Ohio Catholic Statement to Speaker Boehner

8/6/2019 Ohio Catholic Statement to Speaker Boehner

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Ohio Catholic Leaders to Speaker Boehner: Listen to

Catholic Church, not Tea Party

As one of the most powerful Catholics in Congress, you are now faced with a monumental

choice. You can heed the consistent moral calls from Catholic leaders who have urged lawmakers

to decrease our debt fairly and protect the most vulnerable, or you can yield to growing political

pressure from Tea Party Republicans willing to accept catastrophic default for the first time in our

nations history.

This is a stark choice between responsible leadership that serves the common good and narrow

ideology that makes tax cuts for the wealthy our most sacred national priority. As Ohio Catholics,

we urge you to reject the reckless path urged by many Tea Party leaders in Congress. Now is the

time to seek a compromise that reflects the Catholic values of solidarity with the most vulnerable

and prudential judgment.

Default would have unacceptable consequences. Independent experts have warned that our

nations credit rating will be downgraded. Social Security benefits, active-duty military pay, and

Medicare and Medicaid payments would be jeopardized. Nutrition assistance for low-income and

pregnant women is also at risk. We must do everything possible to avoid these profound moral

and political failures.

We stand with our Catholic bishops, Christian clergy and other religious leaders who have

endorsed the Circle of Protection a pledge to defend the most vulnerable as our elected leaders

makefiscal choices that will impact millions of families. Speaker Boehner, we urge you to honor

the values of the Catholic Church you love and show the courage to do what is right as you face

extraordinary political pressure. We pray for you and all Members of Congress at this time of

national uncertainty.

Rev. Joseph F. Wagner, SJ

Xavier UniversityCincinnati, OH

Sister Donna Graham

Director, JPIC Office

Franciscan Friars (OFM),

St. John the Baptist Province

Cincinnati, OH

Br. Joseph Fisher, C.P.P.S.

Provincial Treasurer Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Cincinnati, OH

Br. William Grundish, SM

Cincinnati, OH

Rev. John P. Murphy, S.J.

Associate Pastor

St. Francis Xavier Church


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Sister Nancy Crafton SC,

Director, Los Pobres Inc.

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Sarah M. (Sally) Sherman, RSM

Grants Coordinator/Director of Mission Integration

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, Inc.Cincinnati, OH

Sister Victoria Vondenberger, RSM, JCL

Tribunal Office

Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Sister Carol Lichtenberg, SND de N

Provincial

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Ohio Province

Cincinnati, OH

Rev. Benjamin J. Urmston, S.J., PhDXavier University

Cincinnati, OH

John Sniegocki

Associate Professor of Christian Ethics

Xavier University

Jennifer Beste

Associate Professor of Theological Ethics

Xavier University

Christopher PramukAssistant Professor of Theology

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

Joseph H. Wessling

Professor Emeritus of English

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

Suzanne M. Kathman

Executive Director

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, Inc.Cincinnati, OH

Rev. Richard Bollman, S.J.

Cincinnati, OH

Br. Robert Wiethorn, SM

Cincinnati, OH


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Provincial Council, Franciscan Friars

St. John the Baptist Province

Sister Mary Milano SND de N

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Reading, OH

Sister Marie Hartmann, RSM

Sisters of Mercy - South Central Community

Sister Elizabeth Schaad, SND de N

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Judith Clemens, SND de N

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Louanna Orth, SND de N

Archivist

Cincinnati, OH

Marilyn Kerber, SND de N

Reading, OH

Sister Carol Brenner, SC

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Martha Walsh, SC

Cincinnati, OH

Rev. Tom Hemm, C.PP.S.

Saint Henry, OH

Sister Sally Duffy, SC

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Marge Kloos, D.Min., SC

College of Mount St. Joseph

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Mary Wendln, C.PP.S.

Cincinnati, OH

Rev. Anthony GambinoCincinnati, OH

Sr. Dorothy Ann Blatnica, SC, Ph.D.

Bedford. OH

Sister Doris Gottemoeller, RSM

Cincinnati, OH


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Sister Carren Herring, RSM

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Anne Flanagan, SND de N

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Monica McGloin OPCincinnati, OH

Sister Barbara Wheeler OP

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Carol Leveque, SC

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Stephanie Thompson, SND de N

Cincinnati, OH

Sr. Joan Groff, SCMount St. Joseph

Sister Edna Hess, CPPS

Dayton, OH

Sister Ruth Kuhn, SC

Coordinator

Region VI

Coalition for Responsible Investment

Mount St. Joseph, OH

Rev. Thomas Schroer, S.M

DirectorMarianist Siena Community

Dayton, OH

Sister Joan Krimm, SND de N

Facilitator of Justice and Peace

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur-Ohio Unit

Sr. Betty Ann Zengel

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Martha Meyer, RSM

Cincinnati, OH

Rev. Gerald Dreiling, C.PP.S.

Society of the Precious Blood

Provincial Offices

Dayton, OH

John Inglis

Professor and Chair


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Sister Margaret M. Efkeman, OSU

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Jeanette Buehler, CPPS

Sisters of the Precious Blood

Dayton, OH

Sister Marita Beumer, CPPS

Dayton, Ohio

Dr. Dolores L. Christie

Catholic moral theologian

Shaker Heights, OH

Mary-Cabrini Durkin, CSU

Company of St. Ursula

Philip Aaron, S.M.

University of Dayton

Sister Barbara Davis, SC,

Toledo

Conrad T. Gromada, Ph.D.

Professor of Theology

Ursuline College

Pepper Pike

Sister Joyce Kahle, CPPS

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Karen Kirby, CSJ

Cleveland, OH

Ms. Kathleen Kammer

retired Director of Social Outreach

St. Francis of Assisi Parish

Dayton

Sr. Mary Ellen Ohr

retired teacher

McAuley High School

Cincinnati, OH

Sr. Nancy O'Connor

Cincinnati, OH

Sr. Patricia Kremer

Cincinnati, OH


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Sister Patricia Bennett, SND de N

Cincinnati, OH

Sister Patricia Ann Sabourin SC

Mount St. Joseph

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