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~ Donate coats/hats/gloves to local
schools for kids in need.
~ Take a name or two off an Angel Tree
and fill someone’s needs.
~ Donate food items to the food banks
and/or your church.
~ Prepare a meal for a family under extra
stress due to illness or other hardships.
~ Pay it forward for someone in line behind you.
~ Send a card to someone not expecting it.
~ Give someone a hug.
~ Take cookies and hot chocolate to the
homebound.
~ Visit nursing homes (and sing carols!).
~ Volunteer to feed those in need.
~ Call local shelters and find out their
needs and have your family fill them.
~ Invite someone to church with you.
~ Volunteer to babysit for a busy mom.
~ Help someone do their shopping.
~ Listen (really listen) to someone.
~ Give people sincere compliments.
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For an end to abortion and the conversion and healing of all
those involved in the culture of death.
December 2013
Volume 17, Number 3
Published Monthly
Office Personnel:
Marian Bourek
Executive Director
Trina Hingtgen
Executive Assistant
Kate Mantyh
Secretary
Board of Directors:
Elizabeth Cushman
Chairman
Leon Jensen,
Vice-Chairman
Ann Williams
Secretary
Jim Giese
Treasurer
Board Members:
Fr. Richard Schaefer
Arthur Gilloon, Esq.
Tim Duggan
Bill Frye
Amy Freund
Mark Lansing
Ellen Markham
Jack Mescher
December 5, Thursday…..Writers Bureau Meeting
6:00 PM, Office
December 5, Thursday…..DCRTL Membership Christmas
Party! 7:00 PM, DCRTL Ofc
December 5, Thursday…..PPP Committee Meeting/Conf
Committee Meeting
December 8, Sunday…….National Night of Prayer
8:00 PM – Midnight
St. Columbkille’s, Dubuque; &
St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville
December 10, Tuesday…..DCRTL Speaking Engagement
December 12, Thursday…DCRTL Speaking Engagement
December 25, Wednesday…..Merry Christmas!
Contact us:
2205 Carter Road
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
(563) 556-5960
[email protected]
www.dcrtl.org
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday:
9 am -4 pm
Weekends: Closed
Dyersville Office:
1657 15th Avenue S.E.
Dyersville, Iowa 52040
(563) 875-9152
January 1, Wednesday…..Happy New Year!
January 7, 8 and 15……...“Our Lady of Life” 8th Grade/
High School Informational Meetings
January 18, Saturday…… Annual DCRTL Walk for Life
January 20 – 24………….National March for Life
January 24, Friday……….DCRTL Speaking Engagement
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A note from Marian Bourek, Executive Director
Once upon a Christmas, several years ago, I sat rocking my baby
imagining what it would be like to hold the Baby Jesus in my arms.
It must be just like this, I thought. The gift of new life: How precious. How peaceful. How perfect.
Once upon a Christmas, my family and I were traveling home for
the holidays. It was snowing….and snowing. We got as far as
Grand Island, Nebraska when the state police closed the interstate. We spent a cozy
evening in the very last available hotel room – safe and sound, all together. I imagined
it was much nicer than the accommodations Mary and Joseph shared the night Jesus
was born.
The next morning – Christmas Day – we attended Mass in the hotel. There were two
stranded priests with us.The gift of life: How fortunate. How convenient. How perfect.
Also stranded were two truck drivers. One carried bread and one peanut butter. (It reminded me of the old peanut butter commercial that borrowed a line from Scripture:
“Man cannot live on bread alone. . .”) Everyone stranded in that hotel worked together
making sandwiches to deliver to the hungry folks who spent the night parked on the
snowy interstate. All the while we were preparing this simple meal, we sang Christmas
carols together. The gift of life: How generous. How joyful. How perfect.
Once upon a Christmas, my sister called. My nephew had been in a serious car accident
and was not expected to live. Seven days later, he passed away. Many of us who loved
him sat by his side, singing Christmas carols and asking the Resurrected Jesus to welcome him home. We laid Frankie to rest two days before his 33rd birthday. The gift of
new life, through death: How painful. How difficult. How perfect.
