Bike for Life Pilgrimage

ABC News Gives Rare Attention to High Rate of Abortions on Black Women

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:57:00 +0000

On Monday’s World News on ABC, correspondent Steve Osunsami filed a report that gave rare attention to the high abortion rate among the black population, as he focused on billboards in Atlanta.

They are put up by black members of the pro-life movement as they try to draw attention to the issue.

See more information here

Maafa 21 is a movie about the black genocide in America

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:52:00 +0000

Here's the link if you want more information. UNC is having a showing of this movie followed by a question and answer with Dr. Johnny Hunter (he was a speaker at the Life Conference) It starts at 6:30 and will go til about 10 this Wednesday, February 24.

Wake County Comission Voted- Will not cover elective abortions under Wake Co. Employees Health care

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:47:00 +0000

The vote was tied 3 to 3 (with Webb not voting due to illness) so my understanding is that - for now - elective abortions are NO LONGER covered under Wake County Employee's Health Care plans.

Many thanks to all who spoke before the commissioners today, called, or emailed on this important issue. It is settled for now, but we will have to stay on top of this one in Wake County and others as well.

The room was packed out with Planned Parenthood lobbyists, ACLU attorneys, and NARAL supporters. Thankfully, a good constituency of pro-lifers showed up as well and it was fairly evenly tied in the comments.

You can view the full meeting on video by going here (you can easily fast forward to the abortion discussion once you have downloaded the video, which takes a few minutes).

Also, here are a few links of coverage:

In the News and Observer
http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news|Sports|Lifestyles/story/48193/county-decision-sparks-abortion-debate
Local ABC station
Local WRAL TV Station (this one is a few days old)

Bishops Issue Call to Action Regarding Public School Textbook

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Bishops Issue Call to Action Regarding Public School Textbook Click here for more information!

Wake County to vote on Abortion Funding for County Employees

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:48:00 +0000

If you cannot attend Today's Wake County Commissioner Meeting please make a phone call and / or send an email by 12 noon Monday to the following Commissioners and tell them you do NOT want your tax dollars to fund elective abortions for Wake County employees under their insurance plan. This is something we can all do, that can make a real difference.

Lindy Brown’s County phone is 919-856-5576. Her email address is lindy.brown@wakegov.com

Betty Lou Ward’s County phone is 919-856-5566 and her email address is bward@wakegov.com

Harold Webb’s County phone is 919-856-5573 and his email is Harold.Webb@wakegov.com

Stan Norwalk’s County phone is 919-856-5574. His email address is stan.norwalk@wakegov.com

Again:

Tomorrow's meeting will be at 2 pm (get there a few minutes early) in the Wake County Courthouse, 335 S. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27602 - 7th Floor, Room 700, with a public comment period for citizens to address the Board from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Thanks,
--
Dorothy Yeung,Triangle Right to Life Chair
919-257-9916

A Healthcare Problem Washington May Have Missed

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:14:00 +0000

Article from First Things Magazine
A Healthcare Problem Washington May Have Missed
Nov 6, 2009
Bishop James D. Conley

With more than 620 Catholic hospitals serving the public around the United States, hundreds of Catholic medical clinics and shelters, and even a few Catholic-affiliated medical schools, Catholics have a keen interest in healthcare reform. That interest isn’t new. It’s rooted in experience, including the experience of trying to help people with little or no health insurance at all. For decades, the U.S. bishops have pushed for an overhaul of our nation’s healthcare industry and the way it delivers its services. Why? Because the Church sees access to basic health care as a right and a social responsibility, not a privilege.

But Catholic support for the general principle of reform does not bind anyone to endorse a specific piece of legislation. God gave us brains for a reason, to think; and we need to use them, because the practical and moral problems we face on the way to good healthcare reform are as formidable as the goal is admirable. This is why the U.S. bishops’ conference has tried so diligently for the past three months to work with Congress and the White House in seeking sound compromise legislation. As of November 5, all those efforts have failed.

The bishops have a few simple but important priorities.

First, everyone should have access to basic health care, including immigrants. The Church would hope to see that access broadened as widely as possible. But at a minimum, it should include those immigrants who live and work in the United States legally. Second, reform should respect the dignity of every person, from conception to natural death. This means that the elderly and persons with disabilities must be treated with special care and sensitivity. It also means that abortion and abortion funding should be excluded from any reform plan, no matter how adroitly the abortion funding is masked. Whatever one thinks about its legality, abortion has nothing to do with advancing human “health,” and a large number of Americans regard it as a gravely wrong act of violence, not only against unborn children but also against women.

