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| Unfortunately, this January 2010 marks the 37 year anniversary of the Roe vs Wade decision legalizing abortion on demand throughout our country. To commemorate this event St. Francis parishioners join with other Christians throughout Washtenaw County to attend various pro-life events. |
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Pro-life Events January 2010 The full list of January events is publicly viewable here.
Upcoming Pro-Life Events 2010 ASAP Trip to Washington DC for the 37th Annual March for Life January 21st to January 23rd cost for bus around $95. Contact Karen at Right to Life immediately kwalacavage@rtl.org or 734-930-7474 Ongoing Sign up to pray at Planned Parenthood when they’re performing abortions Thursday, Friday, and Saturday daytime, contact Marge at 734-434-1475, 734-276-0521 or mlskr@aol.com Sunday, January 17 Youth Rally (Lifeboat) at Victorious Life Church of God, 860 East Clark Road, Ypsilanti Township. Pizza at 6:30 P.M. Great worship lead by the Victorious Life Youth Band. Thought provoking presentations. Chance to hang out with friends. Call Marilyn at 734-973-2422 Sunday, January 17 PORCH CANDLES are available again this year. Our porch candles are a silent witness to commemorate all the lives lost to abortion. Candles and Pro-Life bags will be available at local churches and at the Pro-Life prayer service. Churches please order your candles ASAP by calling Marilyn Geyer at 734-973-2422. Place candles on porch January 21st. Tuesday, January 19 Prayer Service at 7:30 p.m. St. Luke Lutheran, St. Thomas Catholic, St. Francis, the Bible Church and the Pastors Allied for Community Transformation (PACT) will again be hosting their excellent ecumenical prayer service. This year it will be held at St. Luke Lutheran Church 4205 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor. Thursday, January 21 Pray at Planned Parenthood on Professional Dr. at 8 a.m. with Pastor Yuille of the Bible Church and Pastor Mike Frison from Knox. Friday, January 22 Can't go to Washington? Come to the Lansing Pro-Life Rally on the east steps of the Capitol. 4:15-5:00 P.M. Pro-Life State Senator Alan Cropsey will speak. RTL invites us to their office following the rally for hot chocolate and cookies. For info go to www.joinforlife.org and click the events calendar or call Lansing RTL 1-517-485-6443. Saturday, February 6 The U of M Students for Life are again sponsoring a workshop, Making Abortion Unthinkable. 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Location to be determined. Email: kafalvey@gmail.com To Be Announced Rally/Candlelight Prayer Vigil sponsored by the U of M Students for Life on the U of M Diag. Come and support these brave Pro-Life students. Email: kafalvey@gmail.com Friday, January 22 Special interest to Catholics. ROSARY at Planned Parenthood on Professional Dr. in Ann Arbor. 12 a.m. – 9 a.m. & 5 p.m. – 12 p.m. Call Ann Cherney at 734-769-2271. For an electronic copy of this information contact Sandie Weathers
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When we are asked to take a candle with the words “Choose Life” on it and burn it on our porches, it is not a voter’s ballot, nor is it a political statement. By lighting a candle we are not taking a woman’s “right to choose” away from her. After all God gives us all freedom of choice in hopes that we will willingly choose Him and His will for us. The candle is a prayer raised to Heaven that affirms our faith in God the author and creator of all life. No one can create life other than God. AND God doesn’t say of any of his creatures “That one was a mistake”. When we light a candle, it is a prayer of intercession so that those who do have to make a difficult choice will choose what pleases God. We pray for the loving choice that will not result in death for anyone including the fetus. We pray for the loving choice, a choice that Jesus himself would tell us to make if we go to him and ask. When we light the candle, we are asking God’s love to radiate through us and to heal those wounded by death in is many forms. We pray for a society that offers many loving options to people facing such dilemmas. So don’t be afraid to pray for life. In Ann Arbor, an abortionist just shut down his clinic because of many Catholics who were worried for his soul. In one meeting with him, a week after one of many prayer vigils held outside of his clinic, he voiced concern about his own soul, and he thanked them for praying for him. Shortly after that, the clinic was abandoned with everything left in it. He had heard God’s voice and responded. He chose life after many years of choosing death. Praise be to God! ————— |
