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Friendly Versions of Petitions for Reform and the New York
Times Ad
Petitions
for Reform – to handout to one person at a time (WORD)
Petitions
for Reform – to collect multiple signatures (WORD)
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Campaign for Catholic Responsibility
This Web page is designed to help those interested in promoting
the Petitions for Reform presented in the New York Times ad on Sunday,
February 29th.
Whether
you are a member of a Voice of the Faithful Parish Voice affiliate,
or a concerned Catholic
who heard of our campaign for
Catholic responsibility, you can help make your voice – and
that of other concerned Catholics and people of good will – create
a chorus for change.
How to promote the Petitions for Reform
Online Petition
To support the Petitions for Reform using the internet just follow
these three easy steps.
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1. Sign the petition yourself. You can do this by going to the
Voice of the Faithful Web site, www.voiceofthefaithful.org , and
click on:
Let Your Voice Be Heard. Click Here: 
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After you
sign the petition, forward it to three people who you think
want their voices to
be heard in returning
responsibility to Catholicism. You can do this by clicking
on the “Tell a
friend about this petition” button at the bottom
the online petition.
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Ask them to forward the petition to three people.
You do this by including a note in the message section.
Paper Petition
Not everyone has a computer. Some people will sign a petition on
the street but forget to follow-up at home or maybe not have the
time. You can always bring a physical petition to people and groups
of people, particularly to your Church. Perhaps you can distribute
the petition after Mass or other Church activity. Use your discretion
and creativity. To support the Petitions for Reform using a paper
petition just follow these three easy steps.
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Print out which of the two versions of the petition
you want to use.
• The first, which is the logistically preferable alternative, is
a standard form of a paper petition and can accommodate
up to 8 eight signatures per page.
• The second is essentially a copy of the petition on the internet.
This can be handed out to people and they can either mail
it in themselves or you can collect them.
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Present the petition to people. Answer their
questions. Tell them why you are involved in speaking out. We
have a
special Web page on both the recent John Jay Report and the
report of the National
Review Board that can be accessed from the Voice of
the Faithful home page. Familiarize yourself with it so you
can answer questions.
• Remember to bring pens and clip boards.
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After you collected as many as names as you
can, forward them to Voice of the Faithful, ATTN: Petitions for
Reform,
P.O. Box 423, Newton, MA, 02464 These will then be included with the
online
petitions.
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