Attached is Pro-Life Delco`s May Newsletter. - Pro

Crisis Pregnancy Hotline
610-626-4006
May 2015
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610-789-LIFE
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
This is the day that the world sets aside each year to honor those beautiful
creatures who bring us forth into the fullness of life. Every culture rightly places
Mothers on a pedestal. All of humanity understands the debt we have to our
mothers. It is mothers who give us birth, and shower us with a love so powerful
that it becomes the standard by which all love is measured.
Who, but our mothers, answer the cry of infants at 2 a.m.? Whose smile
comforts every hurt? Who else knows how to encourage us? Who sings to us,
and plays with us? Who teaches us to walk, and talk? Who feeds us, and clothes
us? Mothers are the personification of the Corporal Works of Mercy. Consider
that “whatsoever you do for the least among you, you do for Me.” What
blessings must accrue to Mothers!
Life is God’s greatest gift. Mothers are the precious vessels in which He
delivers that gift. May every mother receive the joyful gratitude and
appreciation for the blessing of her motherhood – in a very special way – this
Mothers’ Day, and always!
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED NOW!!!!
Just Say No to Pedro! The battle over the nomination
of Pedro Cortes continues. The next phase will be the
hearings before the Senate Committee. Please send an
email to the following Senators with the Subject Line –
“Say NO to Cortes”. In your email, you may wish to say
that Cortes’ earlier tenure turned a blind eye to
complaints over substandard practices at abortion
centers in Pennsylvania, leading to the deaths of at least
two women at Kermit Gosnell’s “house of horrors”, and
the murder of countless babies who survived abortions.
Note: Dozens of babies, who were the victims of Kermit
Gosnell have still not been released from the Philadelphia
Medical Examiner for burial, despite requests having been
made by local pro-lifers.
Please write to these Senators…
Alloway
Scarnati
Pileggi
McIlhinney
White
Stefano
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
* To read letter, and see the signatures, visit:
http://www.reprapp.com/Display/SiteFiles/38/OtherDocuments/SD30-SCANSNAP-104172015130121.pdf
On April 20, a letter was sent to Governor Wolf from 38 Representatives and 11 Senators expressing
“serious concern” over the nomination of Pedro Cortes, due to what Stephen Turner, former General
Counsel for the Department of State, called “inexcusable non-performance” in the Gosnell case. Gosnell’s
license was routinely renewed in each of the 8 years that Cortes was Secretary of State under Ed Rendell,
despite: Gosnell being a defendant in 46 lawsuits; Gosnell’s malpractice insurance had lapsed for over two
years; at least 8 major violations occurred in which women were seriously injured; and, the deaths of two
mothers. None of these prompted as
much as a single phone call. Pedro
Cortes did not protect women for 8 years,
and should not be restored to this
office. It is outrageous that Governor
Wolf would even nominate him.
Contact Senator Pileggi
It appears that Senator Dominic Pileggi (R, Delaware & Chester Counties) will be the
key vote on this nomination, at the State Government Committee hearing. The
committee hads 11 members. Republican Senators Scarnati, White, Stefano, and
Alloway had signed the letter to Wolf expressing serious concern. We might expect
them to oppose this nomination. Senator Folmer would likely lean against
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED NOW!!!!
((CCOONNTT’’DD))
Contact Senator Pileggi (Cont’d)
Cortes. That would be 5 votes opposing. Democratic Senators Leach, Dinneman, Schwank, and Williams
are expected to support this nomination. Republican Senator McIlhinney is likely to support Cortes.
These represent 5 votes in favor of the Cortes nomination. The final vote belongs to Senator Pileggi, who
has not indicated which way he will vote. We can report that Senator Pileggi has generally voted pro-life
through his tenure as Senator. (He is leaving to run for Common Please Judge in Delaware County.)
Therefore, calls, emails, letters, and visits to district offices - will likely be most effective if they are
directed to Senator Pileggi.
