Sunday, May 30, 2010

This week in Christ's life… (11)

This week, Jesus is 11 weeks old.  His intestines are in his abdomen and his vocal cords have formed.  All 20 of his baby teeth and their sockets have formed in his gums.  Precious heart of Jesus, teach us to love all people, especially the newly developing baby.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

This week in Christ's life… (10)

This week, Jesus is 10 weeks old.  His fingernails are growing from the nail beds and he is urinating to help create his amniotic fluid.  His brain has the same structure it will have at birth, albeit in a smaller size.  When his face is touched, he will open his mouth with a primitive rooting reflex.  His pancreas is secreting insulin.  Precious heart of Jesus, teach us to love all people, especially the newly developing baby.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Countdown to the Convention! (NRL)

June 24, 25, & 26, 2010 in Pittsburgh

The National Right to Life Convention is the premiere pro-life grassroots organizing event in the country. Right-to-life leaders from every part of America gather annually to discuss a wide-range of topics, get educated with the latest information, and get inspired for the battles ahead.
What will you get out of attending? It doesn’t matter whether you are a state or chapter leader or a pro-life individual interested in becoming more active and better informed, the Convention provides three full days of an incredible variety of topics: organizing, new media, fundraising, post-abortion healing, the United Nations, religious outreach, debating, euthanasia, rights of the disabled and many more!

If you have children, bring them along. We offer inexpensive childcare throughout all three days.

National experts, seasoned community activists, and fellowship with pro-lifers. Come learn why the pro-life grassroots movement continues to make the difference!

To contact us by mail:
National Right to Life, Inc.
512 10th St., NW
Washington, DC 20004-1401
Questions about the Convention?  Call (202) 378-8842 or email: luis@nrlc.org

Monday, May 17, 2010

3%=37% (LA)

DATA: 36.7% of Planned Parenthood’s “Health Center Income” is from Abortions
by David Schmidt on May 14th, 2010 at 4:11 am
http://liveaction.org/blog/data-36-7-of-planned-parenthoods-health-center-income-is-from-abortions/

Planned Parenthood likes to talk about how only 3% of their services are abortion.

A simple example of how they come to this calculation would be Planned Parenthood aborting 3 children and giving out 97 condoms. They would say that out of 100 services, 3 or 3% were abortion when in reality the significance and cost of the 3 abortions is much higher than 3% of their efforts.

Planned Parenthood’s accounting of 3% is misleading and not consistent with the rest of the business world. In college I interned at the airline manufacturer Boeing, which sells a lot of airplanes and also a lot of spare parts for those airplanes. For every airplane they sold for tens of millions of dollars, they also sold lots of spare parts for as little as 25 cents. By looking at TOTAL number of sales, you could conclude that 1% of their business was selling airplanes and 99% was spare parts, which is totally ridiculous. The reality was the value of the airplanes sales was close to 99% of their business and the spare parts 1%. Looking at the cost and effort of what is being offered is a much more accurate way to measure. Let’s apply this industry standard measure to Planned Parenthood:

THE TRUTH
All numbers are from the latest (2008) Planned Parenthood annual report:

Annual abortions performed at Planned Parenthood: 305,310
Average cost of abortion: $450 (This is based on what Planned Parenthood across the country has told Live Action staff, although it is slightly higher or lower depending on what part of the country it is.)
Total income from abortions: $137,389,500
Total health center income: $374,700,000
This means that fully 36.7% of Planned Parenthood health center income comes directly from aborting unborn children.

This is a far cry from the 3% number that they try to dupe the public with.  Doesn’t it say something that even Planned Parenthood, the leading abortion chain in America, tries to downplay their role in ending the lives of unborn children? Someone feeling a little guilty?

