August Newsgram, Part 2, 1995

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Enclosed is a donation. Please continue my subscription. Thank you and God bless and prosper your fine efforts,

Sincerely yours in Christ,
Fr. Joe Blonski
Vocational Director/Diocese of Gallup
Farmington, NM

I am so glad that the Lord has brought us together to do His will on earth. It is so wonderful when people of faith work together for the greater glory of God.

I would like to share with your readers something my mother had said years ago. "P.S. Remember the greatest sin is not to care, or not to make the effort."

Pat Lee
Phoenix, AZ

I hope this finds you well; busy I'm sure you are. Enclosed is a donation to help with the costs. I've been going to Finkel's on Saturday mornings. Last Saturday, with high heat, we had a good turn out. There were 10 or 11 there to pray.

The heat surprisingly didn't bother me, considering I'd gone to the 8:30 a.m. Mass and then directly to the rosary, without stopping to get a drink of water.

During the rosary at the abortion mill, at about the 4th Glorious Mystery, a man (probably homeless,) naked to his waist, long hair, reeking of alcohol, joined in behind the two men praying behind me at the end of the line. Evidently, he had asked if he could join in. After the rosary he asked for some money and they gave him some.

The police officer (who never got out of his car throughout the rosary,) told us later he had called the station to ask if the man could do that! We sort of laughed and said we will take anyone's prayers.

Margaret Wagner
Phoenix, AZ

Gloria Feldt from Planned Parenthood of Northern and Central Arizona, is really reaching for the bottom of the barrel! It is fashionable now to blame the "militia" for everything conservatives, religious right-wing and now even pro-life advocates.

Jim Shea
Phoenix, AZ

Ed. note: We consider the following letter special for many reasons, as you will see. In my correspondence with Sister Katherine Marie, I had asked how she learned about Children of the Rosary. I hope that everyone keeps this wonderful group in Massachusetts in your prayers for the success of their work.

Thank you for your note. All 45 rosaries you sent sold at the concession stand! The girls loved them. In fact I need more for our shop and would like to order two more dozen.

The one you sent that you used at the abortuary was given to one our students who was in the hospital with a collapsed lung. She promised to say the rosaries requested for the unfortunate mothers who went into the clinic.

To answer your question....I think one of our sisters received your flyer in Washington, D.C [March For Life Rally, January 1995] I am really happy to have found you too! We also pray the rosary at one of the three clinics on Brookline Avenue, in Boston.

Sister Katherine Marie, M.I.C.M
St. Benedict Center
Still River, MA

SPECIAL NOTES

We have received a beautiful publication that St. Benedict Center publishes quarterly, called From The Housetops. It would be great on your livingroom table or in the bookracks at church!

To list just a sampling of the articles we mention Scars of Christ, by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Mothers and Motherhood, by Monsignor K.R. Hodgson, The King of the Apocalypse/Victories of the Sacred Heart of Jesus over the world, the Devil and Sin, by Alexis M. Lepicier, O.S.M.

A donation of three dollars is requested if you send for a copy of the publication. For more information about the publication and their ministry, please write to Saint Benedict Center, P.O. Box 1000, Still River, MA 01467 or call them at 508-456-8296.

THE RIDE

By Katherine Sabelko

Some people ask me if I do anything other than fight abortion.

Sure I do, but God has His plan and we are all invited to help Him if we choose. We all can be confronted with the issue, any and every day. Our goal should be to make sure that we are prepared to accept god's day-to-day invitations.

A recent example of facing an invitation to help was when I met a woman in her fifties who had been walking down the street in the 112 degree heat of the summer day. She had stopped at the store where I was shopping. She explained to the clerk she was going to just sit and cool off in the air-conditioned store for awhile, then continue on her journey. Her face was dangerously red, perspiration pouring down her neck. She said she still had another mile to walk, so I offered her a ride. A soft-spoken Hispanic woman, she accepted happily. She seemed quite cheerful at that point.

We headed toward my car, the windows and body of which displayed pro-life bumper stickers; visible in the back were my used pro-life posters. There is no doubt that she saw the bumper stickers and some of the pro-life posters in the back of the car.

As she climbed into the front seat, she quietly asked, "You know about abortion?"

"Yes," I replied.

I would have guessed that that would have ended that subject! Most people just don't want to talk about abortion.

She asked, "How much you know?"

I explained with a one-sentence reply. .Then, in subdued, broken English the "confession" started.

She said, "My daughter, she did that." Then silence. The unspoken invitation for me to continue the discussion hung almost palpably between us.

I had to accept, asking, "What did she do?"

She seemed so small, so emotionally fragile, sitting close to the car door. Her head down, she said, "She did that...abortion. So sad, didn't know what to do." She muttered a little...I couldn't hear all the words. Then quickly, clearly she spoke, "She had to.. "

I waited. She said no more, so I replied, "But, there's lots of help out there..."

"No, no!" she interrupted, "She have three kids already...husband...no money...no can pay for more.... It don't bother her....she OK."

I waited. She was expectantly silent; I sensed my angel was tapping me on the shoulder, encouraging me to speak.

