We need two more people to fill our table at the 40th Anniversary
banquet! If you'd like to join us, please register and let me know so I
can add you to our table list. You can register here:
http://ncrtl.org/online-registration-for-40th-anniversary-banquet/
The
banquet is in Greensboro, NC the evening of September 28, 2013 at the
Embassy Suites near the airport. We'd be glad to have you at our table!
Lt. Gov Dan Forest will be there!
Showing posts with label Pro-life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pro-life. Show all posts
Monday, September 9, 2013
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Occupy Washington, DC - March for Life
The Obama Administration's recent decision wants to force the Catholic Church to also cover abortion drugs (the day after pill, etc) in its insurance plans and at its hospitals. On this anniversary of Roe v Wade, let us commit to protect all life and defend the Constitutional values this country was founded upon. Without Life, there can be NO liberty or pursuit of happiness.
I'm proud of my oldest son, who will soon be 18. He and a friend took a bus to Washington, DC for the March for life. Here is a picture from this past year, that I just love. The heart has "choose" written all over the inside.He, and many, many others are Occupying Washington, DC today and defending life! God bless
I'm proud of my oldest son, who will soon be 18. He and a friend took a bus to Washington, DC for the March for life. Here is a picture from this past year, that I just love. The heart has "choose" written all over the inside.He, and many, many others are Occupying Washington, DC today and defending life! God bless
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Let's make this Clear: Obama is pro-abortion
LifeNews has compiled his record which can be seen here.
I have a bumper sticker on my car that says, "You can't be both Catholic and pro-choice". I've seen stickers that say, "You can't be Christian and pro-choice". True.
The Catholic Church has always been clear on defending life from the moment of conception. We need to be clear and defend life from the moment of conception. As Catholics, our bishops told us in the last election that LIFE was the most important issue. I say, without life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not possible. What do social justice (read welfare) programs help if we kill them before they are born?
Last election, I was amazed at the number of "Catholics" who voted for (or at least supported) Obama in the election. How can a pro-life people put Obama stickers on their cars? Because they don't care about babies being murdered in the womb. I pray that Catholics will vote pro-life in this next election. Because, without life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not possible. Everyone deserves a chance to live and have liberty and happiness. Steve Jobs was adopted, what if his mother had aborted him instead of giving him up for adoption? Would we have all the cool apple products? That's something to ponder. Would we have a cure for AIDS already? Did we abort the mind that would have figured that out or found a cure for cancer?
I have a bumper sticker on my car that says, "You can't be both Catholic and pro-choice". I've seen stickers that say, "You can't be Christian and pro-choice". True.
The Catholic Church has always been clear on defending life from the moment of conception. We need to be clear and defend life from the moment of conception. As Catholics, our bishops told us in the last election that LIFE was the most important issue. I say, without life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not possible. What do social justice (read welfare) programs help if we kill them before they are born?
Last election, I was amazed at the number of "Catholics" who voted for (or at least supported) Obama in the election. How can a pro-life people put Obama stickers on their cars? Because they don't care about babies being murdered in the womb. I pray that Catholics will vote pro-life in this next election. Because, without life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not possible. Everyone deserves a chance to live and have liberty and happiness. Steve Jobs was adopted, what if his mother had aborted him instead of giving him up for adoption? Would we have all the cool apple products? That's something to ponder. Would we have a cure for AIDS already? Did we abort the mind that would have figured that out or found a cure for cancer?
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sentenced for Life Fundraiser
Matthew was Sentenced for Life and made his $1000 bail. The fundraiser benefited Room at the Inn of the Carolinas Several people were Sentenced for Life along with Matthew and the Knights at Holy Cross held a pancake dinner for Shrove Tuesday with the proceeds also going to Room at the Inn. Room at the Inn's mission statement: Responding to the call of Christ to nurture life, Room At The Inn of the Carolinas operates housing and programs for homeless, single, pregnant women and single mothers with children offering them opportunities to have new lives of healthy, hope-filled independence.
