Dear Friends of Life,
In today's second reading, St. Paul tells us to "...be united in the same mind and in the same purpose" (1 Corinthians 1:10). While we are all "united in the same mind and in the same purpose" on the sacredness of life from conception to natural death many others especially those going into Planned Parenthood are not. Many times people just do not take the time to really think about the tragedy of abortion. So - it is up to us who are "united in the same mind and in the same purpose" to ask them to pause and to really think about the tragedy of abortion by bringing them the truth with love.
OPEN HOURS
Wednesday, 1/29 - Only 45% filled on this Abortion Day - 1 needed at 9a; 1 needed at 10a; 1 needed at 12p; 2 needed at 1p; 1 needed at 3p; 1 needed at 4p; 2 needed at 5p
Thursday, 1/30 - 60% filled - 1 needed at 2p; 1 needed at 4p; 2 needed at 6p
Friday, 1/31 - 100% filled; Praise God; the God of life!
To sign up for hours, go to: vigilforlife.org/calendar/
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FRIGID TEMPERATURES
We are under a Wind Chill Advisory for Monday, 1/27 and a Wind Chill Warning untilnoon on Tuesday, 1/28 (wind chills as cold as - 50 are forecast). If you are signed up to pray on Monday, 1/27 or Tuesday, 1/28 - please don't feel that you need to stand outside on the sidewalk in these frigid temperatures. (It certainly would not be safe to be out there for an hour.) If you do spend time on the sidewalk, be sure to bundle up appropriately and to head back to your vehicle as soon as you feel it is too cold. Other ideas: You can park your car across the street from Planned Parenthood and pray in your vehicle or better yet spend some time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament praying for those babies at risk of losing their lives to abortion and for their mothers who are most likely very scared and in crisis. If you'd rather not venture out, please pray from home.
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PRAYER VIGIL IN OBSERVANCE OF ROE V. WADE
This past Tuesday, 1/21 we held our prayer vigil in observance of the 41st anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade decision. It was led by Fr. William Vernon of St. Christopher Parish in Verona/Paoli. It was a BEAUTIFUL prayer vigil! Thank you so much, Fr. William, for all of the prayer, thought and time you put into preparing for it.
We were also very blessed to be able to end this prayer vigil with Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction in the chapel of the Women's Care Center.
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STORIES FROM THE SIDEWALK
We had two turn-aways in one day! Praise Him - O Jerusalem! The turn-aways happened on Wednesday, 1/22. One during the the 11a hour and one during the 1p hour. Our sidewalk counselors were able to speak to these women and direct them to the Women's Care Center to which the women happily obliged. We are so blessed to have the Women's Care Center right across the street! Thanks be to God!
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FROM THE NCHLA (National Committee for a Human Life Amendment)
Update: The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7) during the week of January 27. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) made this announcement at the March for Life Rally on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
Recently we forwarded to you a message with a request for action in support of H.R. 7. If you have not yet already responded, please click on the link below and send your message today!
Here is background information on this important measure:
The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act would place in permanent law a consistent policy that the federal government should not use tax dollars to support or promote elective abortion. Since 1976 this principle has been embodied in the Hyde amendment to annual appropriations bills funding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and in numerous similar provisions governing a wide range of domestic and foreign programs. There has long been popular and congressional agreement in favor of this policy.
It is often assumed that the consensus against public funding of abortion is already fully implemented. In recent testimony, Richard Doerflinger, Associate Director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, stated, "The fact is that Congress's policy has been remarkably consistent for decades, but the implementation of that policy in practice has been piecemeal, confusing and sometimes sadly inadequate." The current patchwork approach to implementation has time and again left loopholes that then needed to be addressed. Most recently, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) "contains at least four different policies on this issue," and developments since enactment reveal ways "it allows expanded federal support for abortion, if not corrected by later legislation." H.R. 7 would address these problems.
Thanks for all that you do in support of life!
Michael Taylor
Executive Director
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END OF LIFE ISSUES PRESENTATION
The Janesville Catholic Churches' Respect Life Committee invites you to Holy to the Last: End-of-Life Issues and the Mind of the Church. This informative presentation, by Mother Marie Julie Saegaert, will answer many of the ethical questions Catholics have about their own medical decisions and difficult situations regarding loved ones who are dying. Topics will include: advance medical directives, living wills, assisted nutrition and hydration, extraordinary/ordinary (disproportionate/
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