Makeover at Good Counsel

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It was a laundry and general storage area in the basement of the Spring Valley Good Counsel Home.

But now that Victoria-Elizabeth Negron and the Ridgewood Knights of Columbus have worked their magic, it’s  a neat and functional study space — complete with computers, new office furniture, shelving, and proper lighting — where the moms of Good Counsel can find a quiet, comfortable, and encouraging place to study and work with tutors and mentors to improve their reading and computer skills.

It all started last November when Bob Reilly, co-chair of the Spring Valley Good Counsel Home leadership team and Past Grand Knight of the Ridgewood (NJ) Council of the Knights of Columbus, was contacted by his fellow Knight, Dan Negron.  Continue reading →

Good Counsel’s Spring Valley Home Welcomes Visitors

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Victoria-Elizabeth Negron, leader of the Learning Resource Center project at the Spring Valley home, and her father, Dan.

Good Counsel’s Cardinal Cooke Home in Spring Valley opened its door to the public yesterday and welcomed visitors to see the good work that goes on inside the house at 22 Linden Avenue.

A steady stream of visitors toured the little cottage, which for over 26 years has provided a secure home for hundreds of homeless pregnant women and and a good start in life for their children. Continue reading →

Open House at Good Counsel Home in Spring Valley — Aug. 25

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At last year’s open house — Nanette Morrison, House Manager of the Good Counsel Spring Valley Home.

I’m sure most of you have heard of the Good Counsel Cardinal Cooke Home in Spring Valley, where women in crisis pregnancies are always welcome. Many of you have been helping to keep the home going for years with your donations.

But have you actually ever been there?  Continue reading →

Former Gov. Pataki Endorses Long for Senate

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New York, New York – Former New York Governor George E. Pataki yesterday enthusiastically endorsed Wendy Long for the United States Senate.

The three-term Governor said, “We need to send Wendy Long to Washington to cast the deciding vote to repeal Obamacare, end our dangerousaddiction to borrowing and do what the Senate has failed to do for over three-years: finally pass a budget.”

Added Pataki, “In Kirsten Gillibrand and Wendy Long, New Yorkers have a clear choice between an ultra liberal agenda that favors higher taxes and government intervention versus a belief in limited government that values individual freedom and private sector initiative.”

Wendy Long said, “I am honored to have Governor Pataki’s endorsement – he proved that Republican-conservative policies work.   Under his leadership, more than one million New Yorkers got off the welfare rolls, and crime was reduced so that New York was transformed from one of the most dangerous to one of the safest states in America, George Pataki reversed the liberal slide in New York, as Senator I will reverse it in Washington.”

Pataki concluded, “It’s the old saying, ‘be careful what you wish for,’ Senator Gillibrand keeps saying she wants more women in politics – now let’s see if she wants to debate them too.”

Bill to End Late-Term Abortions in D.C. Defeated

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Today in the House of Representatives, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was defeated by a vote of  220-154, which was less than the two-thirds required for passage

This bill would have banned abortion in Washington, D.C.,  after 20 weeks of fetal age (i.e., in the sixth month, and later).

Eliott Engel (D-17 CD) and Nita Lowey (D-18 CD) voted against the bill. Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-19 CD) answered “present,” and did not vote yea or nay.

Republicans voted 203 to 6 for the bill; Democrats voted 148 to 17 against it. Fifty-seven members of the House did not vote on this bill.

Important Vote Tuesday — Call Your Rep Now to End Late-Term Abortions!

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On Tuesday, July 31 (probably around 6 pm), the U.S. House of Representatives will conduct a landmark roll call vote on H.R. 3803, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would end abortion in the federal District after 20 weeks fetal age (i.e., in the sixth month, and later), except to save a mother’s life.

There’s still time to call — today or tomorrow!! Click here for the number of your representative. There are also suggestions about what to say. You will also have the opportunity to forward the alert to six of your friends.  Please help save lives!

Bill Must Pass Before Congress Recesses on Aug. 3

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Please help!  On July 18, the House Judiciary Committee approved the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Unborn children have no voice, but their pain in real. This bill will ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of fetal age — when scientific evidence shows they are capable of feeling the excruciating pain of abortion —  except to save the mother’s life.

Bottom line: There are enough votes in the House to pass this bill and send it to the Senate in September, but well-funded pro-abortion groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood are trying to stop it.

The bill must pass by Aug. 3. Click here to find out what you can do to make this happen.

Lowey’s Attempt to Strike Conscience Protection Fails

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On July 18, the House Labor, Health and Human Appropriations subcommittee approved a bill funding the department’s programs for fiscal year 2013.

It contained several provisions to protect life, including continuations of all longstanding restrictions on abortion funding that have been included in the legislation in prior years. The legislation also contains language prohibiting funding for Planned Parenthood unless it certifies it will not provide abortions, a provision ensuring “conscience protections” for religious and charitable organizations, and the text of the “Abortion Non-Discrimination Act.”

Rep. Nita Lowey (D-18 CD), whose revamped district will include all of Rockland County, offered an amendment to strike Section 537, which cuts funding to penalize those who — because of religious beliefs or moral convictions — refuse to comply with provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

Lowey’s amendment failed in a party-line vote, with the Republicans voting prolife and the Democrats voting pro-abortion.

Now this bill must be approved by the full House Appropriations Committee, then the House of Representatives, before it can be sent to the Senate for further action.