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The culture of death will not be defeated until there is repentance from contraception. - Brian Murphy

Humanae Vitae

A Conference for Priests, Deacons,

Men and Women Religious

“A fundamental imperative

of every good conscience–

the defense of the right to life

of an innocent and defenseless

human being.”

Pope John Paul II

Communicating the teachings of Humanae Vitae is surely one of the most difficult challenges facing priests, deacons and religious today. Learn how you can successfully convey the true teachings of the Catholic Church on these issues.

Discover how to overcome the cultural resistance often encountered by priests in discussing these matters with parishioners. Become a more effective advocate for life.

SPEAKER

Brian Murphy, PhD, holds a masters degree in experimental medicine and a doctorate in physiology from McGill University in Montreal. Brian served in the Peace Corps in the Amazon Jungle of Peru where he worked in a Franciscan Mission post and confronted issues of local business development. He and his wife, Louise, have five children and both have taught NFP. He is founder and Chairman of God's Plan for Life, a nonprofit foundation that has conducted Humanae Vitae conferences in Chicago, IL, Belleville, IL, Atlanta, GA, Los Angeles, CA, Oceanside, CA and Manchester, NH. Also, Culture of Life weekends have been held at St. Kilian Church, Mission Viejo, CA, Mission Basillica San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, CA, Blessed Sacrament Parish, Westminster, CA and St. John Vianney Parish in Atlanta, GA. During these events, hundreds of copies of Humanae Vitae have been sold and dozens of couples have signed up for classes in Natural Family Planning. Brian is a regular host dealing with Gospel of Life issues on St. Joseph Radio Presents - a two hour call-in talk show broadcast from Orange, CA, worldwide via WEWN. God's Plan For Life runs this website and offers this Humanae Vitae Conference ministry anywhere in the world.

God's Plan for Life

19 Rosana Way

Coto de Caza, CA 92679

(949) 235-4045

Program Topics

Conference speakers will address the following topics to help you break through the wall of silence surrounding these all important issues:

† How to teach God’s plan for life to the faithful;

† How to form conscience and promote chastity;

† How contraception exerts a negative and deeply harmful influence on Christian marriages and ultimately degrades society;

† How to cope with criticism and combat intimidation while advocating Humanae Vitae;

† How to effectively teach morality from the pulpit and rebuild a culture of life, starting at the parish;

Ideas for homilies will be given by Fr. McCaffrey. Sample homilies by Fr. Anthony Kopp will be available on CD.

Typical Program Schedule

Schedules vary - Contact us for Details

1.        God’s Plan For Life

1.1.    God’s procreative plan for man made in his image

1.2.    The Onan Account

1.3.    Chastity for everyone

1.4.    The consistency of Church teaching to support life

1.5.    The myth of overpopulation

1.6.    The link between contraception and abortion

1.7.    True responsible parenthood

1.8.    Generosity in procreation

1.9.    The price of silence

1.10.Repentance and atonement through Christ

1.11.Four homilies per year

2.        To understand poverty, we must first understand what produces prosperity

2.1.    There are three fundamental conditions required for prosperity

2.2.    Availability of natural resources to support population growth

3.        The Role of Conscience

3.1.    What is conscience and how it is formed

3.2.    The lessons from the Winnipeg statement

3.3.    Christian marriage and the lessons from Humanae Vitae

3.4.    Moral law from God to the Church

3.5.    The sin of the garden of Eden – lessons for today

3.6.    Our obligation as teachers

3.7.    The Holy Father as Vicar of Christ asks us to do more

4.        Humanae Vitae in 17 points

5.        Practicing chastity and teaching it – the key to our survival

5.1.    Christ destroyed sin

5.2.    Prayer and meditation

6.        The hard cases

6.1.    The person who says that Humanae Vitae was not issued “Ex Cathedra”

6.2.    The poor family with three children

6.3.    The mother whose doctor tells her that she will die if she has another child

6.4.    One spouse wants to follow Church teaching while the other does not.

7.        In-vitro fertilization

7.1.    The couple who cannot have any children

7.2.    The desire to have children is good

7.3.    The child born of in-vitro is good

7.4.    The end does not justify the means

7.5.    In-vitro fertilization involves many immoral means, including murder.

8.        Judgment

8.1.    Rev: 21:8

9.        Theology of the Body for laymen

9.1.    We are made in the image of God

9.2.    Our bodies must not lie to one another

9.3.    The Judas kiss

9.4.    The lies in contraception

9.5.    If your eye offends you, pluck it out...

10.    Homily workshop

10.1.Volunteers will give 15 minute homilies

God, the Lord of life has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner

worthy of themselves.

GS 51 § 3

Acquire the inspiration and confidence you will need to battle the “Culture of Death” which has sadly taken root even within our own church. In addition to exploring the primary causes of the extraordinary disrespect for human life we all witness, our speaker will address a wide range of objections and obstacles that you may encounter.

It is our most fervent hope that you will be renewed and energized by the conference. We invite you to embrace the teachings of Humanae Vitae and go forth to courageously proclaim the Gospel of Life. We pray with you for the strength and guidance to lead others in the way of Christ.

May God bless you and your work ,

God's Plan for Life

“Before I formed you

in the womb I knew you,

and before you were born

I consecrated you”

Jer. 1:5 ;cf. Job 10:8-12;

Ps 22:10-11

“For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to

the image of his Son”

Rom 8: 29

Recommended by:

Diocese of San Diego

Office for Marriage and Family Life

Office for the Permanent Diaconate

Office for Social Ministry

Human Life International

Contact the Chairman, Brian Murphy with questions or comments.

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