75 participants including Bishop Peter Byrne who is now assigned in the Bronx. Thanks to Forty Days for Life organizing this, and Carmelite Fr. Justin and Bishop Byrne leading the Stations in English and Spanish.
April 02, 2021
March 29, 2021
Good Friday Stations of the Cross, 10AM at the Greenburgh Planned Parenthood abortion chamber
Could you not watch one hour with Me?” (Mk 14:34)
Here are the details.
Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion
Where: Sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood, 175 Tarrytown Road, White Plains, NY 10607
When: Friday, April 2, 2021 at 10:00AM
Through His Holy Passion, Our Lord united Himself with all the victims of suffering in this life. None suffer more innocently than children in the womb whose lives are taken by abortion. On Good Friday, we remember all the victims of abortion—the children lost, the mothers wounded, the communities blighted—in a solemn, ecumenical prayer service of the Stations of the Cross. Please join us as we pray for healing for the victims of abortion and for a final end to this injustice in our land.
God bless from the 40 Days for Life White Plains Team!
Support Archbishop Naumann v. pro-abortion Catholics
The pro-abortion/pro-choice wing of the Catholic Church is after him. Their petition denouncing his position regarding pro-abortion Catholic politicians has received 19,000 signatures (or so they say).
Here's the proper petition response organized by CatholicVote so you can hit their link or below to respond. CatholicVote currently has over 24,000 signatures. Let's get it over 100,000. Archbishop Naumann gave the homily at the March for Life Prayer Vigil for Life in January. It was wonderful - and he emphasized the need for a coherent understanding of the Eucharist. Pope Francis and "The Bishops and Eucharistic Coherence"
From CatholicVote:
A left-wing group wants Archbishop Joseph Naumann fired. Naumann, of course, is the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. He has spent his life as a priest and bishop courageously defending the sanctity of life.
Their charge: Naumann’s criticisms of Joe Biden’s pro-abortion policies are scandalous!
The radical left-wing group, Faith in Public Life, has said Archbishop Naumann’s “personal, single-issue, culture-war attacks” are “dangerous.” They are especially angry that Naumann took issue with Biden calling himself a “devout Catholic” while advocating for taxpayer funded abortion.
So what has Naumann actually said?
On Biden, Naumann has been clear: “I want to protect my people from being misled. His actions, right now, do mislead… [t]hey do create confusion for people in terms of what the Church believes and teaches.”
This is exactly what must be said! The scandal is Joe Biden, not Archbishop Naumann.
That’s why I’ve just signed an Open Letter to Archbishop Joseph Naumann letting him know that faithful Catholics have his back and stand with him. Several other national pro-life leaders have signed the letter as well, and we expect more to join every day.
Please add your name to our Open Letter to Archbishop Naumann!
The left-wing group behind the campaign against Naumann has bragged about 19,000 people signing their letter (many of them likely not even Catholic).
I really want to show Archbishop Naumann that as many Catholics as possible also stand with him. Can we get 20,000 (ed. note; already past that number) or more Catholics to stand with Archbishop Naumann?
Our bishops are often (sometimes justly) criticized. But we should be equally outspoken in thanking them when they courageously defend the teachings of our Church.
Now is one of those times.
Please sign our Open Letter to Archbishop Naumann now!
For life,
Brian Burch
March 24, 2021
Replay: the March for Life videoconference - "Behind the Scenes on Capitol Hill"
This video presentation was watched by over 1,300 people on March 18th. The link to the replay is right below along with the text of the message we were sent.
Behind the Scenes on Capitol Hill with March for Life
Dear Marcher,
Thank you for joining our video conference call! We hope the event left you more informed about what is happening in Washington D.C., and better equipped to take action to protect the unborn.
If this event has inspired you, please consider giving a gift to the March for Life today so that we can continue to educate and mobilize pro-life America. Give your gift today at marchforlife.org/give-today.
Thank you again for marching with us to make abortion unthinkable.
For Life,
Katrina Gallic
March for Life Education and Defense Fund
Director of Development
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Thank you for joining our video conference call! We hope the event left you more informed about what is happening in Washington D.C., and better equipped to take action to protect the unborn.
If this event has inspired you, please consider giving a gift to the March for Life today so that we can continue to educate and mobilize pro-life America. Give your gift today at marchforlife.org/give-today.
Thank you again for marching with us to make abortion unthinkable.
For Life,
Katrina Gallic
March for Life Education and Defense Fund
Director of Development
202-234-3300x109
Please send your questions, comments and feedback to: [email protected].
March 17, 2021
Pope Francis and "The Bishops and Eucharistic Coherence"
Here are two good perspectives:
The Bishops and Eucharistic Coherence
In 2013, Pope Francis said:
“We should commit ourselves to ‘eucharistic coherence,’ that is, we should be conscious that people cannot receive Holy Communion and at the same time act or speak against the commandments, in particular when abortion, euthanasia, and other serious crimes against life and family are facilitated. This responsibility applies particularly to legislators, governors, and health professionals.”
As well as this commentary from Archbishop Naumann, who chairs the U.S. Catholic bishops’ pro-life committee -
Biden “doesn’t believe what we believe about the sacredness of human life,” Naumann said, according to the Daily Wire. And unless he repents, he should not receive the Eucharist, the archbishop continued.
“Obviously, the president doesn’t believe what we believe about the sacredness of human life, or he wouldn’t be taking the actions that he is,” Naumann said. “And yet, he continues to receive the Eucharist. We can’t judge his heart. But we consider the action itself a grave moral evil.”
He said the president’s repeated claims to faith coupled with his anti-Catholic policies have created a difficult challenge for Catholic leaders.
“One of the issues is the extent to which he supports legalized abortion, even to the point of wanting all Americans to fund abortion,” Naumann said. “But the bigger issue, for us … is that he does these things, and then in reply to questions about them, he or his press secretary says, ‘Biden’s a devout Catholic.’ Whether he intends it or not, he’s basically saying to people, ‘You can be a good Catholic and do similar things.’”
