American Tradition, Family, Property: Fighting the Counter-Revolution

2003

Sharing Chistmas Joy

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A Trip to Brazil

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Support Our Troops!

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Standing up for God’s Law!

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Calling for a No Show at the Know Theatre in Cincinnati

Defend the Catholic Faith by letting Cincinnati Mayor Charles Luken and the Know Theatre know that Catholics will not tolerate this abuse.

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Higher Learning Lowers Standards

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be showing the highly offensive play The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told.

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Free Distribution of The Way of the Cross

To counter the sad neglect for Our Lord’s Passion, America Needs Fatima has launched a bold new outreach program to spread free CD recordings and books of The Way of the Cross to tens of thousands of families.

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Spreading Fatima Far and Wide

The American Needs Fatima campaign (ANF) has been spreading the messages of Our Lady of Fatima through personal home visitations for over five years and recently tallied the statistics.

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TFP Urges Government to Cut Funding to UNFPA

On January 16, 2003 the American TFP sent a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell, urging the U.S. government to cease all future funding and involvement with U.N. Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA).

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TFP Launches LulaWatch

With the election of Luis Inacio Lula de Silva (Lula) in Brazil, our southern neighbor took a sharp turn to the left. To make Americans aware of this danger, the TFP Washington Bureau launched an e-newsletter called LulaWatch.

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2003 March For Life: An Anti-abortion Conviction

Facing frigid weather and glacial winds the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) joined well over 100,000 concerned Americans from across the country for the annual March for Life in Washington D.C.

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Weathering the Storm

Weather the Storm of Sexual Abuse Scandals TFP Response to the Scandals and Proposed Reforms that Threaten the Church
The TFP Washington Bureau invited friends and supporters to a local launching for the hard-hitting book just authored by the TFP Commission for American Issues, I Have Weathered Other Storms.

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When Outrageous Becomes Blasphemous

Many of us buy wall calendars but after casually flipping through the pictures the first two weeks of the year we tend to forget them. Ozzy Osbourne’s latest extravagant effort, a family calendar, is hard to forget.

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TFP Book Welcomed in St. Louis

On Sunday, February 9, the American TFP vibrant supporter network in St. Louis held a local launching for the hard-hitting book, I Have Weathered Other Storms: A Response to the Scandals and Democratic Reforms that Threaten the Catholic Church.

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Retroactive Lifting of Statutes of Limitation: The TFP Protests

Some states are attempting to lift civil and criminal statutes of limitations retroactively for child sex abuse. In light of this, the American TFP is vigorously protesting such legislative bills nationwide claiming the measures unfairly penalize Catholics in the pew and favor the agenda of dissident activists groups inside the Church.

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Challenging the Status Quo

Few are those with the courage to challenge prevailing opinions and beliefs. Fewer still are such challenges which pass the test of time. Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira's masterful book, Revolution and Counter-Revolution is one such work.

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Ban all Human Cloning!

We are no longer talking about authentic medical progress where nature is observed, understood and perfected. Backed by a biotech industry that has already patented and redesigned some animal species, this is a new frontier that could seek to change the very nature and form of human life itself.

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American TFP Supports US Efforts in Iraq

On March 20, The American TFP sent a letter to President George W. Bush, pledging its support for his decision to send US troops into combat against the Saddam Hussein Regime.

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Catholics Confront Boston Blasphemy

On May 16, twelve members of the American TFP left their home in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Their destination: the Kresge Little Theater at MIT. Their purpose: hold a 2-1/2 hour rally, in protest against the play, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told.

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Launch in the Heartland: TFP Book Spreads Far and Wide

TFP friends and supporters in Topeka, Kans. attended a presentation on the book, I Have Weathered Other Storms.

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The Scandals' Unmentioned Victim

No one denies the reality of the sexual abuse scandals and their cover-up. Catholics rightfully reacted with indignation and concern. However, many reformers and dissidents now propose solutions that take advantage of this legitimate indignation and toil feverishly to shake the very foundations of the Church as an institution.

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Celebrating Victory in Chicago

On June 7, pro-life leaders and activists from around the country converged on the windy city to celebrate with Joe Scheidler and the Pro-Life Action League, the landmark Supreme Court ruling in favor of the unborn.

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Being Effective in Cincinnati

The rally in Cincinati served to pay reparation for the offense against Our Lord and the Church. It united Catholics from across the city in common cause ready for future actions. Lastly, it also sent a strong message to pro-blasphemy supporters that such presentations will not be accepted sitting down.

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Rekindling the Controversy

Not content with with the public outrage she caused in 2001, Alma Lopez seems destined to test fate once again. Her blasphemous computer collage "Our Lady" is appearing once again.