This Christmas I look forward to the quiet I intend to share with my new-born grandbaby as we rock to the strains of “O Holy Night.” The Christmas lights will illuminate
the room and I will imagine, once again, that I am holding the King of Kings in my
arms. The gift of new life: How precious. How peaceful. How perfect.
May the Infant Jesus, this Christmas, bring to all a deeper respect for human life.
Merry Christmas
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By Liz Cushman
A CHRISTMAS STORY
Do you remember the play “Our Town” by
Thornton Wilder? There is a scene in the
cemetery when Emily, the young woman
who has died is given the opportunity to
relive one day of her life. Sometimes
when I reminisce I wonder what day I
might choose to relive. I’ve narrowed it to
four or five days and one of them would be
a conversation I had with my Aunt Joan
several years ago.
was thinking about adoption and would I
ask her to consider this particular family?
I told Aunt Ruth I would check with my
friend, but I didn’t think they would be
prepared to adopt four children.
My brother and sisters and I always knew
we were adopted, and we knew we were
brother and sisters, but that was about all.
We knew there was a connection with
‘Aunt Ruth’, grandma’s sister who lived in
Detroit and was a doctor, but any memories I had were like trying to remember a
dream . . . so I said to Aunt Joan, “Not
really.”
Today, I know a little more of the story.
Everything Aunt Joan told me happened
over Thanksgiving, 1955 and the mother . .
. my mother, died just a few days later on
December 7th, and on January 7, 1956,
‘Aunt Ruth’ who had been my mother’s
doctor and who delivered three of the four
of us, brought us to Chicago to meet our
new parents. Even though it was very late
when we arrived in Dubuque and my sister
and I were just 2 ½ years old, I remember
the Christmas tree and the gifts waiting for
us, but most clearly, I remember being
tucked into bed that night with my new
grandmother next to my sister and me.
“When I hung up, your mother asked about
the phone call. I told her the whole story,
the mother dying, the father not able to
provide and care for the four children, and
about the friend I was going to call. After
hearing everything, your mother asked me
Aunt Joan was funny, cheerful, and infor- not to call my friend just yet.
mative. I learned more about my mother’s
“And then the most amazing thing hapfamily from Aunt Joan than anyone else.
pened. Your mom and dad put on their
After mom died in 1980, Aunt Joan would
coats and said they were going out for a
make it a point to call my sister and me on
walk and would be back. I think it was
our birthday. One of those yearly convermaybe an hour at the most, and when they
sations left a deep impression on me.
came back, they said to us, ‘We want those
Out of the blue Aunt Joan asked, “Do you children.’ Isn’t that incredible? It all happened so fast!”
know how you kids came to Dubuque?”
For the next several minutes it was as if
Aunt Joan opened a previously locked door
and I had my first peek inside a mysterious
room.
“I’ll tell you if you want to know,” she
said.
“Yes, please tell me.”
“Well, your mom and dad came to spend
Thanksgiving with us.” (Joan and Mom
were sisters and Joan was married with
three children. Mom and Dad had been
married for 5 years and had no children.)
“I think your mom and I were doing the
dishes when Aunt Ruth called. She told
me about a patient of hers who was dying
of cancer and this woman was the mother
of four young children. She wanted very
much for her children to stay together after
she died but no one in her family felt they
could take care of all four, including her
husband. Aunt Ruth called me because she
knew I had a friend who, with her husband,
Years and years later, I realize that love
manifested itself that Christmas as suffering, unselfish, unconditional, kind and gently perfect, very much like the Holy Family. And those four words, “we want those
children”.
The sweetest words I ever
heard, full of faith, hope and love, changed
our lives.
