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James Sedlak - A Tribute

A true fighter against Planned Parenthood. He lived in Westchester (or Putnam; we are not sure) while working for IBM and attended grammar school at Holy Name of Mary in Croton on Hudson.

Take the time to read this tribute; a life well-lived.

James W. “Jim” Sedlak

 

"Kathleen Gallagher to Retire as New York State Catholic Conference Pro-Life Activities Director"

After 40 years of work. We're sure she will not be leaving the right to life movement. Thank you Kathy.

 

Dan Brusstar - tribute from Montfort Academy

A very touching tribute even if you have no involvement with Montfort.

Arrangements for Dan, funeral tomorrow January 3rd. - Dan Brusstar, some pictures and arrangements

December 30, 2021

Dear Montfort Academy Family, 

As 2021 comes to a close, we must report the sad news that on Christmas Day The Montfort Academy lost a very dear friend.  Dan Brusstar was a trustee of Montfort for many years before moving to Pennsylvania three years ago.  He and his wife Kathy were among the very first supporters of The Montfort Academy more than twenty years ago, even when it was still just an idea. The Brusstars believed so strongly in Montfort that they sent their three children Joseph, Suzanne, and Mary to the Academy.  Dan and Kathy were also very generous financial contributors to Montfort.  We laughed at every gala auction because Dan would buy up everything, especially paintings.  Kathy would always say, "But we have no space on the walls anymore."  Yet Dan would buy and buy more.  And then a few days later, Kathy would show up at the school and donate it all back to Montfort!  Dan was also fearlessly pro-life.  Often he would contribute funding for the bus to take our students to the annual March for Life.  He also was a supporter of Chris Slattery's Expectant Mother Care.

I depended on Dan's wise advice and counsel, especially on academic matters.  He was passionate about the textbooks we used, especially for history and science.  In his quiet and soft way, he wanted to make sure there was no historical revisionism and that all texts espoused a Catholic world view especially on moral matters.

Many years ago when Dan was first sick, I gave him a small second class relic of Padre Pio, a piece of a handkerchief that once belonged to Padre Pio and which a spiritual daughter of Padre Pio had given to me.  He fought his illness hard and recovered.  One evening at his home, about four years ago, he said he believed that the relic helped him get better.  The entire Montfort faculty and student body prayed for Dan, too, especially on September 6, 2017, the first day of school that year, when he underwent important surgery.  It was successful. Dan was a deeply Catholic and faithful man, husband, father, and friend. 

Dan knew how to bring people together, too.  His passion about his faith was contagious, and many, many people seeking to lead a good life gravitated towards him because he was a great example of a virtuous man.  His children describe him as an "awesome" father.  Many long-lasting friendships came into being because of Dan's humble example.

We will miss Dan and his soft gentlemanliness greatly.  Dan was a cherished son of Suzanne and the late William Brusstar; a devoted brother of John, Greg, Mary Beatrice, Tom, Matt and the late Chuck Brusstar.  He also leaves behind many colleagues at the CME Group, where he had worked for fourteen years, most recently at as Senior Director of Energy Research and Product Development.  Prior to that he worked at the New York Merchantile Exchange.  

The Brusstars invite relatives, friends, and colleagues to Dan's funeral Mass at 11 a.m., Monday, January 3, 2022 at St. Anne’s Chapel on the grounds of National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, 654 Ferry Road, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. A visitation will also be held Sunday evening, January 2, 2022 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Reed and Steinbach Funeral Home, 2335 Lower State Road, Doylestown.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Dan’s name may be made to: Expectant Mother Care, P.O. Box 134, Bronx, New York 10470 or: Good Counsel Homes, 600 Meadowlands Pkwy, Suite 251, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094.

Eternal rest grant unto Dan Brusstar, and may Perpetual Light shine upon him.  May the Divine Assistance always be with us, and may all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace, Amen.

Sincerely,

Richard Greco, Jr.

