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Lumina, post abortion healing Advent dinner

This year's Lumina Advent Dinner "Lighting the Way to Christ and Healing" took place Thursday, December 4th at the Hilton Westchester, in Rye Brook, NY. There were several wonderful talks, and Lumina Director Theresa Bonopartis laid out the past year's accomplishments and future goals. You can read it here.

And here are her last three sentences:

And so I will end where I began

“Mercy is love that suffers the evil of another to affirm his dignity so that he does not have to suffer alone.” Pope JP II

Christ did that for us, may we always by His grace do the same for others.

Below, from left to right, Brianna Timlin, Chris Bell, Bishop Peter Byrne, honoree Linda Cochrane, and Theresa Bonopartis.

Linda was the developer of the first post-abortion recovery program, "Forgiven and Set Free." She also co-authored "Healing a Father's heart," a post-abortion Bible Study for men.

 

 

Join the Sisters of Life and Lumina at St. Patrick's on January 15!

(LifeNet Note: EWTN will be filming the event, so join us for this powerful witness for life!)

 

A MORNING OF PRAYERFUL REMEMBRANCE AND INTERCESSION:

Saturday, January 15, 2011:  9 a.m.-12 Noon, St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Our Lady’s Chapel), 460 Madison Avenue (at 5^th Avenue), New York City.  

 

The hidden wounds of abortion affect each of us.  Whether it be one’s neighbor, co-worker, friend, relative, maybe oneself…as a community we have all been touched.  Join us as we anticipate the observance of the 38th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion.  We will gather to pray and intercede on behalf of our entire nation, seeking forgiveness and healing in God’s merciful love.

 

The day will include personal testimonies from those who have been affected by abortion, intercessory prayer, Eucharistic adoration & rosary, opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass – Fr. Mariusz Koch, CFR main celebrant. 

 

Sponsored by the Family Life/Respect Life Office (Sisters of Life) – Archdiocese of NY and Lumina Hope and Healing after Abortion.  For further info call Lumina 1-877-586-4621, or email lumina@postabortionhelp.org

 

Sr. Lucy Marie

Respect Life Coordinator

Archdiocese of New York

1011 First Ave., 7th Floor

New York, NY  10022

212-371-1011 X3192 

Mon-Thurs 9:45am-4:45pm

 

"Advent is concerned with that very connection between memory and hope which is so necessary to man.  Advent’s intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose of the Church’s year is continually to rehearse her great history of memories, to awaken the heart’s memory so that it can discern the star of hope.…It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope."

Pope Benedict