May your Christmas be filled with words
of love,
acts of
love and
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On November 5, Judge
There is ample medical
Karen Romano announced JUDGE SUSPENDS BAN ON evidence that these aborWEBCAM ABORTIONS
that, at the request of
tions are unsafe. The FDA
Planned Parenthood of the
has documented 2,207
Heartland, she would place a motion for adverse events in the U.S. of women who
stay pending judicial review on the recent have had medical abortions, including 14
decision by the Iowa Board of Medicine to deaths, 612 hospitalizations, 339 cases
end dangerous webcam abortions in our where blood loss was so great the woman
state. In August of this year, the Iowa needed a transfusion, 256 infections and 58
Board of Medicine voted to end webcam ectopic pregnancies.
abortions. They stated, “All Iowans are
Women who died from medical abortions
entitled to the same high level of health
died from a bacterial infection like toxic
care, regardless of whether they live in
shock, hemorrhaging to death, ruptured
rural or urban areas,” which includes the
ectopic pregnancy and massive heart atright to be examined by a doctor prior to
tack.
an abortion and a right to follow-up care.
These abortions, where a woman NEVER
In this reckless webcam abortion scheme,
physically sees a doctor, who goes home to
PP does not provide even this basic care
hemorrhage for days and ultimately delivfor women.
ers her dead baby, is not empowering
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has
women.
women talk to a doctor only by webcam
and then sends them home for excruciating Judge Romano has ruled that PP can still
pain and bleeding - - sometimes for up to use video conferencing to distribute the
two weeks - - and in the end, having to see dangerous abortion-inducing drugs while
and deal with the body of their dead baby. they challenge the new ban on the practice
Further, if the abortion is incomplete, in court. No trial date has yet been set. In
women may need a surgical abortion. We the meantime, little boys and girls lives are
know this because PP’s website says cut short right here in Dubuque and all
women must agree to a follow-up surgical across Iowa.
abortion if the abortion pill does not work.
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Writer’s Bureau
Are you especially gifted with words? Do you like to write? We are forming a new committee
that may make a huge difference ~ maybe even the difference between life and death!
Our vision is to have a group of writers pen letters to the editor for our local newspapers on a
regular basis. There may be other opportunities for writing as well. It is essential that we get the
positive pro-life message into the public eye.
As a new committee, not all the responsibilities have yet been defined. There will not be required
meetings nor a huge time commitment. Come to the very first meeting (and maybe the only meeting) and brainstorm the possibilities!
Writers Bureau Meeting
Thursday, December 5, 6:00 PM (Just prior to the Membership Christmas Party)
DCRTL Office (2205 Carter Road, Dubuque)
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^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĨŽƌ>ŝĨĞŽĨŵĞƌŝĐĂ A pro-life student group has recently re- That decision completely cut out the
leased a new video showing young girls woman’s doctor and in the cases of minot legally old enough for sexual relations nors, her parents or guardians.
were unable to buy Sudafed cold medicine
Students for Life of America went underbut could easily purchase the Plan B aborcover in Ohio, South Carolina and Arizona
tion-inducing drug. Although sex with a
to find out what would happen when a
girl 15 years old or younger is statutory
minor, 15-year-old girl tried to purchase
rape, the girls had no problems getting the
Sudafed, a common cold medicine, as well
drugs at nationally-known stores.
as “Plan B.” At each store, the 15-year-old
Earlier this year, the Food & Drug Ad- girl was legally unable to purchase Sudaministration announced that “Plan B,” also fed because of her age but was able to purknown as the “morning after pill”, should chase “Plan B.”
be sold over the counter to anyone of any
“In efforts to supposedly ‘help women’
age. Before that it could only be sold to
and give them ‘access’, the abortion industhose 17 and older. Plan B contains very
try has completely disregarded a woman’s
high doses of the birth control pill, which a
health in the process,” said Kristan Hawwoman needs to see a doctor to obtain, and
kins, president of Students for Life of
is meant to either prevent pregnancy or
America. “While the sale of Plan B is
stop implantation of a unique human being
legal, it is in no way safe or controlled as it
following conception.
takes the parent and doctor out of the
young girl’s healthcare choices.”
A new racy campaign
Got Insurance? called “Got Insurance” was released on November 13 with
advertisements that are intended to tout the
free birth control component of the
Obamacare health care plan. The ads are
bathed in sexual overtones, with one ad
having a woman declare: “Let’s Hope
He’s as Easy as This Free Birth Control.”
