Chloe's Foundation Launch Event

from Kurt A. Kondrich M.Ed, 

President, Chloe's Foundation

Renew America 

I wanted to share some very exciting news! We will be launching "Chloe's Foundation" in NYC on the evening of Saturday 09/15/18 after the amazing Times Square Down syndrome Event (See press releases below). You can register for the Launch Event here and please share.

I also wanted to share this awesome National Article, and God is using individuals like Chloe to restore a Culture of Life that includes everyone and where people "Embrace don't erase" Down syndrome: Amazing Moment When Girl With Down Syndrome Looks at the Sky and Says, “I See Him Dad! I See Jesus!”

We hope to see you in NYC and please contact me if you want to be part of this historic movement!

 

RenewAmerica is a grassroots organization that supports the self-evident truths found in the Declaration of Independence, and their faithful application through upholding the U.S. Constitution, as written. Its purpose is to thoughtfully and courageously advance the cause of our nation's Founders.

The organization is for ALL people who consider themselves loyal Americans. It has no philosophy, image, or agenda beyond this one unifying premise: America must return to its founding principles if it is to survive.

RenewAmerica is thus nonpartisan and nondenominational.

Because RenewAmerica is GRASSROOTS at heart, it remains fundamentally independent, creative, and energetic in pursuing its distinctive agenda in the cause of strengthening America. We welcome your creative energy in this vital cause.  For more information, please use this link. 

United Methodist Church Proposes New Position Statement Saying “We Support Abortion”

By Rev. Paul Stallworth

Life News

Due to action of The United Methodist Church’s 2012 General Conference and to negotiation of church leaders, the General Board of Church and Society held listening sessions on the Social Principles throughout the church. From them, Church and Society learned that the Social Principles need to become “more theologically grounded, more globally relevant, and more succinct” (according to a 04/12/18 press release).

Then the 2016 General Conference voted to continue Church and Society’s work in revising the Social Principles. On April 11, 2018, “The United Methodist Social Principles”/“Working Draft 1” was released. Church and Society aims to propose a complete revision of the Social Principles to the 2020 General Conference.

The Social Principle on Abortion: A Brief History

Since the birth of The United Methodist Church in 1968, the Social Principles’ paragraph on abortion has been contested. The 1972 paragraph stated: “We support the removal of abortion from the criminal code, placing it instead under laws relating to other procedures of standard medical practice. A decision concerning abortion should be made only after thorough and thoughtful consideration by the parties involved, with medical and pastoral counsel.”

Following the United States Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which knocked down state laws against abortion, United Methodism reflected Roe; its 1976 abortion paragraph included this sentence: “We support the legal option of abortion under proper medical procedures.”

Since 1976, many General Conferences have considered and debated petitions that would alter the church’s teaching on abortion. Some passed. Gradually, the paragraph became more skeptical, critical, and prohibitive of abortion. That is, the Social Principle became more protective of the unborn child and mother.

In 2018, while The United Methodist Church’s Social Principle on abortion (Paragraph 161K in the 2016 Book of Discipline) “support[s] the legal option of abortion,” it also contains many phrases and statements that are protective of the unborn and mother. That Social Principle has now been rewritten—thoroughly.

The Revised Title

The revision of this Social Principle is boldly announced in its title change: from “Abortion” to “Reproductive Health.” Why? “Abortion,” as a title, might be considered too controversial, harsh, specific. In contrast, “Reproductive Health” might be understood as more medical-clinical, gentle, and general.  Against this retitling, four objections can be raised.

Life News article continues here

NO, Marylanders Do Not Want An Abortion Amendment!

Photo credit: Jaclyn Lippelman/Catholic Standard

from Maryland March for Life

No, House Speaker Busch, we do not want an abortion amendment

Maryland house speaker, Michael Busch, announced that he will introduce legislation for an abortion amendment on the 2020 ballot. This amendment would effectively make so-called "abortion rights" constitutional in Maryland. Both the Maryland Catholic Conference and the Maryland Right-to-Life oppose such an amendment. As pro-life Marylanders, we need to make our voices heard by:

• SENDING A MESSAGE TODAY to your representativesand letting them know that we do NOT want an abortion amendment. It takes 5 minutes to make your voice heard

• getting out and voting pro-life this November and encouraging family and friends to do the same.

• getting involved with the Maryland March for Life.

