|
|
|
|
New: Prayers for LifePastoral StatementsPastoral Statements are teaching tools used by bishops to articulate official Church teaching on matters of importance. Users are free to print these documents and their study guides for their personal and pastoral use only. Many pages on this website are in Adobe PDF format. Click here to download a free version of Adobe PDF viewer. Kentucky Bishops' StatementsClick on booklet for full text of documents. Ecumenism  A
People Made One PDF- Released in May of 1999, this Pastoral letter calls for increased ecumenical
cooperation between Catholics and other faith traditions.
You will also find helpful materials and news about current developments in ecumenism on the webpage of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Economic Justice
In the Resources Brochure we invited users to share ideas with us which we can then share with others. Here are 7 posters to use in advertising programs you are hosting. There is space at the bottom of each poster for time, date, and place of the event. These 11X17" posters will not print on all copy machines. However, commercial copy companies can print them if you download them and save the file to disk and take the disk with you.. Posters For You to Advertise Educational Events on the Pastoral Life is Priceless The Cost of Discipleship Who Pays the Bills Protecting the Common Good Honoring the Creator's Gifts What Borders Are You Talking About At Home in the Web of Life End-of-Life Decisions  Kentucky's
Advance Health Care Directives and Organ Donation: A Catholic Perspective - Following changes in Kentucky law in 1994, this document was released to
inform Catholics of acceptable options in making end-of-life decisions. This
newly revised edition (September 2005) provides clarification regarding Catholic
teaching on end of life issues. The document includes a form approved for
use in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to designate a health care surrogate and to
donate organs.
Catholics view organ donation as an act of charity, fraternal love, and self sacrifice. Transplants are ethically and morally acceptable to the Vatican. Ethical and Religious Directive from the Catholic Health Facilities, No.30 states: "The transplantation of organs from living donors is morally permissible when the anticipated benefit to the recipient is proportionate to the harm done to the donor, provided that the loss of such organ(s) does not deprive the donor of life itself nor the integrity of his body." No. 31: "Post-mortem examinations must not be begun until death is morally certain. Vital organs, that is, organs necessary to sustain life, may not be removed until death has taken place. The determination of the time of death must be made in accordance with current medical practice. To prevent any conflict of interest, the dying patient's doctor(s) should ordinarily be distinct from the transplant team."
Respect Life January 22, 2008 - Reverence for Life: Conscience and Faithful Citizenship October, 2007 - Reverence For Life. . . A Need for a "Heart that Sees" 
Choose Life PDF - This is the first pastoral statement issued by the Catholic
Conference and is a reflection on the death penalty.
 Reverence
for Life - This pastoral
statement is broader than Choose Life and discusses additional life
issues in accordance with the Church's consistent life ethic.
Other CCK PublicationsCriminal Justice and A Catholic Response The Catholic Conference working with its Social Concern Committee adopted a Kentucky response to the U. S. Bishops statement, Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Ecumenical Handbook
Since its release, the Ecumenical Officers of the four Kentucky dioceses have written six articles, published below as Sunday bulletin inserts.These have been distributed to all Kentucky parishes by Kentucky’s Bishops to affirm their commitment to the principles of ecumenism articulated in the Second Vatican Council’s decree Unitatis Redintegratio and the teaching of our late Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, articulated in his encyclical Ut Unum Sint. The Bishops encourage distribution of these bulletin inserts to all Catholics so that information on the church’s teaching and practice in ecumenical matters may become better known within our dioceses, congregations, and the hearts of our faithful. Autumn 2005 marked the 40th anniversary of Vatican II's decree Nostra Aetate which addresses our relations with other world religions. Health Care In December 2005, the Bishops of Kentucky approved a statement on health care and teaching that health care is a basic human right.
Immigration
Labor
Principles of Taxation In August 2004, the Bishops of Kentucky approved these principles to use in judging whether or not particular tax proposals are just.
Religious Education GuidelinesIn November of 1990 the Bishops of the Archdiocese/Dioceses of Louisville, Owensboro, Covington, and Lexington approved the recommendation for Statewide Guidelines by the Catholic Conference of Kentucky Education Committee for Religious Education. The specific aim and purpose in developing The Statewide Guidelines for Religious Education is to give direction, unity, consistency and credibility for religious education across the state of Kentucky. These guidelines reflect lifelong catechesis in faithfulness to the Church’s traditions and beliefs. They are designed on a life continuum basis, early childhood through adult. These guidelines, likewise, recognize and affirm the critical role of the catechist in the teaching mission of the Church, and all that this includes, in union with the leadership of the bishop of the diocese. The Guidelines are available for age levels as PDF files.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Statements
Other Pastoral StatementsThe Catholic Bishops of the South are promulgating several pastoral statements on Criminal Justice. The first seven are now available.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Catholic Conference of Kentucky 1042 Burlington Lane Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
502-875-4345
Last modified: April, 2008 |
Economic Justice in 21st Century Kentucky: Holding Ourselves Accountable -
This series of brochures constitute a pastoral letter from the Catholic Bishops
of Kentucky. You can access each of them here in color or black and white
versions. There are 8 brochures, 7 of which examine a major theme in Catholic
social doctrine, and the 8th one is a resource brochure with suggestions for the
use of the pastoral letter. Printed copies will be mailed to all Kentucky
parishes and Catholic schools. All are welcome to download these PDF files for
your personal use. You can also order additional printed sets of the color
brochures, free. Call Karen at 502.875.4345 or email her at
The Pro-Life Committee
of the Catholic Conference of Kentucky has prepared this special collection of
prayers to help the community of believers pray. To foster wide use, CCK
provides these services in individual units and as a complete booklet. Webpage
visitors have our permission to duplicate each or all of them as needed. So you
can easily adapt them to meet specific needs, we have provided a text version in
the popular Word format. May the grace and peace of God be with those who use
these prayers.
502-875-2841 Fax