Another ad has a young woman hoping to
score with popular actor Ryan Gosling
now that she has her own free birth control.
Many quickly responded to these disrespectful ads and the absurdity of offering
free birth control in exchange for increasing health insurance premiums on most
Americans.
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1125 Main Street, Dubuque Iowa
563-556-1991 or 800-550-4900
If you or someone you know is hurting from abortion, we can help! Rachel’s Vineyard
Retreat is a journey of emotional and spiritual healing to help women and men overcome the painful effects of an abortion experience.
Upcoming Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat:
Friday, December 6, through Sunday, December 8, 2013
American Martyrs Retreat House
Cedar Falls, Iowa
For more information contact: Kris Gaspari, 515-306-7838,
[email protected], or [email protected]
Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries Home page:
http://rachelsvineyard.org
Peaceful, Prayerful Protestors Needed
We are pleased to report that we have maintained a prayerful presence in front of
Planned Parenthood in Dubuque during every hour they are open. It is important for us
to pray, not only for an end to abortion, but also for all the scared and hurting women
and men who turn to PP for “help.” We also continue to pray for all those who work
for or contribute to PP. May their hearts be touched as they turn away from the Culture
of Death into LIFE.
At least FIFTEEN babies (that we know
of) have been saved from death by abortion because of your direct intervention
in front of PP. Your prayers and your
witness have made a HUGE difference!
Can you spare an hour a week, or an
hour a month to pray, sidewalk counsel
and/or protest? We need you. Please call Ellen to sign up or to gain more information:
563-580-1436.
If you are hesitant to stand in front of PP or feel like you may lack courage, know that