[email protected]
717-787-4712
610-358-5183
Thank Senator Pileggi for his pro-life record, and
ask that he oppose the nomination of Pedro Cortes as Secretary of State.
Day of Mercy
Day of Action
Pro-Life Delco joined groups from all over
Pennsylvania including the Pennsylvania
Family Institute, Pennsylvania Pro-Life
Coalition, People Concerned for the Unborn
Child, and Pro-Life Committees from
counties all over the state.
House Pro-Life Caucus Chair, Rep. Kathy
Rapp, met with us and encouraged us with
news of a pro-active legislative agenda.
Delaware County’s own Jewels Green was a
panelist in the discussion organized by the
Family Institute, and hosted by Jeff Colemen.
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It’s Not to Late to Support
Theresa Santai Gaffney
Just about a year ago, a single federal judge overturned
Pennsylvania’s marriage law, which defined marriage as a
union between one man and one woman. Governor
Corbett declined to appeal. The leaders in the House and
Senate did not act. But one courageous Register of Wills,
named Theresa Gaffney, did stand up. She appealed the
decision of the federal judge, and her appeal has added
Pennsylvania to the list of states whose law will be upheld
if the Supreme Court refuses to redefine marriage. But,
Theresa Gaffney’s courage has prompted the homosexual
movement to recruit and fund a candidate against her in
her re-election bid. The primary is to be held on May 19.
When Pennsylvania needed someone to stand for them,
Theresa Gaffney answered was there for us.
Now, we need to be there for her.
Please send your $25, $50, or $100 donation ASAP to:
Friends of Theresa Gaffney
c/o Melissa Clarke, Treasurer
989 Clamtown Road
Tamaqua, PA 18252
Update on New Jersey
Suspended Religion Teacher
Last month, we had reported on Patricia Januzzi, a New Jersey Catholic
high school religion teacher who had been suspended from her job
because she posted a comment on her Facebook page in which she
opposed same sex marriage. We had asked you to contact the local
principal and bishop. We are pleased to report that she has been
reinstated. Thank you for your efforts.
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Upcoming Events/ Activities
Saturday, May 2 Say No to PP in Upper Darby
Please join us at the Planned Parenthood for a prayerful vigil at the PP in Upper Darby, 7200
Chestnut Street (near 69th Street Terminal). Mass is at 8:30 a.m. at St. Laurence Parish on West
Chester Pike in Upper Darby and the Vigil begins at 9:30 a.m. at PP.
April 10 – May 13 Marian Consecration – Promoted by Philly Alive
In preparation of the World Meeting of Families, ‘Philly Alive’ is calling for parishes to participate in
a Marian Consecration. The targeted 33 day period would be from April 10 to May 13. For more details,
please contact: Jackie O’Connor at [email protected]. The program is in a
retreat format, with short readings (2 to 3 pages) each day for 33 days. The sections focuses on the
lives of: St. Louis deMontfort, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Mother Theresa of Calcutta, and St. John Paul II.
We are asked to make protecting the unborn child our targeted corporal work of mercy.
Sunday, May 3 Lila Rose of Live Action
Join the Culture Project for Mass and Brunch. Lila Rose of Live Action will be the keynote speaker.
Mass will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Chapel on the campus of St. Charles
Seminary. Brunch immediately follows in the Eakin Room. Our main celebrant for mass is Father Tom
DiSimone. Tickets are $35/person and $25/for students, religious and clergy. For ticket information,
please visit www.restoreculture.come or call 800-315-8684 extension 4.
Friday, May 29 Pro-Life Prayer Breakfast Union League
Karyme Lozano, will join Pastor Herb Lusk, and Archbishop Charles Chaput at a Pro-Life Prayer
breakfast at the Union League in Philadelphia. The proceeds raised at the breakfast will be used to
bring the pro-life message to the public through a series of targeted advertisements, and social media
promotions.
