2007 General Assembly

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Legislators file hundreds of bills during a session, often totaling more than a thousand. Obviously, most of these do not pass and of those that do some are more important than others to the Catholic community. The 4 Catholic Bishops of Kentucky, after consultation with Conference staff and members of the committees they appoint, direct staff to bring the voice of the Catholic community to bear on particular bills. Determining which bills to oppose, support, or simply watch is not a science, but involves prudent judgment and decisions based not only on the importance of the issue itself, but also on the amount of resources available to address the issue as well as considering how likely is it to be successful. Issues related to unborn human life and human dignity always demand attention. On this page viewers will find links to those bills being actively worked by the Catholic Conference. As time permits, this page and the pages linked to it will be updated. We will try to provide sources of Catholic Social Doctrine that relate to the legislation to help viewers understand why we are engaged with a certain bill.

We invite Kentucky's Catholics to work with us on these issues and take advantage of raising our collective voice to proclaim Gospel values and ask that these values guide our legislators to adopt public policies that promote the common good.

The Catholics @ the Capitol event was quite successful this year. Unfortunately, weather did prevent some who had registered from attending. For their benefit and in response to those who requested printed texts of Bishop Ronald Gainer's homily and Dick Dowling's keynote address, CCK is happy to provide them.

Each year Bishop Gainer presides at our Eucharistic liturgy during Catholics @ the Capitol. Here is the homily he proclaimed during Mass this year: Homily for Tuesday for Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, February 13, 2007.

Dick Dowling is Executive Director of the Maryland Catholic Conference and has generously provided the text of his keynote address for February 13, 2007: Renewing the Public Square.

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