Notes & Asides

• Pls keep the following in your prayers: (a) ill- Ed Brennan, Tom O’Rourke, Jerry Higgins, Ray Keenan, Fran Tully, Ed Conte, Sal Guadagna and (b) deceased - Ed Albright and Fr. John Cook
• L.I. Citizens for Community Values, a group working against pornography is holding its annual fundraiser & presentation on “internet safety” on Feb. 26th @ the Huntington Hilton ($35). Call 631-608-3778
• Wal-Mart Stores and Procter & Gamble are producing a TV film to promote “family friendly” alternatives to the increasingly risqué programs on TV. The film, “Secrets of the Mountain” will air in April on NBC
• one of the best national groups fighting porn is NYC’s Morality in Media (www.moralityinmedia.org) @ 212-870-3222
• Interested in intellectual articles on “social justice” from a solid, traditional Catholic intellectual viewpoint? Check out the Social Justice Review @ www.socialjusticereview.org or 314-371-1653
• pls continue boycotting Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Quaker Oats, Tropicana & Gatorade for their support of the gay agenda
• the 2010 March for Life in Washington DC gathered peaceful demonstrators numbering about 300,000. Let’s thank all participants for their time and effort in making this sacrifice
• for pro-life videos & other educational material, see Priests-for-Life @ www.priestsforlife.org/store
• many educators now believe NYS improperly boosted passing rates by lowering cutoff test scores (Newsday, 10/15/09, p.24). NY’s Ed. Dept. denies this, but suggests it might now toughen its testing to be closer to federal standards
• a Center for Disease Control official has stated the AIDS rate is 50x higher among gay men than heterosexuals
• For 10,000 free pro-life business cards w/info on fetal development, call Marilou @ 631-327-0376.