If communication goes out for any length of time, meet outside your local Church at 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Tell friends at Church now, in case you can’t then. CORAC teams will be out looking for people to gather in and work with.

Flu Shot

It’s an open question, what’s actually in the flu shots this year. I have tried to find a definitive answer, but the big pharmaceutical companies shun transparency, as we have seen by Pfizer hoarding the damning trial data on the covid shot. We may not know for years what is in this year’s flu shot, but it’s not worth the risk for low efficacy. Some years in the recent past have even shown negative efficacy, which means more people are getting sicker after the shot.
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Antibiotics In a Pinch

You can receive antibiotics ahead of need by filling out a medical questionnaire online at Jase Medical. It will be reviewed for any obvious contra-indications. After approval, you receive 5 commonly-used antibiotics (amoxicillin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, and metronidazole.) You can also get an advance supply of prescriptions you are currently taking. They will not be paid by insurance or Medicare.
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Homesteading

It’s not just us… there is a whole movement afoot to learn homesteading skills before we become the first generation who has no idea how to bring a crop to harvest, make a garment by hand, or preserve food for the winter. When we begin to live more independently, it becomes clear that God has provided for us, in so many ways, through His creation. Rain waters the plants, rises to the clouds, runs to the sea and comes back to us as rain. Ivermectin was a lowly micro-organism found in the soil of Japan. The coffee that brings joy to our mornings goes into the compost bin to enrich our gardens. Homesteading skills insert us back into the cycle of God’s providence, making us aware that He has designed this world for our good.

Here are a couple of sites that are going in that direction. Neither has been fully fleshed out yet, but keep an eye out for them.

• Catholic Homesteader >
• Cathlolic Land Movement >

For The Men

This article is about working with your hands, and how essential that is, especially for men, because of their hard-wired design.
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This website, overall, has a treasury of great stuff for “Catholic Gentlemen.
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Letter From a Parish Priest on the Need For Preparedness

It’s a blessed parish that has a priest willing to recognize what’s going on in the wider world, and to urge his parishioners to be ready. His letter includes an assessment of the probability of upheaval based solely on objective facts, spiritual preparation and material preparation, as well. The complete text is in the Appendix, in English and Spanish.
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Multi-use Plants

Just as it’s handy to have multi-use products in the house, like baking soda, multi-use plants are good to have in your healing garden. A few plants provide a wide array of uses. Read the whole article here: https://www.survivopedia.com/holistic-plants-for- your-garden/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content100722&utm_content=linktext

Aloe Vera. Sunburn, other burns, cuts, acne, anal fissures, and minor skin infections, improves oral hygiene.

Chamomile. Relaxant for anxiety or sleep difficulty, heals wounds, treats inflammation and skin irritations, and diaper rash.

Calendula. Skin irritations, wounds, and burns. Ingested, it can help detoxify the body and heal the gut, gastritis, ulcers, and colitis; antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties.

Ginger aids digestion, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antiviral properties, nausea, joint pains, enhances the digestive processes, soothes a sore throat, fights flu and colds. May help reduce risk of cancer, diabetes, and asthma.

Peppermint fight nausea, antimicrobial and antiseptic, soothe headaches, sore throat, cough, and colds.

Holy Basil. Help lower blood sugar levels, fight inflammation and bacteria, help soothe a cough, treat diabetes, reduce fevers, soothe asthma, and ease digestive issues.

Lavender scent can help treat depression, anxiety, stress, headaches, and insomnia. Topically, it can help ease itchy skin, especially on the scalp. Lavender also has antiviral and antibacterial properties.

Garlic. Reduce the risk of heart disease, fight inflammation, prevent cancer, and get rid of bacteria, possibly reduce blood pressure and cholesterol levels, inhibits growth of Salmonella, E. coli, Pseudomonas, and Staph.

Hawthorn bark can help fight fevers, diuretic, and antispasmodic, fight heart disease by helping treat cardiac weakness, spasms, and murmurs, also sedative for nervous system, help balance blood pressure.

