Dear Friend,
I sincerely hope all of you and your
families had a truly blessed Christmas Day, followed by the glow of
this holy season we are still experiencing until the Baptism of the
Lord on January 9th.
We look back at this past year with
gratitude for the progress we made and for your generous support. As
the year comes to a close, we also see a world under attack by Satan
and his dominions, as our Lord said it would be (1 Peter 5:8-14).
In our country, the land of the
Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell, the economy in many respects
is unstable and crumbling, our borders are being overrun, violent
crime is surging and our youngest children on up are confronted with
pornography and questioning their gender. Meanwhile, our Catholic
faith is being scandalized at the highest levels of our
society.
We know there is a revolution afoot
and the true solution lies in mounting a counter-revolution inspired
by hope. With your dedicated support, together with that of our family
of souls, both ‘clergy and laity’ standing and fighting
side-by-side, Catholic Action intends to lead the
way.
Your valuable assistance to our
work at Catholic Action for Faith and Family is vital to our mission:
“to strive to uphold and defend Christian values inspired by the
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.”
It is through your generosity that
we have been able, in every season, to continually expand our efforts
to mobilize the active participation of the laity in the apostolate of
the Church under the guidance of our Patron and Shepherd, Cardinal
Burke.
To reflect on the past year and how
Catholic Action intends to Finish Forward to ensure a strong start in 2023, and how we will
usher in our most
important and dynamic year since our founding………. please click here to read the Year in Review
and Plans for 2023.
Prior to outlining achievements for
the year and our ambitious set of plans moving forward, please allow
me to make an observation.
As members of the One Holy Catholic
and Apostolic Church we know there have been times of great despair,
confusion, misguidance and worse. But we also know that at such times
we must confront them with heroic acts of Faith, Hope and Charity, the
three theological virtues.
St. Thomas Aquinas has said that
hope is the theological virtue by which we aspire with confidence to
grace and heaven, trusting God, and being resolved to use God’s
assistance.
With God’s Grace, along with
your fervent prayers, Cardinal Burke regained his health and is
ministering to the faithful worldwide – always proclaiming the Truth.
Inspired by this hope, our Faith is renewed as we prepare to answer
the call to holiness.
May the Divine Infant Jesus through His Holy Mother and St.
Joseph bless you and your loved ones with many graces and blessings
now and throughout the Christmas Season!
Thank you for all that you do.
Surrounded by the radiating love of
the Infant King,
Thomas J. McKenna
Founder and
President
Catholic Action
P.S. Read
our Year in Review & Plans for 2023
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