Please see below for an urgent message from Bishop Frank J. Dewane on the dangers of Amendment 4 and share with your parishioners on this last weekend before Election Day on Tuesday, November 5th! Download the video here.
Please share these resources with your parishioners every week between now and election day, November 5, 2024.
Although Election Day seems a long way off, decisions are being made NOW. In fact, 80 percent vote early or by mail-in ballot! Mail-in ballots begin September 26, and in-person early voting begins October 21. It is urgent that the faithful be alerted to the extreme and dangerous nature of Amendment 4!
In addition to sharing information about Amendment 4 weekly from now until the election, please encourage the faithful to pray for the defeat of this dangerous pro-abortion amendment. A Prayer to Defeat Florida’s Abortion Amendment can be found in the list of resources below, in both English and Spanish.
Resources are listed and hot-linked below, simply click and download or save. Most recent listed at the top. Please contact Jeanne Berdeaux if you need quantity of prayer cards, business-card size promo cards, or palm cards, in English or Spanish. Yard signs are also now available!
Add your voice! Help to Fight Amendment 4! Want to help to fight Amendment 4? Visit https://www.votenoon4florida.com/get-involved for ways you can get involved, or contact Jeanne Berdeaux, Diocese of Venice Respect Life Director, at berdeaux@dioceseofvenice.org, 941-374-1068.
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Florida Bishops Talk About Our Voting Responsibility as Catholics and Forming a Moral Society
Click here to view or download the video above.
Television Commercial, Tricked! Are we headed for taxpayer-funded abortion in Florida? Click here to view. (30 seconds!)
Television Commercial, Vote No on 4! Click here to view! (One minute!)
Bishop Dewane Speaks Out About Amendment 4! Video, click here to view or download.
- For a QR code with a direct link to Bishop Dewane’s video, click here
- For the text of Bishop Dewane’s video, click here for the text in English, click here for the text in Spanish.
Dr. Grazie Christie Explains Amendment 4! Video, click here for English, click here for Spanish.
Bulletin Ad: How to Talk to Someone about Amendment 4! (1/2 page)
Bulletin Ad: Register to Vote (1/4 page)
Homily/Prayers of the Faithful Suggestions from the FCCB, for use September 8 through November 3, click here.
Bishop Dewane Discusses the Dangers of Amendment 4 on Witnessing Faith with Bishop Dewane, a Relevant Radio program, Friday, August 30, 2024. Listen here any time after August 30.
Examining the Issues of the Day . . . IN CHURCH?! Yes! A Fact Sheet explaining the Church’s role, right, and responsibility to participate in the civil discourse. Find it here.
Business card-size Vote No on 4 promo cards! Easy to share, just the basic facts! English, Spanish
New Podcast Focuses on Amendment 4: Learn the Facts! Amendment 4 is not what it seems and way too extreme: The podcast of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholics Across the Aisle: Commentary on Public Policy and Civic Life, brings a non-partisan moral voice to public dialogue on key policy issues of the day and assists listeners to become educated and active participants in civic life. The podcast’s latest episode focuses on the urgent issue of Amendment 4. Listen to the podcast for more: https://www.flaccb.org/catholics-across-the-aisle.
Bulletin Ad highlighting the dangers of Amendment 4 (1/4 page)
Bulletin Ad with QR code to DOV Amendment 4 General Info Page (1/4 page)
Palm Card Explaining “Why Vote No on Amendment 4?”: English, Spanish
Updated website (7/1/24) from Vote No on 4 Campaign: English, Spanish
Direct Link to Vote No on 4 videos: English, Spanish
Quarter-page “Ballot” Bulletin Ad, Vote NO
Posters:
Fact Five – Eliminates Parental Consent
Fact Four – Weakens Medical Doctor Requirement
Fact Three – Creates a Broad “Health” Loophole
Fact Two – Allows Second & Third Trimester Abortions
Frequently Asked Questions(Spanish)
A Prayer to Defeat Florida’s Abortion Amendment (Sizing based on 8.5 x 11″ page)
- Half page (Spanish)
- Quarter page (Spanish)
- Two to a page (English)
- Two to a page (Spanish)
- Two to a page (English/Spanish)
- Four to a page (English)
- Four to a page (Spanish)
- Four to a page (English/Spanish)
Suggested Prayers of the Faithful (Spanish)
Suggested Pulpit Announcement (Spanish)
Florida Bishops’ Statement Regarding Amendment 4 (Spanish)
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Florida Catholic – Venice Edition Articles about Amendment 4
- Examining the Issues of the Day . . . In Church?! Yes!
- Local Doctors Sound the Alarm! The Dangers of Amendment 4
- Amendment 4: It’s Not What It Seems and It’s Way Too Extreme
- Advocacy Workshops Share How to Defeat Florida’s Pro-Abortion Amendment
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES The Vote No On 4 Florida campaign is gaining momentum with strong grassroots support and is mobilizing thousands of Floridians across the state, with county organizers assembling a grassroots network throughout Florida that is currently capable of reaching nearly 80% of the Florida electorate. These volunteers will campaign throughout Florida to inform voters that Amendment 4 is “way too extreme, and not what it seems.” Find more information, sign-up for emails, or make a donation at Vote No on 4 Florida. Connect with Vote No on 4 Florida on Facebook, Instagram, and X to keep up with efforts to stop this extreme amendment. Information and resources are also available from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops. |
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