Renewable Sources of Protein

You can put by pouches of tuna and bags of beef jerky, but when that is gone… what? Our gardens will replenish carbohydrates, but we need animals to replenish protein. Poultry is perhaps the easiest answer; first you get the eggs, and then you get the chicken dinner! Find out more about raising chickens:

• Our Animals/Chickens >
• Backyard Chickens >

Testing Soil pH

Most plants will grow in soil of neutral pH, with a value between 6.0 and 7.5, but some plants will thrive only in a more particular range. You can easily test your soil using a commercial kit, for precise results.

If you just want a general idea, try this:

• Dig a soil sample from 4-6 inches deep and remove debris
• Put 1 cup of soil in each of 2 glass jars
• Add enough distilled water to each jar to make mud
• Add ½ cup vinegar to one jar
• If the soil fizzes or bubbles, you have alkaline soil.
• Add ½ cup baking soda to the other, and mix
• If the soil fizzes or bubbles, you have acidic soil.

This is a quick and easy test, and a chemistry lesson for kids, too! (The bubbling and fizzing is the result of the acid neutralizing the base, and vice versa.) It is actually more of a fun science project than a precise gardening tool. To find how exactly how acidic or base your soil is, you need a testing kit. You can pick them up at Walmart, Lowe’s or your garden center, as well as online.

Acidic soil (around 5.5 pH) – add pine needles, sphagnum peat moss, acidic fertilizers to the soil. Contrary to popular belief, coffee grounds are not the best option, as it requires masses of them to make any difference. I have a friend who’s made a deal with the local coffee shop. He takes a bucket once a week, they fill it with grounds, and he trades it out for a fresh bucket each Friday. If you are just using your household grounds, it’s better to add them to your compost, rather than relying on them for acidifying soil.
Methods to make soil more acidic >
Azaleas, Begonias, Hydrangeas. Blueberries, Elderberries, Parsley, Potatoes, Radishes

Alkaline soil (above 7 pH) – add wood ashes or baking soda to the soil Wood ashes – 1 lb per 50 sq ft of soil, spread on surface, water well, taking care not to affect acid-loving plants nearby Baking soda – 1 Tbsp per gallon of water, only applying once every few months. 
Plants That Like Alkaline Soil >
Thyme, Fennel, Oregano, Goji berry, Aloe Vera, Lavender

Do-it-yourself Soil >

County Extension Services

There are agricultural extension services in most counties that have resources for serious gardeners. If you already know your local extension agents, they can help with soil testing and other questions. However, the drive by the USDA to collect a database of gardens makes me slightly wary; the “People’s Garden” initiative sounds like a page from a dystopian novel. To the extent that a local service is funded by the USDA, I would be cautious with your personal information.

Non-lethal Self-defense

Byrna Launchers look like firearms, but are non-lethal self-defense devices that launch a pellet with a chemical irritant. They don’t have to be registered, and cost in the range of an inexpensive pistol.
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New CORAC Comms Help Line

The CORAC Comms Team invites member to join the Helpline Signal group. This group was created to share information and answer questions about radios and procedures used in emergency communications. Members of the CORAC Comm team will provide support. Anyone with the Signal link can join and post. If you do not already have access to Signal on your phone and PC or Mac, go to Signal/Download >, or install from the App Store on your device.

Once Signal has been installed, you can access the CORAC Comms Helpline Signal group by clicking here >

There are already 83 members, including the whole national Comm team. That is a wealth of information!

General Mobile Radio Service – GMRS

The CORAC Communications team has agreed that for the majority of CORAC members, General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is the best radio technology to use to help you stay connected to your family in an emergency. Why? Because there is no exam and one license covers an entire family for only $35, and GMRS radios are simpler than ham (amateur) radios.

You can create an emergency communications (EmComm) plan and explain to your family how and when to use the radios. GMRS radios operate on different frequencies/bands and the FCC applies different regulations than ham radios. With a ham radio license, you are allowed to transmit (talk) on ham frequencies/bands, but you must still have the specific GMRS license to operate on GMRS.

So why get a ham radio license if you only want to use GMRS? If you do, you will have a much better understanding of basic electronics, radio components, signal propagation, regulations, and many other important radio topics.

We encourage you to read the enclosed file, CORAC EmComm Using GMRS Radios, to learn more. (SEE APPENDIX or download the PDF from the website here >

The document emphasizes handhelds as the quickest and least expensive way to begin using GMRS, but we are working on GMRS base station guidelines for those who want to invest in technology to increase the range of their signal. We will let you know when the new GMRS base station document is available.