."No, " I said, "she's probably not OK. Every time she sees her three children, she will see the child who is missing."

The woman slowly, heavyheartedly shook her head back and forth. "It's so sad," she said.

"Why didn't she give it up for adoption?" I asked.

"Oh no! She never do THAT!" More silence.

We were nearing her apartment, so I gave her a business card for one of our local pro-life crisis centers. I suggested she keep the card - just in case. I just told her people could help if the daughter ever needed any help now or the next time she might face such a situation: the choice of life or death for an infant.

As I drove away from her apartment, I wondered why the woman would be so open in telling something that obviously she was not proud of. She was still upset about her daughter's abortion. She seemed compelled to tell me, a total stranger, about it. Why did she tell me?

I guess I knew the answer, even as the question formed in my thoughts. It was the burden of guilt that a mother, a grandmother, any family member, carries that will continually surface, screaming for forgiveness.

There was nothing I could do at that point. Counselling will be needed and a true act of contrition to God. As we pray for the end to abortion, we must always keep in our prayers the mothers who have aborted their children.

Perhaps that melancholy, guilt-loaded woman I drove home might be a bit closer to being healed from the violent act of her daughter's abortion. In her heart, she knew that the killing of her grandchild was wrong. She probably will continue to talk about it, eventually being able to seek the counselling and spiritual healing I suggested.

As we go through our daily lives, God will use us, even in the smallest of ways. God is calling to this woman. He loves her and knows how she is suffering over the abortion. Hopefully, He will continue to allow us be a part of His work.

We need to be ready, though. Do we say, "Here I am, Lord. Is it me, Lord?"

BITS AND PIECES

Pro-life legislation was put on hold by a federal judge in Indianapolis less than twenty-four hours before it was to become law, on August 31st. The legislation required that a woman wait for 18 hours before having an abortion. The temporary restraining order states that the proposed law violates the woman's constitutional rights. What about the constitutional rights of the child - life, liberty and pursuit of happiness?

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Birth Choice of San Marcos received an award from California Pro-life Council for the caring, loving support of women in crisis pregnancies.

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A baby, weighing in at one pound (yes - 16 ounces!), Brittany Orange, greeted the world on August 8th. At birth she did not require the aid of a respirator at birth, which is common with premature babies. The Washington Post, August 22, updated the story, stating the child is doing well. Brittany now weighs 16 1/2 ounces. Dr. El-Mohandes, who delivered the child, called her "feisty" and stated Brittany's present amount of blood in her system is eight teaspoons.

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"Eliminate sexual ignorance: Respect sexual science." is a motto displayed boldly in a Beijing Adam and Eve Sex Health Shop. The report from Time, June 23, also stated that the shop, run by doctors, sells a bathtub liner that promises to prevent the contraction of AIDS.

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A Seventh-Day Adventist Church sells property to Planned Parenthood in San Jose, CA. The Life Advocate, July 1995 reported that Christian Action Ministries (CAM) uncovered public documents that show that Central California Conference Association of the Seventh-Day Adventists (SDAC) sold property to PP for $2 million. They accepted a $600,000 payment from PP and is apparently carrying a $1.4 million loan with interest.

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Seton Medical Center in Austin, TX will be providing the complete gambit of death-culture products such as tubal ligations, vasectomies plus a wide range of contraceptives. They also refer for abortions. This report, in Wanderer, July 27, quotes Seton Medical Center's explanation, "a wonderful opportunity to care for and improve the health of those we can serve." This center is an affiliate of Daughters of Charity National Health System.

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Suspicious Fires Shut Down Florida Abortion Clinic was the headline in The Phoenix Gazzette, August 31. This is the second fire at All Women's Health Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., in eight days. No suspects have been caught. Though not reaching headline proportions, many abortuary fires have been found to have been started by the owners of the building or the abortuary as a means of collecting on insurance claims.

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Death comes again with repeated violence and gunfire - at a Post Office. The incidences are reported approximately every two months. The sad stories of violent acts of distressed postal workers should be hitting the headlines of newspapers around the country. Why isn't it? It is not the "political issue" that baby-killing is.

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The Target stores are playing schools like a puppet-master. Though Target and its parent company, Dayton-Hudson, continually support abortion, they have wiggled into schools with a supposed halo on their head by offering school uniforms at a reduced price. So now, unknowingly, by many poor pro-life families, they are contributing to the abortion industry by purshasing schools uniforms. How sneaky the devil is!

LIFE SUNDAY

The first Sunday of October has been set aside for special attention to pro-life issues, especially the issue of abortion. Every parish receives a pro-life packet from the Diocese to aid the parish in planning for this special Sunday.

We encourage all pro-life coordinators to sign up with us for a "pro-life table." We will have supplies, newsletters, roses, rosaries, pro-life literature and more available.

Last year, the first year of the project, was a tremendous success. We were able to be of assistance to 19 parishes. Some parishes chose a different Sunday in October due to previously scheduled activities. Whatever your parish's schedule is, you need to call as soon as possible and reserve your kit.

This year we have already purchased some leaflets and pamphlets which handles life issues in a wonderful, gentle way. Please notify your parish's pro-life representatives so they can begin their planning now!

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