Monsignor Frank Bognanno, Pastor of Christ the King Parish
Featured Saint of the Day: St. Mother Theodore Guerin
Today Deacon Rick and Jenny started their morning show by speaking with Mark Houck, the President of The King's Men. The King's Men is a non-profit, full time, lay-men's ministry based out of Philidelphia. The focus of The King's Men is to build and unite men to uphold authentic masculinity and to become protectors of the women in their lives.
Before the King's Men, Mark was heavily involved in the Pro-Life movement. He noticed, by going to the different conferences, that there were not a lot of men actively involved in the movement. Through discovering his own authentic masculinity, Mark knew that all men were beign called to battle. The missing link to their involvement was simply that the men of our times are not being called into action. Mark knew that someone needed to raise the bar and give the men of society hope for something better. Mark and his co-founders began The King's Men and serve the Philidelphia diocese as well as giving presentations in other states across America.
On October 12, Mark will be speaking the Pure Fashio Father-Daughter Luncheon, which is targeted solely to those participating in Pure Fashion.
Also on October 12, Mark will be speaking at Christ the King Parish in Des Moines in an event that is open to the public at 7:00 pm. The topic of this talk will be "Authentic Masculinity."
We also had Monsignor Frank Bognanno of Christ the King Parish on to speak about Faithful Citizenship. Monsignor Bognanno drew upon Pope Benedict XVI's words calling Catholic's to get off the side-lines and actively seek the truth about politics. Monsignor shared with us some of the Cahtolic Prinicpals to keep in mind while preparing to vote.
Monsignor said that the idea of forming your conscience before voting stems from reason guided by faith. The Church is a non-partisan organization, so it cannot tell you who to vote for, it can only tell you in what light to view the issues.
Now Monsignor likened the issues themselves to pillars which hold up human dignity. Each pillar is a different right that contributes to the dignity of the human person. When you begin pulling out the pillars, human dignity toples down. The thing to realize is that not all of these issues are of equal value. Monsignor suggested that voters make a pyramid of human rights to discover for themselves what the basic human right is.
For example, educating children is all well and good, but in order to educate them they need to be healthy. So health care can be placed before education, but in order for children to be healthy they need proper nourishment. And then in order for these children to receive proper nourishment they must first be given life. So the Right to Life becomes a fundamental issue on which all other issues stem from.
Monsignor said that an important thing to remember is that laws are made for the common good. So too, voting should be done in light of the common good. Each voter should consider the candidates and their stances on different issues. Looking at their philosophy, integrity, and performance on the different issues before making decisions.
In closing, Monsignor implored us to pray to the Holy Spirit for this election and to study the issues. Discovering for themselves the truth and voting in clear conscience.
If you would like to read the document put out by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Faithful Citizenship, you can go to: www.faithfulcitizenship.org
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