Proposals Would Have “Sliced a Major Hole in the State’s Social Safety Net’
News Release / Posted December 27, 2005
Michigan Catholic Conference President and Chief Executive Officer Sister Monica Kostielney, R.S.M., made the following statement regarding the administration's veto of legislation intended to reform the state's welfare program.
Proper Job Training, Education Sought in Forthcoming Policy Changes
News Release / Posted November 29, 2005
As the legislature works to move Michigan’s poorest population toward self-sufficiency, the Michigan Catholic Conference today urged the Senate Families and Human Services Committee to address welfare reform with compassion for the poor and an emphasis on job training, education and protection of the family.
News Release / Posted October 24, 2005
Michigan Catholic Conference announced today that the Michigan Political History Society will gather to honor 40 years of the Conference’s advocacy by celebrating A Vision, A Voice, A Presence: A History of the First Forty Years of the Michigan Catholic Conference, the recently published history book of the organization.
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News Release / Posted September 28, 2005
'A Vision, A Voice, A Presence' Chronicles Forty Years of Advocacy and Service
News Release / Posted September 15, 2005
Michigan Catholic Conference has published a history book commemorating its 40 years of advocacy and service to the residents of Michigan: A Vision, A Voice, A Presence: A History of the First Forty Years of the Michigan Catholic Conference.
News Release / Posted September 15, 2005
Michigan Catholic Conference President and Chief Executive Officer Sister Monica Kostielney, R.S.M. made the following statement regarding the decision to rule Michigan's partial-birth abortion ban unconstitutional.
News Release / Posted August 4, 2005
News Conference Brings Attention to Harmful Budget Measures Moving Through Legislature
News Release / Posted June 20, 2005
At a news conference conducted at the State Capitol today, the Michigan Catholic Conference stood with several health care and human service organizations to speak on behalf of those most vulnerable citizens who will be directly affected by some $600 million in proposed state budget cuts, particularly in the area of Medicaid.
State Must Not Turn to “Clone and Kill’ Measures to Solve Economic Woes
News Release / Posted May 26, 2005
Michigan Catholic Conference announced its vehement opposition to proposed legislation that seeks to boost the state's struggling economy by appropriating public tax dollars for human cloning and destructive embryo research. The Conference is urging Michigan legislators to direct their attention toward ethical adult stem cell research, which does not kill human embryos and is currently treating some 58 debilitating conditions, including Parkinson's disease, brain cancer, heart damage and juvenile diabetes.