| | | | | Announcing Rachel's Vineyard Retreat
Weekend of July 8 - 10th
It's the Jubilee Year of Mercy!
The grief and pain of abortion run deep and long. But the unconditional love, mercy, and forgiveness of our Lord is available to all who call on Him. If you or others you know are affected by abortion, you are invited to attend the July 8-10 Rachel's Vineyard retreat. This retreat is open to mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, extended family, and anyone grieving over this loss. For information or to register, call or email Beth: (734) 369-3470 lpbbauer@yahoo.com | | |
IMPORTANT: Additional Information on Healing after abortion
Recently Published by The New Life Center
A post-abortion care and pregnancy help center promoting
Project Rachel Ministry for the Diocese of Lansing.
| | | | | | | It's normal to grieve a pregnancy loss, including the loss of a child by abortion. It can form a hole in one's heart, a hole so deep that sometimes it seems nothing can fill the emptiness. Here is Karen's story.
Karen had an abortion in college. She thought she had a serious committed relationship with her boyfriend, but when she told him she was pregnant he was less than happy about it. He told her the decision was up to her, but if she wanted an abortion, he would pay for it. She sensed his lack of commitment to her and his baby and decided on abortion. Two of her roommates had abortions and they seemed fine afterwards. What's wrong with her that she feels so depressed about it? | "Society tells young women like Karen that abortion will solve their problem. It says nothing about the problems abortion creates. Supporters of abortion claim it is a simple procedure with no lasting impact. " Sr. Paula Vandegaer, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Executive Director of International Life Services | Even if society denies the mother's loss, her body does not. God prepares a woman psychologically and physically for motherhood. When a woman is pregnant she feels different. Within a few days after conception, even before the tiny embryo has nested in her uterine wall, a hormone called 'early pregnancy factor' is found in her bloodstream, alerting the cells of her body to the pregnancy. Her body may now crave different foods, she may need more rest. New cells begin to grow in her breasts, cells which will mature and secrete milk specially formulated for the needs of a newborn. She begins to think 'baby.' She starts noticing babies on the street, in the store, on television. She may dream about her baby at night, and fantasize about her baby during the day. What name? Who will he or she look like? But if she wants to have an abortion she must try to stop this process. She must deny the maternal feelings entering into her consciousness. She must believe that what is inside of her is not fully a baby. She must stop the process of thinking about her baby as 'her baby.' But although her mind may say one thing, her emotional life and her body cells say another. If she has the abortion, the very cells of her body remember the pregnancy and know that the process of change that had been going on was stopped in an unnatural manner. Her body and her emotions tell her that she is a mother who has lost a child. And so it is not surprising that after the abortion, a pain begins to emerge from the depths of her heart. She has a loss to mourn, but cannot allow herself to grieve. After an abortion, find help anywhere in Michigan and the USA at this website: http://hopeafterabortion.com. See the schedule below for a Rachel's Vineyard weekend coming soon. Rachel's Vineyard Summer-Fall Retreat Schedule Ann Arbor, MI - Contact: Beth Bauer
- Start Date: Friday, July 08, 2016
- End Date: Sunday, July 10, 2016
- Start Date: Friday, November 18, 2016
- End Date: Sunday, November 20, 2016
Detroit Area, MI - Start Date: Friday, June 24, 2016
- End Date: Sunday, June 26, 2016
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- Start Date: Friday, October 21, 2016
- End Date: Sunday, October 23, 2016
Grand Rapids, MI - Contact: Toll-free (MI only)
Petoskey, MI - Local Host: Augustine Center, Petoskey, MI
- Contact: Jane O'Brien
- Contact: Kristyn Lent
- Start Date: Friday, October 28, 2016
- End Date: Sunday, October 30, 2016
Saginaw, MI - Contact: Lori Becker
- Start Date: Friday, November 11, 2016
- End Date: Sunday, November 13, 2016
The New Life Center is a post-abortion care and pregnancy help center promoting Project Rachel Ministry for the Diocese of Lansing. To contact us, email nlc@resurrectionlansing.org or call (517) 993-0291. Upcoming Rachel's Vineyard Weekends in Lansing are scheduled for February and August, 2017. | | | | | This email is being sent as a courtesy from Pro-Life Action Network. Pro-Life Action Network - The Ann Arbor Life Chain and 40 Days For Life Ann Arbor People "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14
Pro-Life Action Network Inc is now a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Charitable contributions can be mailed to: Pro-Life Action Network Inc. 4700 Ash Court, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 | | | | | | |
