CCI Radio Hour: March 16, 2015

CCI Radio Hour: March 16, 2015

March 16, 2015 show Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville talks about the pastoral letter he issued in January, "The Racial Divide in the United States." Fr. William Grogan, the Archdiocese's vicar for health care, and Patrick Cacchione of the Illinois...
Conscience rights under attack

Conscience rights under attack

The Illinois Healthcare Right of Conscience Act allows medical personnel and health care facilites to avoid participating in medical procedures — such as abortion, sterilization, and certain end-of-life care — that violate their beliefs and values. Senate...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of life legislation this session

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of life legislation this session

State lawmakers have introduced more than 6,200 bills for this session, and these two are on our pro-life radar screen. The Good: CCI is again supporting the Ultrasound Opportunity Act in the form of House Bill 2701, which simply calls for women who are more than...

Education Newsletter: March 2015

Recent news has focused on the $300 million shortfall in the Child Care Assistance Program, a state-federal program that allows for subsidies to be paid to daycare providers so that low-income parents can work or attend school. Did you know that some of our Catholic...
CCI pushes Quality Schools Tax Credit

CCI pushes Quality Schools Tax Credit

This school choice initiative allows corporations and individuals to receive a dollar-for-dollar state income tax credit for donations to organizations that offer scholarships to low- and middle-income children to attend private schools. The Qaulity Schools Tax Act...