Sunday, May 16, 2010

This week in Christ's life… (9)

This week, Jesus is 9 weeks old and his mother, Mary, has entered her third lunar month of pregnancy.  His fingernails, toenails, and hair follicles have appeared and he is displaying a more upright posture.  He measures approximately 2 inches long (5cm) and his skin is less transparent.  His proportions resemble a newborn baby’s.  He weighs between a quarter and half an ounce (7.6g). Precious heart of Jesus, teach us to love all people, especially the newly developing baby.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Prayer for Aborted Babies

Heavenly Father, Thou hast given us the gift of freedom to love and to follow in Thy ways and commands. Some parents choose to abuse this freedom by destroying the gift of life which Thou hast given to their offspring. Please forgive those who destroy human life by aborting their unborn babies. Give these unborn children the opportunity to enjoy Thee for all eternity, if it according to Thy ordinance. Assist me in being one in solidarity with Thy little ones by taking to heart the words of Thy Son, "whatever you did for one of these least brothers of Mine, you did for Me." (Mt. 25:40) Therefore, allow me today, Father, to adopt spiritually an unborn child and to offer my prayers, works, joys and sufferings for that little one, so that child will be able to be born and live for Thy greater honor and glory. We pray this in Jesus' name, in union with the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever. Amen.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

May Meeting Minutes

Breaking News: Mollohan Learns Votes Have Consequences (SBA)

Just moments ago, Rep. Allan Mollohan of West Virginia, a Democrat who abandoned the pro-life principles of his constituents and supported the biggest expansion of abortion since Roe, learned that Votes Have Consequences and was defeated in the Democratic primary by pro-life challenger Mike Oliviero!

Mollohan’s loss comes as a direct result of his vote for healthcare reform that included federal funding of abortion.

Who deserves all the credit for this major pro-life victory? You!

Thanks to the continued financial support of pro-life activists like you, the Susan B. Anthony List spent over $78,000 in television ads, radio ads, and robo-calls informing pro-life West Virginians that Rep. Mollohan betrayed their values by supporting ObamaCare.

Our next targets are Rep. Brad Ellsworth, who is running for Senate in Indiana; Rep. Steve Driehaus of Ohio; and Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper of Pennsylvania, all of whom abandoned their principles for party and chose death over life for unborn children, funded by your tax dollars.

Tonight, President Obama and his pro-abortion allies saw the strength of the Pro-Life Movement. They saw that Votes Have Consequences. We unseated a Congressman who had been in office for 28 Years!

The Wall Street Journal noted our efforts and quoted Marjorie, saying:

"Outside groups also played a role in the race, including the Susan B. Anthony List, which opposes abortion rights. The group targeted Mollohan for his vote in favor of the Democrats’ health care overhaul. 'Congressman Mollohan now fully realizes that votes do have consequences,' the group’s president Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement."

Congressman Mollohan isn't the first to learn that votes have consequences, as Congressman Bart Stupak announced earlier this Spring that he wouldn't seek re-election. And these two Congressman won't be the last!

Onward to Victory for Life,

Emily Buchanan
Executive Director, Susan B. Anthony List
www.sba-list.org

Komen's Dark Side

Komen's Dark Side (video)


Eve Silver once worked for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, America’s largest breast cancer awareness and prevention organization. Eve sat on the board of Komen’s Latino Advisory Committee, which focused on educating Latino women to lower their rate of breast cancer diagnosis. As a two-time breast cancer survivor, Eve had a personal connection to this cause. Then she found out that the abortion she had years earlier increased her risk of a breast cancer diagnosis. Not only did Eve become aware of the 36 scientific studies supporting this link, but she realized the money being raised by Susan G. Komen was funding Planned Parenthood; the number one provider of abortions in America.
Eve sought out the research of physicians on the east coast, also aware of the link between abortion and breast cancer. The Breast Cancer Prevention Institute ,co-founded by breast surgeon Dr. Angela Lanfranchi and her colleagues, has been studying the link for years. She stands firm on the research supporting an increased risk of breast cancer in post-abortive women. Dr. Lanfranchi says it is an injustice to hide such a risk from women, yet this is indeed the case. She continues to say that women will make their own decisions regarding their health, but if they do not know the facts they cannot make informed choices.
Making informed choices is the mission of Karen Malec’s organization. As the president and co-founder of The Coalition on Abortion and Breast Cancer, she speaks out against the funding being given to Planned Parenthood by the Susan G. Komen foundation. Malec says records show during 2007 the Susan G. Komen Foundation gave 700 thousand dollars of funding to Planned Parenthood. Women deserve to know their risks, Malec says, and abortion should be on the list of breast cancer risks.
All three women ask the question: Why fund a breast cancer organization that is providing services to women which will increase their risk of breast cancer? Eve, Karen, and Dr. Lanfranchi classify breast cancer research money, which is in turn given to fund abortion services, as “pink money”. They urge you to consider where your money is going and how it is impacting generations of women.
For more information on the abortion and breast cancer link and alternatives to funding Susan G. Komen click on a link below:
www.abortionbreastcancer.com
www.bcpinstitute.org
stopabortionbreastcancer.org
www.lifeissues.org