Third, real healthcare reform needs to include explicit, ironclad conscience protections for medical professionals and institutions so that they cannot be forced to violate their moral convictions. Fourth—and this is so obvious it sometimes goes unstated—any reform must be economically realistic and financially sustainable. We can’t help anyone, including ourselves, if we’re insolvent. If we commit ourselves to health services, then we need to have the will and the ability to really pay for them. That’s a moral issue, not simply a practical one.

Note that these priorities do not attack the constitutional status of abortion. That’s a different battle. Nor do they take anything away from people who regard themselves as pro-choice. But they do protect the rights of the many, many citizens who see abortion as tragic and evil, and refuse to be implicated in supporting it.

Given the broad Catholic support for some kind of comprehensive healthcare reform, the historic links of the Democratic Party to the Catholic community, and the party’s total control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, the reform legislation actually moving through Congress as I write these comments on November 5 is not only inadequate and baffling, but insulting and dangerous.

With the exception of a few leaders, like Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak, Congress has ignored or rejected every attempt at resolving the serious concerns voiced by the bishops—or alternately, has pushed solutions like the Capps Amendment that do not solve the problems, and even create new ones. The White House has done nothing to intervene. “Common ground” thinking in Washington apparently has more reality as public relations than as public policy. And as a result, all of the main healthcare reform proposals in Congress, including the huge, 2,000-page merged House bill, are fatally flawed. Unless they are immediately and adequately amended, they need to be opposed and defeated.

For all of Congress’ public talk about “consensus building” and “consensus health care,” Washington has proved once again that hearing loss can be job-related. Most American Catholics, from people in the pews to pastors and bishops, want healthcare reform to work. But too many people in Washington don’t know how to listen, or don’t want to listen, or just don’t care.

James D. Conley, S.T.L., is the auxiliary bishop of Denver.

Upcoming life events around North Carolina:

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:01:00 +0000

http://nccatholicsforlife.com/upcoming.html

* Fall Raleigh 40 Days For Life CampaignSeptember 23rd - November 1 2009 email:apex4life@gmail.com if you plan to attend and sign up for an hour on the website. You will need to make up a user name and password. This will give you access for the calendar.

* Mass for LifeSt. Joseph's at 2817 Poole Road Raleigh, NC 27610 directions Every Sat, 8am: Mass followed by Holy Hour on first SaturdaysHere

* October 20th TuesdayProlife Solidarity Day of Silence On October 20th, people from all over this nation will give up their voices for a day in solidarity for these children. Red arm bands and duct tape will identify them as taking part in the Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity. They will carry fliers explaining why they are silent and educate others about the plight of the innocent children we are losing every day.Cary High school was on this years map. Sign your school up next year. There is even a place for individuals and Homeschools!

* October 27th TUESDAY You are cordially invited to attend the talk "Looking at Science with the Mirror of History: From Eugenics to the Human Genome" on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 3 p.m. in 2722 Bostian Hall. Paul Lombardo, Professor of Law at Georgia State University, will discuss the eugenics movement that occurred in the United States during much of the 20th century. Professor Lombardo, who has spent more than 25 years writing and lecturing about eugenics, will discuss the relevance of eugenics history to the ethics of research as well as how we should think about the current role of scientists in light of this disturbing history. This event is sponsored by The Graduate School with funding from The National Institutes of Health-Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Program. We hope that you will consider attending this talk and also encouraging your students to attend (or even bringing your class). Please contact any of the program organizers listed below if we can provide more information for you. Attached are two copies of the flyer for this program; one is in color and one is in gray scale. Sincerely, Dr. Erin Banks, IMSD Program Coordinator, erin_banks@ncsu.edu Dr. Melissa Bostrom, Director of Graduate Academic and Professional Development, melissa_bostrom@ncsu.edu Dr. Rhonda Sutton, Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, rhonda_sutton@ncsu.edu

* October 31st SATURDAY Be a light on this dark night! Come to Drake Circle at 6 pm with a candle to walk and pray around the block. Let us be a light in the world of darkness. Call Sarah and Sabrena 523-1945 for more information!