Dan Brusstar, some pictures and arrangements

UPDATE from Kathy: in lieu of flowers donations may be made to EMCFrontLine.org or Good Counsel Homes.

We posted this two days ago Dan Brusstar  and if you haven't seen it we urge you to.

Thanks to Chris S. for sending us these pictures.

Dan and Kathy

Dan’s wake will be Sunday, January 2nd from 6-8pm (they may go past this time as long as needed) at Reed and Steinbach funeral home  2335 Lower State Rd Doylestown, PA  18901

(about an hour outside of Philadelphia).

 

The funeral Mass will be Monday, January 3rd at 11am at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Doylestown, PA - the service will be followed by a burial and lunch. Mass or condolence cards may be sent to the funeral home, for Kathy Brusstar.

 

 

At the March for Life in the late 1990's. Kathy, partly hidden at the back and Dan holding his son Joe. They are with Chris Slattery and two of his daughters, Brigid and Mary Francis.

Dan Brusstar

We deeply regret having to pass on word that on early Christmas evening Dan lost his five year battle with cancer. In the late 1980's and early 1990's Dan Brusstar was co-head of the Bi-state Operation Rescue Network (BORN) which rev'ed up the prolife movement and saved many babies and their mothers.

We express our profound heartbreak to Kathy, Joe, Suzanne, and Mary Margaret.

Additional information will be passed along as we receive it.

As one of our correspondents commented, "Interesting that Dan, who had devoted so much of his time and energies to the rescue movement and prolife causes, which was all about babies, died on the day of THE BABY........Christmas. Perhaps a small sign from God in his regard."

Rather than a picture of Dan, below are pictures of a baby he saved during the "category zero" rescue in Dobbs Ferry, New York in 1990/1991. While the abortion chamber was being non-violently blockaded by over 50 people, Dan spoke to the mother, starting with "You don't really want to be here." Dan and Fr. Joseph Irwin took her for coffee. The result was a turnaround and her baby boy was born about five months later. Trinity Parish in Mamaroneck gave aid to the family for about two years - the boy would now be about 30 years old.

We can verify the pictures. No names since this site is regularly looked at by the pro-abortion people and even all these years later they could try and harass the family.

 

Highlights: 2021 Good Counsel Homes Fr. Groeschel annual award luncheon

This was a  lovely event. A good video to send around to promote Good Counsel.

"What I've Learned In 30 Years Of Praying In Front Of Abortion Facilities"

From our co-director

What I've Learned In 30 Years Of Praying In Front Of Abortion Facilities (thefederalist.com)

 

I have been going to abortion facilities to pray for 30 years. I have watched as “safe and rare” has turned into “abortion at any time for any reason.” I have witnessed the hardening of hearts, which I believe can often be attributed to the silent suffering of those who have experienced abortion.

We are told abortion is “women’s health,” that life will go back to “normal” with the termination of an “unwanted pregnancy,” that abortion is common, and even that it “saves lives.” Despite tons of evidence to the contrary, the adverse impact of abortion on millions of women is still denied, leaving them to feel crazy and alone if they in fact don’t find peace with their abortions.

As the abortion debate again fills headlines and minds while the Supreme Court deliberates on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that could see a reversal of Roe v. Wade, I’ve been feeling that we do not speak clearly enough to the heart of the mother going in for an abortion.

Hit the link for the whole article.

Awesome: "Progressive" feminist group does Red Rose style rescue in Virginia.

The rescue was on November 16th. Here's some info off the RRR facebook page and the rescuer's entire press release is below, explaining their pro-life position.

Seven Pro-lifers arrested in Rescue today Nov. 16, 2021 from new group called Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising-- and Two Red Rose Rescuers--Lauren handy and Jonathan Darnell participated. Five women left the clinic during the rescue that took place at the abortion center in Alexandria, VA. see here their press release. https://mailchi.mp/4b9.../progressive-pro-lifers-arrested...

