Pro-Life
Wisconsin to host free sidewalk counselor training
workshop
As part of our continuing efforts to reach out to
abortion-bound women, Pro-Life Wisconsin will host
a free Sidewalk Counselor Training Workshop on
Wednesday, August 22 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The
workshop will be held at Lux Mundi Studio, 1405
16th Street, Racine, Wis. and is open to all.
Whether you're interested in actively sidewalk
counseling or just learning what it's all about,
these workshops are an effective way to learn how
to talk with abortion-vulnerable men and women.
Serving on the panel will be:
• Steve Karlen
(moderator)--Steve is the Director of Development
at Pro-Life Wisconsin. He spearheaded the
successful statewide effort to end late-term
abortion plans on the University of
Wisconsin-Madison campus in 2009-2010.
• Dan Miller--Dan is the
director of 40 Days for Life-Milwaukee. His
extraordinary efforts as a full-time volunteer
counselor have helped save more than 200 lives
over the last two years.
• Laura Karlen--Laura Karlen is
the Past President of Vigil for Life of Madison,
where she helped lead Madison's 40 Days for Life
campaign since 2008.
• Lisa Sommers--Lisa is the
director and founder of Rachels Vineyard-Stevens
Point, an apostolate dedicated to helping
post-abortive men and women find peace and
healing.
Participants will receive Pro-Life Wisconsin's
Sidewalk Counselor's Handbook. Please call Steve
Karlen at 262-796-1111 ext. 14 with questions or
for additional information.
PLW
Victory Fund PAC congratulates primary election
winners
The primary elections are over! With the votes and
participation of Pro-Life Wisconsinites across the
state, the following Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory
Fund PAC endorsed candidates won primary
elections:
Wisconsin State Senate
• Scott Noble (Marshfield)
• John Macco (De Pere)
Wisconsin State Assembly
• Rob Hutton (Brookfield)
• Don Pridemore (Hartford)
• Paul Tittl (Manitowoc)
• Mike Endsley (Sheboygan)
• Mark Born (Beaver Dam)
• Michael Schraa (Oshkosh)
• Dave Murphy (Greenville)
• John Spiros (Marshfield)
• Bruce Evers (Holmen)
We congratulate these principled candidates who
ran on a 100% pro-life platform. The Victory
Fund PAC is now endorsing a total of 36 candidates
for state office in the November 6th general
election. Please click
here for the full list of Victory Fund
PAC state candidate endorsements for the fall
general election.
Thank you for voting pro-life!
Paid for by the Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund
PAC, George Kriegl Treasurer. Not authorized by
any candidate or candidate’s agent or committee.
From LifeSiteNews:
While
Republican candidate Mitt Romney was the only
leading mainstream candidate to miss all three
presidential debates hosted by Personhood USA
earlier this year, his decision to keep the
personhood movement at arm’s length is not shared
by his running mate.
Romney’s choice for VP, Paul Ryan, is currently
one of the 64 co-sponsors of the pro-personhood
H.R. 212, known as the Sanctity of Human Life Act.
He also co-sponsored the 2009 Sanctity of Human
Life Act, H.R. 227.
The Sanctity of Human Life Act states that under
“Congress’ power under section 5 of the 14th
article of amendment to the Constitution of the
United State ... the right to life guaranteed by
the Constitution is vested in each human being,
and is the paramount and most fundamental right of
a person” and that “the life of each human being
begins with fertilization.”
“In supporting Personhood, Congressman Ryan has
taken a consistent pro-life position, one that is
called for by the Republican party’s own platform”
remarked Gualberto Garcia Jones, J.D., Legal
Analyst for Personhood USA.
The Republican party’s platform states that “we
support a human life amendment to the
Constitution, and we endorse legislation to make
clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections
apply to unborn children.”
Pro-Life
Wisconsin mourns the loss of March for Life
founder and leader Nellie Gray
From LifeSiteNews:
One of the leading lights of the pro-life movement
in the United States has gone out. Nellie Gray,
the charismatic octogenarian founder of the annual
March for Life in Washington, D.C., the largest
annual pro-life event in the country, passed away
over the weekend, and was discovered in her
apartment August 13.
Gray, who was once described by Cardinal Sean
O’Malley as the “Joan of Arc” of the pro-life
movement, was an ubiquitous figure at the pro-life
march every year, her slight frame standing at the
podium at stage centre, introducing the many
luminaries who addressed the crowd of several
hundred thousand during the rally before the
march.
