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Important
Upcoming Events:
St. Martins Calendar
of events. Download a bulletin
of Pro-Life events that are going on over the next year. Remember
that this list is just some of the many Pro-Life activities going
on around your community.
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.
Pro-Life Mass
Mark you calandars. St.
Rose of Lima Parish is hosting a Pro-Life mass Wednesday,
February 15th at 7:30 PM. All are welcome! This mass is sponsored
by the St.
Rose Knights of Columbus. Our very own Msgr. Mark Brennan
of St. Martin's will be the presider and Fr. Marcel Guarnizo
from St. John
Neuman will be the guest speaker. There also will be a chance
to hear more about the 40
Days for Life campaign which will be occurring outside Leroy
Carhart's office in Germantown during this Lenten season. Please
plan on attending this event and showing your support for the
sanctity of all life. Contact Kathy Fry (301-972-9249) or Kathy
Muzzelwhite at st.rose_respect_life@yahoo.com
for more information.
Pro-Life Speaker
The Mother Seton Respect Life Committee presents
the nationally known pro-life speaker, Fr. Paul Schenck,
as part of the Defend Life
lecture tour. The talk will take place in the at 7:30 PM on Thursday,
February 16th, at Mother
Seton Parish Center. Father Paul Schenck, father of 9 children
and a convert, was ordained a Catholic priest in June 2010. He
is presently serving as the Respect Life Director for the Diocese
of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.He is the founder of National Pro-Life
Action Center on Capitol Hill, NPLAC.org, and National Pro-Life
Radio, NPLR.net. His talk is called "Has Science become
Pro-Life?". Contact Cathy at Mother Seton for more informaiton
at 240-418-5056. Email: Sojourner1@Zoho.com
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. The next Rosary Tour will
be on September 5th (Labor Day). For more information, please
contact Bill Luksic at bluksic1@verizon.net
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.
Prayer vigils at Germantown clinic:
There has been a strong presence
outside of Carhart’s Abortion Clinic on Monday mornings.
Recent Mondays had upwards of 100 people present! If you are interested
in providing a prayerful witness outside of the clinic, please
stop by any Monday morning in between 8-10 am. Lives
are being saved!!
Witness to Life outside Germantown clinic:
The Maryland Coalition for Life has requested local churches to
participate as a Witness to Life outside the Germantown late term
abortion clinic. The request is for each parish to commit to holding
a prayerful vigil on Wisteria Dr. for one hour each week. Please
email prolife@stmartinsprolife.com
if you would like to be part of a St. Martins prayer group for
one hour each week. The regular day and hour has not yet been
decided but will be following responses to this request. The Maryland
Coalition for Life is a community-based, pro-life network
dedicated to bringing the many Maryland pro-life organizations
together to end abortion in Maryland.
EVERY SATURDAY - Come out and pray the Rosary for Life:
Respectfully and lovingly, with your pro-life colleagues who are
out there every Saturday (rain and shine). We stand/walk along
the public sidewalk in front of the local abortion clinic (or
pray from the comfort of your car and see what it's like!). No
sign-up: come for 20 minutes to 2 hours, say a Rosary or two,
once a month or every Saturday! Pray for the moms and dads and
babies and clinicians. We love these women, parents, before, during,
and after. We know we don't change hearts, only the Holy Spirit
can - shining His Love through us. Everything (healing, eternal
absolution) is possible through reconciliation with Jesus Christ.
A counselor will wait outside afterward to offer comfort if the
women are open. STAND and PRAY where they NEED US!
1 . Outside the Abortuary at 966 Hungerford Drive, Jackson Place,
Rockville. Rosary at 8:00 am-9:30am on Saturdays. (sidewalk
on 355 / Frederick)
2. Outside the Abortuary at 9061 Shady Grove Court, Gaithersburg.
Rosary at 10:00 am-11:30am on Saturdays (sidewalk on Comprint
Court).
For more information, contact Paul Cortese at 240-477-8338 or
emial paul.nancy.cortese@gmail.com
Pro-Life
Committee Meeting:
Next Meeting: The next meeting of the St. Martins
Pro-Life Committee will be on second THURSDAY of each month
at 8pm 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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