The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe

On December 12, Our Lady again appeared to Juan on Tepeyac Hill and told him to pick the Castilian roses which miraculously appeared there and bring them to the Bishop as a sign for him to believe Her request.

Juan gathered the roses into his tilma and brought them to the Bishop.

He opened the tilma to show them and, to everyone’s astonishment, the Image of Our Lady appeared on it. The Bishop then built the church as Our Lady had requested and nine million natives were converted and baptized to the one, true faith within the next nine years. Human sacrifice ended in Mexico forever. Our Lady of Guadalupe, (which means Crusher of the serpent’s head), brought the light of the true faith, (crushed the false gods of Mexico,) and established an era of peace.

The Image as Pictograph(2)

The Image of Our Lady is actually an Aztec Pictograph which was read and understood quickly by the Aztec Indians.

1. THE LADY STOOD IN FRONT OF THE SUN – She was greater than their dreaded sun-god “Huitzilopochtli”.

2. HER FOOT RESTED ON THE CRESCENT MOON – She had clearly vanquished their foremost deity, the feather serpent “Quetzalcoatl”.

3. THE STARS STREWN ACROSS THE MANTLE – She was greater than the stars of heaven which they worshipped. She was a virgin and the Queen of the heavens for Virgo rests over Her womb and the northern crown upon Her head. She appeared on December 12, 1531, for the stars that she wore are the constellation of stars that appeared in the sky that day!

4. THE BLUE GREEN HUE OF HER MANTLE – She was a Queen for she wears the color of royalty.

5. THE BLACK CROSS ON THE BROOCH AT HER NECK – Her God was that of the Spanish Missionaries, Jesus Christ Her Son.

6. THE BLACK BELT – She was with child for She wore the Aztec Maternity Belt.

7. THE FOUR-PETAL FLOWER OVER THE WOMB – She was the “Mother of God.” The flower was a special symbol of life, movement and deity – the center of the universe.

8. HER HANDS ARE JOINED IN PRAYER – She was not God but clearly there was one greater than Her and she pointed Her finger to the cross on Her brooch.

9. THE DESIGN ON HER ROSE-COLORED GARMENT – She is the “Queen of the Earth,” for she is wearing a map of Mexico telling the Indians exactly where the apparition took place.

of the Guadalupano mantle proportionally represent the main hills and volcanoes of the orography of Mexico; If the whole image is in the golden ratio, then it has perfect symmetry, therefore it has music,” he said.

The musical notes already expressed in a ruled notebook were placed in a musical computer program and the surprise was great, to hear a beautiful musical harmony that is definitely heavenly sound. In the apparitions, Saint Juan Diego reported hearing a beautiful melody, he indicated.

The Visitations of The Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe (1)

The Missionary Images are actual (5′ x 6′) replicas of the original Miraculous Image of Our Lady which she left on St Juan Diego’s cloak (tilma). They were blessed at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico by the Rector of the Basilica to bring conversions, reverence for life, sanctity of the family and solidarity of the Church America. They have journeyed on Visitations in the New Evangelization throughout the world. The Images have visited each state of the United States in over one thousand parishes and have received the veneration of hundreds of thousands. There have been thousands of Masses, Confessions, hours of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Rosaries in the presence of the Images. Many signs, wonders, conversions, healings, reconciliations, and graces are reported.

Many abortions are prevented and over twenty abortion centers have closed through Our Lady’s intercession by Her Missionary Image after Visitations to them.

The Guardian of the Missionary Images is Dan Lynch of St Albans, Vermont. Mr. Lynch is the Director of a nonprofit tax-exempt apostolate that coordinates the journey of the Images. He is a retired Judge of the State of Vermont, an author, public speaker and audio and video producer.

Text copied from the following sources:

• (1) The Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe (leaflet)
• (2) Dan Lynch. “The Amazing Truth of Our Lady of Guadalupe.” Catholic Exchange (December, 2002)
• (3) “Wow LISTEN to the Beautiful Music Hidden in the Mantle of Our Lady of Guadalupe” >

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