(from http://www.facinglife.tv/episode/season_3/episode_11/episode_311.html)

Want More???
(from http://www.lifenews.com/nat4827.html)

February 10, 2009

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new video released by a group that serves as a watchdog for information on the link between abortion and breast cancer exposes the relationship between Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business.

Karen Malec, the head of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer tells LifeNews.com that the video, "Komen's Dark Side," exposes the irregular relationship between the breast cancer organization and Planned Parenthood.

In 2007 alone, Komen chapters gave $711,485 from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 to Planned Parenthood affiliates.

The amount of the grants from Komen affiliates to Planned Parenthood appears to be on the rise and 25 Komen affiliates now have a partnership with the abortion business.

The video reports on the cover-up of the abortion-breast cancer link and, with an airing soon on TBN, could explain the link and the relationship to millions of households.

"Komen's officials have no right to keep women in the dark about a breast cancer risk, while at the same time giving funds to Planned Parenthood, a primary cause of the breast cancer epidemic," Malec says.

The video explains the biological explanation behind the abortion-breast cancer link and how abortion advocates and cancer groups are preventing women from getting the information.

"The cancer fundraising industry is covering up the link, in part, because it is not good for fundraising to tell donors their abortions may be responsible for their breast cancers," Malec added.

The video features television host Brad Mattes along with Malec; Eve Sanchez Silver, president of Clear Research and former Latina adviser for Komen; and Dr. Angela Lanfranchi, clinical assistant professor of surgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center and a breast cancer surgeon.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Help Expose Kagan (SBA)

President Obama has picked Elena Kagan to replace Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court.

Kagan, a longtime Obama ally with a paper-thin legal record, having never served as a judge, is a strong supporter of abortion. If confirmed to sit on the Supreme Court, Kagan will serve as a rubber stamp for President Obama's radical pro-abortion agenda.

No matter what President Obama and his allies will claim, abortion was a litmus test in nominating Kagan to the Supreme Court. Obama recently said "...I want somebody who is going to be interpreting our Constitution in a way that takes into account individual rights, and that includes women's rights, and that is going to be something that is very important to me."

Kagan publicly opposed Rust v. Sullivan, a Supreme Court decision that upheld the right of Health and Human Services to restrict funding for groups that performed or promoted abortion. Additionally, Kagan strongly believes that pregnancy resource centers should be barred from counseling teens in crisis pregnancies.

Obama and his allies in Congress will say and do anything to try and cover Kagan's tracks. Obama misled the American people about abortion funding in health care, so have no doubt he will use more smoke-and-mirrors tactics to protect his pro-abortion friend in her nomination battle.

Kagan's nomination is a critical opportunity to remind Americans that Elections Have Consequences. We need to educate Americans that by electing President Obama, they also empowered one of Obama's pro-abortion friends, Elena Kagan, to sit on the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment if confirmed.