Let's show our elective representatives that we do not believe that constitutionally protecting so-called "abortion rights" is good for women, babies, or families in Maryland. 

No, House Speaker Busch, we do not want an abortion amendment!

 

Maryland March for Life advocates the peaceful demonstration on behalf of legislation in support of life issues and those that support pregnant women.

For more information, please use this link. 

 

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does?  

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.
In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.  Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

Save the Date - Saturday, Sept 8, for National Day of Remembrance in Kansas City, Kansas

Save the Date

Saturday, Sept 8

National Day of Remembrance 

Ecumenical Prayer Service

For Aborted Children

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

126th and Parallel Parkway in Kansas City,  Kansas (map)

10:00 am-11:00 am Saturday, September 8th 2018

Come pray and be inspired by reflections from 

Father McDonald from Holy Angels and others TBA.

LIFE Runners will be doing a prayer walk around the cemetery!

We hope you can join us to remember the children

lost to abortion and to worship our Lord through song and scripture.

This event is being co-sponsored nationwide by Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, Priests for Life, Pro-Life Action League. http://abortionmemorials.com/


Local Sponsors:

• Planned Parenthood Exposed (plannedparenthoodexposed.org)
• Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
• LIFE Runners
• Kansas City Coalition for Life/40 Days for Life OP KS.

For further information call Tina Jinkens at 785-615-8373

  

Please share this post with your family and friends!

 

We are the voice for those who cannot speak for themselves. It's time we put an end to innocent lives being taken and we expose abortion for what it is.  For more information, please use this link. 

Back to School and the Sacredness of Life

By Maria Gallagher
National Right to Life

In cities and towns across the U.S., students are returning to school–or just about to. But in all the back to school reports on the local news, no mention will be made of all the students who are missing because of abortion.

It is estimated that as many as one in five pregnancies in the U.S. ends in abortion. Nearly one million American children are lost to abortion each year. It is a tragedy of epic proportions–yet all too often ignored by the mainstream media.

But back to school time can also be a time of tremendous hope. Many faith-based schools organize bus trips to the annual March for Life…host pro-life clubs on campus…and encourage students to spiritually adopt preborn babies as they pray for the little ones each day.

Those who are parents and grandparents can also use this time to instill in our offspring a great respect for the dignity and incalculable value of human life. We can make sure middle schoolers know the stages of life in the womb, and that high schoolers know the location of the nearest pro-life pregnancy resource center.

We can also use this time to educate ourselves about pro-life issues, turning to trusted pro-life organizations, such as the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation and National Right to Life, to find out the latest developments on the pro-life front. Education is power, and with our newfound knowledge we may just save a life–or change a mind.

In addition, we can recommit ourselves to working for an overturn of the tragic U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. Someday, the issue of abortion will return to the states, and we must be prepared to pass meaningful pro-life laws. Let us look forward to the day when Roe is just an unpleasant asterisk in student history books, and when all children have a real chance at life.

Website: National Right to Life

Yes, Sarah, There is a Difference Between Abortion Clinics and Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Just Not the Ones You Imagine

By Dave Andrusko
National Right to Life

Under the category of, “no kidding?” I offer you the following from the Mississippi Clarion Ledger: “Abortion Clinics and Crisis Pregnancy Centers Differ.”

Ok, to be fair that is the headline the Associated Press gave to the story when it gave Sarah Fowler’s account much wider circulation. The original headline read “Abortion clinic vs. crisis pregnancy center: What’s the difference?”.

Either way, you can’t come away from Fowler’s account without thinking CPCs are horrible, intending only to make pregnant women feel horrible about themselves. Not only that they are duplicitous and deceptive.

As contrasted with “Abortion providers and clinics such as Planned Parenthood” which are, in Fowler’s glowing account, “staffed by doctors, nurses and other professionally trained staff. Jackson [Mississippi] Women’s Health Center and Planned Parenthood in Hattiesburg offer a range of health care options including pap smears, annual exams, cancer and STI screenings and access to contraception.”

Get it? All those CPCs are good for is attempting to save the lives of babies by helping women find a better solution as composed to those full-service Planned Parenthood clinics which provide “medically accurate information that is evidence-based.”

I mean if you are going to write a hatchet job, couldn’t you at least do a little research that might challenge your preconceived ideas?