Ask your parish, or organization to reserve a table today. A table of ten costs $500. Sponsors are
also welcome. Individual tickets can be purchased for $50. For tickets, go to:
https://heroicmedia.org/philadelphiabreakfast
The Pilgrim Queen - Bring her to your parish/family
If your parish hasn't yet hosted the Pilgrim Queen,
please sign up today!
Each host parish circulates - for 1 week - an iconic statue
of Our Lady of Guadalupe among
parish families, for one day each.
Then the statue moves
to the next parish.
For more information,
contact Ted Meehan
[email protected]
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4th Annual Top Shelter Chef
by Dorothy Stipa
On Saturday, April 25th, the Community Action Agency of Delaware County (CAADC) hosted its 4th
Annual Top Shelter Chef event at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Upper Darby. Area
churches/congregations hosted a friendly competition for the benefit of the Life Center soup kitchen
and two area homeless shelters. Participants included Messiah Lutheran Church, Newtown Square,
St. Anastasia Church, Newtown Square, Temple Lutheran Church, Havertown, Lima Methodist
Church, Lima and Ahmadlyya Muslim Community.
Each year, the Life Center Soup Kitchen and local homeless shelters provide warm meals,
temporary housing and other key programs that give people in need, a “hand up; not a hand out”.
Programs such as these are a necessary lifeline to assist people who are struggling with the
necessities of everyday life. Unfortunately, the programs are laboring under a $50,000 operating
deficit.
The event was a huge success with the Muslim congregation taking 1st prize and it helped to raise
approximately $14,000 to help defray program costs. If you’d like to make a donation in support of
this important cause, please send your check payable to CAADC (Community Action Agency of
Delaware County) for the Save Our Shelters campaign c/o CAADC, Government Center, 201 West
Front Street, Media, PA 19063.
Stay Away from Crozer Hospitals
by John Williamson
As many of you know Crozer Keystone had the audacity to attempt to rent space from St. Kevin's
Catholic Church in Springfield. On or about January 22nd we notified the Archdiocese and they
advised that something would be done about it. To date, it is unclear whether anything has been
done. Crozer has been doing abortions since 1973 and we believe that they have done over 65,000
abortions since that time on their premises. Now is the time to act.
Send an email and/or a letter and/or a fax to Crozer and tell them that you will never use their
hospitals again until all five hospitals Crozer, Taylor, DCMH, Springfield and Sacred Heart stop doing
abortions. Currently Crozer and Taylor do abortions and Crozer rents out space to an abortion clinic
in Upland. If you have a doctor in the Crozer system please write him and advise that you are going
to have to find a new doctor and tell him why. The addresses for Crozer are as follows:
Crozer Keystone Health Systems
Corporate Headquarters
100 West Sproul Road
Springfield, PA 19064
800-254-3258
Kate Stier, Director of Public Relations & Marketing
c/o Crozer-Chester Medical Center
One South, One Medical Center Boulevard
Upland, PA 19013
Email: [email protected]
I suggest that you email and send a letter to the main office in Springfield. Please send at least one
communication and please get at least one other person to do the same.
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Church Bulletin LifeLines
To the Parish Bulletin Editor:
Please include this information in your weekly Parish Bulletin. For additional
information contact Ted Meehan, Pro-Life Union of Delaware County at
[email protected] or 610-804-3285.
In seeking to protect every life, we list
the following important contact information
for Delaware County.
