Great interview - well worth reading! Had to share this link with you!
Catholic Digest interview with Jim Caviezel, actor: How being a dad has changed his life
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013 Upcoming Pro-Life Events Updated
Washtenaw County and Beyond, Partial
list as of May 22nd, 2013
Thursday, May 30th – Annual Spring Fund Raiser @
Farmington Hills – Mother and Unborn Baby Care Presents “Defending Life in a Post-Christian World” – Location -
23666 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI. Registration/Social Hour – 5:30
-6:30 P.M. Costs of tickets are – Students - $25.00; Adults - $50.00; Table
Sponsors - $500.00 (table of 10). Evening will conclude at 9:00 P.M.
Keynote Speaker Scott Klusendorf – CEO of Life Training Institute. His
ministry is reaching out to the youth to teach them how to defend life in our
secular culture today. For further information, please contact Peter Riccardo @
(248) 202- 4903 (Cell).
Friday, May 31st – Pro-Life Training Session @ Our
Lady of Good Counsel with Scott Klusendorf. Training will commence at 9:00 A.M.
and conclude at 11:00 A.M. For those that
cannot attend the dinner on May 30th, donations will be accepted for
Mother and Unborn Baby Care. Scott will teach how to defend life in a
non-confrontational manner using science and philosophy. For further
information, please call Peter Riccardo @ (248)
202-4903 (Cell). OLGC is located at 47650 North Territorial Road, Plymouth
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 31 in
Detroit, A Rachel's Vineyard Retreat will begin! Healing the Pain of Abortion… One
weekend at a time… Why
wait any longer? Join us on our next weekend retreat starting on Friday, May 31st –
June 2nd, 2013. For more information and registration contact Christine at
(248) 494-6363. Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem
hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer you a supportive,
confidential and non--‐judgmental
environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful
post--‐abortive
emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing. Rachel’s
Vineyard welcomes women, men, grandparents, siblings, anyone touched by the trauma
of abortion. www.detroitrachelsvineyard.org
The Pill Kills 2013 Campaign – On Saturday, June 1st - We
will once again have a peaceful, prayerful presence in front of the Planned
Parenthood clinics in Ann Arbor (Stadium Dr. and Professional Dr.) and
Ypsilanti (Maus Rd.) on this first Saturday of
June. If you are interested in holding signs and/or handing out
literature about the detrimental effects of the pill at one of the 3 PP clinics
in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti, please contact me (Paul -40daysannarbor@gmail.com).
Crossroads Pro-Life Walks Across America is underway
and will conclude in Washington DC on August 10th! http://www.crossroadswalk.org/.
Watch for updates on when participants will be coming to our area.
Ongoing: Even though we
are between 40 Days for Life campaigns, the handful of year-round prayer
friends and sidewalk counselors could use support through prayer and fasting at home and/or work, prayerful
witness at Planned Parenthood (3100 Professional Dr., Ann Arbor) and help with
reaching out to PP clients. If you can help in
any of these ways, please contact me (Paul - 40daysannarbor@gmail.com).
Lives can truly be saved through your efforts!
Ongoing: Invite a Life Training
Institute Speaker to Your School for FREE
A
Life Training Institute speaker will travel to your school to equip your
students on how to make a persuasive case for life in the public square.
They’re available for all-school assemblies or in combined classes throughout
the day. There is no financial obligation to have one of our speakers come to
your school. This is a great opportunity for you to have a national level
speaker at your school without the financial expense. Please call Jan Lenze at
313-204-7450 to schedule one of our speakers.
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.
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.
To be
added to the Prolife Action Network email group and receive updates for Life
Chain,
Local
Pro-Life Events and Religious Liberty Issues and Events and to submit info on a Pro-Life event:
Contact Sandie Weathers prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com
or
Marilyn
Geyer at 734-973-2422 or mgeyer@provide.net
Visit us on Facebook: Prolife
Action Network
Monday, May 20, 2013
On Friday, May 31 A Detroit Rachel's Vineyard Retreat will begin!