Could you, for example, talk with women and girls who are eternally grateful they were give a real alternative to killing their babies?

And what does this mean? “Entering 2018 just a few thousand contacts shy of 3 million since answering its first call in 2003, Heartbeat International’s 24-7, 365 pregnancy helpline Option Line responded to well over 350,000 women facing an unexpected or difficult pregnancy in 2017,” according to Jennifer Minor.

No doubt Fowler’s response would be that it’s bad enough that there is just one abortion clinic in Mississippi while “There are more than 30 organizations that identify along the lines of a crisis pregnancy center.” Worse yet, nationwide there are probably four times as many CPCs (Pregnancy Help Centers) as there are abortion clinics. Of course to “journalists” such as Fowler, that would be just further evidence of CPCs cancer-like growth.

Or maybe just one story of how a woman’s future life was not ruined because she chose not to take the life of her baby. How about that? They are very, very easy to find.

Just the latest example (of countless examples) of how the Abortion Industry and its media allies fear and loathe any organization whose first objective is to find win-win solutions for moms and babies.

Website: National Right to Life

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does?  

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.
In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.  

Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

While LeBron James and Don Lemon dis POTUS Trump, They Ignore the BIGGEST Killer of Black People

from National Sentinel

Cognitive Dissonance: In recent days NBA star LeBron James appeared on host Don Lemon’s little-watched CNN program to complain about how POTUS Donald Trump is “dividing” America and fostering racism.

Prominent black figures making such baseless claims about the president is nothing new.

During the interview, however, James and Lemon also discussed the former’s opening of a new school in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, for “at risk” black youths. It’s good that James is giving back to his community. Charity, for the most part, is admirable.

But if he’s really concerned about protecting blacks who are ‘at risk,’ he should focus more on combatting the No. 1 killer of blacks by far: Abortion.

Article continues here

 

The National Sentinel is a fiercely independent, non-corporate-owned news site dedicated to bringing our readers fresh, informative content and the news of the day, without the bias and political chicanery of the so-called “mainstream” media.

Updated daily and throughout the day, rely on us to provide you with unfiltered news and information you won’t find anywhere else that helps you to make informed decisions. Like the media is supposed to do.  For more information, click here. 

Join our NaPro Ambassador Program

from Friends of Fertility Care - Philadelphia

Anyone can become a NaPro Ambassador! Teresa Creciun did just that after attending a Catholic conference that included inspiring talks about NaProTechnology. 

Ignited with the desire to share her knowledge and experience about NaPro, she contacted Friends of Fertility Care (FFC) about the idea of setting up her own information table at a local outdoor market. FFC provided her with pamphlets and a banner and she was able to bring NaPro toTwilight on the River in Bridgeport on three different dates throughout the summer. 

She has continued as an ambassador by speaking to friends and family, as well as to the women she meets in her pro-life work who need to hear the good news about NaPro – the pro-woman, pro-life, pro-marriage approach to women's health care and family planning. 

Think you want to be an ambassador too? Please contact Theresa Strenge at tcstrenge@yahoo.com.

 

The Friends of FertilityCare Philadelphia are a group of health care professionals and members of our community who wish to promote effective, integrated health care for women and couples.

 To that end, the Friends of FertilityCare are dedicated to making Creighton Model FertilityCare™ services and NaProTechnology known, respected and applied throughout the Greater Philadelphia region.

 The primary intention of the Friends of FertilityCare is to educate all people in the "good news" of Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System and NaProTechnology.  To learn more about this program, follow this link. 

CLOSED! After a 67% Drop

Shawn CarneyPresident/CEO
40 Days for Life

I have been to Fort Wayne many times, and if abortion can survive there, it can survive anywhere.

Today, Fort Wayne is abortion-free after seeing the last abortion location close there.

Planned Parenthood in Fort Wayne, Indiana has gone out of business after two 40 Days for Life vigils took place in front of it.

Worldwide, 96 abortion facilities have closed their doors following a 40 Days for Life campaign.

In addition to those 96, more than a dozen abortion referral centers have ceased operations after a 40 Days for Life campaign, including this new Fort Wayne closure.

This isn't the community's first abortion business to close. The Fort Wayne Women's Health Organization abortion center closed after nine 40 Days for Life campaigns.

Planned Parenthood blamed the closure on "intimidation" from local pro-lifers. Of course, there's no intimidation at a 40 Days for Life campaign.

