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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.
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Thursday, Mar. 15th
Pro-Life lecture by Steven Mosher at 7:30 PM
in the school cafeteria.
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Every Monday
Prayer and witness
from 8am to 10 am outside late-term abortion clinic.
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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.
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