March for Life 2011 Pictures

Rosary for Life: January 24, 2011

How to pray the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (After the Fatima Prayer, the recitation of "Jesus, Protect and Save the unborn." transforms a regular rosary into a Rosary for Life to end abortion.)

Joyful Mysteries

Luminous Mysteries

Sorrowful Mysteries

Glorious Mysteries

JOIN US, today, at 1:22pm, for a 20 Mystery Rosary for Life, in memory of all those who have died since the Roe.v.Wade decision 38 years ago.  We will meet in the main church at 1:15pm.  Afterwards, there will be an opportunity for Adoration in our chapel, until 5pm Benedictions.

March for Life 2011

Be in the SMG parking lot, ready to leave for D.C. by 6:15am.  The bus is LEAVING at6:30am.  We expect to return by 9:30pm.

God bless you!!!

Pray To End Abortion (PFL)

The Catholic bishops of the United States have designated January 22 as a special day of prayer and penance in reparation for the massive killing that has resulted from the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision (handed down January 22, 1973) which permitted abortion throughout pregnancy.

Prayer is the foundation of all we do in the pro-life movement, and Priests for Life invites you to join tens of thousands of others who are offering, each day, a prayer of commitment to build a culture of life. We urge you to pray, throughout the year, the daily prayer to end abortion.  You can find the prayer at www.prayercampaign.org and at the end of this email.

We ask not only individuals to commit to saying this prayer but entire congregations in churches of all denominations.  The pro-life movement is ecumenical and consists of men and women of every religious persuasion.  We also encourage families and schools to say this prayer together.

In addition, please join our Pray to End Abortion cause on Facebook atwww.prolifeprayers.com .  There are already over 72, 000 people signed on to this cause.  Let’s get that number into the millions!

Please spread the word about the daily prayer to end abortion to your email lists, from your websites, from your social networking accounts and in any way possible.

This weekend and early next week will hold many pro-life events from Coast to Coast.  Seewww.priestsforlife.org/marchforlife for more information. I hope to see you in the next few days!

God bless you,



Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life

Respect Life Meeting: January 2011

Due to inclement weather and illness, the January 2011 meeting was conducted via teleconference.  Ron & Nancy Boak, Peter & Michele Haytko, Barbara Smith, and Jody Villalba were present.  The meeting was called to order around 7:40pm with an opening prayer by Peter.

• The March for Life: the Boak's updated the group on the status of the March for Life.  Our 54 passenger bus is full, and  includes 14 parishioners from MMR.  Ron will be heading up the March, as he will be on the bus, and will coordinate getting to and from D.C., trying to keep the group together, and dinner on the way home.  The bus leaves SMG at 6:30am and will return around 9:30pm.  Unfortunately, neither priest is able to journey to the March this year.  Michele talked with Fr. Peterson, who felt that fundraising was not needed this year, since SMG will fully cover the funds needed.   To accomidate the prayer warriors who cannot attend the March, Michele will host the 2nd Annual 20-Mystery Rosary for Life in the Church, at 1:22pm.  Participants are asked to arrive by 1:15pm, to get settled.  There will be an opportunity for time with the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel after the Rosary.   JANUARY 24, 2011
• Lawn Crosses: (from Sept. 2010) Fr. Peterson gave permission for the Pro-Life Union of SE PA to display the white crosses, in memory of babies killed through abortion, on the parish lawn.  Michele has called and left a message for John, who is in charge of this project for PLU.  An update on the date of said display will be emailed at a later date.  JANUARY 2011
• Jody updated the group on the status of "congratulation" cards mailed to new parents.  She was also concerned that she is not receiving all the baptismal forms.  She will contact Cheryl to double check the procedure.
• Pro-Life Tea:  As both a possible fundraiser, but more as a parish event to bring out new ears for the pro-life cause, it was decided to host a Tea Party with guest speaker Mary Joseph.  Barbara contacted Mary post the meeting and she was up for the challenge!  Michele has contacted Cheryl for a list of possible April dates.  It was decided to suggest a donation for ticket prices, but to affirm that no one will be turned away for an inability to pay.  We will do a traditional tea service, with crudite, finger sandwiches, and desserts, during which Mary Joseph will light a fire and awaken participants to the pro-life cause.  There will be an opportunity for Reconciliation and Mass after the program.  This has been discussed for APRIL 2011.
• 40-Days Carpooling: It was discussed that many parishioners may feel out of their comfort zones in driving to a Planned Parenthood and praying alone.  To try and encourage parishioners to attend this important vigil of prayer, as well as to give them experience so that they may find the strength to attend alone, the group has decided to organize several carpools, at different times, approximately one per week of the 40 Days prayer cycle, to get parishioners to the Collegeville PP site.  LENT 2011
• Disciples In Mission: Jody brought up the idea of small group faith sharing to try and encourage more active participation of parishioners not always reached.  The group discussed a lenten Bible study.  Michele has ordered a 10-pack of the Disciples in Mission.  It was discussed to meet on a Sunday afternoon for prayer time and DIM study.  We will promote in the bulletin.  If enough people sign up, we may have to order more materials and split up into multiple groups.  Cost will be $5/couple (family) to cover the cost of the booklet.  This is not a fundraiser.  LENT 2011
• Life of Christ Parish Participation Activity: for the last few years, the RLC has sponsored an informational life of Christ participation activity for parishioners.  This year, we have decided to continue the bulletin notices of "this week in Christ's life" as we did in 2010, and pair it with pro-life candles and the prayer used in 2009's Tree of Life Spiritual Adoption program.  Michele will order candles and organize a time around the Annunciation to start the activity.  She will also coordinate with Fr. Peterson. MARCH-DECEMBER 2011