Allen County Right to Life, which hosts 40 Days for Life campaigns in Fort Wayne, noted a more likely explanation for the closure: client visits to the Planned Parenthood facility had dropped by 67 percent in the last decade.

Even though Fort Wayne is now abortion-free, participants aren't calling it quits. They will continue to host a peaceful 40 Days for Life vigil in the community to make sure every woman at risk of leaving town for an abortion knows that help is available.

 

Do you want your city to be abortion-free?
 

In less than a month, the next 40 Days for Life campaign starts--running from September 26 to November 4.

Get ready by finding the location nearest you and sign up now to pray and fast for an end to abortion!

Jeremiah Thomas has finished the last lap of the race of faith." A fathers words.

The battle is over and Christ has won

from John Pisciotta, Director
Pro-Life Waco

Jeremiah Thomas bravely and faithfully battled for his teenage life and for the lives of precious babies in the womb. See below the words of Rusty Thomas, Director of Operation Save America. Let us pray for Rusty and Kendra, Jeremiah's extended family, and all who have been and will be touched by the life of Jeremiah Thomas.

Jeremiah’s months battling cancer, and evangelizing to the end, were covered broadly in the press, including USA Today. The Make a Wish Foundation arrange a for a call to Jeremiah from Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Jeremiah's wish express to Governor Abbott was that Texas would pass a law abolishing abortion.

Since abortion restarted in Waco at Christmas of 2017, Jeremiah was regularly out at Planned Parenthood evangelizing and counseling abortion-minded moms to choose life for their babies. One of the most dynamic sights was the athletic Jeremiah standing on top of the family van counseling for life over PP's ugly 8-ft fence.

We will miss you Jeremiah and we will continue to be inspired by you.

   

Pro-Life Waco is a local community-based organization with collaborative relationships with regional and national pro-life affiliations. Pro-Life Waco is committed to ending abortion, its damaging effects among women, and promoting chastity. For more information on Pro-Life Waco, please use this link.

 

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does?  

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.
In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.  Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

40 Days for Life Fall Campaign in Warminster, Pa. Begins on September 26th

from Terry Noble
40 Days for Life Coordinator, Warminster


There’s no greater spiritual battle than fighting for the sanctity of life, and that is why we invite you to join in this Fall Campaign.

From September 26th through November 4th, you are invited to join other Christians for 40 Days for Life and 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You’re also invited to stand and peacefully pray during the vigil. 

Warminster Planned Parenthood

610 Louis Drive

Warminster, PA.

  Prayer Vigil Hours are 8:00 AM until the last hour, 4:00 to 5:00 PM. It’s important to have two prayer volunteers per hour. Please help spread the word about this important community outreach.

Please use this link to sign up on-line.  For more information on the Warminster Campaign contact Terry Noble at noble1972@verizon.net.  Terry will put you in touch with your parish coordinator.

Please pray for the success of this program and for and end to all abortions in our country and the world.

 

40 Days for Life is a community-based campaign that takes a determined, peaceful approach to showing local communities the consequences of abortion in their own neighborhoods, for their own friends and families. It puts into action a desire to cooperate with God in the carrying out of His plan for the end of abortion.  Use this link for more information or to find a campaign in your area.

A Supreme Battle for Life

By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation


A supreme battle is underway for control of the U.S. Supreme Court. Next week, hearings begin for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Despite the judge's stellar qualifications, pro-abortion forces are working overtime in an effort to derail his nomination.

Kavanaugh has indicated he would not make laws from the bench, but would simply interpret the Constitution the way it is written. The fact is, the word "abortion" appears nowhere in the nation's founding document. The idea that abortion is a "Constitutional right" is a fiction composed by Supreme Court justices who wanted to establish an activist court.

Kavanaugh not only deserves a fair hearing--he deserves confirmation. While Pennsylvania's U.S. Senator Pat Toomey supports his nomination--and for good reason--Senator Bob Casey opposed him even before his name was uttered by the President.

Pro-abortion politics have no place in the Supreme Court nomination process. It is only because abortion advocates cannot get their way in all 50 state legislatures that they try to stack the High Court in their favor. Here's hoping wisdom and fairness will reign supreme at the country's highest court--not only this year but in the decades to come.