PLW's Peggy Hamill offered the following
reflection:
Every year as I began arrangements for our PLW
pilgrimage to the March for Life, I would call
their office for basic details on the march,
rallies and hotel. Nellie Gray would inevitably
answer the phone herself. She would always
remember me and consistently praise Pro-Life
Wisconsin for our 17 hour bus ride, large numbers
and high percentage of youth. We’d talk for nearly
an hour. I felt honored when Nellie (a brilliant
national pro-life leader) would run preliminary
plans past me and ask my advice. A few months ago
we had another such visit. Nellie was supportive
of our Wisconsin Personhood efforts and
always called for “no exceptions, no compromise.”
We at Pro-Life Wisconsin will truly miss Nellie
and will always cherish her encouragement. May she
rest in peace.
Sawyer County Affiliate (Hayward) - Queen of
Peace, Protector of Life - will be again be
offering offering the 'Cemetery of the
Innocents' display of 400 crosses representing
the thousands of daily abortions in the USA. In
addition, we have a new display of fetal models
consisting of 13 models, 5-35 weeks gestation
and one newborn. These are professional grade,
soft-touch models that can be handled, and are
available all year, with or without the crosses.
They're suitable for all ages. For more
information call Bob Ornberg at 715-699-1287 or
check out our new Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/bvmqp.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Walworth Co. prays at Planned
Parenthood in Delavan, WI. Signs are provided.
Contact Phil Cullen for info - 262-742-3299.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Juneau County gathers for prayer
witness every Monday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at
Family Planning Health Services, 522 State Road
82 # F, in Mauston. Please call Richard Irwin,
(608) 565-6706, for more information. They meet
every second Tuesday of the month at the Hatch
Public Library in Mauston at 7 p.m. in the
Community Room.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Marathon County prays the Rosary
once a month on Saturday at 10:45 a.m. at Family
Planning Health Services. Call Ron Putzer at
(715) 842-5368 to confirm date.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Fond du Lac County prays in front of
Planned Parenthood, 333 N. Peters Ave., Fond du
Lac, on the second Saturday of the month from
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. For information, call
Ann at (920) 921-6062 or Julie (920) 923-0437. A
pro-life Rosary is also said at 8:30 a.m. before
the 9 a.m. Mass each Saturday at St. Mary's
Church, Marquette St. at E. Merrill Ave., Fond
du Lac.
Vigil for Life-PLW Dane County has a perpetual
presence on the sidewalks in front of Madison's
Planned Parenthood abortion facility (3706 Orin
Road, Madison, WI 53704). Each day that Planned
Parenthood is open for business (every week
day), 2 people (at least!) will be scheduled to
be present on the sidewalk. The times and days
are as follows: Monday-Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 11
a.m.; Thursday 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.; and Friday, 1pm
- 3pm. Individuals or groups are needed to sign
up for these 2-hour shifts, especially on a
monthly basis. You may also "stop by." Those
interested should click
here to view the online scheduling
calendar or contact affiliate leader Laura
Karlen at (608) 445-2064 or email
laura@vigilforlife.org.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Chippewa Valley prays and gives
public witness against abortion and
contraception outside the Eau Claire Planned
Parenthood (1231 Menomonie St.) every Thursday
from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and the first Saturday of
the month at 11 a.m.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Milwaukee County gathers regularly on
Saturday mornings at the Affiliated abortion
center, 1428 N. Farwell Ave. in Milwaukee,
between 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. SIDEWALK
COUNSELORS ARE NEEDED! If you can come pray or
counsel women entering the abortuary, please
contact Peggy Hamill, (262) 796-1111, or e-mail
info@prolifewisconsin.org for more information.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Outagamie County invites you to love
your preborn neighbor as yourself, by going out
to the places where abortions are sold and
committed. Please plan to come and sidewalk
counsel (beside the driveway), pray and witness
with signs at Planned Parenthood Appleton North
on 3800 N. Gillett St.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Kenosha has consecrated our
fight against Planned Parenthood to Jesus
through Mary. We pray every Saturday at 11 a.m.
in front of the Planned Parenthood facility,
located at Roosevelt Road and 36th Avenue in
Kenosha. Please come and pray the Rosary, the
Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and other prayers with
us. For more information contact Karie Kinzler
at kakinzler7@yahoo.com or at (262) 656-0301.
