Monday, November 19, 2007

Faithful Citizenship

In Iowa we surely know that the Presidential Election is right around the corner. The candidates have been among us for months already and we keep bumping into them as the Caucuses draw nearer.

As faithful citizens in this country of ours, we owe it to ourselves and those around us to be informed as the election season continues. Last week at the annual November meeting of the Catholic Bishops, the Bishops approved this election year's version of Faithful Citizenship. The document can be found on line at www.usccb.org; follow the link for the November Bishop's Meeting on the home page. You can also order bulletin insert cards that offer a thumb-nail sketch of the document from the USCCB.

Other websites of interest to you may include the Iowa Catholic Conference at iowacatholicconference.org; the state legislature site at www.legis.state.ia.us; and Iowa Social Action at www.iowasocialaction.org