Here are a few pictures from the night:
Here are a few pictures from the night:
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sentenced for Life
Matthew has been Sentenced for Life. He needs $1000 bail to get out of jail. As of tonight, he has raised $795. This is a fundraiser for The Room at the Inn of the Carolinas, a maternity home for homeless pregnant mothers. Room at the Inn also helps these women go to college.
Tomorrow is the last day. Please pray for Matthew to reach his goal, pray for the women Room at the Inn helps and pray for a successful fundraiser for all.
Tomorrow is the last day. Please pray for Matthew to reach his goal, pray for the women Room at the Inn helps and pray for a successful fundraiser for all.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Save Baby Joseph
This is an email I sent to friends and family today:
Sending along as an FYI—many of you may already know about this and may have already contacted the Canadian officials—if not, you can follow the link in the email below mine. Priests for Life has offered to pay baby Joseph’s expenses so that he can receive proper care here in the US.
Having two boys with potentially life-threatening illnesses and knowing so many children who have been on ventilators and in critical care like Joseph, this is something close to my heart. Praise be to God for holy priests like Fr. Pavone who fight for ALL life. My children have a progressive disease—(two, really) and neither has a cure. Let me restate that—there is NO CURE for Mitochondrial disease and NO CURE for Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome. Mitochondrial disease patients often end up on ventilators because of neuromuscular deterioration. SDS patients have many complications from their disease and/or bone marrow transplants and end up on ventilators. I ask each one of you this: does this mean we should just stop treating them now because these diseases will eventually kill them? Of course not! My Joseph already has swallowing problems…. Do we just not treat the disease because we know it will progress? Do we let him continue to aspirate liquids because we know it is going to get worse, so why bother finding solutions?
Baby Joseph pulled his feeding tube out himself several times—deliberately pulled it out—the nurses and doctors tied his hands down. He responds to his parents and doesn’t like to be tickled (see videos on line) – this is not something someone in a permanent vegetative state does. My Sean had to have his hands tied and wrapped up because he kept pulling his tubes out before (long ago—he stopped breathing and had to spend time in the hospital). His parents know the disease is progressive.
While universal healthcare sounds good on the outside—the problem is that a government devoid of God ends up making these choices based on money. Joseph’s parents have been refused to allow Joseph to have a tracheotomy so he can go home with them. Doctors and the Canadian government are not allowing this precious child of God to go home with his parents to be cared for until his death—his parents know he has the same disease his sister died of years ago, they know what to expect—she lived six months after her tracheotomy in the care of her parents at their home. The Canadian government has ruled that baby Joseph must have the breathing tube (vent) pulled and he must die NOW in the hospital. You may not even agree with his parents—but it should be THEIR choice—Joseph is THEIR child, a child entrusted to them by God – they want baby Joseph to have this procedure so that he can come home with them to live for a few more months-- or years—only God knows the time Joseph has left on this earth.
Imagine yourself in their position—unfortunately, I can do it all too easily—we have had friends in this position-- we’ve known too many children who have died from SDS and Mito. Pray for this family and do more, if you are able.
Thank God Chris’ parents had the choice to send their daughter, Erin, to rehab after she spent two and a half weeks in a coma – the doctors didn’t think she was a candidate for rehab, but his parents MADE THE DECSION for their OWN child. No government should tell parents what to do for their own child. What if the decision had been up to what the doctors thought and not her parents?
God bless Fr. Pavone and Priests for Life for stepping up to the plate. We are blessed to have so many holy priests fighting for LIFE!
Blessings,
Pattie
“In some causes silence is dangerous.” ~Saint Ambrose
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From: Father Frank's Alerts [mailto:FatherFrankAlerts@imcomonline.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 12:56 PM
To: catholicmomof3@gmail.com
Subject: Save Baby Joseph
Save Baby Joseph!
February 26, 2011
Dear Pattie,
There's an 18-month-old baby boy in Canada who is about to be put to death by the Canadian government.
I'm writing to you today so that you can help Priests For Life save this baby's life if possible.
Here's the situation … The baby, who is known as Baby Joseph, is suffering from a critical condition that requires him to have a breathing tube in order to stay alive.