On Friday, May 31 in
Detroit, A Rachel's Vineyard Retreat will begin! Healing the Pain of Abortion… One
weekend at a time… Why
wait any longer? Join us on our next weekend retreat starting on Friday, May 31st –
June 2nd, 2013. For more information and registration contact Christine at
(248) 494-6363. Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem
hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer you a supportive,
confidential and non--‐judgmental
environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful
post--‐abortive
emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing. Rachel’s
Vineyard welcomes women, men, grandparents, siblings, anyone touched by the trauma
of abortion. www.detroitrachelsvineyard.org
Thursday, May 16, 2013
“Upcoming Mother and Unborn Baby Care Events” as of May 16, 2013
On
Friday May 17th, there will be a fund raising opportunity for
Mother and Unborn Baby Care @ Saint Anastasia Parish in Troy, MI. (4571 John R.
Road). They will be showing the movie “October Baby”. The doors open at 6:30
P.M., with the movie starting at 7:00 P.M. There will be a free-will offering
taken that night. Please invite your friends to come and see this movie, which
is based on the life of Gianna Gessen, who was burned alive in the womb by a
saline abortion and survived. Questions? Email: Peter Riccardo at
peter.r@maubc.org
Thursday, May 30th – Annual Spring Fund Raiser @
Farmington Hills – “Defending Life in a Post-Christian World” – Location -
23666 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI. Registration/Social Hour – 5:30
-6:30 P.M. Costs of tickets are – Students - $25.00; Adults - $50.00; Table
Sponsors - $500.00 (table of 10). Evening will conclude at 9:00 P.M.
Keynote Speaker Scott Klusendorf – CEO of Life Training Institute. His
ministry is reaching out to the youth to teach them how to defend life in our
secular culture today. For further information, please contact Peter Riccardo @
(248) 202- 4903 (Cell).
Friday, May 31st – Pro-Life Training Session @ Our
Lady of Good Counsel with Scott Klusendorf. Training will commence at 9:00 A.M.
and conclude at 11:00 A.M. For those
that cannot attend the dinner on May 30th, donations will be
accepted for Mother and Unborn Baby Care. Scott will teach how to defend life in a
non-confrontational manner using science and philosophy. For further
information, please call Peter Riccardo @ (248)
202-4903 (Cell).
May 16, 2013 Updated List of Pro-Life Events Washtenaw County
Washtenaw County and Beyond, Partial list as of May 16th, 2013
On Friday May 17th, there will be a fund
raising opportunity for Mother and Unborn Baby Care @ Saint Anastasia Parish in
Troy, MI. (4571 John R. Road). They will be showing the movie “October Baby”.
The doors open at 6:30 P.M., with the movie starting at 7:00 P.M. There will be
a free-will offering taken that night. Please invite your friends to come and
see this movie, which is based on the life of Gianna Gessen, who was burned
alive in the womb by a saline abortion and survived. Questions? Email: Peter
Riccardo at peter.r@maubc.org
On May 17 and 18th there will be a 2 Day Symposium on the Redemption of Human Sexuality, Featuring
Theology of the Body Speaker, Sr. Helena Burns, fsp at Our Lady of Good Counsel. You can see
the flier at: http://www.olgcparish.net/resources/human_sexuality_symposium_2013.pdf.
Our Lady of Good Counsel is located at 47650
North Territorial, Plymouth, MI 48170. Questions?
Email: OLGCMay17@aol.com
Childhood Sexual Abuse Training: ArborVitae Women's Center in conjunction with The
Washtenaw Area Council for Children is sponsoring: Darkness 2 Light (D2L): Childhood Sexual Abuse Training on Saturday, May
18, 2013 from 9:00 am to noon, at St. Mary
Student Parish in Ann Arbor. Registration begins at 8:30am. Ticket cost of $12 includes materials and a
continental breakfast, seating is limited and registration closes on Wednesday, May 15th. Register
online: http://arborvitae-d2l.eventbrite.com/.
