White Mass
Thank you to everyone who joined us, whether in-person or online, for our annual White Mass this Sunday at the Cathedral! We would like to thank in particular Bishop Matano for celebrating Mass!
In these difficult times it is ever-more important to come together to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. As we continue to move through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and societal unrest the Finger Lakes Guild will continue to support our colleagues, patients, and neighbors in the Diocese of Rochester. If you would like to get involved with the Guild, please contact us here.
Finally, we would like to thank the Catholic Courier for live streaming Mass for those who could not attend in person. Their excellent coverage is here.
Guild Update
Membership Drive
It’s that time of year when we ask for your continued support of the Guild.
First and foremost, we ask for your prayers!
Secondly, if you feel so called, we ask you to assist the Guild financially. Truly, any and all support, no matter how “large” or “small,” is appreciated and will be put to good use.
This can be done in a number of ways, including:
- Becoming (or continuing as) a dues-paying member
- Contributing to our Education Fund
- Becoming an Event and/or Guild Sponsor.
Save the date – White Mass
October 18
Bishop Matano will be presiding at this year White Mass on October 18 at the Cathedral. We will be sending a more formal invitation soon.
Save the date – Virtual Journal Club
November 18
Our first Virtual Journal Club on August 6 was a huge success!
The next Virtual Journal Club will be on November 18 via Zoom, details coming soon!
Guild Partners and Resources
We’ve added a new Guild Partners and Resources page to our website. Check it out!
Virtual Journal Club…Success!
Thank you to everyone how made last night’s Virtual Journal Club discussing NFP a resounding success! We two wonderful presenters (Felix Rodriguez and Anne Olek) and we were both blessed and humbled to be joined by the authors of the paper, Dr. Fehring and Dr. Manhart!
We had a great turnout and appreciate everyone’s engagement. Lots of insightful questions and discussion!
We are planning to host VJCs quarterly, so stay turned for us to announce the Fall/Winter date!
Cross-Guild Virtual Journal Club!
“The Finger Lakes Guild of Rochester, New York and the Palm Beach Physicians Guild of Florida are happy to announce an exciting new way to connect in these challenging times. Building on the successful initiative first launched in New York, the guilds are collaborating with the national CMA office to offer all guilds the new Virtual Journal Club…” continued
VIRTUAL JOURNAL CLUB (Sign up here!)
Natural Family Planning and Marital Chastity: The Effects of Periodic Abstinence on Marital Relationships
Journal: The Linacre Quarterly
Authors: Fehring, R. J., & Manhart, M. D.
• Connect with fellow CMA members across the country
• Discuss timely topics relevant to living the Catholic faith while practicing in an increasingly secular world
• Inspire colleagues to join your local Guild and the CMA by “bringing” them along
Join us on August 6, 2020 at 7 p.m.
https://www.fingerlakescma.org/virtual-journal-club-sign-up/
Thank you especially to St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry for making Virtual Journal Club available via Zoom!
Announcing Virtual Journal Club!
The Finger Lakes Guild, in collaboration with the Palm Beach Physicians Guild and the national Catholic Medical Association will be announcing our next Virtual Journal Club in the near future, so stay tuned!
Physician Assisted Suicide
Please consider supporting our President, Dr. Tom Carroll, as he talks about Physician Assisted Suicide opposite Dr. Timothy Quill on Wednesday, 5/27, from 12-1pm. The Zoom link is https://urmc.zoom.us/s/94337697512
This presentation is part of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Unmasked conference. This is a forum for presentations about projects around the COVID-19 crisis and abstracts that were part of canceled conferences this spring. In addition to Dr. Carroll’s presentation there is a full slate of intriguing presentations on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Please feel free to join any/all that you like!
Full daily schedules here:
Catholics @ URMC…and Beyond!
Thank you to everyone who joined our Zoom meeting today at noon! We had a nice turnout and great discussion! It’s always refreshing to reconnect with friends and make new connections…especially in these trying times!
Our next Catholics @ URMC…and Beyond will be on June 18th. We will post a Zoom link when we get closer, so check back here for this and other Guild upcoming events.
Free Fertility Awareness Workshop
Abortion in Gibraltar
A CMA member shared that on March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph, Gibraltar, the last place in Europe that bans all abortions as criminal acts and which is 70% Catholic, will hold a referendum to allow for abortion in certain circumstances. We invite you to join us in a novena with this prayer to St. Joseph, dating from the early Church, beginning March 10:
“Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God. I place in you all my interests and desires. Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of Fathers.
Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary of contemplating you, and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine head for me and ask him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath. St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls – Pray for me (and that Gibralter continues to protect the unborn).”