February 22 - April 1 **40 DAYS FOR LIFE** , St. Martins will sponsor 4 full days: Sat March 3rd; Sat March 10th; Fri March 16th; and Sun March 25th. Thursday, Mar. 15th Pro-Life lecture by Steven Mosher at 7:30 PM in the school cafeteria. Every Monday Prayer and witness from 8am to 10 am outside late-term abortion clinic. Calendar

40-Days for Life: The spring 40-Days for Life campaign runs from February 22 - April 1, 2012. St. Martins will sponsor 4 full days of this campaign. The days currently selected are Saturday March 3rd; Saturday March 10th (Spanish); Friday March 16th (tentative); and Sunday March 25th (tentative). To participate, please contact Carolyn at Hill_Carolyn@bah.com or prolife@stmartinsprolife.com. See also the Germantown 40-Days for Life campaign website.

Event - Pro-Life Speaker
The Pro-Life Committee presents the nationally known pro-life speaker, Steven Mosher, as part of the Defend Life lecture tour. The talk will take place in the St. Martins school cafeteria at 7:30 PM on Thursday, March 15th. Steven Mosher, a convert and president of Population Research Institute, (www.POP.org), was the anthropologist who discovered the ONE CHILD FORCED ABORTION policy in China. He will speak on the new Pro-Life movement in Russia ("Russia: Coming in from the Cold; From Abortion to Life") and his recent trip to China.

Light refreshments will be available. Feel free to invite friends and family from our neighboring parishes and churches.

Opportunity - 100,000 Rosaries for Unborn
ROSARIES FOR THE UNBORN-There are approximately 37,000 children aborted in Maryland each year – more than 700 per week. This rate is 50 % higher than the national average. While our legislative and pastoral actions to end abortion are necessary, our prayers are pivotal. The Archdiocese of Washington, in collaboration with the Knights of Columbus in Maryland, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the Diocese of Wilmington, is seeking prayer pledges amounting to at least 100,000 rosaries said for the unborn in the month of March. Our united intention is to pray for an end to abortion in our state and nation, to pray for those who are considering an abortion, for the conversion of those who work in the abortion industry and to pray for the souls of the children who have been aborted and those who have been impacted by abortion. Can you say four or five
rosaries (one per week) over the course of a month? See the Maryland Knights of Columbus Pro-Life site for more information and email Kevin with you pledge.

Thank You - Crosses.

Thanks to all who helped and participated in erecting the hundreds of crosses placed in front of St. Martins. It is a great wittness to our parishs' committment to the unborn. The 540 crosses are a enten memorial to the 54 MILLION unborn children who have lost their lives in the U.S. since the Roe V. Wade court decision in 1973. The Knights of Columbus crosses are a reminder of the innocent lives lost to abortion. Each cross represents 100,000 babies killed in the US or 1.4 killed by Leroy Carhart in Germantown (750 in the first year since he arrived in December 2010). Please add praying for an end to abortion and the conversion of Carhart to your Lenten discipline. To participate in prayer at the clinic, please contact us at prolife@stmartinsprolife.com.

The St. Martins Pro-Life committee would like to thank the Knights of Columbus for providing the crosses and for the volunteers who helped erect the crosses and the sign.

Opportunity - Several lives saved by strong presence on Monday vigils at Germantown clinic
Dr. Grace Morrison has issued a renewed call for a strong presence Wisteria Dr. (near the Germantown late term abortion clinic) on Mondays mornings (8am - 10am). It is on Monday mornings that the gruesome and brutal three day process of late term abortions begins. The Monday morning vigils represent the best opportunity to help women and their unborn children. Please consider joining the nearly 100 people there every week. The strong presence is making a huge difference! For three weeks in a row, there were FOUR women who came out of the abortion clinic and chose life for their baby!! Prayer and your presence HELPS these women and gives their babies a chance to be born -- that's 12 more people who will now have the chance to worship Our Lord! For more information and to sign up for ongoing updates, please see the Pray for Germantown website.
The mission on Monday mornings:
--To come in mass numbers to make the public aware of the horrors of abortion --especially late-term abortion!
--To be present when the babies are killed by lethal injection--which happens on Monday mornings!
--If possible, to direct the mothers to the new pregnancy referral center across from the mill.

Opportunity/Event - Holiday Rosary Tours
On various holy days and holiday days, Pro-Life members from a number of local parishes gather to say the Rosary at the four abortuaries in our area, e.g. Germantown, Shady Grove, Rockville and Silver Spring. The group concentrates on prayer, i.e., there are no protests, demonstrations, police involvement with this group of souls from various parishes. For more information, please contact Bill Luksic at bluksic1@verizon.net

Resource - Facing Pregnancies with Poor or Fatal Diagnosis
"We know the devastation, confusion, heartbreak and loneliness. We can't change your circumstances or make decisions for you. But we can offer support, friendship and experience." A locally based group of friends, connected by tragic, and then beautiful, circumstances offer support to parents continuing their pregnancy after a poor or fatal diagnosis for their unborn children. Isaiah's Promise is a resource you hope you will never need - but will value and cherish if you do. Facing a pregnancy with a poor or fatal diagnosis for an unborn child can be devastating for any parent. Now, they do not need to be alone. If you know of anyone who received a poor or fatal diagnonis for their unborn child, consider contacting Isaiah's Promise at www.isaiahspromise.net for support.

Resource - Organic Family Planning
An effective Catholic alternative to IVF, and side-effect-free alternative to contraception. Effectiveness: 99% to avoid, and up to 98% to achieve. Struggling to achieve a pregnancy? Success is up to 40% more effective than IVF, and totally natural and respectful of all world religion's teachings on fertility including our Catholic faith. FertilityCare: a natural medical model of natural methods of family planning & a way to manage women's health care issues like PMS, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, recurrent miscarriges, postpartum depression and more! Tired of using NFP and desire more clarity and someone to walk with you? This form of NFP might be for you. Your body knows. You can too! For more information see the Fertility Care website.

Classes are held in Gaithersburg home, call or email for directions. Materials to get you started charting furnished for a $25 fee and appointment for follow up. 8 sessions personalized within one year, fees based with sliding scale as appropriate.
Reservations and questions/ comments: Therese Rodriguez, RN, FCP. FertilityCare Practitioner 301-963-6833 8rodriguezes@gmail.com

Opportunity -Weekly Mass next door to abortion clinic
The arrival of Late Term Abortions in Germantown has been a call to action for all Pro-Lifers in the area! Weekly Masses will be scheduled in the building next door to the Germantown late term abortion clinic. St. Martins parishioners will be invited to attend on a rotational basis along with other local parishes. Information for priests and parish contacts is available here.

Pro-Life Committee Meeting:
Next Meeting: We will be changing the meeting night to the second Thursday of each month. The next meeting of the St. Martins Pro-Life Committee will be on Thursday, March 15th (Steven Mosher talk), at 7:30pm in the school. If you would like more information about St. Martins Pro-Life committee, please feel free to contact us by emailing: prolife@stmartinsprolife.com.

Contact Us:
Send an email to prolife@stmartinsprolife.com or come by during one of the Pro-Life Committee meetings.