 

The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation is a grassroots right-to-life organization with members statewide. As the state affiliate of National Right to Life, PPLF is committed to promoting the dignity and value of human life from conception to natural death and to restoring legal protection for preborn children.  For more information on the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, please use this link. 

Pregnant Women Have a Place to Call Home, Thanks to One Incredible Family

“It’s kind of scary to think what would have happened. The giving just never stops at this house it seems like.”

By Nancy Flanders

Live Action News

In 1997, Americans eagerly awaited the arrival of Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey’s septuplets. The couple had one daughter when they underwent ovulation-stimulating treatments for infertility, and learned they were pregnant with seven babies. While they faced criticism for declining selective reduction abortion, they also received an enormous outpouring of support, including the gift of a seven-bedroom home in the town of Carlisle, given to them by local builders. Now, that home is taking on new life to help young mothers in need.

The McCaughey children, who are the world’s first surviving septuplets, and their older sister, have grown up and gone off to college and the military, leaving the McCaugheys with the issue of what to do with their home.

“The house has been a huge blessing in our lives for the past 20 years,” Kenny McCaughey told local CBS news. “We just don’t need this much space.” 

And because they now feel it is too large for just the two of them, they partnered with Ruth Harbor, a Des Moines, Iowa, non-profit that provides housing and support to young women facing unplanned pregnancies.

READ: For women facing unplanned pregnancies, maternity homes offer hope

The McCaugheys knew they wanted to downsize, but were unsure who would be a good fit for the 5,500 square foot house that served them so well for 20 years. While at church, they happened to meet officials from Ruth Harbor, who mentioned that they had been searching for a new home in order to help pregnant mothers, including after birth.

“As our kids are leaving the nest, it seems to be the right time to start a new chapter,” Bobbi McCaughey said in a statement. “We have been blessed to receive such a wonderful gift, and nothing would please us more than the idea of our home being used as a place of refuge to others in need.”

Ruth Harbor took possession of the home in April, and had their mother-child housing program up and running in the summer. It came with a 12-person dining table as part of the deal.

“Not only will the Carlisle home provide more beds and enable us to serve more women and babies, it will allow us to dedicate each home to the specific needs and training that are unique to each program,” said Mark McDougal, executive director of Ruth Harbor.

 “We anticipate that the McCaugheys have built many memories in their home. It seems wonderful that new and continuing memories will be built by more young moms going forward – for themselves and their children – when they have engaged in the Ruth Harbor program.”

READ: Amazing: Developer donates entire building for homeless pregnant women

Heather Holmes was born just one day after the septuplets, and last year, she discovered she was pregnant. She wasn’t able to live with her parents, and was sleeping on her sister’s couch when Ruth Harbor became her home.

“It’s kind of scary to think what would have happened,” she told local CBS news. “The giving just never stops at this house it seems like.”

Website: Live Action News 

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does?  

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.

In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.   Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

Official Admits High School Students Dissected the Brains of Aborted Babies

 

Dr. Paul Roth

Just when you think things can't get any worse, along comes an article that shakes you to the core. If you thought we had reached the end of the slippery slope, you're mistaken.  

Below is an article I found this morning on Twitter from LifeNews.com which tells of high school students at a summer camp, dissecting the brains of aborted babies! Yes, you read that correctly.  

May God have mercy on us and on the whole world. 

 Read the article and view the video by clicking here.

Fall 2018 40 Days for Life Campaign Call out and Beyond

 

Pro-lifers across the United States and the world!

This is a called to action as we embark on another 40 Days for Life Campaign leading into the November 2018 midterm elections. The campaign will run from Wednesday September 26th to November 4th.

The sad reality is nearly 12,000 babies are killed in Philadelphia every year. A majority of them are black.

Many of you who will read this have participated in a previous campaign or two. Then, we have those that are uncertain of taking the leap of faith.

Take for example how Dr. Monique Ruberu, author of Rising with Roses, who saw praying in front of the modern day concentration camps to control the human population and eliminate poverty (an idea championed by Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger), was the most challenging thing she has ever done. She first took part in the prayer vigils on a cold February morning outside of the Philadelphia Women's Center, when she met a young 24 year old millennial who invited her to come on out and join the weekly regulars who were arriving one by one.

"Watching the women enter into the building knowing the possible outcome of that choice just sends a dagger through my heart... In order to be present you must have complete faith in our amazing Father God... we must know that He can change hearts, He can use our sacrifice.."

