On the evening of Monday, July 13th, the brethren of the Hermitage of the Holy Cross celebrated the All-Night Vigil in honor of the newly-glorified St. Paisios the Athonite – perhaps the first time anywhere in the world that the service was sung in English. The next morning, on Tuesday the 14th, the Divine Liturgy was served in honor of this great saint of the latter times.
The private youth organization has rules which bar atheists, agnostics, and, until January of 2014, banned all known homosexuals from membership. The prohibition on openly homosexual adults has remained in place, but BSA National President Robert Gates stated in May that he feared the pressures of modern society and its increasing legal challenges were making the ban untenable.
“For over 175 years, we have served the neediest in society with love and dignity,” added Sr. Maguire. “All we ask is to be able to continue our religious vocation free from government intrusion.”
Planned Parenthood makes two key admissions in their statement today: 1) aborted fetal parts are harvested at their clinics, and 2) money is exchanged in connection with this.
An undercover video released this morning shows a national leader of Planned Parenthood admitting that the abortion provider uses the illegal and highly controversial partial birth abortion procedure to sell intact fetal body parts.