We are back and WE NEED YOU!

Dear friends of life,


Our web site (including the ability to send out this weekly mass e-mail) has been down for almost 4 weeks! We are so thankful that it was able to get fixed! We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused any of you.

This past week - on January 5th - Baby Silas was born!! Baby Silas' parents met three of our Sidewalk Counselors outside of Planned Parenthood this past May. The young mother's family was pushing for abortion while the young man's family was not. Our Sidewalk Counselors spoke with the young couple for many hours and life for their baby was chosen! Praise God! One of thes Sidewalk Counselor is still in communication with this young couple. They are in need of a gas card. If anyone is able to donate money towards this gift, please send it to: Vigil for Life, P.O. Box 499, Baraboo, WI 53913.

You can see a picture of Baby Silas on our Facebook page:www.facebook.com/VigilforLife. Please keep him and his parents in your prayers.

OPEN HOURS

Wednesday, Jan. 14th - 1 needed at 8a; 2 needed at 11a; 2 needed at 2p; 1 needed at 3p; 1 needed at 5p.

Thursday, Jan. 15th - 2 needed at 9a; 2 needed at 10a; 2 needed at 12p; 1 needed at 3p; 1 needed at 4p and 2 needed at 5p.

Friday, Jan. 16th - 1 needed at 2p.

To sign up for hours go to: vigilforlife.org/calendar/monthview or call Gwen Finnegan at (608)393-8545.

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A Requiem Mass for the Unborn will be held at St. Mary's Pine Bluff (3673 County Highway P, Cross Plains, WI) at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22nd, 2015. It is being held to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. The Roe v. Wade decision was a U.S. Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in all 50 states. The decision transformed America overnight because all but 5 states had bans on abortion prior to this decision. There have been over 56 million babies lost to abortions since this tragic decision that was made in 1973.
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Prayer for the Unborn Child

Almighty God, our Father,
you who have given us life
and intended us to have it forever,
grant us your blessings.
Enlighten our minds to an awareness
and to a renewed conviction
that all human life is sacred
because it is created
in your image and likeness.
Help us to teach by word
and the example of our lives
that life occupies the first place,
that human life is precious
because it is the gift of God
whose love is infinite.
Give us the strength to defend human life
against every influence
or action that threatens or weakens it,
as well as the strength
to make every life more human
in all its aspects.

Give us the grace...
When the sacredness of life
before birth is attacked,
to stand up and proclaim
that no one ever has the authority
to destroy unborn life.

When a child is described as a burden
or is looked upon only as a means
to satisfy an emotional need,
to stand up
and insist that every child is a unique
and unrepeatable gift of God,
a gift of God
with a right to a loving
and united family.

When the institution of marriage
is abandoned to human selfishness
or reduced to a temporary conditional arrangement
that can easily be terminated,
to stand up and affirm
the indissolubility of the marriage bond.

When the value of the family is threatened
because of social and economic pressure,
to stand up and reaffirm
that the family is necessary
not only for the private good of every person,
but also for the common good of every society,
nation and state.

When freedom is used to dominate the weak,
to squander natural resources and energy,
to deny basic necessities to people,
to stand up and affirm
the demands of justice and social love.

Almighty Father,
give us courage to proclaim the supreme dignity
of all human life and to demand
that society itself give its protection.
We ask this in your name,
through the redemptive act
of your Son and in the Holy Spirit.

Amen.