* November 7th Special Mass and Lifeguard ProcessionCome for Mass at St. Joseph's Raleigh 8 am! Doughnuts and Milk will follow. Msgr. is having a special celebration for all the youth and Lifeguards! Lets make a big showing and then afterwards we will meet at Merton and Haworth! The Procession will start at 10:00 am Led by Fr. Ned, Vocation Director, Diocese of Raleigh, NC(OLPH) Finally we will meet for Pizza at OLOL! Call for more information 523-1945 Join us for this monthly procession of prayer in thanksgiving for the Gift of Life! Feel renewed in your resolve to defend all life From Conception to Natural Death! Lets build a Culture of Life through Prayer! email lifeguardsnc@gmail.com or look atmap

Abp. Dolan: ‘Most Pressing Life Issue Today is Abortion

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:45:00 +0000

Abp. Dolan: ‘Most Pressing Life Issue Today is Abortion

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:59:00 +0000

Click here for more information...Raleigh is an effort to bring comfort, healing and unity
to parents in the Triangle who have suffered a pregnancy or infant
loss. Thursday Raleigh allows parents to openly remember their
loss and to have their loss recognized.

Thursday, October 15, 2009
North Carolina State Capital, South Lawn,
Morgan and Fayetteville Street
(Parking available at the corner of
Wilmington and Jones Street)
Area street parking also available
Registration/ Check-in begins at 6:30 pm
Ceremony begins at 7:00 pm

*THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT*

U.S. Bishops: Current Health Care Bills Violate Essential Principles; Will Seek Changes Or Have To Oppose

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Bishops’ concerns include abortion, conscience, immigrants, affordability
Reaffirm commitment to work for reform that respects life and dignity of all

U.S. Bishops: Current Health Care Bills Violate Essential Principles; Will Seek Changes Or Have To Oppose

WASHINGTON—Three chairmen of the bishops’ committees working on health care reform urged the U.S. Congress to improve current health care reform legislation, expressing their “disappointment that progress has not been made on the three priority criteria for health care reform” cited in their previous letters.

The October 8 letter from Bishop William Murphy, Cardinal Justin Rigali and Bishop John Wester reiterated the bishops’ main concerns: that no one should be forced to pay for or participate in an abortion, that health care should be affordable and available to the poor and vulnerable, and that the needs of legal immigrants are met.

Bishop Murphy, Cardinal Rigali and Bishop Wester chair the U.S. bishops’ committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Pro-Life Activities and Immigration, respectively.

The bishops reaffirmed their commitment to working with Congress and the Administration toward genuine health care reform, but stated, “If final legislation does not meet our principles, we will have no choice but to oppose the bill.”

“We sincerely hope that the legislation will not fall short of our criteria,” wrote the bishops. “However, we remain apprehensive when amendments protecting freedom of conscience and ensuring no taxpayer money for abortion are defeated in committee votes.”

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has advocated for health care reform for decades. The bishops wrote that “Catholic moral tradition teaches that health care is a basic human right, essential to protecting human life and dignity. Much-needed reform of our health care system must be pursued in ways that serve the life and dignity of all, never in ways that undermine or violate these fundamental values. We will work tirelessly to remedy these central problems and help pass real reform that clearly protects the life, dignity and health of all.”

The full text of the letter can be found online at: www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/2009-10-08-healthcare-letter-congress.pdf

Love...one another and your children...Most of all your God!

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Father Hardon, in writing “The Catechist as a Channel of Grace,” explained that the purpose of catechesis is to change people’s lives. “Instruction for the mind is given as a means for inspiring the will. Inspiring the will, is to move the will from vain love of self to selfless love of God, and selfless love of others out of love for God.” He further said, “Religious instruction, without teaching love, is meaningless; catechesis, without teaching charity, is useless; Christianity, without charity, is paganism.” Read more here...

Jan 22 1973 Hidden in History

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Join the CFRs in Prayer

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:52:00 +0000

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Lifeguard Procession Sat. Feb. 7 at 10 AM

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:57:00 +0000

Please join us, this Sat. Feb. 7 at 10 AM, as we peacefully process around the Haworth Dr. abortuary. We will meet at the intersection of Haworth Dr. and Merton Dr., at 10 AM and pray Fr. Pavone's Prolife Meditations of the Rosary as we walk the entire block around the abortuary. Here is a link to the first procession held back in December HERE...

It is a great opportunity to be witnesses for Life! Some estimate the March in DC at 300,000. Let's keep the momentum going here in Raleigh as we process and join our voices in prayer for the most vulnerable among us, the unborn.

