Dear Friends,
I just received the following announcement and encourage your attendance to support the Women's Care Center, a key link to success in showing mothers and fathers an alternative to abortion.
You can still attend a fun-filled day at the Knights of Columbus fun day. On August 3rd, Saturday, the fun starts with a tail gate party at 2:00 P.M. Your ticket includes food, and beverages. The game starts at 6:00 P.M.
Looks like the weather will be good, so plan on coming out for the game. Contact Greg Wagner for tickets ($13 payable to KC Council 3924) at 831-8952 or 576-0991. See you at the game.
By the way, $2 from every ticket helps support the Women's Care Center.
United with you on our day of fast and prayer,
Bette
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
Day of Prayer/Fasting Tues. & Volunteer Meeting Wed.!
REMINDER #1: TOMORROW - Tuesday, July 30th, is our day of prayer and fasting! Join together in this day of sacrifice and prayer that God will provide the workers for His vineyard. 40 Days for Life requires many man hours to make it succeed. Our volunteer service is the least we can give back to Him who gave us life. Fast and pray tomorrow that our volunteer meeting will yield the laborers needed for a fruitful fall 40 Days for Life campaign!
REMINDER #2: WEDNESDAY, JULY 31st, is our Volunteer Meeting for the fall 40 Days for Life campaign! Come and listen to our guest speaker, Jim Ball, as he outlines how to fill this demanding vigil schedule before it even starts! Come and see how YOU can be part of this peaceful, prayerful event and save lives, change hearts.
Wednesday, July 31, at 7:00pm
Bishop O'Connor Center (702 S. High Point Drive Madison, WI 53719) - Follow the sign for the room number when you come in the main entrance.
With your volunteer efforts and prayers, minds and hearts will recognize the truth about abortion; then finally the doors of all abortuaries will close, including those of Planned Parenthood.
"And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." (Luke 11: 1-13)
Sidewalk Counseling Training Session - Sign Up at the Volunteer Meeting!
Want to turn victims away from Planned Parenthood? There will be a Sign-Up Sheet at the Volunteer Meeting on Wednesday for those who are interested in learning how to counsel on the sidewalk. If you'd like to learn from those experienced in this special mission, you'll have the opportunity to sign up that evening. If there is enough interest, we will hold a training session before 40 Days for Life. You can also send an email to info@vigilforlife.org.
Open Hours - These Are Abortion Days, People!
Tuesday, 7/30/13: 1 needed at 10:00, 11:00am, and 2:00pm; 2 needed at 9:00, noon, 1:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm 13 hours open! Only 19% filled!
Wednesday, 7/31/13: 1 needed at 9:00, 11:00am, 2:00, and 5:00pm; 2 needed at 8:00, noon, 1:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm 14 OPEN HOURS!! Only 30% filled!
Go to vigilforlife.org or email info@vigilforlife.org to sign up for one of these hours or a recurrent hour.
Announcements:
Prayer Request - Please pray for one of our prayer warriors who will undergo skin cancer surgery on Tuesday and is offering up her suffering: "I have been told I will end up with a hole in my nose and when I think of this I will think of those mothers that are pregnant and I will beg God to let those mothers choose life so they won't end up with a hole in their hearts. In the afternoon on July 30th I will be having a surgical repair by ENT to fix the removed tissue from my nose, and I will be praying for those unfortunate babies who were considered to be tissues instead of babies and for their mothers and fathers, doctors and nurses who didn't see them as babies either and chose to abort." Pray for her as she carries her cross....
Rosary Rally - Every Thursday at 7:00pm with Fr. Rick Heilman at the State St. steps of the Capitol. Last Thursday rain kept threatening to make it a soggy prayer vigil. It sprinkled on and off throughout the hour, even though the forecast said it would storm at 7:00. At 8:00pm when everyone got in their cars, the skies opened. Our Lady protected us once again!
REMINDER #2: WEDNESDAY, JULY 31st, is our Volunteer Meeting for the fall 40 Days for Life campaign! Come and listen to our guest speaker, Jim Ball, as he outlines how to fill this demanding vigil schedule before it even starts! Come and see how YOU can be part of this peaceful, prayerful event and save lives, change hearts.
Wednesday, July 31, at 7:00pm
Bishop O'Connor Center (702 S. High Point Drive Madison, WI 53719) - Follow the sign for the room number when you come in the main entrance.
With your volunteer efforts and prayers, minds and hearts will recognize the truth about abortion; then finally the doors of all abortuaries will close, including those of Planned Parenthood.
