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Pro-Life Rocklanders Unite in Life Chain

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Albertus Magnus High School students on Route 59 at the Life Chain.

The 19th annual Rockland Life Chain was held on Respect Life Sunday, Oct. 2, at the intersection of Route 59 and Middletown Rd. in Nanuet.

This year the Life Chain was held in memory of Barbara (Betty) Braun, who spoke out bravely and eloquently for the unborn for decades. She was one of the founding members and president of the Rockland County  Catholic Coalition. Betty passed away last spring, and everyone is invited to her memorial mass on Oct. 7 at St. Francis Church in West Nyack at 7 pm. Continue reading →

Life Chain — A Prayer for Life

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On Oct. 2, Respect Life Sunday, the 19th annual Life Chain will be held at the intersection of Route 59 and Middletown Road in Nanuet — the crossroads of Rockland County — from 2 pm to 3:30 pm.

This peaceful, prayerful event is very simple. People of all ages and faiths stand together (some sit) and pray in their own way that hearts will change, bringing an end to abortion in our land. Each person holds a pro-life sign. You can get one there or bring your own.

Thousands of cars pass through this intersection during the Life Chain. There is no better way for the pro-life community of Rockland to remind our fellow citizens that abortion takes the lives of thousands of our unborn brothers and sisters every day and that “The Natural Choice is LIfe!”

If this is important to you, please find a way to spend some time at the Life Chain. Remember, the English philosopher Edmund Burke said, “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Bring your children. Seeing their parents stand up for what they believe in will be a lesson they’ll remember all their lives.

Join in solidarity in the prayer for life — and believe that with God, all things are possible. We hope to see you there Sunday, Oct. 2.

For more information, please call 845-492-6709.

40 Days for Life — Sept. 28 to Nov. 6

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The 40 Days for Life will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 3 pm at the prayer site on Perlman Drive near the Spring Valley Planned Parenthood office.  The vigil of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism will continue around the clock, rain or shine, for 40 days (and in the evening and throughout the night at the Eucharistic Chapel of St. Gregory Barbarigo on Cinder Road in Garnerville), ending on Nov. 6.

Rockland participants in this nationwide campaign of prayer to end abortion give one hour of their time a week for the next 40 days to come to the Planned Parenthood site to stand and pray.

Why Planned Parenthood?

Although surgical abortions are not done at the Planned Parenthood Spring Valley facility, the parent organization’s own 2009 fact sheet admits to its having performed over 300,000 abortions that year. And although PP says these abortions amount to 3 percent of the services it provides, it has been estimated that abortion nevertheless accounts for more than 34% of PP’s income.

Vigil participants gather on Perlman Drive (across the road from the Spring Valley Marketplace)  to pray that women considering abortions will have a change of heart,  to ask for God’s help and guidance was they work to build a true culture of life, and to bring the attention of community of Rockland to Planned Parenthood as a nationwide abortion provider.

Rockland Right to Life  website will follow the progress of the vigil volunteers throughout the 40 days of this autumn’s campaign.

For more information or to volunteer please call 845-492-6709.

Sisters of Life Moving To Rockland

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The Sisters of Life at the Rockland County Life Chain in Nanuet

The Sisters of Life are preparing to move into Rockland County — to a convent in Montebello which will become their new motherhouse.

We in Rockland are truly blessed to have the Sisters of Life coming to live among us.

There is much work to be done throughout the convent building and grounds. The Sisters will be repairing plaster and painting from water damage, designing and finishing two chapels, installing almost 100 light fixtures…and doing a lot of basic clean-up! Continue reading →

Second Annual Barbecue for Good Counsel Family

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Friends of Good Counsel meet the new babies and their moms.

Friends and supporters of the Good Counsel Cardinal Cooke Home in Spring Valley came together for an end-of-summer barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 17. It was a chance to visit with old friends, make new ones, and to meet the moms, babies, and moms-to-be who were currently living at the home. Continue reading →

Right to Life Victors Heading to Congress

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As winners of special elections held yesterday, two Republicans will be heading to Washington to claim their seats in Congress: two more votes in opposition to abortion, taxpayer funding of abortion, and pro-abortion healthcare.

One, I’m sure you know, is pro-life Republican Bob Turner, who will replace Democrat Anthony Weiner in representing the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn and Queens. This is the same district that also gave us Geraldine Ferraro and  Chuck Schumer, and went 55% for Barack Obama in 2008.

The other is congressman-elect is Mark Amodei, who will represent the 2nd Congressional District in Nevada.

Both candidates were endorsed by the National Right to Life Political Action Committee.

Here’s a short article from National Right to Life News Today about the election and what it means for us.

Everyone Welcome — Good Counsel’s Open House & Barbecue

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At last year's Barbecue/Open House

Good Counsel’s Cardinal Cooke Home in Spring Valley invites you to drop in on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 2 pm to 4 pm. There will be tours of the home and chance to meet the staff and the moms and babies who are currently staying there — plus a fun barbecue in the backyard with hot dogs and hamburgers and all your picnic favorites like watermelon and ice cream.

Bring your family. It’s a wonderful opportunity to show the kids how we can help homeless mothers and give their babies a good start in life. True pro-life work!

For more information about the Open House/Barbeque click here.

We’re Back!

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Hi, RocklandRTL.org  is back up and running!

We have to apologize. If you’ve visited our website for the past few months, we’re afraid you didn’t  find anything new there.

Now, we’ve redesigned the site using a blog model that will be much easier to keep up to date. And that’s what we intend to do — provide a venue where we can share thoughts, news, and support each others’ efforts to defend the right to life for the unborn, aged, handicapped wherever it may be threatened.

You can help us!  Please read this. And send the link to our website to whomever you can think of:  http://www.RocklandRTL.org

Thank you very much!

The Staff of the Rockland Right to Life Committee Website

On the Front Lines

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Even though the next 40 Days of Life won’t officially start until Sept. 28,  the prayer warriors have been coming throughout the summer to the Planned Parenthood site on Perlman Drive in Spring Valley to pray for the conversion of the hearts of those who work at this facility and that young people will be protected from the indoctrination of this multi-billion dollar industry that is constantly recruiting more customers for their contraception and chemical abortions.

Please prayerfully consider taking an hour at the next 40 Days of Life, which will be held from Sept. 28 through Nov. 6.

In Memoriam — Barbara Braun

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Betty at last year's Life Chain in Nanuet

Mass in Memory of
Barbara Braun
Oct. 7, 2011 — 7 pm
St. Francis of Assisi Church
Parrot Road, W. Nyack
This is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, and the rosary will be said at 6:30 pm before the mass.

Blauvelt resident and pro-life activist Barbara (Betty) W. Braun, 86, passed away on April 15 from injuries sustained in a car accident. 
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