The procession will continue to be held the first Saturday of every month at 10 AM, except for this coming Sat. March 7, when there will be a Life Conference instead. Go to www.prolifeeventsnc .org for more details and to register. Now more than ever, we need to join together and stand up for Life!

Hope to see you at the present day Calvary this Sat. morning.

The Super Bowl Commercial You Won't See

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:21:00 +0000

The Super Bowl Commercial You Won't See
by Marcia Segelstein

That wonderful pro-life Obama commercial you may have seen here recently was supposed to run during the Super Bowl on Sunday. After first accepting it, NBC apparently changed its collective mind, saying it wasn't going to run advocacy ads during the big game.

Brian Burch, President of Fidelis, a Chicago-based Catholic organization responsible for the commercial, says that NBC initially responded positively and he was raising money to pay for it. Watch the commercial Here, and imagine the impact it could have had on the millions who watch the Super Bowl.

Take Action!
E-mail your comments to NBC. As of the time of this alert, NBC had not sold out all their ad slots, so there is still time for them to reconsider. In addition to sending an e-mail, please call NBC Entertainment at 818-840-4444. Tell the operator that you want to urge NBC to reconsider airing the Super Bowl ad produced by Catholicvote.org.

Thoroughly pervade our lives!

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:03:00 +0000

This is the word for today and let us allow the message of the Gospel of Life THOROUGHLY pervade our lives!

I was helping my son with his vocabularly and this is the sentence that came to mind and I felt it should be shared. We all need this reminder and to be attentive of how we give an example to the world in how the Gospel of Life applies to our lives.

Main Entry: thorough
Function: adjective
Date: 15th century
1: carried through to completion : exhaustive < a thorough search>
2 a: marked by full detail < a thorough description> b: careful about detail : painstaking < a thorough scholar> c: complete in all respects d: having full mastery (as of an art) < a thorough musician>
— thor·ough·ly adverb
— thor·ough·ness noun

Main Entry: per·vade
Pronunciation: \pər-ˈvād\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): per·vad·ed; per·vad·ing
Etymology: Latin pervadere to go through, pervade, from per- through + vadere to go — more at per-, wade
Date: 1659
: to become diffused throughout every part of

Do Men Have Rights Over Unborn Children?

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:46:00 +0000

From an article on Lifenews.com

Do Men Have Rights Over Unborn Children? British IVF Lawsuit Asks Question
London, England (LifeNews.com) -- A British woman whose pregnant daughter was killed in a car crash is considering legal action to stop her daughter's fiancé using her frozen embryos to have their child. Kay Stanley had undergone IVF treatment and had her eggs fertilized before she died. Her mother Gwen Bates claims her fiancé Brett Vogel may be considering using a female relative as a surrogate for the fertilized embryo. Bates insists Stanley would have been opposed to such a move. American bioethicist Wesley J. Smith comments on the unusual case and insists the father has a right to his unborn child. "Even if that is true, even if the poor dead woman would not want her children gestated by another woman, so what? She is dead. The father is alive. His nascent children can still be born. Why should he be prevented from having his children--if that is his decision--and instead be forced to see them destroyed (or possibly experimented upon)? The law generally holds that a woman is entitled to an abortion--regardless of what the father might want--because it is her body that gestates the child. That biological symbiotic relationship fact is seen as trumping whatever rights the father might have in the matter. It is her body and if she doesn't want to gestate, she has the unfettered right, at least in the early months, to terminate the pregnancy. But in this case, the mother is dead and so her body is not being used for anything. The father may want to have his children brought to birth. If the grandmother can legally prevent her grandchildren from being born, it means that fathers have no rights of any kind over their pre-born children. If so, that is utter sexism."

Life Chain in Rocky Mount

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Rocky Mount Group in Newspaper for Standing up for Life. Read story here. We need to be more visible and speak more to our friends family and neighbors about this upcomming FOCA bill!

Thank you for organizing this little 'big' Life Chain. Join in sending letters to your congressman and senators to express your horror of the upcomming FOCA bill.

Life Conference March 7th 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:17:00 +0000

A GENERATION LOST

If you are concerned where this country is headed with the Dignity of Life, this conference is for you.

Learn more about the issues and how you can get involved in your community.

Learn how you can be on the front lines in this battle now raging in our country.