Biden already has made abortion on demand a priority in his administration. Just two days after taking office, he celebrated the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that led to the unnecessary killing of more than 62 million unborn babies in abortions.
March 04, 2021
Aleteia - 12 couples reveal why they got pregnant during the pandemic
Uplifting and nice - the slideshow in the link is quick and without commercial interruption.
Some families are welcoming new life, and hope, during a difficult time.
February 28, 2021
2021 International Gift of Life Walk in Manhattan - March 25th
Below are the details. You can call Pat Godfrey at 914 636 6093 or email at <[email protected]> for more information or to make a reservation for a bus going from Iona College -
(7:30 AM March 25, 2021--free parking in the rear behind the parking garage at Iona College, North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY. $ 25 adults--$15-students (Pay Ed on the bus that morning.)
Please wear your mask . The bus should return to Iona College sometime around/after 12:30PM ( with traffic jams 1PMl? 1:30PM? ).
February 18, 2021
Melissa Ohden interview: An abortion survivor
As she mentions the CDC says 400-500 people survive being aborted every year. Melissa was at a fundraiser in White Plains in 2019. She was saved in 1977 by a nurse who rushed her to the hospital neonatal unit. Ultimately Melissa was adopted. She has an MSW degree. Her story is compelling - especially about tracking down her biological relations (including her birth mother) who she now has a close relationship with. Not mentioned - the abortion attempt was a saline abortion. Astonishing she has no disabilities.
A great 20 minute interview with a wonderful and articulate advocate. Go here Melissaohden.com and also here abortionsurvivors.org for more.
February 09, 2021
Pope Francis: protect life "From conception in the womb until natural death"
Most of Pope Francis comments on the right to life from conception to natural death are suppressed by the media. But you already knew that. We loved his comment a couple of years ago that abortionists were "Nazis wearing white gloves."
“It is painful to note that under the pretext of guaranteeing presumed subjective rights, a growing number of legal systems in our world seem to be moving away from their inalienable duty to protect human life at every one of its phases,” the pope said, noting how the so-called “right” to abortion destroys unborn babies’ right to life.
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The pope said society must respect the right to life for every human being, born and unborn.
“If we deprive the weakest among us of the right to life, how can we effectively guarantee respect for every other right?” he questioned.
Every person “is an end in himself or herself, and never simply a means to be valued only for his or her usefulness,” the pope said. “Persons are created to live together in families, communities and societies, where all are equal in dignity.”
Many times, Pope Francis has condemned abortion and urged Christians to protect every human life. In 2018, he caused outrage among abortion activists after comparing abortion to “hiring a hitman” to kill unborn babies. He frequently describes aborted babies as victims of a “throwaway culture” and encourages society to recognize their value.
February 08, 2021
February 01, 2021
January 23, 2021
January 22, 2021
Washington events on January 29th - even with the formal March a virtual event!
While the March for Life will be a "virtual" event - - You can sign-up here to participate in the virtual March for Life.
This is what else is going on -
From: Citizens for a Pro-Life Society News <[email protected]>
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Subject: Pro-Life Pickets in D.C. Jan 29th in Honor of Joseph Scheidler-- See Details!
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January 19, 2021
Joe Scheidler, the great Chicago Pro-life leader, gone at age 93.
Over the years he had many visits to the NY area. He was responsible for the conversion of dozens of abortionists, and an unnumbered crowd of people are walking the earth today because of his efforts. Below are some tributes.
From the Pro-Life Action League, which he founded -
Joe’s career as a pro-life activist took him to every state in U.S. and countries on four continents, as well as through countless court battles, including the notorious NOW v. Scheidler RICO case, the longest case in U.S. federal court history and the only one to make three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, including 8-1 and 8-0 rulings in 2003 and 2006 that fully vindicated him. His 1985 book CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion, a centerpiece of the NOW v. Scheidler trial, became the manual for pro-life activists throughout the world. Joe Scheidler died of pneumonia at the age of 93 at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home on Chicago’s northwest side. Joe is survived by his wife Ann, seven children, twenty-six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly in his official obituary.
- View more at: https://prolifeaction.org/2021/pro-life-action-league-mourns-the-death-of-founder-joe-scheidler/
- View more at: https://prolifeaction.org/2021/pro-life-action-league-mourns-the-death-of-founder-joe-scheidler/
Joe’s career as a pro-life activist took him to every state in U.S. and countries on four continents, as well as through countless court battles, including the notorious NOW v. Scheidler RICO case, the longest case in U.S. federal court history and the only one to make three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, including 8-1 and 8-0 rulings in 2003 and 2006 that fully vindicated him. His 1985 book CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion, a centerpiece of the NOW v. Scheidler trial, became the manual for pro-life activists throughout the world. Joe Scheidler died of pneumonia at the age of 93 at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home on Chicago’s northwest side. Joe is survived by his wife Ann, seven children, twenty-six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly in his official obituary.
- View more at: https://prolifeaction.org/2021/pro-life-action-league-mourns-the-death-of-founder-joe-scheidler/
- View more at: https://prolifeaction.org/2021/pro-life-action-league-mourns-the-death-of-founder-joe-scheidler/
Joe’s career as a pro-life activist took him to every state in U.S. and countries on four continents, as well as through countless court battles, including the notorious NOW v. Scheidler RICO case, the longest case in U.S. federal court history and the only one to make three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, including 8-1 and 8-0 rulings in 2003 and 2006 that fully vindicated him. His 1985 book CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion, a centerpiece of the NOW v. Scheidler trial, became the manual for pro-life activists throughout the world. Joe Scheidler died of pneumonia at the age of 93 at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home on Chicago’s northwest side. Joe is survived by his wife Ann, seven children, twenty-six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly in his official obituary.
- View more at: https://prolifeaction.org/2021/pro-life-action-league-mourns-the-death-of-founder-joe-scheidler/
- View more at: https://prolifeaction.org/2021/pro-life-action-league-mourns-the-death-of-founder-joe-scheidler/
This from Life News -
This from Human Life International -
Here is Joe with the late Father Paul Marx, founder of Human Life International.