"And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." (Luke 11: 1-13)
Sidewalk Counseling Training Session - Sign Up at the Volunteer Meeting!
Want to turn victims away from Planned Parenthood? There will be a Sign-Up Sheet at the Volunteer Meeting on Wednesday for those who are interested in learning how to counsel on the sidewalk. If you'd like to learn from those experienced in this special mission, you'll have the opportunity to sign up that evening. If there is enough interest, we will hold a training session before 40 Days for Life. You can also send an email to info@vigilforlife.org.
Open Hours - These Are Abortion Days, People!
Tuesday, 7/30/13: 1 needed at 10:00, 11:00am, and 2:00pm; 2 needed at 9:00, noon, 1:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm 13 hours open! Only 19% filled!
Wednesday, 7/31/13: 1 needed at 9:00, 11:00am, 2:00, and 5:00pm; 2 needed at 8:00, noon, 1:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm 14 OPEN HOURS!! Only 30% filled!
Go to vigilforlife.org or email info@vigilforlife.org to sign up for one of these hours or a recurrent hour.
Announcements:
Prayer Request - Please pray for one of our prayer warriors who will undergo skin cancer surgery on Tuesday and is offering up her suffering: "I have been told I will end up with a hole in my nose and when I think of this I will think of those mothers that are pregnant and I will beg God to let those mothers choose life so they won't end up with a hole in their hearts. In the afternoon on July 30th I will be having a surgical repair by ENT to fix the removed tissue from my nose, and I will be praying for those unfortunate babies who were considered to be tissues instead of babies and for their mothers and fathers, doctors and nurses who didn't see them as babies either and chose to abort." Pray for her as she carries her cross....
Rosary Rally - Every Thursday at 7:00pm with Fr. Rick Heilman at the State St. steps of the Capitol. Last Thursday rain kept threatening to make it a soggy prayer vigil. It sprinkled on and off throughout the hour, even though the forecast said it would storm at 7:00. At 8:00pm when everyone got in their cars, the skies opened. Our Lady protected us once again!
Monday, July 22, 2013
Day of Prayer and Fasting Scheduled!
Please mark your calendars for next Tuesday, July 30th! In preparation for our Volunteer Meeting on Wednesday, July 31st, we are asking you to join us in a day of prayer and fasting, petitioning Our Lord to provide the volunteers needed to make our fall 40 Days for Life a successful and fruitful campaign.
What specifically can you do to participate in this day?
Below are two different kinds of fasting options:
| Sacrifices | Prayers |
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You get the idea! Give up your favorite thing or activity for ONE DAY and pray, pray, pray!
"There is a commandment laid on us to fast. For fasting helps to destroy sin, and to raise the mind to thoughts of the spiritual world. Each man is then bound, by the natural law of the matter, to fast just as much as is necessary to help him in these matters. Which is to say that fasting in general is a matter of natural law." - St. Thomas Aquinas
Reminder: Volunteer Meeting!
WHEN: Wednesday evening, July 31, 2013 at 7:00pm
WHERE: Bishop O'Connor Center (702 S. High Point Drive Madison, WI 53719)
WHO: Our guest speaker will be Jim Ball, a veteran 40 Days for Life leader from Green Bay, who will speak about his successful program. With YOUR help, we can fill our calendar hours before the campaign starts!
WHY: To unite as professed believers in the sanctity of life and, through our volunteer efforts, do what we can to change the culture.
Many Open Hours This Week!
Monday, 7/22/13: 1 needed at 9:00am
Tuesday, 7/23/13: 1 needed at 11:00am; 2 needed at10:00, noon, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm 13 hours open! Only 19% filled!
Wednesday, 7/24/13: 1 needed at 9:00 and 11:00am; 2 needed at 8:00, 10:00, noon, 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, and5:00pm 16 OPEN HOURS!! Only 20% filled!
Thursday, 7/25/13: 1 needed at 3:00, 4:00, and 5:00pm
Friday, 7/26/13: 1 needed at 1:00pm; 2 needed at 2:00pm
Bring your prayers, compassion, and love to the rescue of mothers and babies!
Go to vigilforlife.org or email info@vigilforlife.org to sign up for one of these hours or a recurrent hour.
Announcements:
- Sidewalk Counseling Training Session? - If there is enough interest, we will conduct a sidewalk counseling training before 40 Days for Life begins. Please contact me at info@vigilforlife.org if you'd like to participate.
- Fortnight for Freedom - Please join Fr. Rick Heilman in prayer at the State Street steps of the Capitol EVERYTHURSDAY to pray for life, family, and religious freedom. Invite friends and bring your family as we pray the Rosary together!
