The following comes from a May 15 story in the Hanford Sentinel. A July 9 story in Cal Catholic detailed the pro-abortion record of Leticia Perez.
Slapping an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe on a campaign flier isn’t having the positive effect Leticia Perez hoped for in her bid for the 16th state Senate District seat.
In fact, it’s had the opposite effect, generating some criticism of the Kern County supervisor for using a religious symbol to gain support for her campaign.
The campaign flier, distributed in Hispanic neighborhoods, features a large image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, said to have been an apparition of Mary, the mother of Jesus, made to an Indian peasant in 1532.
The Virgin has long been associated with Mexico as an important national image.
Below the image in the flier is a prayer implying that Mary caused a large Hispanic turnout last November that helped put Democrats in power and “protected” Hispanics.
“Blessed Virgin, please help us,” the flier said. “Last November, Leticia Perez and the 61,000 Latinos who voted here protected us. Please inspire our community to vote again on May 21.”
At the bottom of the flier is a tagline noting the advertisement was paid for by Perez for Senate 2013, the candidate’s official campaign committee.
Perez is one of five candidates running in a special primary election Tuesday. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two finishers will meet again July 23.
Someone who saw the flier complained to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno, which issued a statement.
“The Diocese of Fresno does not participate or intervene in a political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate,” said Teresa Dominguez, a spokeswoman for the diocese.
Local pastors criticized the flier for trying to co-opt God to support a political campaign.
“It’s a grab for the Latinos, but I don’t like it,” said Rev. Michael Lastiri, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Hanford. “It’s just in bad taste to use religious imagery to get a vote, because then it makes it look like the Virgin Mary doesn’t like the other guy.”
Perez told The Sentinel that she was sorry.
“I apologize deeply and sincerely for any offense I may have caused,” she said. “My hope was to be able to inspire hope in people that when they are active and involved, they can affect the future of their communities.”
To read the entire story, click here.
Sad that so many Latinos (largely those who support the Democrat Party) are self loathing and would rather contracept and kill their unborn children than raise large families. Ms. Perez simply is a product of her times, where natural and moral law have been relegated to the pasture. And to use an image of Our Lady to win an election as a death and debauchery Democrat is heinous.
Clinton, this feminist not only used an image of Our Lady to boost her pro-abortion candidacy, but she used an image of the Patroness of the Pro-Life Movement! You can’t sink much lower than that!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Perez looks like she’s on coke.
I don’t see it…I may be changing here but I don’t agree with that comment, she may be in bad will but to say on drugs…it’s something else….sorry Skai
To use the sacred icon of Guadalupe for vile political purposes is despicable. It is fraud and a snide attempt to deceive the voters. Her bishop should have a chat with her, but then, who am I kidding? He’ll probably vote for her.
Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart
Adorable Heart of Jesus, glowing with love for us and inflamed with zeal for our salvation, behold us humbly prostrate before Thee to express the sorrow that fills our hearts for the coldness and indifference with which we have so long requited the numberless benefits which Thou hast conferred upon us.
It was our sins that overwhelmed Thy Heart with bitterness; it was the weight of our iniquities that pressed down Thy face to the earth in the Garden of Olives that caused Thee to expire in anguish and agony on the cross. But now, repenting and sorrowful, we cast ourselves at Thy feet and implore forgiveness.
Adorable Heart of Jesus, source of true contrition and ever merciful to the penitent sinner, impart to our hearts the spirit of penance and give to our eyes a fountain of tears that we may sincerely bewail our sins now and for the rest of our days. Oh would that we could blot them out even with our blood.
Divine Jesus, with Thee there is mercy and plentiful redemption. Deliver us from our sins; accept the sincere desire we now entertain and our holy resolutions henceforth to be faithful to Thee. Strengthen our weakness; confirm these our resolutions of amendment; and as Thy Sacred Heart is a refuge and hope when we have sinned, may it be the strength and support of our repentance so that nothing in life or death may ever again separate us from Thee. Amen.
The paid politicals always look at Hispanics as easily persuaded by any signs of Our Lady of Guadalupe. They use it as a seal of approval to gain votes. I remember when the DEMs conducted a voter registration drive in San Bernardino, they called it a “Rally for Life,” and the Bishop (a pawn of the DEMs) was flanked by people carrying Our Lady of Guadalupe banners.