you are never alone. There is always someone to pray with you. Together we save lives!
RED ENVELOPE DAY
On January 22, the anniversary
date of Roe vs. Wade, the U.S.
Supreme Court decision that
legalized abortion on demand,
we expect to have over three
million empty red envelopes
delivered to the White House.
We want to send a message of
truth to our president: “This
envelope represents one child
who died in abortion. It is empty
because that life was unable to
offer anything to the world.”
Americans across the country will participate in this visual expression of moral outrage.
If you’d like to participate, all the information and history can be found at http://
www.redenvelopeday.net/. Explicit directions can be found at this address. You may
also simply bring your stamped red envelope to our office and we’ll send it in for you.
Any envelope will work as long as it is red.
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ȧɃɀȳȲȳȽɊɅȹȶȾɀɄɅɄɆɃɁɃȺɄȺȿȸȸɃɀɆɁȹɀȽȵȺȿȸɅɀȺȾȾɀɃȲȽ
ȺȵȶɀȽɀȸȺȶɄȺɄɅȹȶȪȲȽɇȲɅȺɀȿȘɃȾɊȤɀɄɅɀȷɆɄȲɃȶȲɈȲɃȶ
ɀȷɅȹȶȸɀɀȵɈɀɃȼȵɀȿȶȳɊɅȹȶȪȲȽɇȲɅȺɀȿȘɃȾɊȳɆɅȷȶɈ
ɁȶɀɁȽȶ ȲɃȶ ȲɈȲɃȶ ɅȹȲɅ ɅȹȶɊ ɁɃɀȾɀɅȶ ȴɀȿɅɃȲȴȶɁɅȺɀȿ Ȳȿȵ
ȲɁɁɃɀɇȶ ɀȷ ȲȳɀɃɅȺɀȿ Ⱥȿ ȴȲɄȶɄ ɀȷ ɃȲɁȶ ȺȿȴȶɄɅ
ȹȶȲȽɅȹɀȷɅȹȶȾɀɅȹȶɃȲȿȵȷȶɅȲȽȵȶȷɀɃȾȺɅɊȫȹȶ
ȪȲȽɇȲɅȺɀȿ ȘɃȾɊžɄ ȠȿɅȶɃȿȲɅȺɀȿȲȽ ȟȶȲȵɂɆȲɃɅȶɃɄ
ɄɅȲɅȶɄɅȹȶȺɃɁɀɄȺɅȺɀȿȴȽȶȲɃȽɊ
ȲȳɀɃɅȺɀȿ ȾȲɊ ȳȶ ȻɆɄɅȺȷȺȶȵ ȳȶȴȲɆɄȶ ɀȷ Ʌȹȶ ȶɉɅȶȿɅ Ʌɀ
ɈȹȺȴȹɃȲɁȶȲȿȵȺȿȴȶɄɅɇȺɀȽȲɅȶɅȹȶɈȹɀȽȶɁȶɃɄɀȿȫȶɃȾȺ
ȿȲɅȺɀȿ ɀȷ Ȳ ɁɃȶȸȿȲȿȴɊ ȾȲɊ ȲȽɄɀ ȳȶ ȻɆɄɅȺȷȺȶȵ ɈȹȶɃȶ
ɃȶȽȺȲȳȽȶ ȵȺȲȸȿɀɄɅȺȴ ɁɃɀȴȶȵɆɃȶɄ ȵȶɅȶɃȾȺȿȶ ɅȹȲɅ Ȳ ȷȶɅȲȽ
*ɄȺȴ,ȲȳȿɀɃȾȲȽȺɅɊȺɄɁɃȶɄȶȿɅɈȹȺȴȹȺɄȺȿȴɀȾɁȲɅȺȳȽȶɈȺɅȹ
ȽȺȷȶɀɅȹȶɃɅȹȲȿȳɃȺȶȷɁɀɄɅȿȲɅȲȽɄɆɃɇȺɇȲȽɀɃɈȹȶɃȶɅȹȶɃȶȺɄ
ɅɀɅȲȽȲȳɄȶȿȴȶɀȷȴɀȸȿȺɅȺɇȶȷɆȿȴɅȺɀȿ
țȚȩȫȣȳȶȽȺȶɇȶɄɅȹȲɅȲȽȽȽȺȷȶȺɄɄȲȴɃȶȵȿɀȾȲɅɅȶɃ
ɅȹȶȴȺɃȴɆȾɄɅȲȿȴȶɄɀȷȴɀȿȴȶɁɅȺɀȿȿɀɃɅȹȶŸȻɆȵȸȶȵ ɂɆȲȽȺɅɊ ɀȷ ȽȺȷȶ ȲȷɅȶɃ ȳȺɃɅȹ ȪȹɀɆȽȵ Ȳȿ ȺȿȿɀȴȶȿɅ
ȴȹȺȽȵȳȶȹȲȿȵȶȵȴȲɁȺɅȲȽɁɆȿȺɄȹȾȶȿɅȷɀɃɅȹȶȴɃȺȾȶ
ɀȷȹȺɄȷȲɅȹȶɃ"
*ȫȹȶȪȲȽɇȲɅȺɀȿȘɃȾɊ,ȲȴȴȶɁɅɄɅȹȲɅɅȶɃȾȺȿȲɅȺɀȿ
ɀȷ Ȳ ɁɃȶȸȿȲȿȴɊ ȾȲɊ ȳȶ ȻɆɄɅȺȷȺȶȵ ɀȿ ȴȶɃɅȲȺȿ
