin; Sheed & Ward
Cardinal Bernardin expresses the critical
need for a consistent ethic across a
broad range of life issues, including
genetics, abortion, capital punishment,
modern warfare and the terminally ill.
Reaffirming Life in a Culture of Death: A Catholic Response to Critical Issues (BK 4119)
Mark Neilsen; Liguori Publications
An examination of eight contemporary
social issues: abortion and life, capital
punishment, poverty, war, equality, stewardship
of creation, work and human
solidarity. Find thought-provoking points
for discussion and action—positive first
steps in reaffirming life in a culture of
death.
Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life (BK 4800)
William E. May; Our Sunday Visitor
Never has the gift of human life been
more threatened. Euthanasia, in vitro
fertilization, genetic counseling, assisted
suicide, living wills, persistent vegetative
state, organ transplants... modern
science has brought into every Catholic
household complex bioethical decisions
about life. Now, Professor William E.
May fearlessly tackles these hot-topic
issues, examining them in light of papal
encyclicals, statements from U.S. bishops
and probing analyses from leading
orthodox theologians.
Internet Recommendations
http://www.priestsforlife.org/
Priests for Life has come to signify two
distinct but related movements within
the wider pro-life movement. One level
refers to a very specific effort to galvanize
the clergy to preach, teach, and
mobilize people more effectively in the
effort to end abortion and euthanasia.
The other level represents a family of
ministries that reach and enrich every
aspect of the pro-life movement, for
clergy and laity alike, in a wide variety
of activities. Abortion is the Priests for
Life focus, but you also will find information
on euthanasia, and on related
topics such as capital punishment and
contraception.
To check out these materials or others,
phone Kathy Ward at 406-442-5820 or email
kward@diocesehelena.org. To see
more holdings, please visit
www.diocesehelena.org.
Select “Education” and then “Resource
Center.”
Published in The Montana Catholic Online, Volume 27, No. 2, February 18, 2011.
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