J.M.J. +
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 3rd of May outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8 am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.
Mike Ferraro has brought it to my attention that this Saturday when many of us will be praying the Rosary at Planned Parenthood, the Saint Michael the Archangel Organization is asking all the faithful to participate in the ONE MILLION ROSARIES FOR UNBORN BABIES prayer event. This event is asking for the faithful to pray the Rosary for an end to abortion from 9 am until 10 am eastern standard time. If you can please join us at 9 am at Planned Parenthood to join in solidarity with this prayer event. It will be very powerful to join in union with all those praying throughout the United States while at the abortion mill. If you will be praying from home please also consider joining in this event.
Below is more information and an excerpt from their site at http://www.saintmichaelthearchangelorganization.org/index.php
Please also keep Gretchen who is an employee at Planned Parenthood in your prayers. I had a conversation with her on Saturday which was such a grace. She commented on our apostolate and how peaceful we were. She was touched by what peaceful and good people we were. She actually said to me she understands why we are there and respects that. Those who come out to pray understand how only Our Lady could be responsible for such a grace, as the employees are told never to speak to us. She actually walked over to me and asked if she could speak with me. It was quite remarkable to encounter. This also happened at the very moment Jan pulled up with the large image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. We believe Our Lord has special plans for Gretchen, let us keep praying for her conversion! Praise be to God and thank you Blessed Mother for your prayers!
God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
ONE MILLION ROSARIES FOR UNBORN BABIES
(A PRO-LIFE PRAYER EVENT IN THE U.S.A.)
SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, 2008
9 a.m. to 10 a.m.(Eastern Time Zone) 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.(Central Time Zone) 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.(Mountain Time Zone) 6 a.m. to 7 a.m.(Pacific Time Zone) 5 a.m. to 6 a.m.(Alaska Time Zone) 4 a.m. to 5 a.m.(Hawaii Time Zone)
The ONE MILLION ROSARIES FOR UNBORN BABIES prayer event is scheduled to happen on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. The intention for this Rosary will be: For an end to the surgical and non-surgical killing of unborn babies. On the day of the prayer event, it is hoped at least one million people in the U.S.A. will be praying the Rosary within the same sixty minute time span (the chart above shows which hour people in various time zones are to pray the Rosary. People are encouraged to begin praying at the top of the hour, but this is not a necessity).
The Eucharist
May the Heart of Jesus, in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored and loved with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time. Amen.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Christ Obedient For Us Unto Death
J.M.J. +
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 26th of April outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.
Planned Parenthood of New Haven is feeling the spiritual effects of your prayers, their business is suffering, and they are responding. That is why it is so important for us to remain vigilant in peaceful prayer each week. The escorts seem to be more aggressive in trying to keep us away from the women, as fewer are showing up for abortions and others are changing their minds. Regardless of their tactics to intimidate (taking our pictures etc) please continue to remain in prayer just as Our Blessed Mother stood at the foot of the Cross silent and present to Our Lord. We must always go there and remain in the mindset that we are praying at Calvary with Jesus and Mary as our models for conduct. We do not respond to persecution with retaliation only with prayer and obedience to God. We do not yell out judgmental and angry comments to the abortionist or staff. We look to Jesus who freely became obedient for us unto death, never once speaking out against those who killed Him. This past Friday and Saturday very few women came for abortions in comparison to our usual observations and the parking lot seemed to be filled mostly with staff. Praise God! Let us continue God’s work at Planned Parenthood and witness to the love of Christ which is the only way to encourage the conversion of hearts.
Margaret Blume from Choose Life at Yale has asked me to pass on the following announcement below to all who wish to participate.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
Choose Life at Yale Candlelight Vigil
Choose Life at Yale is going to hold a candlelight vigil for all of the victims of abortion this Wednesday, April 23rd, from 9-11 pm. It will be on Yale's cross campus (in front of Sterling Memorial Library.) We would love to have as many there aspossible!
Thanks so much,
Margaret Blume
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 26th of April outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.