Pro-Life Wisconsin Rock County members daily
praise and thank God for the January 13, 2012
permanent closure of the Rockford, IL abortion
mill. Chapter members meet monthly (except
June, July, August) in St. Jude's Hall, Beloit,
WI. The Spiritually Adopt-A-Baby
initiative resumed March 24/25 at St. Jude/St.
Thomas parishes, praying daily for nine months
for pre-born babies. If you'd like information
regarding this, contact Charlene Tolmie
608-362-3406 or Sister Rosalia Bauer
608-364-2830.
Join the 2nd Annual “Rosary Cruise” benefiting Rachel’s
Vineyard of Stevens Point. Rachel’s
Vineyard is a nationwide ministry providing
weekend retreats where women and men can
experience spiritual and emotional healing from
the traumatic, and often painfully secret, wound
of abortion. The next retreat is scheduled for
September. The Rosary cruise will take place
from 4:30 - 6:30 pm on Aug. 26 at Clearwater
Harbor in Waupaca. There is no charge for
attendance, but a donation will be greatly
appreciated. Space is limited; registration
required: call 715-204-9561 or email
rvstevenspoint@gmail.com.
Rosary Rallies at the State Capitol: Fr. Isaac Mary
Relyea and Fr. Rick Heilman invite you to kneel
in prayer together every Thursday evening at
7pm, at the State Street steps of the Capitol in
Madison. From June 16 - November 1.
Witness for Life: Each Thursday, St.
Mary Catholic Church in Kenosha will offer 8am
Mass, followed by a Rosary procession to the
nearby Planned Parenthood. St. Mary's is located
at 7307 40th Avenue, Kenosha. For more information
call Monica at 262-515-3132 or Laura at
262-358-0705.
The Wausua 40 Days
for Life group will continue their prayer
vigil by meeting the first Thursdays of the month,
May through August. We will meet at Family
Planning Health Services, 719 N 3rd Avenue in
Wausau at 3 pm. Please join us in prayer to be a
public witness for the unborn and for mothers to
make the right choice.
Kneel for Life: Capitol Campaign meets Wednesdays
at the Capitol from 1-2pm. We try to precede
with Mass at St. Patrick's at 12:10, then we
walk over from there. Our purpose is to be a
peaceful, joyful presence praying to tear down
the evil strongholds present there and be an
encouragement for the pro-life
legislators/staff. We pray the Rosary, Chaplet
of Mercy and St. Michael prayer as we walk in
twos or independently, throughout the Capitol.
The third Monday of every month All Saints
Catholic Church in Berlin says a Rosary for
life at the church's monument for the unborn
after a 5:15p.m. Mass. Everyone welcome.
The
pro-life group at St. Frances Cabrini Parishmeets
to pray every Thursday evening from6-6:30
p.m. at the West Bend Planned Parenthood, 532
Shepherd’s Drive, West Bend, WI. Located on
the West end of town, approximately 1-1/2
miles west of Hwy 45 on West Washington Street
(aka: Highway 33) in West Bend. It is in a
shopping mall on the north-side of the street.
We are on the sidewalk.
Holy Hour for the Unborn: St. John the
Evangelist Parish, 8500 W. Cold Spring Rd.,
Greenfield, Wis. We come together every fourth
Wednesday of the month from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. to
pray for the end of abortion. The church has 24
hours of Adoration seven days a week. Contact
Kathy Knaack with questions,
Kathy.knaack@gmail.com. Cenacles of Life meets every
Saturday morning at St. Pius X Catholic Church
in Cambridge at 8:30 am to pray two rosaries for
an end to the culture of death.
Cenacles
of Life
meets at St Mary’s Good Shepherd Chapel, 108
McHenry St, Burlington, WI every Wednesday at 6
p.m., and recites the second oral Rosary in the
main body of the church, finishing at 7:15 p.m. Cenacles
of Life
meets every Saturday morning at 6:45 a.m. to
pray two Rosaries for pro-life intentions before
the 7:30 a.m. Mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church
in Pine Bluff, west of Madison.
The Servants of Our Lady of Guadalupe has a prayer vigil
every Monday at 4:30 p.m. in Wisconsin Rapids on
8th St. by the Shopko mall to pray for the
closing of the Planned Parenthood. If you have
any questions contact Will Goodman at (608)
698-7443.
The Servants of Our Lady of Guadalupe has a prayer vigil
every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Stevens Point in
front of the strip mall next to Family Video to
pray for the closing of Family Planning Health
Services. If you have any questions contact Jen
Dunnett at (715) 340-2779.
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