Washtenaw County and Beyond
Partial list as of March 20,
2013
On Thursday, March 21, Students for Life at
the University of Michigan will host Mary Meehan, distinguished columnist
for Progressive, Second Opinion, and Social Justice Review magazines, who will
present "Why Progressives and Feminists Should Defend the Unborn: A
Liberal Case Against Roe v. Wade." The talk will be held at 7pm in the Great Lake North Central Room of
Palmer Commons, 100 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor and will be followed by a Q&A
period. All are welcome to attend!
40 Days For Life Final Rally -
Sunday, March 24, 2 PM
- Please note time change!
Final 40 Days for Life Rally set for
Sunday, March 24 at 3 PM - Sr. Sarah Burdick, of Servants of
God's Love, will be our speaker. Come join us in some Praise and Worship,
hear Sr. Sarah's message and share some of the blessings we received from our
Lord this campaign. Come to the rally and find out how we can continue to
work to end abortion in our community! Please visit the Ann Arbor
campaign’s website, www.40daysforlife.com/annarbor,
to sign up for an hour of prayer at the vigil. To
learn more about 40 Days for Life,
visit: www.40daysforlife.com.
Please join us for The Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion,
on Good Friday, March 29th at 10:00 am at Planned Parenthood,
3100 Professional Drive in Ann Arbor. We will remember all the victims of
abortion—the children lost, the mothers wounded, the communities blighted—in a
solemn, ecumenical prayer service. More Info: Contact
Sandie Weathers at 734-434-8447
or prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com or Paul Dobrowolski at 40daysannarbor@gmail.com
Students for Life of
Michigan's Annual Activism & Training Weekend is a unique opportunity for pro-life students to
come together for a weekend of networking, education, and fun. Students will
have the opportunity to train, one on one, with local pro-life speakers and
organizations that are dedicated to their success on campus. There is no other
opportunity like it! If you are part of the Pro-Life Generation, this is a
weekend that you will not want to miss! The Conference will be held at Grand Valley State University on April 5th
and 6th. Meals will be provided. To read the speaker schedule, view more
details, and to register, visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5459734212
On
Sunday, April 7th, 3:00 PM at Planned Parenthood, 3100 Professional Dr., Ann
Arbor, attend the Annual
Living Rosary and Living Chaplet to commemorate the Knights of Columbus Day of
Prayer for the Unborn Child. All are welcome. For info, contact
Paul Dobrowolski 734-944-7790.
Genocide
Awareness Project (GAP) Coming to EMU, April 11th & 12th!
The EMU Students For Life (SFL) will be holding a volunteer training
session and catered dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Wed., April 10th in Room 330 in the EMU Student Center,
900 Oakwood St,
Ypsilanti. The GAP display will be up from approximately 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on Thursday/Friday, April 11th and 12th
near the Marshall Building (located on W Circle Dr, Ypsi)
and King Hall. The goal is to reach the minds &
hearts of college students and the surrounding community by showing them how
the human right to life is legally, systematically denied to the
unborn. It's a life-changing, awe-inspiring and powerful display! All are welcome to the training and to check out the
display. For add’l info contact Greg Champion at emustudentsforlife@gmail.com. For
more information about GAP and its mission please visit: http://www.abortionno.org/college-campus-outreach-gap/
On Thursday, April 11th, the Knights of Columbus
Michigan State Council will be hosting the 35th
annual Respect Life Dinner to benefit the Right to Life of Michigan
Educational Fund. This year our special guest
speaker is David Bereit, National Director of 40 Days for Life. David became an outspoken pro-life advocate
after Planned Parenthood announced plans to build an abortion clinic in his
Texas town in 1998. The Burton Manor in Livonia will open its
doors for this important event. They are located at 27777 Schoolcraft, Livonia,
MI. Social hour begins at 6:00 pm, dinner at 7:00 pm. You can register on line
at http://www.rtl.org/events/kofc/respectlife.html. For more details contact www.rtl.org or Barbara Rotary at respectlife@rtl.org or (248) 371-0466.