Planned Parenthood of New Haven is feeling the spiritual effects of your prayers, their business is suffering, and they are responding. That is why it is so important for us to remain vigilant in peaceful prayer each week. The escorts seem to be more aggressive in trying to keep us away from the women, as fewer are showing up for abortions and others are changing their minds. Regardless of their tactics to intimidate (taking our pictures etc) please continue to remain in prayer just as Our Blessed Mother stood at the foot of the Cross silent and present to Our Lord. We must always go there and remain in the mindset that we are praying at Calvary with Jesus and Mary as our models for conduct. We do not respond to persecution with retaliation only with prayer and obedience to God. We do not yell out judgmental and angry comments to the abortionist or staff. We look to Jesus who freely became obedient for us unto death, never once speaking out against those who killed Him. This past Friday and Saturday very few women came for abortions in comparison to our usual observations and the parking lot seemed to be filled mostly with staff. Praise God! Let us continue God’s work at Planned Parenthood and witness to the love of Christ which is the only way to encourage the conversion of hearts.
Margaret Blume from Choose Life at Yale has asked me to pass on the following announcement below to all who wish to participate.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
Choose Life at Yale Candlelight Vigil
Choose Life at Yale is going to hold a candlelight vigil for all of the victims of abortion this Wednesday, April 23rd, from 9-11 pm. It will be on Yale's cross campus (in front of Sterling Memorial Library.) We would love to have as many there aspossible!
Thanks so much,
Margaret Blume
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
God's Plan For Life
J.M.J. +
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 19th of April outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.
It is clear to each of us who come out on Saturday to pray at the abortion mill that the culture of death is all around us. However you need not be that close and center to see this culture on a daily basis in our everyday lives. This perversion of the truth which has brought mother to the understanding to have a better life she can and should kill her own children has made it abundantly clear that one must be watchful in understanding that what is bad is often presented as good by the world and what is good is often presented as what is bad. How did it all get so distorted we wonder? what has brought a once morally conscious society to the pits of hell where a child in the womb is no longer a life? One could certainly write a dissertation on this subject however we know that altering God’s plan for our lives in any way is always at the very root of such destruction. Contraception is really at the very root of abortion. God has a plan for sex and marriage and when we alter His plan rejecting His great love and protection for us we fall, just like Adam and Eve did. Let us pray for an end to abortion, but also for an end to contraception and a renewed obedience to God’s plan for sex, Marriage and chastity. Here is a wonderful website on God’s plan for life. http://www.godsplanforlife.org/
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 19th of April outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.
It is clear to each of us who come out on Saturday to pray at the abortion mill that the culture of death is all around us. However you need not be that close and center to see this culture on a daily basis in our everyday lives. This perversion of the truth which has brought mother to the understanding to have a better life she can and should kill her own children has made it abundantly clear that one must be watchful in understanding that what is bad is often presented as good by the world and what is good is often presented as what is bad. How did it all get so distorted we wonder? what has brought a once morally conscious society to the pits of hell where a child in the womb is no longer a life? One could certainly write a dissertation on this subject however we know that altering God’s plan for our lives in any way is always at the very root of such destruction. Contraception is really at the very root of abortion. God has a plan for sex and marriage and when we alter His plan rejecting His great love and protection for us we fall, just like Adam and Eve did. Let us pray for an end to abortion, but also for an end to contraception and a renewed obedience to God’s plan for sex, Marriage and chastity. Here is a wonderful website on God’s plan for life. http://www.godsplanforlife.org/
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Helper's of God's Precious Infants
J.M.J. +
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 12th of April outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.
The Helpers of God’s Precious Infants Monthly Vigil is also on Saturday the 12th. If you feel called to participate more fully by beginning the Vigil with the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass followed by Exposition, Adoration, and Benediction, please join us at Saint Mary’s Church at 7:30 am. The Helper’s of God’s Precious Infant’s Prayer Vigil begins with the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 7:30 AM at Saint Mary's Church in New Haven Ct on Hillhouse Ave. It will be followed by a half hour adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and concluded with a send-off Benediction at 8:30 am. We leave Saint Mary's and reassemble at the parking lot of Saint Josephs Church at 129 Edwards St. We then process on foot praying the Rosary, while following the Crucifix of Our Lord and the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, to the Planned Parenthood Killing Center at 345 Whitney Avenue New Haven. After the Prayer Vigil, at about 10:30 am, we will process back to Saint Josephs for the final closing Benediction. That will be followed by some light refreshments in the Church Hall.
The Vigils that we hold weekly are mirrored after Monsignor Reilley’s follow up vigils which he holds daily to compliment the large monthly vigil which he and the Helper’s in New York hold monthly.