St. Mary Student Parish is located at 331
Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Public
Parking is available at the Maynard Street Parking Structure (324 Maynard
Street). Questions? Contact Iris Proctor, Executive Director, ArborVitae
Women’s Center at director@annarborvitae.com or 734.994.8863.
Crossroads Pro-Life Walks Across America begins on the west coast on Saturday, May
18th and concludes in Washington DC on August 10th! http://www.crossroadswalk.org/.
Watch for updates on when they will be coming to our area.
Thursday, May 30th – Annual Spring Fund Raiser @
Farmington Hills – Mother and Unborn Baby Care Presents “Defending Life in a Post-Christian World” – Location -
23666 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI. Registration/Social Hour – 5:30
-6:30 P.M. Costs of tickets are – Students - $25.00; Adults - $50.00; Table
Sponsors - $500.00 (table of 10). Evening will conclude at 9:00 P.M.
Keynote Speaker Scott Klusendorf – CEO of Life Training Institute. His
ministry is reaching out to the youth to teach them how to defend life in our
secular culture today. For further information, please contact Peter Riccardo @
(248) 202- 4903 (Cell).
Friday, May 31st – Pro-Life Training Session @ Our
Lady of Good Counsel with Scott Klusendorf. Training will commence at 9:00 A.M.
and conclude at 11:00 A.M. For those that
cannot attend the dinner on May 30th, donations will be accepted for
Mother and Unborn Baby Care. Scott will teach how to defend life in a
non-confrontational manner using science and philosophy. For further
information, please call Peter Riccardo @ (248)
202-4903 (Cell). OLGC is located at 47650 North Territorial Road, Plymouth
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.
The Pill Kills 2013 Campaign – On Saturday, June 1st - We
will once again have a peaceful, prayerful presence in front of the Planned
Parenthood clinics in Ann Arbor (Stadium Dr. and Professional Dr.) and
Ypsilanti (Maus Rd.) on this first Saturday of
June. If you are interested in holding signs and/or handing out literature
about the detrimental effects of the pill at one of the 3 PP clinics in Ann
Arbor or Ypsilanti, please contact me (Paul -40daysannarbor@gmail.com).
Ongoing: Even though we
are between 40 Days for Life campaigns, the handful of year-round prayer
friends and sidewalk counselors could use support through prayer and fasting at home and/or work, prayerful
witness at Planned Parenthood (3100 Professional Dr., Ann Arbor) and help with
reaching out to PP clients. If you can help in
any of these ways, please contact me (Paul - 40daysannarbor@gmail.com).
Lives can truly be saved through your efforts!
Ongoing: Invite a Life Training
Institute Speaker to Your School for FREE
A
Life Training Institute speaker will travel to your school to equip your
students on how to make a persuasive case for life in the public square.
They’re available for all-school assemblies or in combined classes throughout
the day. There is no financial obligation to have one of our speakers come to
your school. This is a great opportunity for you to have a national level
speaker at your school without the financial expense. Please call Jan Lenze at
313-204-7450 to schedule one of our speakers.
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.
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.
To be added to the Prolife Action
Network email group and receive updates for Life Chain,
Local Pro-Life Events and Religious
Liberty Issues and Events and to submit
info on a Pro-Life event:
Contact Sandie Weathers prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com
or
Marilyn Geyer at 734-973-2422 or
mgeyer@provide.net
Monday, May 13, 2013
Press Statement--On Abortionist Gosnell Guilty Verdict--Monica Migliorino Miller
Gosnell Guilty of 3 First Degree Murders
Abortionist Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty today May 13, 2013 of
the first degree murder of three babies born-alive in late term
abortion procedures. The babies had their spinal columns snipped with
scissors---effectively causing them to be decapitated.
Here is the Press Statement from Monica Migliorino Miller--Director of
Citizens for a Pro-Life Society www.prolifesociety.com
"Justice at least has been done for these three innocent, helpless and
unwanted unborn children--and in this there is some comfort. However,
the verdict is still bitter-sweet when one considers that Gosnell--and
indeed every abortionist is guilty of the unjust killing of the unborn
in every abortion ever committed. Gosnell is found guilty simply
because, according to the law, he killed these babies the wrong way.