ȽȺȾȺɅȶȵ ȸɃɀɆȿȵɄ ɅȹȺɄ ȺɄ ɈȹȶɃȶ Ⱥȿ Ʌȹȶ ȻɆȵȸȾȶȿɅ ɀȷ ȴɀȾɁȶɅȶȿɅ ȾȶȵȺȴȲȽ Ȳȿȵ ȲȽȽȺȶȵ ɄɅȲȷȷ Ʌȹȶ ɁɃȶȸȿȲȿȴɊ ȫȹȺɄȚȹɃȺɄɅȾȲɄȪȶȲɄɀȿɁȽȶȲɄȶȴɀȿɄȺȵȶɃȵɃɀɁɁȺȿȸȲȿɀɅȶ
ɁɀɄȶɄȲɄȶɃȺɀɆɄɅȹɃȶȲɅɅɀɅȹȶȽȺȷȶɀȷɅȹȶȾɀɅȹȶɃɀɃȴɀɆȽȵ ȺȿɅȹȶȼȶɅɅȽȶȶɉȲȾɁȽȶȳȶȽɀɈɃȲɅȹȶɃɅȹȲȿȸȺɇȺȿȸȾɀȿȶɊ
ɅɀɅȹȶȪȲȽɇȲɅȺɀȿȘɃȾɊȚȹɆɃȴȹ
ɃȶɄɆȽɅȺȿȺɃɃȶɇȶɃɄȺȳȽȶɁȹɊɄȺȴȲȽȺȿȻɆɃɊɅɀɅȹȶȾɀɅȹȶɃ
Ƞȿ ȴȲɄȶɄ ɀȷ ɁɃɀɇȶȿ ɃȲɁȶ ɀɃ ȽȶȸȲȽȽɊ ȵȶȷȺȿȶȵ ȺȿȴȶɄɅ Ȳȿ țȶȲɃȪȲȽɇȲɅȺɀȿȘɃȾɊ
țȶȲɃȪȲȽɇȲɅȺɀȿȘɃȾɊ
ȘȴȴɀɃȵȺȿȸ Ʌɀ ɊɀɆɃ ȠȿɅȶɃȿȲɅȺɀȿȲȽ ȟȶȲȵɂɆȲɃɅȶɃɄ Ʌȹȶ ȪȲȽɇȲɅȺɀȿ ȘɃȾɊ ȲɁɁɃɀɇȶɄ ɀȷ ȲȳɀɃɅȺɀȿ Ⱥȿ
ȴȲɄȶɄɀȷɃȲɁȶȺȿȴȶɄɅȹȶȲȽɅȹɀȷɅȹȶȾɀɅȹȶɃȲȿȵȷȶɅȲȽȵȶȷɀɃȾȺɅɊȘɄȲŸȿɀȶɉȴȶɁɅȺɀȿɄ ɁɃɀ
ȴȲɄȶɄɀȷɃȲɁȶȺȿȴȶɄɅȹȶȲȽɅȹɀȷɅȹȶȾɀɅȹȶɃȲȿȵȷȶɅȲȽȵȶȷɀɃȾȺɅɊȘɄȲŸȿɀȶɉȴȶɁɅȺɀȿɄ ɁɃɀȽȺȷȶɃ
ȠȴȲȿžɅȺȿȸɀɀȵȴɀȿɄȴȺȶȿȴȶȴɀȿɅɃȺȳɆɅȶɅɀɊɀɆɃȼȶɅɅȽȶȠȷɊɀɆɃɁɀɄȺɅȺɀȿɈȶɃȶȵȺȷȷȶɃȶȿɅȠɈɀɆȽȵ
ȾɀɄɅȴȶɃɅȲȺȿȽɊȵɀȿȲɅȶɅɀɊɀɆɃȴȲɆɄȶȧȽȶȲɄȶɃȶȴɀȿɄȺȵȶɃɊɀɆɃɁɀɄȺɅȺɀȿ
ȾɀɄɅȴȶɃɅȲȺȿȽɊȵɀȿȲɅȶɅɀɊɀɆɃȴȲɆɄȶȧȽȶȲɄȶɃȶȴɀȿɄȺȵȶɃɊɀɆɃɁɀɄȺɅȺɀȿ
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National Night of Prayer for Life!
Uniting the Feast of the Immaculate Conception with the Feast of St. Juan Diego
Sunday, December 8th - 8:00 pm to Midnight
Two locations for your convenience:
The Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville, Iowa
St. Columbkille Catholic Church, Dubuque, Iowa
It was on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception that Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the Unborn, first appears to St. Juan Diego. The National
Night of Prayer for Life bridges these two feasts. It honors our Blessed Mother and
prays for her assistance in establishing a Culture of Life, to preserve liberty, to protect
the faith and to beg her Son to revive our land.
We will be united in churches across the country in prayer to end abortion and to restore God’s blessings of Life, Liberty and Faith in America. The National Night of
Prayer for Life is a prayer service consisting of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the
holy Rosary, prayer to St. Michael, silent prayer and hymns.