Monday, July 15, 2013
It Was Quite the Week!
This was indeed a week of "highs and lows" for those on the sidewalk at Planned Parenthood. The parking lot was full on Tuesday; it looked like another busy abortion day was unfolding. Women and couples entered and left without responding to offers of help. Most didn't even acknowledge that prayer warriors were there, staring straight ahead, expressionless as they crossed the lot and entered the abortuary. To those out there praying, it appeared to be a very discouraging day.
Then came Wednesday!
- Two cars went by, honked and gave a thumbs up.
- A passerby on his way to the bus stop took time to tell a prayer warrior what he observed on Tuesday - how two girls left the Planned Parenthood parking lot and headed to the Women's Care Center. When he saw this, he turned to his friends, "See? It works! A life was just saved!" He was very excited and wanted her to know that PRAYERS WORK AND HE WAS THANKFUL WE ARE OUT THERE!
- Near the end of the day, two prayer warriors reported that a pregnant mother with two toddlers stopped by. She was planning to go to Planned Parenthood to set up an appointment (they think to end the child's life). They gave her pro-life literature and stayed until closing. The mother never went in. Please pray that their kind words and pro-life material will guide her to choose life.
Your presence and prayer reaches even those with no connection to Planned Parenthood, ones who are just walking or driving by on their way to somewhere else. These occasions are also prayers answered, recognitions that life ends in this place and something is being done to change that.
Then Friday came.... Please pray for a young couple in the parking lot who seemed scared and confused, in need of our prayers. They too were counseled and given literature. Please ask Our Lord to show them the way!
Jesus calls us to be Good Samaritans and treat others with mercy. Walking and praying on the sidewalk are acts of mercy to those going astray, instructing observers to "Go and do likewise." Open hours are listed below. It's time to say yes to God's call; we ALL can give an hour for LIFE!
Open Hours This Week:
Tuesday, 7/16/13: 1 needed at 2:00 and 4:00pm ; 2 needed at noon and 3:00pm 6 hours open! Only 63% filled!
Wednesday, 7/17/13: 1 needed at 8:00am and 1:00pm; 2 needed at 10:00, noon, 3:00, 4:00, and 5:00pm 12 OPEN HOURS!! Only 35% filled!
Friday, 7/19/13: 1 needed at 2:00pm
Go to vigilforlife.org or email info@vigilforlife.org to sign up for one of these hours or a recurrent hour.
We are called to do this! Which Hour Can You Fill?
Volunteer Meeting for 40 Days for Life - Is it on Your Calendar?
You won't want to miss this evening! Come hear our guest, Jim Ball, the 40 Days for Life leader in Green Bay, speak about his successful vigil where, amazingly, all 40 Day Prayer Slots are filled before the campaign even begins. Attend our volunteer meeting to find out how you can volunteer in preparation for the fall 40 Days for Life campaign from Wednesday, Sept. 25th to Sunday, Nov. 3rd. Come hear about his plan and help us achieve the same success here!
WHEN: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 7:00pm
WHERE: Bishop O'Connor Center (702 S. High Point Drive Madison, WI 53719)
Courtesy Announcement:
Fortnight for Freedom - Please join Fr. Rick Heilman in prayer at the State Street steps of the Capitol EVERY THURSDAY to pray for life, family, and religious freedom.
Invite friends and bring your family as we pray the Rosary together!
Monday, July 8, 2013
A Grim Reminder of the Loss of Life
Last Wednesday, a Planned Parenthood-scheduled abortion day, something very rare occurred that I would like to share with you and ask for your prayers for all concerned.
As we were praying and sidewalk counseling, a funeral home vehicle pulled into the parking lot. The driver went into the abortuary, came out a short time later with a small package, and then drove off.
Although a rare occurrence, sidewalk counselors have reported this type of thing in the past. It is a stark reminder that we ARE dealing with the loss of human life; there ARE human remains resulting from abortion. Funeral homes deal with human remains and we are thankful that they offer a humane way of burial, that, in their hands, babies are not discarded or used improperly.
As always, please pray for the repose of the souls of these lives tragically taken.
National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children
Please mark your calendars for this special day! More information is to come but on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, Pro-Life Wisconsin will be participating in a National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children to honor the gravesites of our unborn brothers and sisters. Go to www.abortionmemorials.com to learn more about this call to action! This link will also be posted on vigilforlife.org; please share this so that eyes can be opened and hearts changed.