If he had ended their lives while they were still within their
mothers' wombs--legal authorites would have sanctioned and protected
those killings.
Gosnell is not just guilty of the murder of these three babies--but
guilty of every child put to death in his house of horrors clinic.
And no matter how sanitary an abortion clinic may be-- it is always a
house of horrors for any unborn child scheduled to die in such places.
I hope that this verdict will help America come to know that there is
no moral difference between Gosnell's infanticidal acts--post-womb
killings and legalized abortion itself."
Abortionist Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty today May 13, 2013 of
the first degree murder of three babies born-alive in late term
abortion procedures. The babies had their spinal columns snipped with
scissors---effectively causing them to be decapitated.
Here is the Press Statement from Monica Migliorino Miller--Director of
Citizens for a Pro-Life Society www.prolifesociety.com
"Justice at least has been done for these three innocent, helpless and
unwanted unborn children--and in this there is some comfort. However,
the verdict is still bitter-sweet when one considers that Gosnell--and
indeed every abortionist is guilty of the unjust killing of the unborn
in every abortion ever committed. Gosnell is found guilty simply
because, according to the law, he killed these babies the wrong way.
If he had ended their lives while they were still within their
mothers' wombs--legal authorites would have sanctioned and protected
those killings.
Gosnell is not just guilty of the murder of these three babies--but
guilty of every child put to death in his house of horrors clinic.
And no matter how sanitary an abortion clinic may be-- it is always a
house of horrors for any unborn child scheduled to die in such places.
I hope that this verdict will help America come to know that there is
no moral difference between Gosnell's infanticidal acts--post-womb
killings and legalized abortion itself."
May 13, 2013 Updated Upcoming Pro-Life Events
For Washtenaw County and Beyond,
Partial list as of May 13th, 2013
Helpers
of God's Precious Infants of Michigan news: There
will be a training meeting for sidewalk counselors and prayers on Tuesday, May 14th, 7-9
pm at St. Lucy's in St.
Claire Shores. New and experienced counselors welcome. Refreshments served. We
hope to see you, feel free to bring a friend or family member. Questions? Email:
helpersmi@gmail.com
On May 17th, there will be a fund raising opportunity for Mother and
Unborn Baby Care @ Saint Anastasia Parish in Troy, MI. (4571 John R. Road). We
will be showing the movie “October Baby”. The doors open at 6:30 P.M. , with
the movie starting at 7:00 P.M. There will be a free-will offering taken that
night. Please invite your friends to come and see this movie, which is based on
the life of Gianna Gessen, who was burned alive in the womb by a saline
abortion and survived. Questions? Email: Peter Riccardo at peter.r@maubc.org
On May 17 and 18th there will be a 2 Day Symposium on the Redemption of Human Sexuality, Featuring
Theology of the Body Speaker, Sr. Helena Burns, fsp at Our Lady of Good Counsel. You can see
the flier at: http://www.olgcparish.net/resources/human_sexuality_symposium_2013.pdf.
Our Lady of Good Counsel is located at 47650
North Territorial, Plymouth, MI 48170. Questions?
Email: OLGCMay17@aol.com
Childhood Sexual Abuse Training: ArborVitae Women's Center in conjunction with The
Washtenaw Area Council for Children is sponsoring: Darkness 2 Light (D2L): Childhood Sexual Abuse Training on Saturday, May
18, 2013 from 9:00 am to noon, at St. Mary
Student Parish in Ann Arbor. Registration begins at 8:30am. Ticket cost of $12 includes materials and a
continental breakfast, seating is limited and registration closes on Wednesday, May 15th. Register
online: http://arborvitae-d2l.eventbrite.com/.
St. Mary Student Parish is located at 331
Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Public
Parking is available at the Maynard Street Parking Structure (324 Maynard
Street). Questions? Contact Iris Proctor, Executive Director, ArborVitae
Women’s Center at director@annarborvitae.com or 734.994.8863.