However, the Canadian government has decided that they don't want to spend any more money on Baby Joseph to keep him alive.
And, to everyone's horror, the government won't even let Baby Joseph go home with his parents. His parents need to obtain better health care for Baby Joseph by bringing him to the United States where a hospital -- preferably a Catholic hospital where the baby will NOT be euthanized.
My experience in the case of Terri Schiavo back in 2005 showed me how devastating it is when a person -- no matter how young or how old -- is put to death by the "health care" system that pretends to help the sick, the poor, the indigent, the elderly, and those with terminal illnesses.
In reality, the government "health care" system doesn't want to spend money on anyone if they can't make money on that patient.
Therefore, since the Canadian government -- because of their system of rationing health care -- is determined to put Baby Joseph to death by removing his breathing tube, we at Priests For Life are stepping up to the plate and offering to bring Baby Joseph to the United States so that he can receive better health care and possibly survive his illness rather than being put to death because of rationed health care.
You see, the Canadian government is refusing to let Baby Joseph's parents take care of him. His parents don't want him to die. They already had one child die from a similar illness, and they don't want it to happen again.
But because of the Canadian government's system of "socialized" health care, Baby Joseph is in danger. They won't take care of him. Therefore, we have to.
The first thing I urge you to do is contact the officials in the Canadian government who are holding Baby Joseph's life in their hands. All you have to do is click here and your message will be sent immediately to these Canadian officials to implore them to release Baby Joseph back to his parents so that he can get the proper health care he needs and not be put to death in the painful, inhumane method of removing his breathing tube.
The second thing you need to do is pray for Baby Joseph and his parents for a sensitive solution to this problem.
And then, third, please forward this alert to everyone on your email list!
I will keep you updated on our progress in this crucial fight to save Baby Joseph. Please keep reading these alerts and forwarding them to all your friends and family members so that the word can get out about the injustices inflicted upon little children by the Culture of Death.
Blessings,
Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life
Priests for Life
PO Box 141172
Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone: 718-980-4400
Toll Free: 1-888-735-3448
Fax: 718-980-6515
mail@priestsforlife.org
www.priestsforlife.org
Sending along as an FYI—many of you may already know about this and may have already contacted the Canadian officials—if not, you can follow the link in the email below mine. Priests for Life has offered to pay baby Joseph’s expenses so that he can receive proper care here in the US.
Having two boys with potentially life-threatening illnesses and knowing so many children who have been on ventilators and in critical care like Joseph, this is something close to my heart. Praise be to God for holy priests like Fr. Pavone who fight for ALL life. My children have a progressive disease—(two, really) and neither has a cure. Let me restate that—there is NO CURE for Mitochondrial disease and NO CURE for Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome. Mitochondrial disease patients often end up on ventilators because of neuromuscular deterioration. SDS patients have many complications from their disease and/or bone marrow transplants and end up on ventilators. I ask each one of you this: does this mean we should just stop treating them now because these diseases will eventually kill them? Of course not! My Joseph already has swallowing problems…. Do we just not treat the disease because we know it will progress? Do we let him continue to aspirate liquids because we know it is going to get worse, so why bother finding solutions?
Baby Joseph pulled his feeding tube out himself several times—deliberately pulled it out—the nurses and doctors tied his hands down. He responds to his parents and doesn’t like to be tickled (see videos on line) – this is not something someone in a permanent vegetative state does. My Sean had to have his hands tied and wrapped up because he kept pulling his tubes out before (long ago—he stopped breathing and had to spend time in the hospital). His parents know the disease is progressive.
While universal healthcare sounds good on the outside—the problem is that a government devoid of God ends up making these choices based on money. Joseph’s parents have been refused to allow Joseph to have a tracheotomy so he can go home with them. Doctors and the Canadian government are not allowing this precious child of God to go home with his parents to be cared for until his death—his parents know he has the same disease his sister died of years ago, they know what to expect—she lived six months after her tracheotomy in the care of her parents at their home. The Canadian government has ruled that baby Joseph must have the breathing tube (vent) pulled and he must die NOW in the hospital. You may not even agree with his parents—but it should be THEIR choice—Joseph is THEIR child, a child entrusted to them by God – they want baby Joseph to have this procedure so that he can come home with them to live for a few more months-- or years—only God knows the time Joseph has left on this earth.