Please join us at either location for all four hours, for one hour, or for even just a few
minutes. People of all faith traditions are invited and encouraged to participate.
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Give a DCRTL Membership for Christmas
Help foster a respect for all human life from conception to natural
death and give someone a DCRTL Membership. A $25 donation (or
more) will provide an annual membership to the person of your
choice. The recipient will receive our monthly newsletter, will be
able to participate in all our member events, including seeing our
great speakers, check out resources from our lending library and
pick up resources needed to help educate others on the sanctity of
all human life.
GOING NATURAL
The Healthy Choice
Mark your calendars! DCRTL is sponsoring a conference to present a scientific analysis of the chemistry of sex, fertility and relationships. Continuing Education Credits are
offered for nurses, CNAs, pharmacists, technicians, and social workers. It may also be
extremely beneficial for religious leaders, teachers, and counselors. Everyone is welcome!
We have a very impressive group of presenters: Monica Minjeur, D.O.; Robert
Pranger, M.D.; Jamie Rathjen, M.A.; Vicki Thorn, M.A.; and Fr. Ray Atwood, Archdiocese of Dubuque. Make plans now to attend. More information will be forthcoming.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Grand River Center
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (8:30 registration begins)
Call our office for more information or to register.
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Dubuque County Right to Life, Inc.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
During the month of November, we held elections for our Board of Directors. Those
elected will serve a three-year term. Congratulations to Art Gilloon, Leon Jensen, Jack
Mescher and Ann Williams. Many thanks to our out-going board member, Charlie
Vaske, who has contributed much wisdom and enthusiasm during his tenure on the
board. Mr. Vaske will continue as an active member of DCRTL. Feel free to call upon
any of our board members when you have questions, concerns or suggestions for
DCRTL.
Life is….
Our new billboards are up! Look all over Dubuque for our Life Is . . . ads as well as our
new bumper stickers. You may still submit photos of your favorite “Life Is . . .” moments. Simply e-mail your photo to [email protected] with a short description of the special moment. Or drop off a photo at our office. Share your joy with the
world and help spread the message that life is precious.
Many thanks to all of you who have already submitted photos!
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BOYCOTT UPDATE:
The Boycott List identifies corporations that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned
Parenthood (PP). It is published by Life Decisions International after thorough investigation
of the companies and confirmation that they have, in fact, funded PP. The CEO receives
documentation of contribution information about PP and the opportunity to make PP ineligible
for future support. For more information visit http://www.fightpp.org. DCRTL has a limited
number of Boycott Lists in the office. If you’d like a copy, stop in!
Please consider writing a letter to the following corporations who are boycott targets due to
their support of Planned Parenthood:
ESTEE LAUDER – Operations: Cosmetics (American Beauty, Aveda, Bobbi Brown,
Clinique, Coach, Flirt!, MAC, Prescriptives, Smashbox), Education (adult: Bumble and bumble [Bb]), Fragrances (Aenga Forte, American Beauty, Aramis, Aveda, Bobbi Brown, Coach,
Daisy Fuentes, Donna Karan [DKNY], Jo Malone, Kiton, Michael Kors, Missoni, Sean John,
Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger), home (décor: Jo Malone), personal care (hair: Bb, Daisy
Fuentes, Lab Series, Ojon; lips: Lab Series; skin: American Beauty, Aveda, Bobbi Brown,
Clinique, Daisy Fuentes, Darphin, DKNY, GoodSkin, Grassroots, Jo Malone, La Mer, Lab
Series, Ojon Batana, Origins, Prescriptives; toiletries: Aveda, DKNY, Lab Series, Ojon
Batana), and Retail Outlets. Mr. Fabrizio Freda, President & CEO, The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., 767 5th Ave., New York, NY 10153.
GOLDMAN SACHS – Operations: Energy (Cogentrix), Financial (investing/planning: see
complete list on line):
Mr. Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman & CEO, The
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., 85 Broad St., New York, NY 10004.
DCRTL also sends out weekly notices to any members who would like to send pre-written
letters every week to those on The Boycott List. Just send your e-mail address and we’ll send
you the letters. ([email protected])
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