Of course, all the speakers were leftist DEMs and booths were manned by the Communist Party and the pro-aborts.
Painfully appalling to witness the tight collaboration between the Catholic bishop
and the hard Left.
John,
Do you think he is a Catholic bishop in the eyes of God or is he an apostate bishop in the eyes of God?
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Please, please pray to Our Lady of Guadalupe especially FOR these pro-abort politicians, not that they would win elections, but that their hearts may be converted. Indeed, beg Our Blessed Mother’s intercession, under her title of OLG, for all the Latino politicians already in office in CA who have been led astray by money and power and who continue to try to lead astray the Catholic faithful in their communities. Please, every day, beg Our Lady of Guadalupe’s intercession for all of our civil officials and Church leaders. Patroness of the Unborn, Patroness of the Americas, pray for us!
(And maybe send a few charitable letters to Perez, convicting her/questioning her about how she could possibly justify using such a sacred image of our Blessed Mother – especially the one most associated with pro-life and motherhood.)
Is she even Catholic? On her campaign website it says her parents are pastors. She probably has no idea what Guadalupe means. Or, rather, she sees it as only a symbol of “Hispanidad”, able to be used as a marketing tool like she did. God help us.
It’s appalling and outrageous what these consciensless demonrats, especially the Latins, attempt to foist upon the members of their own ethnicity, and add egregiousness to their attempts when they themselves are PRO-MURDER (pro legalized abortion), and USE the wonderful and blessed image of OL GUADALUPE to sell their evil ways. It literally boggles the mind! And that’s why I call them conscienseless. And her “apology” for doing so? It’s substanceless and delusional. Who does she think she’s kidding? The only way I see for it to mean anything is if she pulls OUT of her race for the 16th state Senate District race. Anything else smacks of rank self-serving political hackery. And sometimes it seems like the old saying about ‘the meek inheriting the earth,’ etc., should be changed to “and the SHAMELESS shall inherit the POLITICAL earth” It’d make more sense to me if they’d be honest like that. For shameless is EXACTLY what the demonrat party now constituted is really all about. But what else should we expect of a political party founded in DEFENSE of human slavery, and obfuscating that fact ever since? O HOLY MOTHER OF GUADALUPE, PLEASE PRAY FOR US AND DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL DEPRADATIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY DEMOCRATIC PARTY. GOD BLESS ALL, MARKRITE
She’s desperate, because, against all odds, Andy Vidak, who in my opinion is an excellent, hard-working, sensible, non-politician (he is an agriculture-guy who has made his own business and fought for economic survival for 30 or so years) is going to beat her (she is a lawyer and has been trying to ascend the political ladder, having recently been a county supervisor and is being pumped up by several hundred thousand $$$’s of SEIU (Union) money). No, she is not Catholic, but trying to pretend to be one: she was raised evangelical Christian by her parents, who are evangelicals (nothing wrong with that) but she is now pro-abort “D” and that stands for Demon-crat.
Matchbook lawyers gone wild.
Do not Forget Mexico Socialists have killed more Catholics than any other American country.
Bwangie,
VIVA CRISTO REY!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
This is a new low, even for a politician.
Congresswitch Loretta Sanchez Brixey has done the same thing, and she did it before this other witch. I am only proud of my Mexican heritage when I meet every Saturday with pr0-life Mexicanos at the Anaheim Planned Parenthood where we pray the whole Rosary.
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Mr Fisher I understand your sentiments….I have difficult people in my life who are very liberal or at least lukewarm whom I sometimes just want to call them a name or two. I read your comments and I must say that we are human and your comments only express the hurt and frustrations we feel with immoral people especially those who promote sinful things through political gain…..especially when they disrespect what we consider holy.
But I do still pray and do care for their salvation, it’s not the person I am hurt by or angered at but at the injustice and sins that they promote.
What a totally DECEITFUL LADY!! Ms. Perez– SHAME ON YOU!!
“Local pastors criticized the flier for trying to co-opt God to support a political campaign.”
Not the first time; won’t be the last.
I still maintain that she looks like a coke head.
Practice run for the grande “Abomination of Desolation”.