Legislative Day is Tuesday, April 23rd at the Radisson Hotel,
111 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. With special guest speaker, Pastor Christopher
Brooks, Senior Pastor from Evangel Ministries, Detroit. Pastor Brooks will
inspire and energize you with his pro life message. Registration begins at
8:45am. If you would like to reserve a seat for Lunch with your Legislator,
please contact Right to Life of Michigan at (517) 487-3376 or email: legisday@rtl.org. A tour of the Capitol will begin at 2pm. Tickets for this
event are $46 for adults and $20 for students. For the registration form,
please visit www.rtl.org (click on the carousel) or call Karen
Walacavage at (734) 930-7474.
On May 30th, 2013 – Mother and Unborn Baby Care
Presents Defending Life in a Post Christian World with Guest Speaker Scott
Klusendorf – CEO of Life Training Institute, at Farmington Hills Manor, located
at 23666 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI. The cost is $25.00 per
student; $50.00 per adult (This includes Hor d’oeuvre’s, dinner, beer, wine).
Registration will be from 5:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. The program will run from 6:00
P.M. till 9:00 P.M. Please make checks payable to: MAUBC and mail to: Mother
and Unborn Baby Care, 24500 Southfield Road, Southfield, MI 48075, Attn: Peter
Riccardo.
Scott Klusendorf
founded the Life Training Institute to train pro-lifers to effectively get our
message across, with the goal of saving lives. Scott works with the youth
– specifically Catholics and Protestants, and anyone else who wants to work to
save life, to make a case for life in the public square. He focuses on going
into Catholic and Protestant high schools, as well as doing assemblies, classes
and presentations that communicate the moral logic of the Pro-Life view.
He teaches the students how to argue persuasively for the pro-life view using
science and philosophy. If you are interested in learning how you can more
clearly defend LIFE, please contact Peter at (248) 202-4903 for more information.
On Friday, May 31st there will be a training
session with Scott Klusendorf, founder of the Life Training Institute, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, 47650 North Territorial Road, Plymouth from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Scott will teach
the youth, and anyone else who wants to learn, how to defend Life in our
secular culture. For further info please call Peter Riccardo at (248) 202-4903.
ONGOING:
Baby Needs Collection through Christ The King
Pro-lifers
have been super generous in providing much needed items for the wonderful
pregnancy help centers in our area! Many
of you have expressed a need for an ongoing collection point. Now, you can drop
off baby items anytime in the collection baskets located at the Christ The King
Pro-Life Information Center in the Narthex (in the church) – across from the
cry room. Christ The King Catholic Church is located at 4000 Ave Maria Dr in Ann Arbor, (near Domino’s Farms). We will collect and distribute the
items on a rotating basis to the pregnancy help centers in our area. We hope this helps those who
want so much to help!! If you have a large item – please contact Brigid bak.aa47@gmail.com or Marge mlskr@aol.com for
special handling.
ONGOING: Hope Clinic serving low-income families in need,
they always need items to fill their Baby Care shelves. To help, please bring
unopened and non-expired items to Hope Clinic, 518 Harriet Street, Ypsilanti
48197. For more info contact Melissa Burkhart at mburkhart@thehopeclinic.org
ONGOING: Family Life Services Clinic is a Christian outreach to women and
men facing unexpected pregnancies and hurting from abortion. To help, please bring unopened and
non-expired baby items to 2950 Packard Rd. Ypsilanti, MI 48197. Betsy Duncan-Spong at bdspong@sbcglobal.net - 734.434.3088.
ONGOING: Arborvitae Women’s
Center provides
free services to women facing unexpected pregnancies, such as free pregnancy
testing, ultrasounds, consulting and more near U of M campus. For more info contact: Iris Proctor at director@annarborvitae.com. Mail donations to PO Box 7727, Ann Arbor, MI
48107.
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