Info You Can Use on the Sidewalk:
- The following link is a useful tool to help you with questions and talking points regarding the birth control pill and other birth control products. Whether you are out at Planned Parenthood, the workplace, or wherever the debate comes up about birth control, this information will give you the resources to educate and change minds. Please become knowledgeable about dangerous side effects and the facts of how artificial contraception kills mothers and babies. This link will also be posted on vigilforlife.org.
- As you may recall, an ambulance was called to Planned Parenthood on June 5, 2013. Steve Karlen has composed an abortion fact sheet which can be given to abortion-minded clients. It is a one-page personal greeting to those entering the abortion mill urging them to consider the health and safety risks involved with abortion and encouraging them to get another opinion at the Women's Care Center. Thank you, Steve, for this well done information sheet! It will be posted on vigilforlife.org.
Open Hours This Week:
Tuesday, 7/09/13: 1 needed at 9:00, 10:00, and11:00am; 2 needed at noon,1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm 13 hours open! Only 19% filled!
Wednesday, 7/10/13: 1 needed at 9:00, 10:00am, 1:00, and 2:00pm; 2 needed at 8:00, 11:00, noon, 3:00, 4:00, and 5:00pm 16 OPEN HOURS!! Only 20% filled!
Thursday, 7/11/13: 1 needed at 3:00 and 4:00pm
Friday, 7/12/13: 1 needed at 2:00pm
Go to vigilforlife.org or email info@vigilforlife.org to sign up for one of these hours or a recurrent hour.
We are called to do this! Which Hour Can You Fill?
"Proclaim the word; be persistent whether if is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching." (2 Tm 4:2)
Volunteer Meeting for 40 Days for Life - Plan on Coming!
You won't want to miss this evening! We will have a special 40 Days for Life leader coming whose campaign calendar is filled with committed prayer warriors before it even starts! He will address how this is accomplished and how we can do the same in Madison. Come hear about his plan and help us achieve the same success here!
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 7:00pm
Place to be announced soon!
Courtesy Announcement:
Fortnight for Freedom - Please join Fr. Rick Heilman in prayer at the State Capitol THIS THURSDAY! We all need to pray for life, family, and the freedom to practice our precious faith.
When: Thursday, July 11th, at 7:00pm
Where: State Street Steps of the Capitol
Invite and bring friends and family as we pray the Rosary together!
God bless you all!
Monday, July 1, 2013
Mark Your Calendars!
It's hard to believe but it's time to begin organizing for the 2013 40 Days for Life campaign! Please mark your calendars and plan on coming to the Volunteer Meeting. We need YOU to make this a successful vigil for life!
- What: 40 Days for Life Volunteer Meeting
- When: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 7:00pm
- Where: To be determined
Additional details coming soon!
Open Hours This Week - PLEASE HELP...
This Thursday we celebrate the birthday of our blessed country, a country founded on freedom for all. The definition of this word has been distorted and warped, changed to mean the freedom to do whatever suits MY wants, MY desires, MY selfish lifestyle. The right to live, a basic right, depends on how I feel about it, if it fits into my life's schedule. And so appeared contraception, abortion, euthanasia - a culture of death.
We have a spiritual battle on our hands to undo this. We have a duty to combat this evil and not presume that God will take care of it in the end. It is up to each of us to answer this call to battle.
"Let us ask our Lord that we may be souls who are ready to work with a heroism that proves fruitful." (St. Josemaria Escriva)
Prayer warriors reported that last week business was booming at Planned Parenthood and that later in the week there were many first appointments in preparation for abortions this week. Can you help??
Tuesday, 7/02/13: 1 needed at noon; 2 needed at 1:00,3:00, and 4:00pm 7 hours open! Only 56% filled!
Wednesday, 7/03/13: 1 needed at 10:00am, 2:00, and5:00pm; 2 needed at 8:00, 9:00, 11:00, noon, 1:00, 3:00, and 4:00pm 17 OPEN HOURS!! Only 15% filled!
Thursday, 7/04/13: 1 needed at 3:00; 2 needed at5:00pm
Go to vigilforlife.org or email info@vigilforlife.org to sign up for one of these hours or a recurrent hour.
Courtesy Announcement:
Fortnight for Freedom - Please join Fr. Rick Heilman in prayer at the State Capitol THIS THURSDAY! Let us pray for life, family, and the freedom to practice our precious faith.
When: Thursday, July 4th, at 7:00pm
Where: State Street Steps of the Capitol
Here is the link to Bishop Morlino's message at the Rosary Rally on June 20th:
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