I doubt she even knows that the original icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe is of the Virgin pregnant with the Lord Jesus. Would she have him aborted too? I just do not understand any of this any more. I have known people who have told me they go to abortion protests then turn right around and vote for pro abortion politicians. It all seems a giant Catch Twenty.
OL Guadalupe is the teen Mary that’s preggars with Baby Jesus.
If that scene were recreated today Mary would be advised to abort if she wanted to have a better economic and social life.
Oh, how right you are Southside Loco, and oh, how wrong they are. In the end our Lord sees and rewards in more ways than one.
And by the way, Southside Loco, you are not so “loco”. You are far more sane than many others.
Southside Loco, we had a replica painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe at our parish. It was very beautiful but it was Our Lady, not a teenager. Our Lady as depicted in the painting that I saw was an adult woman.
then ask your pastor to have it replaced with an exact replica. then have him research the image and it’s various important symbols, and also preach on it. if it is an exact image, then you can research it yourself, adjust your eyes, and appreciate what our Mother gave to us.
“Replica painting”, PA? Explain please how any painting of OLG from the Tilma would be anything other that a replica? So, why did you use that word? Were you sleeping that day in middle school when your nuns explained the wordiness of such style?
PA, Blessed Mary Ever Virgin was maybe sixteen at time of Fiat. Do you want to explain your view on the topic? Please do the research first, though, thanks.
Mark PA, women got married in their teens during the time of the Lord Jesus’s birth because people did not live as long then. Women matured very early during our Lord’s time, and the average woman got married around fifteen and had already been taught how to take care of a family. I think that is what Southside Loco meant. Although we should not encourage teenage girls to get pregnant out of wedlock or married so young now, we do need to help them carry the child to term if they do get pregnant and help them to adopt out, etc. to give the child a better life if they and the father are too immature. There are pro life crisis pregnancy centers that help such young women and older college age women get an education, if they will co operate, during their pregnancies.
Mark PA, actually in our icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe — which sadly has faded with time — the Virgin does have a very young, innocent face. It is probably closer to the original as I purchased it in front of the original chapel or church (first one built) of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City many years ago. The original chapel is right near the newer basilica.
I don’t know who she is….this is the first time I heard of her. But if she is a liberal as many say here that she is…she has no business using our Lady like this…this is misleading many.
When I was shopping a our local department store. there was a young man wearing a rosary over his head. I said nice rosary… He said thank you but kept walking and I said loudly, so do you pray it? He didn’t respond and I continued by saying ” I pray that you do..”
Good for you, Abeca Christian. Good for you. We all need a reminder now and then. I had stopped praying the Rosary for awhile, and now I am back into saying it every day. We can get into some very bad habits of not praying, especially for others and for graces for ouselves. I was going to go buy something today, Sunday, that was unnecessary because I had a 20% off coupon, but my good angel reminded me — Is it necessary? It is not so I will look to the Lord to reward me in His way for not doing unnecessary shopping on the Lord’s Day.
Thank you Anne T….it is your encouragement and others here who help me stay on the right track through your prayers in Christ.
i would have thought you were just nuts and ignored you to0. sometimes, people on here sound crazy. why don’t we just calm down and let the Holy Spirit use us as instruments, instead of trying to force Him to use us as weapons. seriously, i know what it is like to be sick and tired of being sick and tired, but we have to tone it down. we are becoming a cabal of disgusted people dancing around a fire fuelled by anger. let’s just stop. bad news tells us where, when, and how to act. good news tells us where, when, and how to do more. our Father knows what He’s doing. let’s act like it. we are not the power that changes anything. remember that. please.
SomeOther John….your post name is telling but I don’t know what you mean?? you lost me with your comments here…..don’t get what you mean..Anne and I were having a good dialogue, it was peaceful and certainly not angry as you describe it. I hope that if we do ever get angry it would be the righteous anger in which is most pleasing to our Lord. : )
So relax a little there Johnny boy.
Some Other John, Abeca could have said it a little quieter, which would have been preferred, but I know what she is talking about. The Rosary is not supposed to be worn but prayed, and many young people use it just for decoration now. Crosses and such have been so misused by young actors and actresses in some very immoral programs and activities.