Imagine yourself in their position—unfortunately, I can do it all too easily—we have had friends in this position-- we’ve known too many children who have died from SDS and Mito. Pray for this family and do more, if you are able.
Thank God Chris’ parents had the choice to send their daughter, Erin, to rehab after she spent two and a half weeks in a coma – the doctors didn’t think she was a candidate for rehab, but his parents MADE THE DECSION for their OWN child. No government should tell parents what to do for their own child. What if the decision had been up to what the doctors thought and not her parents?
God bless Fr. Pavone and Priests for Life for stepping up to the plate. We are blessed to have so many holy priests fighting for LIFE!
Blessings,
Pattie
“In some causes silence is dangerous.” ~Saint Ambrose
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Father Frank's Alerts [mailto:FatherFrankAlerts@imcomonline.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 12:56 PM
To: catholicmomof3@gmail.com
Subject: Save Baby Joseph
Save Baby Joseph!
February 26, 2011
Dear Pattie,
There's an 18-month-old baby boy in Canada who is about to be put to death by the Canadian government.
I'm writing to you today so that you can help Priests For Life save this baby's life if possible.
Here's the situation … The baby, who is known as Baby Joseph, is suffering from a critical condition that requires him to have a breathing tube in order to stay alive.
However, the Canadian government has decided that they don't want to spend any more money on Baby Joseph to keep him alive.
And, to everyone's horror, the government won't even let Baby Joseph go home with his parents. His parents need to obtain better health care for Baby Joseph by bringing him to the United States where a hospital -- preferably a Catholic hospital where the baby will NOT be euthanized.
My experience in the case of Terri Schiavo back in 2005 showed me how devastating it is when a person -- no matter how young or how old -- is put to death by the "health care" system that pretends to help the sick, the poor, the indigent, the elderly, and those with terminal illnesses.
In reality, the government "health care" system doesn't want to spend money on anyone if they can't make money on that patient.
Therefore, since the Canadian government -- because of their system of rationing health care -- is determined to put Baby Joseph to death by removing his breathing tube, we at Priests For Life are stepping up to the plate and offering to bring Baby Joseph to the United States so that he can receive better health care and possibly survive his illness rather than being put to death because of rationed health care.
You see, the Canadian government is refusing to let Baby Joseph's parents take care of him. His parents don't want him to die. They already had one child die from a similar illness, and they don't want it to happen again.
But because of the Canadian government's system of "socialized" health care, Baby Joseph is in danger. They won't take care of him. Therefore, we have to.
The first thing I urge you to do is contact the officials in the Canadian government who are holding Baby Joseph's life in their hands. All you have to do is click here and your message will be sent immediately to these Canadian officials to implore them to release Baby Joseph back to his parents so that he can get the proper health care he needs and not be put to death in the painful, inhumane method of removing his breathing tube.
The second thing you need to do is pray for Baby Joseph and his parents for a sensitive solution to this problem.
And then, third, please forward this alert to everyone on your email list!
I will keep you updated on our progress in this crucial fight to save Baby Joseph. Please keep reading these alerts and forwarding them to all your friends and family members so that the word can get out about the injustices inflicted upon little children by the Culture of Death.
Blessings,
Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life
Priests for Life
PO Box 141172
Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone: 718-980-4400
Toll Free: 1-888-735-3448
Fax: 718-980-6515
mail@priestsforlife.org
www.priestsforlife.org
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Mercy
I was talking to a friend the other day about our oldest boys and their pro-life work. We were discussing how one cannot enter pro-life work unless they have mercy. Mercy does not allow anger. We have to have compassion and mercy as we pray for the unborn and their mothers. We are both so proud of our boys for being so actively pro-life..... so much to learn on the journey.
