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Chester County March for Life
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Sunday, January 22, 2012, 2:30pm
Theme: All Life is Sacred
Featured Speaker: Dr. Peter Colosi
Dr. Peter Colosi is a faculty member at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, PA as assistant professor of moral theology. He was the main organizer of the first International Theology of the Body Symposium held in Gaming, Austria in 2007 and taught for nine years for Franciscan University of Steubenville's program in Gaming, Austria.
Dr. Colosi received a doctorate in Philosophy at the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of
Lichtenstein, a Masters degree in Franciscan studies at St. Bonaventure University and a .BS. in Mathematics from Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH.
Because of the difficulty of making last minute changes, it has been decided to hold the program inside St Agnes church, regardless of the weather. Following the program, there will be a march to the Courthouse for those who wish to do so.
The program will consist of the following:
- Music - The Gies Family
- Welcome
- Invocation - Father Cossavella
- Readings from the Patriotic Rosary, Part 1
- Featured speaker - Dr. Peter Colosi
- Patriotic Rosary, Part 2
- Music - The Gies Family
- 19th Annual Public Witness Award
- Patriotic Rosary, Part 3
- 40 Days for Life, review of 2011 campaigns
- Announcements
- Patriotic Rosary, Part 4
- Closing - Gene Epps
- Music - The Gies Family
- Convenient parking available
- Refreshments following the program at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Market St.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: Chester County Pro-Life Coalition 610-692-4463
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A Generation Damaged by Abortion Protects Future Generations
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by Sarah Crawford | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 12/21/11 7:28 PM
Right now, I can hear laughter emanating from the conference room down the hall. In that room, Pro-Life college activists from all over Texas are meeting to discuss a semester gone and rejuvenating for the upcoming one.
They are Texas Right to Life scholarship recipients and they represent some of the largest universities in Texas. They are striving to make their campuses see the disarray abortion has wrought on this nation, and to change people's hearts.
Pro-abortion groups want people to think the average Pro-Life activist is a retirement-aged white guy, standing outside of the abortion mill praying. While I am sure there are those men - and we are grateful for them - the most vocal Pro-Life advocates of today are high school and college-aged students, and young adults who have witnessed what the horrors of abortion have done to their generation. As young people, they stand as survivors of a "choice" that very well could have been their own fate.
Many of the scholarship recipients have faced challenges, such as struggling to become recognized groups on campus and facing opposition from peers. However, each struggle is met with fruit and grateful hearts. Students have helped host adoption fairs, grown exponentially and are active on campus, and have even met women who have chosen to give Life simply because these Pro-Life activists were present.
Without young people in the world, societies wither and die. Today's generation of young people are changing the abortion-on-demand world that unfortunately has become the norm. Today's youth and young adults are widely more Pro-Life than their parents' generation was, and they are standing for truth.
LifeNews.com Note: Sarah Crawford writes for Texas Right to Life.
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Life, Love & Sexuality- "The Series"
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God's plan for living happy, healthy, holy lives from beginning to end.
The Respect Life Committee of St. Peter Church is embarking on a series of monthly talks beginning in October, 2011 through April, 2012. These talks will focus on the Beginning of Life, Chastity, Theology of the Body, Natural Family Planning (NFP), Infertility, and End-of-Life issues - a lifetime of moral issues. All presentations will be held at St. Peter Church beginning at 7 PM, followed by refreshments and fellowship. All are welcome. The schedule currently includes:
January 9 "Why Not Contraception?"
Presented by Dr. Lester Ruppersberger, a board certified OB/GYN with an NFP-only practice in Langhorne, PA. He and his wife Betty are both certified NFP instructors for the Family Life Office of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He and his wife also host a call in radio program on Holy Spirit Radio.
February 6 "So We're Infertile. Now What?"
Rev. Dr. Tad Pacholczyk, Ph.D., will discuss In Vitro Fertilization and Catholic alternative treatments for infertility. "Fr. Tad" is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts and Director of Education for The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. He is a nationally know expert on bioethical issues.
March 5 "End of Life Issues"
resented by a panel of moral, legal, & medical professionals which will include Dr. Peter J. Colosi, a professor of philosophy and moral theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Dr. Colosi expresses the moral teachings of the Catholic Church in ways that get at the underlying reasons behind those teachings.
For more information, visit
www.saintpeterchurch.net/respect_life.html or
Email: respectlife@saintpeterchurch.net
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PRO-LIFE CALENDAR
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January 22, 2012 Marks
39 Years of Legalized Abortion
Opportunities for Prayer & Witness:
- January 22 (Sunday) - Chester County March for Life
2:30 pm, West Chester - See left column for details.