Crossroads Pro-Life Walks Across America! Begins
on the west coast on May 18th and concludes in Washington DC on August
10th! http://www.crossroadswalk.org/. Watch
for updates on when they will be coming to our area.
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.
The Pill Kills 2013 Campaign - June, 1, 2013 - We
will once again have a peaceful, prayerful presence in front of the Planned
Parenthood clinics in Ann Arbor (Stadium Dr. and Professional Dr.) and
Ypsilanti (Maus Rd.) on this first Saturday of
June. If you are interested in holding signs and/or handing out
literature about the detrimental effects of the pill at one of the 3 PP clinics
in Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti, please contact me (Paul -40daysannarbor@gmail.com).
Ongoing: Even though we
are between 40 Days for Life campaigns, the handful of year-round prayer
friends and sidewalk counselors could use support through prayer and fasting at home and/or work, prayerful
witness at Planned Parenthood (3100 Professional Dr., Ann Arbor) and help with
reaching out to PP clients. If you can help in
any of these ways, please contact me (Paul - 40daysannarbor@gmail.com).
Lives can truly be saved through your efforts!
Ongoing: Invite a Life Training
Institute Speaker to Your School for FREE
A
Life Training Institute speaker will travel to your school to equip your
students on how to
make
a persuasive case for life in the public square. They’re available for
all-school assemblies or in combined classes throughout the day. There is no
financial obligation to have one of our speakers come to your school. This is a
great opportunity for you to have a national level speaker at your school
without the financial expense. Please call Jan Lenze at 313-204-7450 to
schedule one of our speakers.
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.
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.
To be
added to the Prolife Action Network email group and receive updates for Life
Chain,
Local
Pro-Life Events and Religious Liberty Issues and Events and to submit info on a Pro-Life event:
Contact Sandie Weathers prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com
or
Marilyn
Geyer at 734-973-2422 or mgeyer@provide.net
Darkness 2 Light (D2L): Childhood Sexual Abuse Training on Sat., May 18th! Register NOW!
Registration closes this Wed., May 15,
for the Darkness 2 Light (D2L):
Childhood Sexual Abuse Training on Sat., May 18th
Attention Pro-Life Friends!
ArborVitae Women's Center in conjunction with The Washtenaw Area Council for Children is sponsoring: Darkness 2 Light (D2L): Childhood Sexual Abuse Training on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 9:00am to noon, at St. Mary Student Parish in Ann Arbor. Registration begins at 8:30 am. Ticket cost of $12 includes materials and a continental breakfast, seating is limited and registration closes this Wednesday, May 15th. Register online: http://arborvitae-d2l.
Because ArborVitae believes in the sanctity of life, ArborVitae is eager to shine a light on this epidemic that is claiming so many of our children. Why? Because 1 of every 4 girls and 1 of every 6 boys you know will be sexually abused before they turn 18. Research shows that people who are sexually violated as children are far more likely to experience psychological problems often lasting into adulthood, including Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, depression, suicide, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, school dropout and relationship problems. D2L understands that learning the facts about childhood sexual abuse helps prevent it. If childhood sexual abuse can be prevented, it can be stopped.
Blessings,
Sandie Weathers
734-434-8447 home
Pro-Life Action Network - The Life Chain People
Abortion hurts women more than it empowers them!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Your words are needed to expose the ugly reality of abortion!
Attention Pro-Life Friends!
Michigan Right to Life is seeking your help exposing the truth about Abortionist Kermit Gosnell and I have compiles some additional information/resources related to abortionist Kermit Gosnell that I wanted to share with you. Please spread the word to ALL of your family and friends!
Kermit Gosnell is facing numerous charges, including murder, for his treatment of women and babies at the Women's Medical Society abortion business located at 3801 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. If you have not heard of Gosnell, don't be surprised. Most of the main stream media is ignoring the story. But you can help change that! Please read on!
The following is a VERY IMPORTANT message from: Right to Life of Michigan
Your words are needed to expose the ugly reality of abortion!