Please take some time to check out the Helper’s NY website at http://www.helpersbrooklynny.org/ to learn more about this worldwide pro-life movement.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 12th of April outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.
The Helpers of God’s Precious Infants Monthly Vigil is also on Saturday the 12th. If you feel called to participate more fully by beginning the Vigil with the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass followed by Exposition, Adoration, and Benediction, please join us at Saint Mary’s Church at 7:30 am. The Helper’s of God’s Precious Infant’s Prayer Vigil begins with the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 7:30 AM at Saint Mary's Church in New Haven Ct on Hillhouse Ave. It will be followed by a half hour adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and concluded with a send-off Benediction at 8:30 am. We leave Saint Mary's and reassemble at the parking lot of Saint Josephs Church at 129 Edwards St. We then process on foot praying the Rosary, while following the Crucifix of Our Lord and the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, to the Planned Parenthood Killing Center at 345 Whitney Avenue New Haven. After the Prayer Vigil, at about 10:30 am, we will process back to Saint Josephs for the final closing Benediction. That will be followed by some light refreshments in the Church Hall.
The Vigils that we hold weekly are mirrored after Monsignor Reilley’s follow up vigils which he holds daily to compliment the large monthly vigil which he and the Helper’s in New York hold monthly.
Please take some time to check out the Helper’s NY website at http://www.helpersbrooklynny.org/ to learn more about this worldwide pro-life movement.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The Right To Life
J.M.J. +
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 5th of April outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.
Below I have included a testimony of a survivor of abortion. This woman’s witness of her life speaks for itself.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday as we thank God for our lives and petition for the lives of our unborn brothers and sisters through peaceful prayer.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
Gianna Jessen
Testimony of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen before the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on April 22, 1996.
My name is Gianna Jessen. I am 19 years of age. I am originally from California, but now reside in Franklin, Tennessee. I am adopted. I have cerebral palsy. My biological mother was 17 years old and seven and one-half months pregnant when she made the decision to have a saline abortion. I am the person she aborted. I lived instead of died.
Fortunately for me the abortionist was not in the clinic when I arrived alive, instead of dead, at 6:00 a.m. on the morning of April 6, 1977. I was early, my death was not expected to be seen until about 9 a.m., when he would probably be arriving for his office hours. I am sure I would not be here today if the abortionist would have been in the clinic as his job is to take life, not sustain it. Some have said I am a "botched abortion", a result of a job not well done.
There were many witnesses to my entry into this world. My biological mother and other young girls in the clinic, who also awaited the death of their babies, were the first to greet me. I am told this was a hysterical moment. Next was a staff nurse who apparently called emergency medical services and had me transferred to a hospital.
I remained in the hospital for almost three months. There was not much hope for me in the beginning. I weighed only two pounds. Today, babies smaller than I was have survived.
A doctor once said I had a great will to live and that I fought for my life. I eventually was able to leave the hospital and be placed in foster care. I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a result of the abortion.
My foster mother was told that it was doubtful that I would ever crawl or walk. I could not sit up independently. Through the prayers and dedication of my foster mother, and later many other people, I eventually learned to sit up, crawl, then stand. I walked with leg braces and a walker shortly before I turned age four. I was legally adopted by my foster mother's daughter, Diana De Paul, a few months after I began to walk. The Department of Social Services would not release me any earlier for adoption.
I have continued in physical therapy for my disability, and after a total of four surgeries, I can now walk without assistance. It is not always easy. Sometimes I fall, but I have learned how to fall gracefully after falling 19 years.
I am happy to be alive. I almost died. Every day I thank God for life. I do not consider myself a by-product of conception, a clump of tissue, or any other of the titles given to a child in the womb. I do not consider any person conceived to be any of those things.
I have met other survivors of abortion. They are all thankful for life. Only a few months ago I met another saline abortion survivor. Her name is Sarah. She is two years old. Sarah also has cerebral palsy, but her diagnosis is not good. She is blind and has severe seizures. The abortionist, besides injecting the mother with saline, also injects the baby victims. Sarah was injected in the head. I saw the place on her head where this was done. When I speak, I speak not only for myself, but for the other survivors, like Sarah, and also for those who cannot yet speak ...