January 12, 2021
Missouri: the first abortion-free state
If true, certainly wonderful news. One down, 49 to go.
“While the [St. Louis] Planned Parenthood remains open and licensed for abortions, we confirmed that none are being done there. … There is no operational abortion facility in the State of Missouri, making it the first Abortion-Free State at this time,” Operation Rescue president Troy Newman said last week.
Instead, the group found that the St. Louis facility is referring women to a new Planned Parenthood a few miles across the border in Illinois for abortions.
The St. Louis facility still has a license to do abortions, but it apparently is choosing not to. Newman said he believes the reason is because Planned Parenthood does not want to comply with Missouri’s pro-life laws.
“It is obvious that Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region … seeks to avoid having to comply with Missouri’s strong pro-life laws, and has opted to abort in Illinois where abortion facilities are essentially unaccountable,” Newman said. “This shows a gross disrespect for the lives and safety of the women Planned Parenthood purports to serve.”
Hit the link above for the full article.
January 11, 2021
December 21, 2020
HLI: "What Christmas Reveals About Human Dignity"
This is from Fr. Shenan Boquet, the President of Human Life International.
As pro-lifers gazing upon the nativity scene, we cannot but be struck by two things: 1) that the Christ child, lying in the manger, was so recently an unborn child, resting in the womb of His mother, Mary and 2) That this tiny human frame, so weak and helpless, is the tabernacle for God Himself, the second Person of the Most Holy Trinity.
For over 2,000 years, Christians have meditated upon and unpacked the significance of this divine revelation, the revelation of God in the flesh. And one of many world-changing insights they have hit upon is this: If God the Son could so completely and perfectly unite Himself with His human nature, then there must be something about human nature itself that is of such high dignity that this union was even possible in the first place.
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“Man,” wrote St. John Paul II, “is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God. The loftiness of this supernatural vocation reveals the greatness and the inestimable value of human life even in its temporal phase. Life in time, in fact, is the fundamental condition, the initial stage and an integral part of the entire unified process of human existence.” (EV. no. 2)
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"Not only must human life not be taken, but it must be protected with loving concern. The meaning of life is found in giving and receiving love, and in this light human sexuality and procreation reach their true and full significance. Love also gives meaning to suffering and death; despite the mystery which surrounds them, they can become saving events. Respect for life requires that science and technology should always be at the service of man and his integral development. Society as a whole must respect, defend and promote the dignity of every human person, at every moment and in every condition of that person’s life. (no. 81)"
Hit the link above for the full posting on HLI's website.
December 15, 2020
40 Days for Life message - webcast tonight - December 14th - FINISH 2020 Strong!
Dear Friends,
Don’t miss this informative webcast tonight!!
Yours for life,
Gerald Yeung
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December 04, 2020
Capuchin Archbishop Chaput opposes giving communion to Biden
This is a direct opposition/contradiction to Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington who said no problem for communion to the "devout Catholic" pro-abortion President-elect Biden. We had already posted about the issue here: Pro-abortion "Catholic" President Biden - culmination of the failure of the Catholic Episcopacy
The Archbishop's article was posted online yesterday on the First Things website. interestingly, Charles Chaput as a young man worked on the Jimmy Carter campaign. You can bet the knives will be out for Chaput in certain parts of the media.
We have excerpted most of his article; hit the link to read in full.
Mr. Biden and the Matter of Scandal
Readers may recall that during the 2004 presidential campaign, Sen. John Kerry led the Democratic ticket. As a Catholic, Kerry held certain policy views that conflicted with the moral beliefs of his Church. This led to internal tensions among U.S. bishops about how to handle the matter of Holy Communion for Catholic public officials who publicly and persistently diverge from Catholic teaching on issues like abortion. At the time, Washington’s then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, along with Pittsburgh’s Bishop Donald Wuerl, had very different views from my own regarding how to proceed.
I believed then, and believe now, that publicly denying Communion to public officials is not always wise or the best pastoral course. Doing so in a loud and forceful manner may cause more harm than good by inviting the official to bask in the media glow of victimhood. What I opposed in 2004, however, was any seeming indifference to the issue, any hint in a national bishops’ statement or policy that would give bishops permission to turn their heads away from the gravity of a very serious issue. At the time, fortunately, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith resolved any confusion about correct practice in these matters with its July 2004 memorandum to then-Cardinal McCarrick, Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion: General Principles. It includes the following passage:
5. Regarding the grave sin of abortion or euthanasia, when a person’s formal cooperation becomes manifest (understood, in the case of a Catholic politician, as his consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws), his Pastor should meet with him, instructing him about the Church’s teaching, informing him that he is not to present himself for Holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin, and warning him that he will otherwise be denied the Eucharist.
6. When “these precautionary measures have not had their effect or in which they were not possible,” and the person in question, with obstinate persistence, still presents himself to receive the Holy Eucharist, “the minister of Holy Communion must refuse to distribute it” (cf. Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts Declaration “Holy Communion and Divorced, Civilly Remarried Catholics” [2002], nos. 3-4). This decision, properly speaking, is not a sanction or a penalty. Nor is the minister of Holy Communion passing judgment on the person’s subjective guilt, but rather is reacting to the person’s public unworthiness to receive Holy Communion due to an objective situation of sin.
To my knowledge, that statement remains in effect. And it reflects longstanding Catholic sacramental discipline based on the Word of God.
The implications for the present moment are clear. Public figures who identify as “Catholic” give scandal to the faithful when receiving Communion by creating the impression that the moral laws of the Church are optional. And bishops give similar scandal by not speaking up publicly about the issue and danger of sacrilege.
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Those bishops who publicly indicate in advance that they will undertake their own dialogue with President-elect Joseph Biden and allow him Communion effectively undermine the work of the task force established at the November bishops’ conference meeting to deal precisely with this and related issues. This gives scandal to their brother bishops and priests, and to the many Catholics who struggle to stay faithful to Church teaching. It does damage to the bishops’ conference, to the meaning of collegiality, and to the fruitfulness of the conference’s advocacy work with the incoming administration.