Monique, along with Pat Stanton, would later introduce the 40 Days Campaign to Planned Parenthood in Center City Philadelphia the fall of 2014 with the help of Pat Stanton. It wasn't until a year ago that the campaign would be introduced to 777 Appletree Street. She noticed some changes. Most of it has to do with the Sidewalk Servant Program, which is a pro-life outreach program that happens between the Lent and Fall 40 days campaigns.

"There have been changes over my time there... the sidewalk escorts have become bolder... the prayer warriors have become kinder... the percentage of African American babies being let to death continues to be high... but the willingness of people to come out and pray has increased.. we used to have coverage on Wednesday at Planned parenthood, and Saturday at 777. Every third Saturday we would have coverage at Planned parenthood as well...  Although we have definitely not met the goal of 100% coverage for every hour they are open, we are covering more hours and days than ever before.."

Many of the successes came from groups like the Culture Project, Generation Life,  Regina Academies, local high school and even college students, and some of the many seasoned pro-lifers from different parishes across the greater area. God provided in this life-changing endeavor.

For Anita Flynn, coordinator of the NE Philadelphia vigil, she sees it as a challenge, but she places her confidence in pro-lifers. This year she will be spearheading her 6th vigil in 3 years at Comly Rd in Northeast Philadelphia. 

"We continue to remain steadfast and reach  across various avenues to try to increase interest in the importance of 40 Days."

For those who are interested in learning more, please attend an event on Tuesday September 18th.  More info is here: http://catholicphilly.com/2018/08/news/events/pro-life-presentation-with-dr-monique-ruberu/

It is vital that we continue to pray at abortion clinics as long as that atrocity is going on in our midst.  The prayer works.  Lives have been saved.  We are called to be there.

What you can do for the pro-life movement:

Attend the 36th annual Stand Up for Dinner on Sunday November 18th. More details to come in a later post.

Fast

• Abstain from snacks
• Drink water
• Give up social media
• Pray instead of complaining

Pray

• Take part in the 54 day rosary novena
• 33 Days to Morning Glory
• Participate in prayer vigils year round and 40 Days.
• Spend time before the Eucharist and offer your rosary for the culture of life.
• Host a Holy Hour at your parish

Educate

• Inform members of your community why Planned Parenthood puts profit ahead of their patients.
• Write letters to the editor
• Call and meet your local representative to discuss why PP is not beneficial to women's health.
• Form a Pro-Life Group at your campus or church.

Volunteer

• Help do tasks at a local pregnancy center
• Assist your local pro life coalition
• Collect items needed for mothers in need and donate them to Guiding Stars Ministry, Sisters of Life, or Legacy of Life.
• Offer to babysit for mother of single children

Visit prolifeunion.org for more information or email mail@prolifeunion.org.

Also to find your local 40 Days Campaign, visit 40daysforlife.com.

2018 Fall 40 Days for Life at the Norristown Planned Parenthood Kickoff will be Held on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at St. Eleanor's Church

from Rita Smith, MEV
Campaign Director, 40 Days for Life/Norristown


The 2018 Fall 40 Days for Life will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 26 to Nov. 4, 2018 at the Norristown Planned Parenthood from 8:00 am - 8:00pm. It will again be sponsored by Rita Smith and Theresa Leitold who are Missionaries of the Gospel of Life, (MEV). Priests for Life has declared 2018 "The Year of The Missionaries of the Gospel of Life (MEV)." The MEV is a pro-life spirituality of Priests for Life that encompasses both contemplative and active aspects of the spiritual life for those who desire to work in pro-life ministry. Priests for Life has over 250 MEV's worldwide and in the coming year is seeking to achieve two goals: 1) Deepen the spiritual lives of existing MEV's and 2) Recruit more pro-lifers int the MEV program. To find out more about what's upcoming at Missionaries of the Gospel of Life, click here.  

Also, it is important to signup at the following website www.40daysforlife/norristown.com for everyday updates and devotionals from the National Team of 40 Days for Life.