Today, a baby is a baby when convenient. It is tissue or otherwise when the time is not right. A baby is a baby when miscarriage takes place at two, three, four months. A baby is called a tissue or clumps of cells when an abortion takes place at two, three, four months. Why is that? I see no difference. What are you seeing? Many close there eyes...
The best thing I can show you to defend life is my life. It has been a great gift. Killing is not the answer to any question or situation. Show me how it is the answer.
There is a quote which is etched into the high ceilings of one of our state's capitol buildings. The quote says, "Whatever is morally wrong, is not politically correct." Abortion is morally wrong. Our country is shedding the blood of the innocent. America is killing its future.
All life is valuable. All life is a gift from our Creator. We must receive and cherish the gifts we are given. We must honor the right to life.
http://abortionfacts.com/survivors/giannajessen.asp
I am posting in regards to our next peaceful prayer vigil which will take place on Saturday, the 5th of April outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.
Below I have included a testimony of a survivor of abortion. This woman’s witness of her life speaks for itself.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday as we thank God for our lives and petition for the lives of our unborn brothers and sisters through peaceful prayer.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry
Gianna Jessen
Testimony of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen before the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on April 22, 1996.
My name is Gianna Jessen. I am 19 years of age. I am originally from California, but now reside in Franklin, Tennessee. I am adopted. I have cerebral palsy. My biological mother was 17 years old and seven and one-half months pregnant when she made the decision to have a saline abortion. I am the person she aborted. I lived instead of died.
Fortunately for me the abortionist was not in the clinic when I arrived alive, instead of dead, at 6:00 a.m. on the morning of April 6, 1977. I was early, my death was not expected to be seen until about 9 a.m., when he would probably be arriving for his office hours. I am sure I would not be here today if the abortionist would have been in the clinic as his job is to take life, not sustain it. Some have said I am a "botched abortion", a result of a job not well done.
There were many witnesses to my entry into this world. My biological mother and other young girls in the clinic, who also awaited the death of their babies, were the first to greet me. I am told this was a hysterical moment. Next was a staff nurse who apparently called emergency medical services and had me transferred to a hospital.
I remained in the hospital for almost three months. There was not much hope for me in the beginning. I weighed only two pounds. Today, babies smaller than I was have survived.
A doctor once said I had a great will to live and that I fought for my life. I eventually was able to leave the hospital and be placed in foster care. I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a result of the abortion.
My foster mother was told that it was doubtful that I would ever crawl or walk. I could not sit up independently. Through the prayers and dedication of my foster mother, and later many other people, I eventually learned to sit up, crawl, then stand. I walked with leg braces and a walker shortly before I turned age four. I was legally adopted by my foster mother's daughter, Diana De Paul, a few months after I began to walk. The Department of Social Services would not release me any earlier for adoption.
I have continued in physical therapy for my disability, and after a total of four surgeries, I can now walk without assistance. It is not always easy. Sometimes I fall, but I have learned how to fall gracefully after falling 19 years.
I am happy to be alive. I almost died. Every day I thank God for life. I do not consider myself a by-product of conception, a clump of tissue, or any other of the titles given to a child in the womb. I do not consider any person conceived to be any of those things.
I have met other survivors of abortion. They are all thankful for life. Only a few months ago I met another saline abortion survivor. Her name is Sarah. She is two years old. Sarah also has cerebral palsy, but her diagnosis is not good. She is blind and has severe seizures. The abortionist, besides injecting the mother with saline, also injects the baby victims. Sarah was injected in the head. I saw the place on her head where this was done. When I speak, I speak not only for myself, but for the other survivors, like Sarah, and also for those who cannot yet speak ...
Today, a baby is a baby when convenient. It is tissue or otherwise when the time is not right. A baby is a baby when miscarriage takes place at two, three, four months. A baby is called a tissue or clumps of cells when an abortion takes place at two, three, four months. Why is that? I see no difference. What are you seeing? Many close there eyes...
The best thing I can show you to defend life is my life. It has been a great gift. Killing is not the answer to any question or situation. Show me how it is the answer.
There is a quote which is etched into the high ceilings of one of our state's capitol buildings. The quote says, "Whatever is morally wrong, is not politically correct." Abortion is morally wrong. Our country is shedding the blood of the innocent. America is killing its future.
All life is valuable. All life is a gift from our Creator. We must receive and cherish the gifts we are given. We must honor the right to life.
http://abortionfacts.com/survivors/giannajessen.asp
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