Prolife people have an opportunity to expose the ugly reality of legal abortion. The mainstream media is not covering the murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell.
The media adage "if it bleeds, it leads" has at least one glaring exception. If children who survive abortions are the ones who are bleeding, the story won't lead.
Not only has it not led, the story of Kermit Gosnell on trial has been largely ignored by national networks.
Your help is needed.
Below are sample posts or letters to get you started. Spread the message of the murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell through blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, responding to online articles and by submitting letters to the editor of local newspapers.
Helpful link:
http://rtl.org/action_center/
Sample Letter or Online Post #1
Imagine a murder trial where witnesses testified about hundreds of murdered infants, poor female patients being mistreated, untrained staff, and a callous doctor. It has all the ingredients of a story which would make headlines around the world, right? You don't have to imagine. The murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell is currently underway and has yet to make a blip in the nightly newscasts and morning shows. The reason for this is the infants Gosnell killed survived abortion attempts and large portions of the media have no desire to share the underbelly of the abortion industry with the public.
Sample Letter or Online Post #2
We were told making abortion legal would make it safe. We were told making abortion legal would eliminate back-alley abortions. A murder trial underway in Philadelphia is daily proving these to be false statements. According to his employees, abortionist Kermit Gosnell used surgical scissors to cut the spinal cords of hundreds of children who survived abortion attempts at his rundown, filthy clinic. Prosecutors, who lack physical evidence to charge him with more killings, have charged Gosnell with 8 murders. Seven victims were infants who were born alive following abortion procedures. The eighth victim was a woman named Karnamaya Mongar who died while having an abortion due to a deadly dose of anesthesia. When someone says "Safe, legal and rare," remember Karnamaya Mongar and the infants killed by Kermit Gosnell.
Sample Letter or Online Post #3
People across West Michigan were stunned when Mlive.com published photos of the unsanitary interior of a closed abortion clinic in Muskegon a few months ago. We couldn't imagine that such a place could exist and that women would step foot in such a place. However, other examples of abortionists flouting the law are common place. For example, take the testimony of abortion clinic workers who have been testifying over the last few weeks in the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Their description of the actions of Gosnell and climate in the clinic have included one staffer sharing how she freaked out when she heard the screaming of one child who survived an abortion, another noting how he saw one baby take a breath, and another relaying Gosnell's explanation for why he kept the severed feet of some of his victims in dozens of jars. I'm grateful for our state legislature which passed a law last session to make sure abortion clinics are regulated and inspected.
Sample Letter or Online Post #4
When 26 people, including 20 children, were killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school our nation rightly took notice. The media persistently covered the story and provided the public with stories of survivors and information about the victims. Currently, a newsworthy murder trial in Philadelphia is underway which the national media have failed to cover. While he is only charged with 8 murders (7 infants and one adult), witnesses have testified that Kermit Gosnell killed hundreds of infants over a period of decades. Why have you never heard of the nation's most prolific serial killer? He was an abortionist. Gosnell specialized in late-term abortions and often the children he would try to kill in the womb would survive. He solved the problem of infants being born alive by routinely severing their spinal cords with surgical scissors. Our nation should take note of all tragedies where human life is devalued.
For more information on abortionist Kermit Gosnell's trial, visit the Right to Life of Michigan Blog at http://rlmblog.
Additional resources compiled by Sandie Weathers, Pro-Life Action Network at prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.com
The FOX News Channel documentary "See No Evil - The Kermit Gosnell Murders" was aired on Friday, May 3, at 9 p.m and again on Sunday evening. Perhaps they will air it again. I highly recommend the documentary.
Links related to the abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s case:
1) Here is the link to the video of the mother and her baby’s foot!
