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Fortnight for Freedom In April, the Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a document, “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,” outlining the bishops’ concerns over threats to religious freedom and explaining that religious liberty |
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is the first freedom because if we are not free in our conscience and our practice of religion, all other freedoms are fragile. If citizens are not free in their own consciences, how can they be free in relation to others, or to the state? If our obligations and duties to God are impeded, or even worse, contradicted by the government, then we can no longer claim to be a land of the free, and a beacon of hope for the world. The U.S. Bishops also called for a “Fortnight for Freedom,” a 14-day period of prayer, education and action in support of |
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Fortnight for Freedom Diocesan Event in English: June 30, St. Rita, 12521 Inwood Rd, Dallas
The evening will begin with the 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass celebrated by Monsignor Robert Coerver, V.F., with homily on Fortnight for Freedom Diocesan Event in Spanish: June 24, Immaculate Conception, 610 N.E. 17th St, Grand Prairie The afternoon will begin with the 2:30 p.m. Mass celebrated by Reverend Douglas Zavala, followed by an educational Sponsored by the Diocese of Dallas |
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For more information on these and other “Fortnight” events in the Diocese of Dallas, visit www.dallascatholicadvocacy.org. ![]() |
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