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When bishops publicly announce their willingness to give Communion to Mr. Biden, without clearly teaching the gravity of his facilitating the evil of abortion (and his approval of same-sex relationships), they do a serious disservice to their brother bishops and their people. The reason is obvious. By his actions during the course of his public life, Mr. Biden has demonstrated that he is not in full communion with the Catholic Church. To his credit, he has championed many causes and issues that do serve the common good. However, many of his actions and words have also supported or smoothed the way for grave moral evils in our public life that have resulted in the destruction of millions of innocent lives. Mr. Biden has said that he will continue to advance those same policies as president, and thus should not receive Holy Communion. His stated intention requires a strong and consistent response from Church leaders and faithful.
This is not a “political” matter, and those who would describe it as such are either ignorant or willfully confusing the issue. This is a matter of bishops’ unique responsibility before the Lord for the integrity of the sacraments. Moreover, there is also the pressing matter of pastoral concern for a man’s salvation. At minimum, every bishop has the duty of privately discussing these vital moral issues and the destructive effect of receiving Communion unworthily with public figures who act contrary to Church teaching. Reception of Communion is not a right but a gift and privilege; and on the subject of “rights,” the believing community has a priority right to the integrity of its belief and practice.
In the year ahead, a great many people will be watching our nation’s Catholic leadership. They will be led, for good or for ill, by the witness of America’s bishops.
November 30, 2020
Congress: In Iowa, Pro-life woman physician defeats proabortion Democrat by six votes
Let's hope the vote holds up!
All 24 counties conducted a recount of results in Iowa’s Second Congressional District and the official numbers following the recount show Mariannette Miller-Meeks winning over Rita Hart by six votes, 196,964-196,958. It’s the closest race in the country, and a legal challenge to the results is likely.
The national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) celebrated the victory and informed LifeNews.com that Miller-Meeks is the 18th new pro-life woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives this year, joining 11 returning incumbents.
Of the 18 newly-elected women, ten have flipped seats formerly held by pro-abortion Democrats.
“A record 29 pro-life women will serve in the House of Representatives in the next Congress: continued proof that life is winning in America,” said SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “These pro-life champions will serve as a brick wall against the radical pro-abortion agenda of Speaker Pelosi and pro-abortion Democrats dead set on taking out even modest protections for pro-life Americans such as the Hyde Amendment and similar legacy riders.“The exponential growth of pro-life women in the House is reflective of the fact that life has gone from being viewed as a political problem to a winning issue. These women have already done important work to expose the extremism of their radical pro-abortion opponents and we look forward to working alongside them to depend lifesaving law and policy in Congress.”
Give Thanks; the USA abortion rate has again dropped
Of course, still horrendous and every abortion is one too many. However, at least moving in the right direction.
More babies Saved from Abortion Than Ever
The new CDC report covers the year 2018 and confirms America’s abortion decline continues. The report indicates the number of babies killed in abortions has declined 1.4% from 2016-2018 and the abortion rate — the percentage of women having an abortion or choosing life for their baby — has declined 2.% as more women opt against abortion.
The abortion decline was widespread. Not every state reports its abortion data to the CDC, but of the states that do 29 of them saw declines in their abortion rates. California, Maryland, and New Hampshire ddid not report abortion statistics to the CDC and, as a result, the actual number of babies killed in abortions is higher — usually estimated to be around 900,000 a year.
Looking at the data more historically,the number of babies killed in abortions has dropped 21.8% since 2009 and the abortion rate has declined 24.2 percent, making it clear that lifesaving efforts such as pregnancy centers across the nation have helped and supported more women as they give birth instead of having abortions. The abortion rate has declined over 50% since 1980.
November 17, 2020
Pro-abortion "Catholic" President Biden - culmination of the failure of the Catholic Episcopacy
A pro-abortion Catholic President was almost inevitable given the fecklessness of most and downright betrayal from some, of the Catholic Bishops (with the exception of a few Bishops). On this issue and many others - think defrocked "Cardinal" McCarrick.
Here's an article from LifeNews that's almost embarrassing to read.
Gomez said Biden’s pro-abortion position creates a “difficult and complex situation” for Catholic leaders, the report states.
Sorry it's not difficult or complex. Quite straightforward really.
“When politicians who profess the Catholic faith support [abortion], there are additional problems,” the archbishop said. “Among other things, it creates confusion among the faithful about what the Catholic Church actually teaches on these questions.”
Gomez said the USCCB plans to form a working group, led by Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron, to explore the problem in more depth.
"Additional problems ... A working group... to explore the problem in more depth"? They have had 45 years to confront pro-abortion Catholic politicians. Disgraceful.
Biden’s pro-abortion agenda includes advocating for abortions without limits and forcing taxpayers to fund them. He also opposes religious freedom measures that protect Catholic charities like the Little Sisters of the Poor, which serves the poor and elderly.
Biden said he plans to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law and appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices who will support abortion on demand. He also said he would fight to end the Hyde Amendment and force taxpayers to pay for elective abortions – which could lead to 60,000 more unborn babies’ deaths to abortion each year.
In April, Biden went so far as to call the killing of unborn babies an “essential medical service” during the coronavirus pandemic. His health care plan would expand abortions as well by forcing insurance companies to cover abortions as “essential” health care under Obamacare.
He also promised to undo all of Trump’s progress for life, including restoring funding to the billion-dollar abortion chain Planned Parenthood.
On religious freedom, Biden’s position also is deeply troubling. Biden has endorsed anti-religious freedom policies that would force nuns, religious charities and hospitals to violate their deeply-held beliefs by funding the killing of unborn babies in abortions and potentially even by helping to facilitate their deaths.
So they need a working group to explore the problem. Double disgraceful.
October 29, 2020
Essay: "Joe Biden Cannot Claim To Fight For Our Nation’s Soul While Supporting Unborn Genocide"
In The Federalist by our own Theresa Bonopartis.