WOMAN WHO HAD ABORTION AT GOSNELL’S CLINIC GETS EMOTIONAL AFTER LEARNING HE KEPT BABY’S FOOT
2) National Right to Life article related to pro-choice friend looking over the shoulder of pro-life friend and sees abortion pictures:
3) 3801 Lancaster – documentary of the Kermit Gosnell story
4) Students For Life of America - All American Horror Story: Top 10 Gosnell Trial Revelations at http://studentsforlife.org/
Updated May 8th List of Pro-Life Events for Washtenaw County and Beyond
As of May 8th, 2013
PICKET PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MID AND SOUTH
MICHIGAN FUNDRAISER luncheon that
features Eve Ensler—author of the notorious “Vagina Monologues”! The picket is: Thursday, May 9th, 11:00am
to 1:00pm at the Troy Marriot Hotel, 200 East Big Beaver Road, Troy Michigan, just
east of I 75.
This Saturday, May 11th, from 2:00 to
3:00 pm, celebrate
Livonia, MI, being abortion free for the first time in 31 years at 27549 Six Mile, 1/4 mile west of Inkster
at the site of the closed abortion facility! Guest speakers- Joe Scheidler, Al Kresta, Lynn Mills and more. Hear
the incredible true story of how GOD put this building into the right hands.
Maybe even meet the new owners and THANK THEM! From 3:00 to 5:00 pm refreshments will be
served at Sacred Heart Byzantine Church
at 29125 Six Mile Road, just east of Middlebelt. Chat with the speakers and
socialize. In case of 'inclement
weather’ all of the activities from 2:00 to 5:00 pm will take place at Sacred Heart Byzantine Church, 29125 Six
Mile Road, just east of Middlebelt. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CHILD
FRIENDLY!
Celebrate
Freedom of Religion-Living Rosary-State Capitol! All faiths and ages are encouraged to
attend a peaceful, prayerful celebration at the State Capitol, Saturday, May
11, 2 p.m. The Knights of Columbus Color Corps will perform a visual Living
Rosary encouraging the importance of life, religious liberty, Charity, Unity,
Fraternity,and Patriotism. The event will start at 2 p.m. in front of the State
Capitol building in Lansing. A social reception is scheduled from 3-4 p.m. with
Mass following at 4 p.m. at St. Mary Cathedral, 219 Seymour Avenue. For more
information please visit www.kofc11694.org###
Childhood Sexual Abuse Training: ArborVitae Women's Center in conjunction with The
Washtenaw Area Council for Children is sponsoring: Darkness 2 Light (D2L): Childhood Sexual Abuse Training on Saturday, May
18, 2013 from 9:00 am to noon, at St. Mary
Student Parish in Ann Arbor. Registration begins at 8:30am. Ticket cost of $12 includes materials and a
continental breakfast, seating is limited and registration closes on Wednesday, May 15th. Register
online: http://arborvitae-d2l.eventbrite.com/.
St. Mary Student Parish is located at 331
Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Public
Parking is available at the Maynard Street Parking Structure (324 Maynard
Street). Questions? Contact Iris Proctor, Executive Director, ArborVitae
Women’s Center at director@annarborvitae.com or 734.994.8863.
Crossroads Pro-Life Walks Across America! Begins
on the west coast on May 18th and concludes in Washington DC on August
10th! http://www.crossroadswalk.org/. Watch
for updates on when they will be coming to our area.
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: Invite a Life Training
Institute Speaker to Your School for FREE
A
Life Training Institute speaker will travel to your school to equip your
students on how to
make
a persuasive case for life in the public square. They’re available for
all-school assemblies or in combined classes throughout the day. There is no
financial obligation to have one of our speakers come to your school. This is a
great opportunity for you to have a national level speaker at your school
without the financial expense. Please call Jan Lenze at 313-204-7450 to
schedule one of our speakers.
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.
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.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
A FOX News Channel documentary "See No Evil - The Kermit Gosnell Murders" is scheduled to air on Friday, May 3, at 9 p.m.
| Attention Pro-Life Friends! Michigan Right to Life www.rtl.org/ sent out the following information. PLEASE check it out and spread the word. Blessings, Sandie at prolifeactionnetwork@gmail.
A FOX News Channel documentary "See No Evil - The Kermit Gosnell Murders" is scheduled to air on Friday, May 3, at 9 p.m.
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