11 years ago we had the first of our now 17 pregnancy losses (I am in the middle of 17 as I write this). For a long time, I could not pray at the clinics or do anything pro-life. I was angry. Then we lost the twins. I was so very distraught! A priest friend suggested I go to a Rachel's Vineyard retreat to help with healing, even though I have never had an abortion. It really was very healing and I was able to become more active in the pro-life community again. Seeing those women who had much more pain that I will ever have... it made me realize that I must have mercy. I could no longer be angry. We have lost 18 little ones..... but I do not have to carry the burden of knowing I ended their lives.
If we call ourselves Catholic, then we need to be merciful! Mercy is such a key element of our faith. For me, I have found it difficult to forgive those who have lacked mercy toward me and my family as we deal with chronic illness in our boys. Thankfully, there really have not been that many until a few years ago. I have shared that story before-- church lady. I pray for church lady often -- in fact, as I was walking today hoping to move things along, I was offering up my suffering for her along with all the other prayer intentions I had.
Certain people avoid us at church. Not that I blame them ~smile~ I realize that many won't know how to respond. I am not brutally honest when asked, but when people ask how the boys are doing, I will let them know if they have a bone marrow biopsy coming up or a swallow study like Joseph has coming up. I usually say they are doing well, but have X or Y coming up.
When we first began this "journey" I did not ask for prayer requests. We did not tell members of our church..... or our pastor. Many years later when they thought the boys might go to transplant, I was talking to a friend who told me that I should share with members of the church. It could be considered prideful. We've been told horrible things and even yelled at because of sharing what is going on in our lives.
If we have Mercy, we will want to pray for others and their prayer needs--- we will be thankful for the opportunity to do so. satan cannot get his foot in the door when I am suffering if I pray for others! It takes the focus off of myself and that makes satan very angry!
We need to have mercy in every single aspect of our lives. Mercy for others leads to compassion. I ask God to forgive me if I have ever been uncharitable or unmerciful to anyone I have ever met. With His grace, I hope to show compassion and mercy-- even when I am suffering!
11 years ago we had the first of our now 17 pregnancy losses (I am in the middle of 17 as I write this). For a long time, I could not pray at the clinics or do anything pro-life. I was angry. Then we lost the twins. I was so very distraught! A priest friend suggested I go to a Rachel's Vineyard retreat to help with healing, even though I have never had an abortion. It really was very healing and I was able to become more active in the pro-life community again. Seeing those women who had much more pain that I will ever have... it made me realize that I must have mercy. I could no longer be angry. We have lost 18 little ones..... but I do not have to carry the burden of knowing I ended their lives.
If we call ourselves Catholic, then we need to be merciful! Mercy is such a key element of our faith. For me, I have found it difficult to forgive those who have lacked mercy toward me and my family as we deal with chronic illness in our boys. Thankfully, there really have not been that many until a few years ago. I have shared that story before-- church lady. I pray for church lady often -- in fact, as I was walking today hoping to move things along, I was offering up my suffering for her along with all the other prayer intentions I had.
Certain people avoid us at church. Not that I blame them ~smile~ I realize that many won't know how to respond. I am not brutally honest when asked, but when people ask how the boys are doing, I will let them know if they have a bone marrow biopsy coming up or a swallow study like Joseph has coming up. I usually say they are doing well, but have X or Y coming up.
When we first began this "journey" I did not ask for prayer requests. We did not tell members of our church..... or our pastor. Many years later when they thought the boys might go to transplant, I was talking to a friend who told me that I should share with members of the church. It could be considered prideful. We've been told horrible things and even yelled at because of sharing what is going on in our lives.
If we have Mercy, we will want to pray for others and their prayer needs--- we will be thankful for the opportunity to do so. satan cannot get his foot in the door when I am suffering if I pray for others! It takes the focus off of myself and that makes satan very angry!
We need to have mercy in every single aspect of our lives. Mercy for others leads to compassion. I ask God to forgive me if I have ever been uncharitable or unmerciful to anyone I have ever met. With His grace, I hope to show compassion and mercy-- even when I am suffering!