Believe it or not, I am grateful I saw that stark truth, exposing abortion for what it really is, instead of living in the darkness and lies. Like those of countless other women, my abortion was coerced, another truth so often denied or ignored by those claiming abortion is a good. The fallacy of “free choice” is easier to sell than the reality of the betrayal of boyfriends, parents, spouses, or other outside pressures.
As I listened to Sen. Dianne Feinstein during Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings speak of women she knew in the 1950s who suffered and even died from illegal abortion, I could not help but wonder whether Feinstein has ever spoken to the countless women who suffer now, or the families of those who have died from the “safe, legal abortion” she has worked so hard to ensure. Probably not. She can speak about how “distressing” it was for her not to get a straight answer from Barrett regarding whether the judge would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, but it appears Feinstein has no idea of the real distress millions of women experience every day due to a past abortion.
As we digress down this slippery slope we were warned about decades ago, “safe, legal, and rare” has become “safe, legal, and free,” as portrayed in the “Thank God for Abortion Anthem” video making its rounds on the internet. At least those proponents are honest. With more than 60 million abortions since Roe, rare it is not.
Joe Biden speaks of this election as a fight for the “soul of our nation,” and so it is. It is difficult, however, to listen to Biden speak as if he is on some high moral ground when, in fact, he advocates for abortion throughout the entirety of a pregnancy. This disregard for innocent human life goes beyond the soul of our nation. It is a fight for personal souls.
This self-proclaimed “devout” Catholic sadly has the support of some bishops, who tell their flocks they can vote for him “in good conscience.” Anyone who takes the time to contemplate the more than 60 million deaths of innocent babies, however, knows this cannot come from a good conscience, but from an absence of one.
Hit the link above or here for the last five paragraphs.
Amy Coney Barrett fan club!
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October 26, 2020
Two recent rescues! One blockading - risking Federal charges - and one Red Rose Rescue
The blockade rescue, on Thursday October 22nd in Washington DC, means the seven arrested could be charged under the federal FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) law which makes it a federal crime to block access. Of course this is really a political crime since other actions blocking a clinic - such as a union protest against wages or work conditions - are NOT violations under FACE.
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The week before, on Wednesday, October 14th there was a Red Rose Rescue (RRR) at Planned Parenthood in Shrewsbury, NJ.
The complete story is here -
At 9:10 am EST this morning, two veteran pro-lifers, Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, CFR and Joan Andrews Bell, entered the Planned Parenthood in Shrewsbury, NJ.
Once inside, they gently approached mothers seated in the waiting room and offered them red roses as a symbol of life. Attached to each rose was a card that stated on one side “You were made to love and to be loved...your goodness is greater than the difficulties of your situation. Circumstances in life change. A new life, however tiny, brings the promise of unrepeatable joy.”
Westchester County Exec George Latimer invites you to an "Open Conversation on Women's Issues"
Of course this will be a big pro-abortion glorification/celebration. Pro-life women may wish to register and get our points across. Hit this link and scroll down. Their flyer is embedded below the link.
An Open Conversation on Women's Issues
October 07, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett and her "People of Praise" community
First, here's the People of Praise website:
The Catholic League put out some bullet points in a PR: IN DEFENSE OF PEOPLE OF PRAISE
With the impending battle over Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court, many reporters are focusing on a charismatic Christian organization, People of Praise, to which Barrett reportedly belongs.
Much of the coverage has been negative. The media and left-wing activists have tried to present this group as a fringe cult. These claims are bogus. People of Praise is comprised of many well-educated Christians. Indeed, they are a vibrant community that makes the Church stronger. Consider what those who know the organization have said about it.
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- Sean Connelly, communications director for People of Praise, said, "[C]harges of the mistreatment of women, insularity, lack of privacy and shunning are contradictory to our beliefs and our practices as a community."
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- Connelly also said, "Contrary to what has been alleged, women take on a variety of critical leadership roles within People of Praise, including serving as heads of several of our schools and directing ministries within our community."
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- Joannah Clark, who grew up in People of Praise and is now the head of the Trinity Academy in Portland, Oregon says, "This role of the husband as the head of the family is not a position of power or domination.... It’s a position of care and service and responsibility. Men are looking out for the good and well-being of their families."
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- Clark also said, "At any point, a community member can decide to leave and is free to do so."
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- Clark added, "There’s a high value on personal freedom," and "I've never been asked to do anything against my own free will. I have never been dominated or controlled by a man."
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- Clark further added, "I consider myself a strong, well-educated, happy, intelligent, free, independent woman." "We are normal people – there's women who are nurses, doctors, teachers, scientists, stay-at-home moms... We are in Christian community because we take our faith seriously. We are not weird and mysterious... And we are not controlled by men."
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- The late Cardinal Francis George wrote, "In my acquaintance with the People of Praise, I have found men and women dedicated to God and eager to seek and do His divine will. They are shaped by love of Holy Scripture, prayer and community; and the Church’s mission is richer for their presence."
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- Bishop Peter Smith, an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Portland, Oregon and member of People of Praise, said, "We're a lay movement in the Church.... We continue to try and live out life and our calling as Catholics, as baptized Christians, in this particular way, as other people do in other callings or ways that God may lead them into the Church."
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- Nathan W. O'Halloran, a Jesuit who grew up in a charismatic Catholic group, writes in America Magazine that "the charismatic movement...has been an answer to the prayer and the desire of many Catholics to live a more animated and evangelistic Christian life."
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- Dan Philpott, a Notre Dame political science professor whose children attend Trinity School, run by People of Praise, said, "In my view, the phrases 'right' and 'conservative' aren't really helpful. Most Catholic lay organizations are there to help people live faithful Christian lives. It's hard to say that the causes it supports are really 'left' or 'right.' Its mission is really not political."
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- Nicolas Rowan of the Washington Examiner, observes that "The group has enjoyed friendly relations with Pope Francis, contrary to many politically conservative Catholics."
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- In the Associated Press, current members described People of Praise as, "a Christian fellowship, focused on building community. One member described it as a 'family of families,' who commit themselves to each other in mutual support to live together 'through thick and thin.'"
