JUNE 4 - Part III: Humanae Vita & St. John Paul II
Please join us for an insightful discussion of the momentous and prophetic Encyclical, "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life) of Pope St. Paul VI and learn how Pope St. John Paul II beautifully and powerfully affirmed its enduring truth in his teachings, spirituality and papacy.
"Humanae Vitae," published in 1968, re-affirmed the orthodox teaching of the Catholic Church regarding married love, responsible parenthood, and the rejection of artificial contraception. Met with great controversy and opposition by many in and outside the Church, it nevertheless emerged victorious and boldly set forth clearly the enduring truth of the Church's moral teaching on the sanctity of life and the procreative and unitive nature of conjugal married love. These themes were central to St. John Paul II's teachings during his time as archbishop and professor in Poland and throughout his papacy. St. John Paul the Great became one of the Church's most eloquent and powerful defenders of the sanctity of life and the sacredness of married sexual love as witnessed in his philosophical and theological writings, primarily "Love and Responsibility" and "Theology of the Body."
Please join us in our reading and discussion of "Humanae Vitae," 50 years later, and St. John Paul II, and its critical importance today.
JUNE 4TH, 7:45p.m., Parish Hall,
Good Shepherd Catholic Church.
Sponsored by the Community of St. John Paul II.