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The Bishops of the United States have proclaimed the first Sunday of October to be “Respect Life Sunday”. The month of October has been dedicated to emphasizing the importance of human life from the womb to the tomb. Marches, protests, and numerous prayers to the Throne of Heaven are employed to make even the smallest dent in the greatest holocaust this world has ever seen.
Next month we will have to choose who leads this country. Each one of us has the civic duty to fully educate ourselves on all struggles weighing down our society and the world. There are many issues we should care about as Christians seeking to live in charity, yet none are as serious as that of abortion. In fact, the reported number of surgical abortions in this country has reached at least 45 million. For every two people born in this country since 1973, a third is missing. This count doesn’t even include abortions by drugs such as RU-486 and the pill (if an egg drops while using the pill and becomes fertilized, high levels of progestin in the pill have a secondary effect of preventing embryos from attaching to the uterine wall, and so they die). The USA only makes up 5% of the world’s population. Imagine the numbers multiplied around the world. It’s staggering.
I’m a single issue voter ladies and gentlemen, but only because there is no other issue that will impact the history of the world more than the issue of life – and death. History is made up of people and their influence on others. I will not put the fate of this world in the hands of people who want to shape that history into one of convenience for themselves at the cost of death for those they feel to be ”unwanted”. The Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus will triumph in the end; they want everyone with a passion that would burst every heart among us. We are her children, the treasure purchased by His death, and the ones set free to enter His home by his cross and resurrection. Let us never cease to first pray and then act in grace to shine in the darkness by our very lives.
Be not afraid; the darkness will not overcome!
Eric Gray was born on March 12, the fifth of twelve children. He graduated from the University of Dallas with a BA in Secondary Education, certified to teach Math and German. He taught English as a foreign language to students in Vienna, Austria as part of the Fulbright Program. He returned to the University of Dallas and in 1992 earned a Masters of Theological Studies. Following this, he joined the National Evangelization Teams of Australia, and spent two years there assisting with retreats, rallies and prayer services for school kids, young adults and families. Returning to Texas, he became the first Coordinator of Youth Ministry for Sacred Heart Parish in Muenster, Texas. At this time, he co-formed a ministry group called "Two Dogs and a Hog". After five years of youth ministry, he served the Diocese of Fort Worth as the campus minister at the University of North Texas, Texas Woman's University, and the University of Texas at Arlington. He is currently the Director of Christian Ministry at Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth, where he also teaches junior and senior theology.
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Our next alumni meeting will be November 14, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the UCC.
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The purpose of the University Catholic Community Alumni Association (UCCAA) is to promote a continuing sense of community based in the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Church among former member of the University Catholic Community (formerly the Newman Club). Also, the UCCAA actively tries to foster deeper concern among its member for the welfare of the University Catholic Community (UCC).
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