Friends,

Believe it or not, summer is to be a time of resting and relaxation! Yet our faith never takes time off. There are a two important contacts that must be made to our State and Federal Officials:
1) From the Ohio Catholic Conference regarding the State Budget Bill that will make cuts in human service programs and programs to help Ohio students in Catholic schools. Please call or e-mail your Ohio State Senator and Ohio State Representative before Tuesday June 30 seeking your opposition to these proposed cuts from the State Budget. You can read more about it at www.ohiocathconf.org.
2) To the Federal Government, United States Senate, refusing the Obama "tax plan" called "Cap and Trade." This legislation will add thousands of dollars to our energy use. These are unnecessary cost to families, businesses, farms, charitable organizations and churches from "a trickle down effect" from energy companies to you and me. This plan is regarded as a step toward environmentally friendly energy. This, so called, clean energy bill narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives and will have an even harder fight in the United States Senate. Contact our federal leadership in the Senate and tell them we are opposed to this harmful, hidden tax on our energy.