The Life Conference on March 7 will be held at North Raleigh Christian Academy in their beautiful auditorium. Their address is 7300 Perry Creek Rd. Raleigh NC 27616.

The website is www.prolifeeventsnc.org There is a registration form available there.

We have fantastic speakers and panelists lined up! Hope to see you on the 7th!

an interview with lawyer Peter Breen of the Thomas More Society

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:18:00 +0000

Full Text of FOCA here

Black Pastor Warns Obama not to Preside over "Genocide" of American Blacks

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:16:00 +0000

At March, Black Pastor Warns Obama not to Preside over "Genocide" of American Blacks

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The most well received speech at the March for Life this year was that of an African American pastor from Frederick Maryland. Pastor Luke Robinson began noting that the election of the first African American President of the United States was a fulfillment of "part" of the "Dream" of Dr. Marin Luther King Jr.

Speaking of the inauguration of the "first black President" of the United States, Pastor Robinson explained: "So many African Americans and other folks cried and shouted because the inauguration was part of the deferred dream come true." But, he added, "we come here to deal with some unfinished business as it relates to the 'dream'."

Then, using Barack Obama's own rhetoric, Pastor Robinson used the phrase "We need change now more than ever" which would accentuate the rest of his talk.

"We are calling on the President of Change, President Barack Obama," he said, "to be an agent of change as it relates to the lives of over one million children who will be slaughtered in this, his first year as President, by a horrible practice called abortion and 'a woman's right to choose'."

The most striking portion of Robinson's speech came as he begged Obama not to preside over the genocide of African Americans. "We need change Mr. President because every day about 4000 babies die by abortion. Every day Mr. President, people with your ethnic background any my ethnic background die in astounding numbers. Abortion is the number one killer of African Americans in this country."

"We make up about 12% of the population and about 34% of all abortions are black babies. In the last 36 years over 17 million African American babies have died by abortion alone. We need to change this picture. We need to stop this slaughter of the innocent preborn.

"Please Mr. President, be that agent of change that can commute the sentence of over 1400 African American children and over 3000 children from other ethnic groups sentenced to die every day in this country by abortion."

"We need change and we need it now."

"I pray with so many others," he said, "that your administration will preside over the end to abortion and to the black genocide in America."

"At the conclusion of your term in office, may it never be said that you presided over the largest slaughter of innocent children in the history of the country and that African Americans became an ever increasing minority under your hand."

Brownback takes time on Jan 22nd 2009 to speak on Life

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:53:00 +0000

Watch Sunday night live This week!

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:08:00 +0000

From the mercy.org website there is information on the new Holy Innocents Shrine.
Here is some information on this...
Our God is a God of Mercy who cares for our needs from the moment of conception. The Shrine of the Holy Innocents will honor the memory of the souls of all children whose lives have been lost, and it will provide a sacred place of prayer and healing for parents and others who have been touched by the loss of a child.
Construction of the Shrine located in the Mother of Mercy Outdoor Shrine will not begin before 2009, however memorials are being created now.
Memorialize a Child:
We will etch the name of a deceased child on a candle rack or on a glass tile.
Proclaim Respect for Life:
We will include your name or someone you honor on a plaque for "Protectors of the Sanctity of Life."
Spiritual Benefits:All children memorialized at the shrine and their families will be remembered daily in the Rosary for Life, in the Holy Mass, and during the Hour of Great Mercy at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy and in special Masses on December 12 (the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe), December 28 (the Feast of the Holy Innocents), and on the third Saturday in July.

Life Imagine the possibilities

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:16:00 +0000

Life Conference

noreply@blogger.com (Path Of Life) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:57:00 +0000

http://prolifeeventsnc.org/

Featuring

Dr. Johnny Hunter

" When The Odds Are Against Us and God Is Not -- We Win!"

Dr. Martin McCaffrey

"Eugenics; Tales from the Bedside"

Nancy Valko, RN

"Common Sense at the End of Life"

Msgr. Michael Clay

"Using www.catholicvoicenc.org as a Voice for Life"

Pro-Life Ministries Discussion Panel

Panel A

Birthchoice

Family Honor

Gabriel Project

Project Rachel

Christian Life Home

Panel B

Students For Life

40 Days for Life

LifeTree

NC Right to Life

Clergy

Street Samaritans

Jorge Collazo & Taylor McKellar

"How I Became a Sidewalk Counselor"