Please Note: This 10th vigil of prayer, fasting and continued public witness will be held In Loving Memory of Louis (Luke) Innocenzi, Jr.,Requiescat in Pace. Luke was a trained Sidewalk Advocate for Life at our Norristown location and had an indomitable spirit for the unborn, (www.sidewalkadvocate.org for more info) and had spent his last day on this earth at the Norristown Planned Parenthood before he was called home to his eternal reward on Ascension Thursday, May 10, 2018. Ascension Thursday is the 3rd Glorious Mystery that we pray for the theological virtue of "Hope!" It is also, 40 days after the Resurrection! The photo attached was taken on May 10th as Luke attended the prayer vigil with another indomitable spirit, Jim Schneller, his guardian angel, while the RU-486 was given to the women. The 2nd picture on Sept. 1, 2016 with Rita Smith, MEV, Luke and Teresa Creciun.


A 40 Days for Life kickoff will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 25th at St. Eleanor's Church, 647 Locust St. Collegeville, Pa in Our Lady's Eucharistic Adoration Chapel with the "Cenacles of Life" (www.CenaclesofLife.org) before the Most Blessed Sacrament beginning at 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. All are cordially invited to attend.


Please make that difference, to be a "Voice for the Voiceless!" "Just Do It", St. Teresa of Calcutta's prayer is very pertinent for this pro-life courageous lifesaving opportunity that we are all called to participate in a community near you!!! 

 Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Unborn and the Americas, Please Pray for Us!!!  St. John Paul II, Please Pray for Us!!!  St. Teresa of Calcutta, Please Pray for Us!!!  St. Gianna Beretta Molla, Please Pray for Us!!!

 

40 Days for Life is a community-based campaign that takes a determined, peaceful approach to showing local communities the consequences of abortion in their own neighborhoods, for their own friends and families. It puts into action a desire to cooperate with God in the carrying out of His plan for the end of abortion. 

Use this link for more information or to find a campaign in your area. 

 

Voices for Life is an e-publication dedicated to informing and educating the public on pro-life and pro-family issues. To read our Mission Statement, use this link.  Follow us on Facebook, Google, and Pinterest.  Help us spread the pro-life message by sharing our articles on your favorite social networks.

Pregnant, need help or know someone who does?  

National Hotline: Call 1-800-712-HELP or Text 'HELPLINE' to 313131.
In Southeast Penna:  Call the Community Women's Center at  215-826-8090

If you or someone you know is suffering after abortion, confidential non-judgmental help is available.  Call Project Rachel's national toll-free number 888-456-HOPE (4673) or visit hopeafterabortion.org.  

Senate Fails to Pass Amendment to Defund Planned Parenthood

Rand Paul Blasts Obstructionists

By Calvin Freiburger
Life Site News

The U.S. Senate voted 45-48 Thursday on Sen. Rand Paul’s latest amendment to defund Planned Parenthood, coming up short of the 60 needed to overcome current filibuster rules and pass.

The Kentucky Republican introduced an amendment last week to the Senate appropriations package funding the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; which would forbid money appropriated for those departments from directly or indirectly going to any entity that performs or finances most abortions.

Despite the GOP holding its congressional majorities and winning the White House in 2016 by (among other issues) promising to defund the abortion giant, legislation to do so has stalled thus far and budgets have continued to subsidize Planned Parenthood. Yet GOP leaders such as Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Richard Shelby complained that Paul’s amendment was a “spoiler” that could prevent the broader funding bill from passing.

Before Paul was able to add his proposal to the “amendment tree’s” limited slots, Senate GOP leaders filled the last slot with a placeholder amendment that added a single dollar to one program’s funding, the Washington Examiner reports. “Its only purpose was to block Paul,” an unnamed Senate insider told the Examiner.

Paul excoriated his party's leadership on the Senate floor over the move, accusing them of "just giv[ing] lip service to pro-life issues” and being “more concerned” with “bloated government spending than saving lives.” His protest was successful in getting the vote and putting senators on the record, though the amendment ultimately failed to pass.

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Big-spending Republicans fear that blocking funding for Planned Parenthood would derail their plans to greatly expand the welfare-warfare state.

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While the House of Representatives has passed several pro-life bills, only the one letting states defund Planned Parenthood ever became law. The 20-week abortion ban and Obamacare repeal/Planned Parenthood defunding ultimately died in the Senate, where pro-abortion GOP Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have the power to block simple-majority votes, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is unwilling to revise the legislative filibuster.

President Donald Trump, who has pursued a robust pro-life agenda, says electing more Republican senators this fall is the key to passing pro-life legislation.

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