On the other hand, a nice young man would have replied to his elder, “Yes, I do pray it.” That the younger man did not does say something about HIM.
some other John I re-read your comments….well I guess you are entitled to your opinion and you sure have a strong one if at least that. So more power to you. I can respect that. : )
It’s interesting, it’s not something that I planned when I saw the young man wearing the Rosary, and I suppose giving complete credit to my faith, I trust that it was not my doing, but I was prompted to say that. So I obeyed my instincts and who knows, maybe our Lady wanted me to say that.
There is part of the faith that we do not understand so well, the spiritual side of it…maybe our Lady or his guardian Angel wanted to encourage him.
After all I did not lie, it was a nice Rosary and with a big smile the words came out of me without planned. (maybe it was also a reminder for me to pray the rosary more often) Often a times, I am caught off guard and say nothing and looking back I wish I would of said something but didn’t but this time….I don’t know what came over me….that is faith…can’t be explained …….some people see things through their own eye’s but if we saw it God’s way…..well that is another thing.
Hi folks speaking of rosary’s….guess what I saw today in the Mall as I was passing the GUESS clothing store…..they had a mannequin and it was wearing a rosary, I had to look twice because I did not believe my eye’s…this name brand store used it as a style necklace and placed it on their mannequin. It must be a popular thing now…I suppose.
“Never will we be able to understand our times if we naively ‘think’ of this system of self Government as the work of a few gangsters or the creation of a pack of criminals we call a political party. The appeal of Socialism, Fascism and communism was principally negative; they were protests against a live and let live anything goes liberalism, a spineless indifference to causes, a failure to recognize that nothing was evil enough to hate, and nothing was good enough to die for.” — Fulton J. Sheen
I remember reading how Archbishop Sheen used to go to stores to buy crosses that were not selling to give them away free to people whom he thought needed one. He could not stand to see holy things sitting in stores day after day and no one buying them. He was horrified when someone melted down a silver cross to use for money or some other thing. He said something to the effect, “Some people will sell our Lord for thirty pieces of silver.” Servant Of God Archbishop Sheen pray for us that we never sell the Lord for thirty pieces of silver.
I never knew that, thank you Anne for sharing that with me.
I wonder what we need to do to help him be acknowledged as a saint? I don’t know if it’s right to ask for his intercession for my personal current situations in my life. I wouldn’t know how to ask really? I usually ask our Lord, my guardian Angel, my favorite saints and our Lady instead….right now I could use some miracles.
Abeca, just look up the website for Archbishop Sheen’s canonization. There is an official prayer on there asking for his intercession. Just put something like “Prayer for Archbishop Sheen’s intecession” in your search bar, and one such site should come up.
Thank you Anne T.
As I said once before several years ago on here, “Run Our Lady of Guadalupe, run. The devil is chasing you. Run! as far away from him as you can.” Inspired by the New Testament book of Revelation, Chapters 11 and 12.
Perez’ picture is heavily worked, including air brushed … This scam picture makes her look like a teenager … kinda strange when noting that OLG was likely a teenager also. Google up Perez’ name and click on images … You’ll find she’s added a few years … maybe 20 of them.
I was wondering what you meant, Skai, and did not have time to ask. Now I know.
Anne T., she looks dishonest. Very subtle facial poise, eyes … looks like extreme vanity, no sense of modesty reflected … My gut reaction at seeing this face translated into the label “coke head”, because such people are always in need of chemical sedation, maybe in her case it is prescription drugs. I would not trust that face for head of the dog catcher dept.
sounds like critiquing wine or something…
Skai I hope you don’t dislike me for this but I didn’t like you saying that this woman was a coke head. I hope that you can display a holy and gentlemanly demeanor. I understand that we are disgusted with her actions and more but we can’t stoop her level. Especially with you being a gentleman. I don’t want others to think ill of you, I know that you can voice your disgust in better ways.
You are better than that Skai….God bless you my friend. : )
Yes, Skai, please stop the name calling. You have insulted a lot of people on various of our blogs when it was unncessary. I agree that the picture has probably been tampered with as many pictures of politicians celebrities are, but that does not mean she is a “coke head” We have a right to say when people are wrong and why they are wrong, but we have no right to falsely accuse them when they is no evidence of such behavior.
Correction: my fourth to last line should read “politicians AND celebrities”.