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Bus Trip to March for Life Cancelled

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INFORMATION FOR MARCHERS and SUPPORTERS:

THE BUS TRIP TO THE MARCH FOR LIFE IN WASHINGTON, DC, HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE STORM. PLEASE PASS THE WORD ALONG TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO WAS PLANNING TO GO.

You can watch the March for Life in Washington on TV tomorrow. Please see the information below.

Tomorrow, Jan. 22, there will be a local prayer service and remembrance of the victims of abortion at noon, on Perlman Drive in Spring Valley, outside the mall where the Planned Parenthood offices are. Please park in the Spring Valley Marketplace lot and carefully cross the street. Do NOT park in the lot directly across from the prayer site.

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Last Minute March Preparations: At the Sisters of Life motherhouse in Suffern, Sr. Margaret helps load the “famous green scarves” for the Rockland marchers.

EWTN — The Eternal Word Television Network will cover the following  events from Washington on Optimum Channel 135 and Verizon Fios 285:

  • OPENING MASS OF THE NATIONAL PRAYER VIGIL FOR LIFE  — 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21
  • CLOSING MASS OF THE NATIONAL PRAYER VIGIL FOR LIFE —  7:30 AM on Jan.  22
  • MARCH FOR LIFE, starting 9 a.m. on Jan. 22
  • MARCH FOR LIFE 0NE-HOUR SPECIAL, 6 p.m. on Jan 22 on EWTN Nightly News.

Going to the March?  Download the EWTN app to your smartphone and see the “big picture” going on around you. 

New Yorkers Will Use March for Life to Address Cuomo’s Saying Pro-Lifers Not Welcome. Click here for story.  Continue reading →

A Renewed Call for Abortion Expansion

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From Albany Update, the blog of the New Yorkers for Consitutional Freedoms. For their complete analysis of issues discussed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his Jan. 8 State of the Union Address, click here.

While the Governor’s comments fell short of the full-throated support for abortion expansion that he expressed in his 2013 State of the State, they were still deeply troubling. First, the Governor’s comments made it appear that anyone who opposed his late-term abortion expansion bill last year was “playing politics.” It seems that the Governor cannot face the reality that some legislators—including some in his own party—have a principled objection to late-term abortion expansion. Second, the Governor failed to acknowledge that nine of the ten elements of his Women’s Equality Act passed the State Senate in 2013, while the entire WEA passed the Assembly. It seems likely that the Governor could have achieved 90% of his women’s equality agenda last year if he had only been willing to do away with late-term abortion expansion; thus, the Governor is to blame for the failure to pass any part of the WEA.

Cuomo Calls Again for Women’s Equality Act

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rhasign1“In today’s State of the State Address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo instructed lawmakers to “stop playing politics with women’s rights” and to pass his extreme, pro-abortion Women’s Equality Act in its entirety. At New Yorkers for Life, we refuse to play politics with the lives of unborn children or the health and well-being of women, and we will continue to do everything in our power to oppose the Governor’s cynical efforts to pander to the abortion lobby.”

~~Statement from NewYorkers for Life Facebook page on Gov. Cuomo’s “State of the State” Address on Jan. 8.

Join the 2014 Novena for Life

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On January 22, 2014 our nation will remember the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

In prayerful recognition, “Nine Days of Prayer, Penance and Pilgrimage” will take place January 18-26, 2014. This is sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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YOU CAN PRAY  WITH CATHOLICS ALL ACROSS THE U.S. AND  RECEIVE THE NOVENA DAILY THROUGH AN APP, EMAIL, OR TEXT MESSAGE  OR VISIT THE NOVENA HOME PAGE ONLINE. Click here for more information.

Media Malpractice at the March for Life

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This video was from 2010, but it’s still definitely very much worth watching for two reasons:

1. Unfortunately, the “eye-popping, mind-boggling corruption of the mainstream media” is still painfully obvious in how they present the  prolife movement — and especially so each Jan. 22.

BUT . . .

2. It’s a great video!  It makes me smile each time I watch it. It’s an inspiring,  tremendous, upbeat picture of the March for LIfe and the people who take part in it each year. And that’s what the producers use to counter the lies and omissions of the media.

Triune K of C Brings Hope at Christmas

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Representatives of organizations receiving checks at the Triune Council’s Christmas party (left to right): Chet Nawoichyk (The Fisher Foundation), Joseph Jacob (Providence Home), Peggy Beirne (Rockland Catholic Coalition), Liz O’Brien (Rockland Right to Life Committee), John Rio (Grand Knight), Karin Lancelotti (Birthright of Rockland), Nannette Morris (Good Counsel Home, Spring Valley), and Fr. Gerry Deponai (St. Anthony’s School). ~~ Photo by Frank Traina

At their annual Christmas party on Dec. 16, Triune Council #2052 of the Knights of Columbus in Pearl River again showed their commitment to protect all human life by presenting generous Christmas gifts to organization who work in behalf of the unborn, mothers and children in need of help, school children, the orphaned, the sick, and the disabled.

Grand Knight John Rio made the presentations to The Rockland Right to Life Committee, Birthright of Rockland, The Rockland Catholic Coalition, the Good Counsel Home in Spring Valley, the Fisher House Foundation, Providence Home, and St. Margaret’s and St. Anthony’s schools.

Providence Home is an orphanage run by the Little Servants of Divine Providence Charitable Society in Kerala State, India. Many of the children taken in by the sisters are handicapped or had been abandoned because they had birth defects.

Past Grand Knight Chet Nawoichyk described Fischer House as a Ronald McDonald House for the military. It provides nearby housing for military families when a loved one is hospitalized for illness, disease, and injury.

Concert Raises Funds for Good Counsel Home

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Mary-Anne and Peter Partridge

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Fr. Frank Samoylo, a longtime Rockland resident, was honored for his prolife work at the 3rd Annual Concert for Life, held this year at Albertus Magnus High School in Bardonia on Nov. 21.

The performers who volunteered their talents for the concert were Peter and Mary-Anne Partridge, Veritas — the Albertus Magnus Honor Choir, the No Boundaries group from St. Peter’s in Haverstraw, and solists Toni Linn Moore and Kiera Egan from St. Gregory’s School in Garnerville.

The featured performer was Monica Peterson St. John.

Steve Possell from radio station WRCR AM 1300 was the master of ceremonies.

Veritas -- the Albertus Magnus Honor Choir -- performs at the Concert for Life

Veritas — the Albertus Magnus Honor Choir — performs at the Concert for Life