For Life,

Marjorie Dannenfelser
President, Susan B. Anthony List
www.sba-list.org

Sunday, May 9, 2010

This week in Christ's life… (8)

This week, Jesus is 8 weeks old.  At 22-24mm in length, he is now four times as long as he was just one month ago.  His tongue is fully formed.  His toes are unwebbed, and, for the first time, his limbs are capable of purposeful movement.  His scalp has appeared and his neck region is established.  Precious heart of Jesus, teach us to love all people, especially the newly developing baby.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

May RLC Meeting

Parish Center Board Room
Tuesday, May 11th @ 7:30pm

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The Pill Kills

In addition to the One Million Rosaries For Unborn Babies prayer event, May 7th - May 9th, please mark your calendars to attend the following protest the pill day sponsored by American Life League:

EVENT:      THE PILL KILLS 
                        
This Year's Theme - The Pills Kills The Environment
DATE:         Saturday, June 5, 2010
WHERE:   Collegeville Planned Parenthood, Rt. 29 - parking is available at the Collegeville Shopping Center and on Chestnut St.
TIME:         10:00am - 12:00pm

American Life League encourages us to gather with our friends and witness outside of facilities that distribute birth control products, especially Planned Parenthood facilities.
Interested in GOING GREEN? There are many studies that show that the birth control pill, the patch, the IUD and similar birth control products cause great harm to the environment. Go green and say no to the pill!
 
It's not to late to order T-Shirts or Signs!


For more information go to: www.ThePillKills.com


Attached pictures from last year's Protest the Pill Day - Road Crews were working on widening the street and sidewalks Saturday, June 6, 2009 - The Norristown's Times Herald photographer took quite a few pictures but were expensive.  Unfortunately, none of them were ever published in an article that year.

& Pope Paul VI's Encyclical Humanae Vitae http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html

The most important person

on earth is a mother.  She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral.  She need not.  She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral - a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby's body.  The angels, have not been blessed with such a grace.  They cannot share in God's creative miracle to bring new saints to heaven.  Only a human mother can.  Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature.  God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation.  What on God's good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?
                                                                          Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty

May is for Mary!

While the month of May is dedicated to Our Blessed Mother, we would like to continue to pray and have a peaceful witness at Collegeville's PP. 

Whenever you have time to stop by at PP to publicly witness and pray would honor Our Lady and Our Lord to usher in the "Culture of Life!"

Call Your Mother

What do you call your mother? "Mommy" or "Mom"? "Mama" or "Ma"? The Church has many names for the Blessed Mother, too. Unscramble these phrases to discover seven poetic titles for the Mother of God. If you're stumped, ask your family or a friend to help you solve the puzzle. Or, scroll to the bottom of the page!
1) EWORT FO RIVOY
2) SHOUE FO LOGD
3) RORRIM FO CEJSUTI
4) TYMLACIS SOER
5) TAGE FO VEAHEN
6) GRONNIM RATS
7) NEQUE FO LESGAN
The following website is the Association of the Miraculous Medal:

https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/12841008f0a78738
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This is just a friendly reminder that May 18th is primary voting day and to please consider asking someone who cannot go to the voting polls that you could drive them to cast their vote.

The following website regarding voting guides from Family Pa's Institute:

https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/128406c23d266a0b

"All it takes for evil to triumph, is for good people to do nothing"

Pennsylvania Family Council website:

https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/1284a23e1c591fff

Please pass on to family and friends.

  1. Tower of Ivory
  2. House of Gold
  3. Mirror of Justice
  4. Mystical Rose
  5. Gate of Heaven
  6. Morning Star
  7. Queen of Angels
God bless you.

Peace and Blessings,

Rita Smith, M.E.V. (Missionaries of the Gospel of Life)

Sunday, May 2, 2010

This week in Christ's life… (7)

This week, Jesus is 7 weeks old.  His cartilage is hardening into bone and the ridges on his hands and feet clearly define where his fingers and toes will be.  He now displays a reflex to touch. His trunk and limbs make spontaneous movement. His eyelids have formed, and the structures of his eyes are well developed.  His arms can begin to bend at the elbow.  Precious heart of Jesus, teach us to love all people, especially the newly developing baby.