They were charged with trespassing-- and all are released from jail.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ALEXANDRIA VA  - This morning activists from Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising entered 5999 Stevenson Ave Medical Complex where the largest abortionist provider in Northern Virginia, Alexandria Women's Health Clinic, is located. There they entered the abortion facility’s lobby as well as stationed themselves around the medical complex for the eventual goal of shutting down Alexandria Women's Health Clinic for the day. This is an act of non violent direct action which directly disrupts the cycle of abortion violence. Founder and Executive Director of PAAU, Terrisa Bukovinac explains, “Social justice can only be achieved when people from every corner of society are willing to put their bodies in-between those being oppressed and their oppressors. Late capitalism fuels the commodification and killing of unborn children along with their parents who are exploited and coerced into abortion for profit.” Inside the building, they offer help to abortion-minded families, counsel them to change their minds about aborting their babies, and information on local resource centers. Activists stationed around the building pass out flyers encouraging businesses to put pressure on building management that “Abortion is Bad Business” Typically in these situations when asked to leave the facility by law enforcement, each activist offers an act of non-violent passive defense of the unborn children about to die. This usually results in the activists’ arrests and possible incarceration.  Activist and organizer Lauren Handy shared, “Abortion does not disappear societal problems, they disappear human beings and at Alexandria Women's Health Clinic that’s an average 7000 preborn children killed each year. We must take bold and decisive action if prolifers want to even begin to stem the tide against such violence.” Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, launching October 1st of this year, works to mobilize grassroots pro-life activists for direct action, to dismantle the pervasive and exploitive influence of the abortion industrial complex, and to uphold the progressive values of equality, nonviolence, and non-discrimination for the most marginalized among us: the unborn victims killed by abortion violence. “The Abortion Industrial Complex professes their care for marginalized communities, while at the same time capitalizing from the bias society holds against them through aborting these groups for profit. Their industry is rooted in violence against already vulnerable people, only when members of these communities, like those from PAAU, stand up to end this violence will it end.” Kristin Turner, Communications Director for PAAU. For interviews and questions contact: Terrisa Bukovinac | 404-388-6464

Former Planned Parenthood director exposes pro abortion SC justice

A 3 minute video interview with Abby Johnson. She's referencing Justice Sonia Sotomayor (who is a graduate of Cardinal Spellman HS). We've put excerpts from Sotomayor's comments below the video. Draw your own conclusions.

 

This is after the issue of fetal pain came up - Sotomayor's point -

Sotomayor - generally a "follow the science" person - on when life begins -

A true believer-- in the Democratic Party. My Party, right or wrong, but right or wrong my Party.

 

 

From NRO: "Justices Show Supreme Skepticism of Roe"

SAD: Some young women outside the Supreme Court, claiming to be taking abortion pills...

From National Review online -

Veterans of Supreme Court cases past know that it is risky to read the tea leaves from questions at argument, but it is hard to see how the argument could have gone much better for the pro-life cause.

The lawyers for the abortion clinic and for the Biden administration insisted on an all-or-nothing outcome, giving the Court no alternative path to uphold the Mississippi law without overruling Roe. Every effort by Chief Justice John Roberts to find some potential compromise standard was rebuffed. That is a risky strategy when the likeliest way to disappoint pro-lifers is the Court’s incrementalists preferring to bend rather than break Roe, but it reflects the calcified, uncompromising extremism of the pro-choice movement.

Nobody seriously defended Roe as a correct reading of the Constitution. Its defenders instead circled the wagons around the institutional importance of adhering to past precedents. Justice Breyer, sounding very much like a man who expected to end up on the losing side of the case, thundered about the Court’s institutional need to avoid revisiting past decisions even if seriously erroneous. Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested, implausibly, that a decision overturning a longstanding precedent could lead to the Court throwing out Marbury v. Madison and discarding the Second Amendment — even though she herself has already voted to overturn D.C. v. Heller. These same arguments could have been made for keeping the pro-segregation Plessy v. Ferguson decision 58 years later in Brown v. Board of Education.