- January 23 (Monday) - March for Life, Washington, DC -
Buses will leave from many locations around Chester County. To locate a bus near you, call our bus coordinator, Tom Bones, at 610-993-0331.
- January 26 (Thursday) - Life Chain in West Chester,
Noon - 1 pm, Chester County Courthouse, High & Market Sts., Sponsored by Chester County Pro-Life Coalition.
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PHL Celebrate Life Banquet
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Sunday, February 28, 2012
Reception: 4 pm, Dinner: 5 pm
Springfield Country Club
Delaware County
The featured speaker for this year's Banquet, sponsored by Pennsylvanians for Human Life, will be Georgette Forney, the President of Anglicans for Life. She is also a co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, an effort to raise awareness about the physical, spiritual, and emotional harm abortion does to women and to let those who are hurting from abortion know help is available.
Georgette had an abortion at age sixteen and later experienced healing, forgiveness, and reconciliation after going through an abortion recovery program. Through that she developed a greater understanding of the negative impact abortion has on women and the need to highlight the issue, as an abortion survivor. She also serves on the board of Directors of the Abortion Recovery International Network that is compiling the only comprehensive online database of Abortion Recovery Counselors so that others who are hurting can get connected to healing programs.
The winner of the Margaret Hoffner Award will be announced.
Call 610-696-0780 or email Pennlife@Verizon.net for additional information or to make a reservation.Tickets: $50 each. $450 for a table of ten. $25 students.
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Generation Life Dance Classes
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Generation Life is sponsoring dance classes for young people on the third Friday of the month starting on January 20. They will be held at St Isaac Jogues parish hall. There will be two classes: one for High school students from 6:30 to 8 pm and one for College age and beyond from 8:15 to 9:45. The cost is $5.00 for high school students and $7.00 for college age and older.
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40 Days Plus Never to Forget the Unborn
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Since 2007, 19 abortion facilities have closed down where 40 Days for Life campaigns have been present.
Planned Parenthood has announced the closure of 4 more facilities. These are being closed down due to financial deficits.
Matthew Staver of Liberty Counsel stated earlier this year: "PP reported a 500% rise in private online contributions when Congress was debating defunding their abortion mill business. Yet, PP is STILL going to receive about $363 million (estimated) in 2012 to continue their practices" - using our taxpayers money plus the millions of dollars they raise in "fees" and private gifts plus 23 less facilities and they still cannot make ends meet!
The Planned Parenthood in West Chester is not diminishing in potential victims. It is in third place of doing the most abortions locally right behind two other abortion facilities in Philadelphia. Over 1,000 babies die yearly right in the West Chester's Planned Parenthood.
Given the financial climate of PP, 40 Days Plus is more than ever needed to continue year round as babies continually die for profit. They are seen as a commodity in the eyes of PP; not the blessing of life as God so created them to be.
If you have not been praying in front of PP lately consider stopping by and praying for the moms and dads and the abortion providers.
February 22nd begins our 10th 40 Days for Life Campaign. Place that time on your heart so we can come forth more unified than ever to stand with the other campaigns nationally as we are making so much progress in our country as a whole.
Paulette Matthews
(H) 610-286-5450
(C) 484-832-2746
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Volunteer Needed
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We are looking for a volunteer to maintain our web site. If you are interested, Please call our office.
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Looking for a ProLife Business?
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Our Pro-Life Business Directory is a listing of business people who are proudly pro-life. Support them and let them know you got their name from our web site.
If you have a business, are pro-life, and would like to be identified as such in the directory and our newsletter, please let us know.
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Do You Have Yours Yet?
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Pennsylvania is one of only twenty one states to offer a pro-life license plate. Your purchase of this plate provides financial help to mothers and babies and is also an advertisement for Life that will be viewed by hundreds of thousands of people. To get your plate, go to www.pachoose-life.org or call 215-885-2919 for the required application. It is not tied to the renewal of your car registration, so you can apply at anytime. There is a fee of $43 ($20 to PennDOT, $3 to PA prisons and $20 goes to a Crisis Pregnancy center in your county).
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Prayer to Stop Abortions at Planned Parenthood
Father, all life is in Your care. You have entrusted us to one another, that we may show our brothers and sisters the same love You have for us.
We pray, then, for the least among us, the children in the womb. Protect them from the violence of abortion.
We pray for those that are scheduled to die. Save them from death.
Give new hope to their parents that they may turn away from the desperate act of abortion.
Grant conversion to the abortionist and to the staff.
Show us how we are to respond to the bloodshed in our midst, and lead us to the day when this place of death will be transformed into a haven for life.
Guard us with your joy and peace for in You, life is victorious.
We pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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