The meeting ended just prior to 9pm with a closing prayer by Ron.

Additions or corrections to these minutes can be submitted to Michele.

Safe, Legal, and Rare??? (SBA)

Abortion advocates (especially politicians) like to talk about keeping abortion“Safe, legal, and rare.”

However, recently released statistics show the grave inaccuracy of this statement.

• The New York City Health Department reported that abortion ends 41% of pregnancies in New York City.

• And just yesterday, the Guttmacher Institute, a research arm of the abortion lobby, announced that the national abortion rate rose for the first time since 1990. Nationally, 19.6% of all pregnancies end in abortion.

And sadly, you and I were complicit in many of those abortions. In the past fiscal year, Planned Parenthood received a whopping $363 million in government grants and contracts—our tax dollars—and killed 324,008 unborn children.
  
We’ve already reached a milestone in ourStop Abortion Funding campaign: Pro-life stalwart Rep. Mike Pence just introduced his “Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act” with 123 bi-partisan co-sponsors. This bill would stem the rampant flow of our tax dollars to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, which have received more than a billion dollars in taxpayer funds over the past eight years alone.

Laws save lives.  We must ensure Rep. Pence’s bill and other upcoming pro-life bills, like Rep. Chris Smith’s “No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act,” are passed by this pro-life Congress.

Data shows that the Hyde Amendment, which prevents taxpayer funding of abortion in the Health & Human Services Appropriations bill, saves over 130,000 lives a year—but it is not a permanent law.

Rep. Chris Smith’s “No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act,” would make the Hyde Amendment and other pro-life amendments (riders) permanent.  These lifesaving additions would no longer have to be fought for year after year.
Abortion is not rare—nor is it safe. If you didn’t get a chance to tune into the pro-life webcast with Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director, I hope you’ve been able to read some of the news coverage.

Abby bravely shared her story—the one Planned Parenthood lawyers have been trying to silence—with over 20,000 listeners on Monday night.

She explained how Planned Parenthood set a goal to increase the number of abortions because “non-profit is a tax status, not a business status.” Planned Parenthood knows abortion is where the money is.

Abby even saw the abortion pill being distributed without doctor involvement, saying “We had no physician on-staff to help them. If something went wrong, the women would either have to go to the emergency room, or drive two hours away to Houston. If they were septic or hemorrhaging, two hours could be too late.”

We need pro-life legislation now more than ever. We need laws that save the lives of unborn children and protect women from the violence of abortion.

Our electoral victories will be meaningless if we do not turn them into legislative victories in this new Congress.

The SBA List will never stop fighting until every child, woman and taxpayer across our country is protected from the tragedy of abortion.


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