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- The AP also notes that "People of Praise has a strong commitment to intellectualism, evidenced in part by the schools they have established, which have a reputation for intellectual rigor."
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- The AP also reports that "Barrett’s parents are both registered Democrats, according to Louisiana voter registration records."
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- In a Politico article, Adam Wren says, "What's difficult to understand outside of South Bend, however, is just how deeply integrated this group is into the local community." (Anyone who has studied cults knows that cults try to cut their members off from the rest of society.)
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- Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal, "O. Carter Snead, a Notre Dame law professor and director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, notes, Amy Barrett – herself a law professor as well as a judge – appears to be failing at being submissive and a total disaster at being subjugated."
If any senator wants to vote against Barrett, he or she will have to come up with something more credible than trying to paint People of Praise as some kind of nutty organization.
Amen!
September 28, 2020
A short reflection: "Ginsburg and My Son's Death - Abortion's Reality"
From the "Reclaiming Our Children" website. It is short - seven paragraphs - and powerful
September 22, 2020
September 26, 2020
September 23, 2020
40 Days for Life - baby saved on day 1 and White Plains gets a mention
Here's the website - 40daysforlife.com/location
Here are the stories -
40 Days for Life vigils are just beginning--and a baby has already been saved from abortion!
Maria in Toronto reports that she has been broadcasting 40 Days for Life videos over her church's live stream channel. An expectant mom saw one of the videos and contacted Maria for help.
"[She] wanted to keep her child...but her partner did not agree," Maria said. "She reached out for us to pray for this situation."
Those prayers were quickly answered. When the expectant mother thought she was arriving at the abortion facility...it turns out she had mistakenly booked a visit with a pro-life doctor!
The woman chose life and has been referred to a pro-life maternity home where she'll be safe from those pressuring her to abort. She is considering adoption.
White Plains, New York
Vigil participants in White Plains were thrilled to unite again after the pandemic disrupted the spring vigil.
"It was great to gather together as a 40 Days for Life community after a long hiatus," wrote Gerald, the longtime leader.
Kickoff event attendees were treated to a number of compelling speakers, including a pastor who made a powerful admission to attendees that at one point he was not pro-life--until the Gospel of John changed his heart.
September 22, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's potential pick for the Supreme Court
These are her past opening remarks in the confirmation process when she was put forward to be on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017. People with good memories who follow this stuff will recall that Senators Feinstein and Durbin took some issue with her religious faith. She was eventually confirmed for the Court by a 55-43 Senate vote. The other woman in the running is the Cuban-American, Barbara Lagoa. Also a Catholic who takes her faith seriously.
September 11, 2020
(In)Famous abortionist has her license suspended
Leah Torres -
According to AL.com, Torres, who had been serving as medical director of West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa on a temporary license, was denied certification for lying on her application.
"The Board denied an application for a certificate of qualification on Aug. 19, and on Aug. 27 temporarily suspended her license to practice medicine 'until a hearing is held on the allegations against her,'" the report stated. "The letter of notice from the Board of Medical Examiners says that Torres, in her application, gave false answers to several questions including whether her staff privileges had ever been revoked or suspended at any hospital or health care facility."
The letter of notice also stated that Torres made "public statements related to the practice of medicine which violate the high standards of honesty, diligence, prudence, and ethical integrity demanded from physicians licensed to practice in Alabama."
September 10, 2020
From the Bishops - "Voting with a Catholic Conscience"
This one pager has been circulated by at least one parish in Westchester in their bulletin. If you would like a pdf. please email us - [email protected]
VOTING WITH A CATHOLIC CONSCIENCE
The Church equips its members to address political questions by helping them develop well-formed consciences. "Conscience" is a practical judgment that we make about the quality of a moral act, based on our knowledge and reason, aided by grace (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 177778). Our conscience is not something that allows us to justify doing whatever we feel like doing. Instead, it is our moral compass for judging right from wrong.
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship is a document produced by the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops that guides the faithful on how to make responsible voting choices.
PLEASE READ Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship at http://usccb.org/
How do I start forming my conscience?
Start by being open to the truth and desiring to do what is right. Follow the proper guides: Sacred Scripture, the authoritative teachings of the Church, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and the wise counsel of others. The U.S. Bishops have also published a useful article on conscience formation.
How should I evaluate candidates?
Does the candidate promote human life and dignity? Is he/she committed to justice and peace? Does the candidate possess integrity? What is his/her agenda? How are the candidate's policies in light of Catholic social teaching?
Are there any "non-negotiable" issues on which we cannot compromise?
Catholics must always oppose grave and intrinsic evils such as abortion, euthanasia, terrorism, torture, etc. The right to life and the dignity of the human person must always take priority.
"Any politics of human dignity must seriously address issues of racism, poverty, hunger, employment, education, housing, and health care... But being 'right' in such matters can never excuse a wrong choice regarding direct attacks on innocent human life" (U.S. Bishops, Living the Gospel of Life).
"The inalienable right to life of every innocent human person outweighs other concerns where Catholics may use prudential judgment, such as how best to meet the needs of the poor or to increase access to health care for all" (New York State Bishops).
Can I ever vote for a pro-abortion candidate?
In the vast majority of cases, Catholics cannot vote for a pro-abortion candidate in good conscience. Voting in this way would only be permissible "for truly grave moral reasons, not to advance narrow interests or partisan preferences or to ignore a fundamental moral evil" (Faithful Citizenship 35). What happens if all the candidates are pro-abortion?
In this unfortunate circumstance, Catholics can vote for the candidate who is less likely to push an evil agenda, more likely to pursue other good goals, and more likely limit damage. Catholics can also choose not for vote or they can write in a better candidate (Faithful Citizenship 36).
PRAY for the legal protection of every human person, born and unborn, and for God's assistance in discernment to choose the best candidates for local, state and national positions.
August 27, 2020
August 25, 2020
Catholic sister to speak at Republican Convention
Sr. Deirdre “Dede” Byrne, POSC. A woman with an amazing resume. She is scheduled for Day three, Wednesday the 26th. This is in contrast to the "Nun on the Bus" Sister Simone Campbell, who spoke at the Democrat Convention and in the past supported abortion. She very recently hedged her position. "I’m a lawyer. I would have to study it more intensely than I have,” she said in a recent interview.