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Weathering the Storm is Focus of Washington Event

I Have Weathered Other Storms, Washington, DC
The TFP Washington Bureau invited friends and supporters to a local launching for the hard-hitting book just authored by the TFP Commission for American Issues, I Have Weathered Other Storms.

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Defend Our Lady's Honor

The lesbian "rock opera" Jesus Has Two Mommies will show December 6-7 at the Somerville Theatre in Somerville Mass., four miles north of Boston.

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The Spirit of Chivalry Lives On

The TFP’s 2nd Annual Call to Chivalry Summer Camp for boys in Louisiana really was quite different. The focus was not on computers or basketball like other camps but on Catholic heroism.

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TFP Sees Federal Marriage Amendment as Part of the Broader Strategy

The American TFP endorses the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) as part of a broader strategy against the homosexual agenda. Like other pro-family organizations, the TFP is well aware of amendment's limitations but sees a tactical advantage to endorsing the FMA.

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A Visit to Remember

From July 16-25, the famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue made an unexpected but blessed visit to the national headquarters of the American TFP and the site of its America Needs Fatima campaign, in Spring Grove, Penn.

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A Tradition is Born

Setting, timely topics, qualified faculty and eager students were the right ingredients to supply not only an intellectual challenge but all the elements for confirming a new counter-revolutionary tradition at the Third TFP Summer University Course.

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Surpassing Expectations

Our summer camps are gaining a reputation for being formative, entertaining and exciting. This year·s camp held from August 4-13 at the headquarters of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property in Spring Grove, Penn. certainly surpassed expectations.

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Crime Control not Gun Control in Brazil

“Crime control” not “gun control” was the message of the National Rifle Association’s Charles Cunningham, who spoke to a standing room only audience in Sao Paulo Brazil on August 14.

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Looking at What We Have Lost

Over the last fifty years, a plethora of liturgical traditions and ceremonial have undeniably been lost. Today, many Catholics experience a growing hunger for the mystery and beauty that they never knew.

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TFP Conference Unites Catholics in Crusade

Was it the meetings, the lively conversations or the making of new friends? Was it the bishop’s sermon, the prince’s convocation or the hero’s testimony? Was it the rosary procession or the final High Mass? It is hard to decide which parts of the weekend were best since it takes a little time to sort out the impressions.

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Seeking First the Kingdom of Heaven

Bishop Juan Rodolpho Laise's talk, “A Capuchin Bishop Reflects on the Crisis in the Church” set the tone for an evening of conversation and thought at the American TFP Washington Bureau October 15.

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Catholics Rally at Washburn


On Sunday, Dec. 7th, over 110 faithful Catholics gathered at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas to protest a blasphemous sculpture titled, "Holier Than Thou."

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Speaking about Fatima and the Immaculate Conception In Miami

Speaking about Fatima and the Immaculate Conception In Miami“The Feast of the Immaculate Conception could not be a better date to discuss the Fatima Message and its application for our days” was the message of a special December 8th talk titled “How You Can Face Evil by Drawing from the Fatima Message” given to TFP friends and supporters in Miami, Fla.

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Jesus the Light of the World


In opposition to the growing trend to celebrate Christmas in secular fashion, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) invited Fr. John Trigilio to speak about the sublime meaning of this important feast on December 12, to a crowd of 80.

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Letter to the President

 
On December 19, 2003 the American TFP sent a letter to President Bush, expressing its gratitude for the stand he took in favor of a constitutional amendment defending traditional marriage, but also its concerns that the door is still open to "civil unions."

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Keeping Christ in Christmas

Over 100 local supporters and friends seeking a traditional holiday atmosphere where Christ is still found in Christmas attended an annual Open House, held at the national headquarters of the American TFP in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania on December 21.

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Just War and the Pacifist Offensive on Sovereignty

The nation’s attention is rightly focused on the war in Iraq, where American and allied armed forces are bravely engaged in battle. At the same time, however, America is locked in a second war, one that is equally important for victory: the psychological battle for public opinion.

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Going Nowhere Fast

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The True Colors of “Tolerance”

When members of Tradition Family Property Student Action peacefully and legally exercised their freedom of speech on the public sidewalk outside the Marvin Center of George Washington University, the true colors of the "tolerance" of the homosexual movement shone forth.

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Not Politically Correct, but Morally Correct

On Monday, October 27, nine members of TFP Student Action visited George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia, to distribute a flyer rejecting the recent Supreme Court decision Lawrence vs. Texas, which in one swipe overturned all state laws prohibiting the sin of sodomy.

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"There's Still Something Good Left in the World"

To say that the campaign at the University of Delaware on Monday, March 29 was exciting would be an understatement. It wasn't only exciting; it was one of TFP Student Action's best campaigns since we started opposing the homosexual agenda on college campuses.

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Another Voice on Campus

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