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Welcome to the Catholic Conference of Kentucky's website. We hope you enjoy your visit and find the information you need. If you are a Kentucky Catholic, please consider becoming a Faithful Citizen Advocate and invite other Kentucky Catholics to join, too. To visit our related ministries' sites, click here: OFL - Opportunities For Life;   KLEA - KY League for Educational Alternatives. Use the Take Action! button to reach your elected representatives in Frankfort and Washington, D.C.

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Items of Current Interest in Kentucky

Take Action!

Click button for Legislative Action Center. Respond to current Action Alerts by contacting your legislators.

Click button for voter registration form to mail Kentucky Sec. of State.

Click on logo to visit USCCB Justice for Immigrants website.

Catholic Conference of KY Policies on Political Activity

2007 USCCB Political Activity Guidelines for Church Organizations

Click on logo for Faithful Citizenship document and materials.

The National Association of State Catholic Conference Directors website contains helpful analysis of a variety of issues debated at the state level: www.nasccd.org.

May 14, 2010 - Please use the Take Action button to encourage Kentucky's Senators to Support the START Treaty.

August 26, 2010 - CCK is beginning to develop materials for use during the next session of the General Assembly which begins in January. Here are links to pdf files that can be used as talking points for legislation we expect to see introduced in January: Informed Consent, Payday Loans, and a more general set of talking points on the death penalty. Later there will be more information about these bills and about legislation to remove the death penalty as a punishment for those who are severely mentally ill and convicted of capital murder.

August 25, 2010 - With the campaign season in Kentucky in high gear, CCK has sent a letter with accompanying document to parishes and schools with updated guidelines related to political activity. Click here to read the letter and here to read the accompanying document. If you have further questions about what is or is not permitted with regard to political campaigning please contact Executive Director Robert Castagna by phone or email.

August 23, 2010 - The Summer issue of WITNESS is now available. This issue features a report on an important ecumenical meeting written by the Executive Director of the Kentucky Council of Churches, Dr. Marian Taylor. CCK is a member of the Council and participates on its board and in committees. Fr. Richard Meredith provides a reflection on prayer and respecting human life. And on the front page is an article about the newly reorganized Opportunities for Life program now housed in Catholic Charities' agencies.

May 23, 2010 - The Spring issue of WITNESS is now available online.

 

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