Hit the link below for the full story of Sister Dede.
August 24, 2020
Bernadette Harris - Rest in Peace
A right to life star is getting her reward. No doubt escorted through the gates by the Blessed Mother, who Bernadette had a deep devotion to... Bernadette left us last Friday.
She sent around this picture last Tuesday, with the short note below it - she had a neck issue
It Really works PG....keep those prayers coming they never get wasted..
B
Bernadette has had saintly friends in high places for decades - see the dates on these two notes - the first is from 1995.
And from 1990!
Enough said - except Bernadette pray for all those you've left behind.
August 10, 2020
Prayer request: Joan Andrews Bell and Dan Brusstar
We rarely post prayer requests - if we did, it would overwhelm the site! But we are making an exception for these two people.
Joan (needs no introduction) had surgery several weeks ago and is "on the road to recovery."
Dan Brusstar in the 90's was co-head of BORN (Bi-state Operation Rescue Network) - he and his family have made huge sacrifices over the years for the prolife cause. Dan has had serious health issues for several years with multiple surgeries.
This from an email we received over the weekend. Only initials (or jail nicknames!) for names, except Dan & Joan.
Dan Brusstar had major surgery today that could have killed him (so the surgeons warned Quarry), but didn't. Here is L W's report about it, indented:
All done. Dan's vital signs are good and he is in recovery. Took about six hours. Kathy said it was a scary pre-op. The plastic surgeon had to move skin from the stomach area to cover the wound opening, the urologist had to put a stint in and the main surgeon took out the intestines. He has a long recovery ahead of him. They will have to monitor his pain and keep a close eye on infection. He weighs 121 pounds, but he made it through. Thank you all for praying. It is a great relief that he's alive! Thank God.
Know B C's bride had comparable surgery, & didn't long survive lost intestines: may it prove otherwise with our great friend & comrade, sustained by our prayers. Joan too having a slow & one fears likely painful recovery from serious surgery a couple weeks past.
So midst our afflictions, blessings to be recalled, not least that we've granted the high privilege of living in era graced by Awesome & Joan.
In Christo per Miram - 126
August 01, 2020
July 27, 2020
NYT: "The Ghost of Margaret Sanger ... and the complexities of anti-racism."
This is the more or less weekly column on the NYT op ed pages by Ross Douthat, who is one of the few religious believers who write opinion columns in the Times (he is a Catholic convert). If you hit the link you should be able to access the entire superb column.
This is an interesting shift from just a year ago, when Clarence Thomas faced a wave of media scorn when he took note of Sanger’s eugenic sympathies. But Thomas was citing Sanger’s writings to suggest that abortion in America today reflects a kind of structural racism — an inherited tendency, which persists even without racist intent, for pro-abortion policies to reduce minority births more than white births. Whereas the removal of Sanger’s name, presumably, was intended to drive home the opposite point — to establish a clear separation between past and present, between racism then and abortion rights today.
But the difficulty is that according to current thinking on how structural racism lingers and what anti-racism requires, Thomas still seems to have a reasonable case.
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Then when abortion was legalized in the United States, with Planned Parenthood’s strong support, its initial effect was a sharp decline in minority births. According to the Wellesley economist Phillip Levine, white births dipped only slightly after legalization, while the nonwhite birthrate dropped by 15 percent. Fifty years later, the abortion rate is five times higher for African-Americans than for whites.
So in this story, a worldview with racist antecedents wins a major policy victory that immediately has a disproportionate effect on minority birthrates. And then there is the further twist that over the longer run, Roe v. Wade and the sexual revolution probably changed family structure as well, as George Akerlof and (future Fed chair) Janet Yellen argued in a 1996 paper, by creating a wider space for men to expect sex without commitment and to behave irresponsibly toward pregnant woman: “By making the birth of the child the physical choice of the mother,” they wrote, “the sexual revolution has made marriage and child support a social choice of the father.”
Like the abortion rate itself, this trend — the long rise of fatherlessness — has been steeper in poor and vulnerable communities. So it, too, has helped to sustain racial inequality, by reserving to the whiter upper classes the socioeconomic advantages that two-parent families enjoy.
Keep following this logic, and you might conclude that if Planned Parenthood really took anti-racism seriously it would repent of its support for abortion, and devote itself exclusively to helping support African-American pregnancies instead.
Are you convinced? I expect not. Maybe you think the decline of the two-parent family is strictly about de-industrialization. Maybe you believe the benefits of abortion access for minority women outweigh whatever power lower birthrates cost the African-American community writ large.
Maybe you think the nuclear family was itself a form of white or Western oppression, and any anti-racism that requires its revival isn’t worthy of the name. (This appears to be the position of the official Black Lives Matters organization.) Or maybe you simply think abortion is an absolute human right, which must be defended even if, as policy, it appears to have a disparate racial impact.
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Followed rigorously to their conclusions, they may lead to surprising or inconvenient ideological conclusions, to intersectional dilemmas no doctrine can resolve, or just to a deep uncertainty about the best path to racial redress.
Or they might even lead to a creeping sense that Clarence Thomas has a point: that at the very moment that America finally granted African-Americans full citizenship, it also embarked on a separate social revolution, whose most ruthless feature — the belief that equality and liberty require removing protections from unborn human life — left a specific stamp on the African-American experience, just as the most ruthless features of our history always do.
July 22, 2020
Interview with Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, CFR - the Red Rose Rescue movement
Of course Fr. Fidelis is a great man. Long interview but excellent.
July 19, 2020
Pro-life leadership pretty united opposing the recent federal death penalty resumption
This four minute video quotes five people - four catholics and one evangelical christian. This is in response to the federal resumption of the death penalty. So far there have been three executions in the last week, and one pending
July 17, 2020
Fundraiser for Republican prolife candidate Maureen McArdle Schulman, running for Nita Lowey's old seat
The Democrat candidate is Mondaire Jones - total pro-abort - as bad as Lowey. Here's his platform.