Crisis Pregnancy Hotline
610-626-4006
A Baby's Breath
www.ababysbreath.org
121 N. Wayne Ave Suite 102
Wayne, PA 19087
484-580-6436
24 Hour Hotline 484-571-5540
Delaware County Pregnancy Center
www.dcpchester.org
2508 Edgemont Ave.
Chester, PA 19013
610 872-2229
Mother's Home
www.mothershome.org
51 N. MacDade Blvd.
Darby, PA 19023
610-583-HOME
Post-Abortion Counseling
Rachel's Vineard Ministries
www.rachelsvineyard.org
808 N. Henderson Rd. 2nd Floor
King of Prussia, PA 19406
877-HOPE4ME
Pro-Life Union of Delaware County
www.prolifedelco.org
720 N. Eagle Road
Havertown, PA 19083
610-789-LIFE
Monthly Prayer Vigils
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 1 Saturday – 8:30 am Mass – St. Laurence (PP Upper Darby)
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 2 Friday – 9 am Mass – St. John Chrysostom, 615 S. Providence Rd.
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Wallingford
2nd Saturday–8:30 am Mass–Newman Chapel, U of P, 38th & Chest
(Penn Family Center)
3rd Saturday – 7 am Mass – St. John, 13th & Market (PP 12th & Locust)
4th Saturday – 6:30-8:45 am – Phila. Women’s Ctr., 8th & Cherry
4th Saturday – 10:00 am – Bryn Mawr Hospital
Weekly Prayer Vigils
 Wednesdays – 1 pm PP Upper Darby
 Wednesdays - 8:30 am to 10:30 pm – PP 12th & Lancaster
 Wednesdays (1st & 3rd) - 4pm to 5 pm – PP Norristown
 Wednesdays – 10:00 am Bryn Mawr Hospital
 Fridays 6:30-8:30 am – Philadelphia Women’s Center, 8th & Cherry
 Fridays 8 am to noon – PP West Chester
 Saturdays 6:30 to 8:30 am – Philadelphia Womens Center – 8th & Cherry
 Saturdays noon to 1 pm – PP Media
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What Can You Do to Help?
Calling all Parish Contacts
We have been collecting the names and e-mail addresses for all the Pro-Life Parish Contacts so we can
communicate with the entire county more effectively on life issues.
We have the majority of parishes and are just looking for a few more, such as the following:
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Morton)
St. Francis de Sales (Lenni)
St. Gabriel (Norwood)
St. John Fisher (Boothwyn)
St. Margaret Mary (Essington)
If you know of the Pro-Life parish contact, please send to Barbara Murray, [email protected].
Thanks!
Pro-Life Prayer of the Faithful
Perhaps everyone is not able to attend a vigil, or visit elected officials, or counsel women in crisis. But, we
call can pray. If we truly seek to bring in a Culture of Life, we must ask for God’s help. In Delaware County,
our goal is for each parish to offer a simple Pro-Life Prayer of the Faithful at each mass, each day. Parish
Respect Life Committees can update these each week, or receive them from the Archdiocese Family Life
Office. In the absence of these, suggest simply this: “That God’s gift of Life be welcomed by all, and
protected in law from conception through natural death, we pray to the Lord….”. Please let us know if
your parish is participating. Contact Ted Meehan at [email protected].
Please Support our Sponsors
John Williamson, Attorney
720 N. Eagle Road
Havertown PA 19083
610-446-5600
Barbara Murray, Realtor
Wagner Real Estate
Havertown PA 19083
610-209-5822
Sponsors help us to send out our newsletter, and support our work. Please support those who support
Life. If your business, parish organization, or other group would like to become a sponsor, please send
your contact information to: [email protected] and we will assist you in coming onboard.
Updating our Lists
We want to maintain a comprehensive list for every Pro-Life organization on our County. If your church has a ProLife organization, please send the name of a contact person to Barbara Murray, [email protected].
If you do not have an organization, but would like to have one, please let us know about that as well. We will
either assist in forming one, or refer you to join another group near to your home.
News & Events?
We try to post news and events in our monthly newsletter, and on our website. If you have news, or
would like to publicize an event, please send the info to Ted Meehan, [email protected].
Financial contributions to Prolife Union of Delaware County are welcome.
Send to:
720 N. Eagle Rd.
Havertown PA 19008
Please continue to pray for an end to abortion, and for the Culture of Life to be restored.
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