Here is information regarding the Republican Candidate in New York’s 17th District for United States House of Representatives which encompasses Rockland County and parts of Northern and Central Westchester Counties.
Her name is Maureen McArdle Shulman - she is a retired New York City Firefighter. She is seeking Fiscal Responsibility, Smaller Government, Leadership for the People and Not Partisan Politics. Maureen has been vetted by WPRTLPAC and is pro-life. She recently spoke at the Back the Blue Rally in Tarrytown, in support of the police
Information on the fundraiser next Tuesday the 21st -in Cortlandt Manor -
July 16, 2020
Good Counsel Homes remembers the great Fr. Benedict Groeschel - online event!
Fr. Glenn Sudano (second from left) will be Celebrating Mass on July 23rd for this free event.
Join Good Counsel’s Celebration
Father Benedict Groeschel’s Birthday a free online event at: www.goodcounselhomes.org/fr-benedict-birthday
You Will:
JOIN US in Celebrating a Holy Mass of Remembrance and Thanksgiving.
HEAR Highlights of the life of Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR, from those close to him in this life.
VISIT AND PRAY VIRTUALLY at Fr. Benedict’s Crypt at Blessed Sacrament Friary, Newark, New Jersey.
BE INCLUDED in the prayers of the Friars and Sisters of the Renewal.
HELP THE WORK of The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and Good Counsel Homes.
Register. Even if you are unable to attend July 23, you will receive an email link to view later ~ goodcounselhomes.org/fr-benedict-birthday
Or call Silvana Cowden at 1-551-252-5099
Thursday, July 23, 2020 6:45 P.M. Eastern Time (US and Canada) – extra time for any technical adjustments.
7:00 P.M. Official Start of Program
For more information and/or to place an ad in the virtual Fr. Groeschel journal, contact Silvana Cowden at 1-551-252-5099 or by email at: [email protected]
If you are unable to attend on July 23, as long as you have registered, you will receive an email link to view the event afterward.
Peace,
Christopher Bell +
P.S. You may sign up www.goodcounselhomes.org/fr-benedict-birthday and if you miss the event July 23rd you can view it anytime as you'll receive an email with the replay.
July 08, 2020
"Supreme Court OK's Religious and Moral Exemptions for Birth-Control Coverage"
This is from the Wall Street Journal -
And this is from the Catholic League -
The Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that religious schools enjoyed a “ministerial exception” that protected them from lawsuits brought by teachers whom the school said were ministers. Now it has strengthened that decision by holding that lawsuits alleging employment discrimination—teachers at two Catholic schools claimed they were terminated for discriminatory reasons (age and disability)—are without merit.
“The religious education and formation of students is the very reason for the existence of most private religious schools,” wrote Justice Samuel Alito for the majority, “and therefore the selection and supervision of the teachers upon whom the schools rely to do this work lie at the core of their mission.”
The other case involved the right of the Trump administration to carve an exception for those with sincerely held moral or religious objections from complying with the Obamacare mandate that abortion-inducing drugs and contraception must be provided in all healthcare plans. The Trump administration and the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic nonprofit entity, appealed to the high court to reverse an appeals court decision that denied the exemption.
Justice Clarence Thomas, who authored the court’s ruling, said the Trump administration “had the authority to provide exemptions from the regulatory contraceptive requirements for employees with religious and conscientious objections.”
These two victories, alongside the Supreme Court’s decision last week allowing Catholic schools to benefit from tuition-tax credit scholarship programs, will do much to safeguard the religious rights of Catholic institutions, as well as those of other religious organizations.
Contrary to the foes of religious liberty—and there are many seated in elite institutions—it is not religious entities that have been encroaching on the state; rather, it is the state that has been encroaching on religion.
It is high time that state operatives with an animus against religion, especially Catholicism, were put in their place. It can’t happen too often given their dogmatic zeal to destroy the First Amendment provisions guaranteeing religious liberty.
June 28, 2020
Reminder: 26th year: Vigil for Life - Marian Shrine, Rockland Cty., July 4th
For 26 years -
VIGIL FOR AMERICA AND LIFE- JULY 4TH- MARIAN SHRINE, STONY POINT, NY - PLEASE COME!
Vigil for LIFE
SATURDAY
- July 4, 2020
A Morning of Prayer for America. Marian Shrine 174 Filors Lane, Stony Point, NY
10:00 A.M. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
11:15 A.M. Rosary
12:00 P.M. Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
DIRECTIONS TO MARIAN SHRINE: By Car: Palisades Parkway Northbound to exit 14 Make a right, go to Stop sign. Proceed through Stop sign and the Marian Shrine will be on your right approximately 3/4 mile or; Route 9W Northbound make a left onto Filors Lane the Marian Shrine is approximately a mile on the left. For further information please call 845-429-2077 or 845 735 6970. Sponsored by the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants www.helpersny.org Rockland County Catholic Coalition:[email protected]
June 26, 2020
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National Prolife groups
- Advocates of life
- Children First Foundation
- Wesley J. Smith; on bioethics
- Lumina: Help and Healing after Abortion
- Feminists for Life of America
- The Coalition on Abortion / Breast Cancer
- The March for Life
- Do No Harm (stem cell research)
- Silent No More
- Not Dead Yet (anti-Euthanasia)
- Pro-Life Action League
- Priests for Life
- American Life League
- Life Issues Institute
- National Right to Life
Recent Posts
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- Elon Musk on abortion causing societal collapse
- Rep. Jim Jordan on FBI local Virginia office looking to use undercover agent(s) to spy on prolife Catholics
- Photos and video - Saturday's Walk for Life in NYC.
- Cardinal Dolan: "If You Want ‘Inclusion,’ I’ve Got a List"
- Presentation: "Authentic Manhood and the Pro-Life Movement"
- Results of the Michigan trial of six Red Rose Rescue participants
- KC Chiefs field goal kicker's "pro-life example is a lesson in Christian courage"
- From the Catholic League - Fact Sheet on "Jane's Revenge"