Pro-Life
Wisconsin launches new digital personhood
billboard in Green Bay
On Thursday Pro-Life Wisconsin launched a new
digital billboard in Green Bay comparing abortion
with slavery. The billboard--a PLW
original--emphasizes how the United States Supreme
Court sanctioned both forms of dehumanization.
"Abortion proponents so frequently try to justify
the slaughter of pre-born children by appealing to
the authority of the Supreme Court," said PLW
State Director Peggy Hamill. "But abortion is just
one example of the Court's long and deadly history
of arbitrarily picking and choosing which human
beings are given legal protection."
The billboard is based on Pro-Life Wisconsin's
video, The Final Frontier of the Civil Rights
Movement, which has been viewed more than 5,000
times on YouTube, and many more in live
screenings. The new billboard will be seen by more
than 64,000 people each day. It's already made a
splash on Facebook, where more than 1,000 people
have seen it since it was posted last week.
Click
here to donate to help fund Pro-Life
Wisconsin's billboards through our True to Life
Media Campaign. You can also call 262-796-1111
ext. 14.
Pro-Life
Wisconsin to celebrate 20th birthday at Annual
Auction Dinner
This year’s Auction Dinner will celebrate PLW’s
20th anniversary. The dinner takes place on
Saturday, October 20 at the Olympia Resort in
Oconomowoc.
Bishop Donald Hying will deliver the invocation,
and the keynote address will be given by Joe
Scheidler (photo, left). Lieutenant Governor
Rebecca Kleefisch will join us as a guest of
honor.
5:30 Social & hors d' oeurves
7:00 Dinner/Oral Auction
Download flier here
OR click here
to register online.
The event, our most important fundraiser of the
year, is made possible through the support of our
banquet sponsors. Sponsorships start as low as the
$100 level, and sponsors are showcased in the
event program.
For additional information on attending or
sponsoring the event, contact PLW's Director of
Development Steve Karlen at 262-796-1111 ext. 14.
22 years ago today I was in the valley of
decision. I didn't know what to do. I was
pregnant, alone and afraid. I walked through
the door of the Meadowbrook mill in Minneapolis,
MN. You died 22 years ago today in my abortion and
I walked out that door emotionally and spiritually
wounded.
I miss you. Every year my longing for you
grows and I can hardly wait to see you in heaven.
You will run to me sweet girl. You will run to me
across that meadow of wildflowers and jump into my
arms and I will be healed. The waiting and the
grief will be over and we will be together for
eternity. How I long for that day. You are so
beautiful. I imagine your sweet smile. I bet you
look at lot like your sister Sarah.
I need you. I need you in my life. Our story has
changed hearts and lives Aubrey. I keep telling it
and people keep listening. There are children
alive today because I have shared. I will never
stop telling our story and I am very proud of you
for helping to save lives!
From LifeSiteNews:
Sandra Fluke’s speech at the Democratic
National Convention yesterday leaves one
scratching one’s head in bewilderment
wondering how America managed to raise such
a disgruntled, disillusioned woman—and that
a political party thought it appropriate to
give her a national audience at which to
spew her venom.
When Fluke lamented during her speech that
“too many women are shut out and silenced”
liberal columnist Kirsten Powers wondered on
Twitter if Fluke was talking about Saudi
Arabia or the United States.
“Women are ‘silenced’? Please…I find this
speech so offensive as a woman,” she
tweeted. “The idea that women are silenced
victims.”
Powers tweeted that Fluke should “visit
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan
and then see how she feels about how the US
treats women…I hope that any young girl who
saw that Fluke speech has someone to tell
her it’s a lie.”
What insidious fear compels Fluke to endorse
a presidential candidate who would make
sure, in her words, that “we’d have the
right to choose”? What is this “right to
choose” that Fluke is so fearful about
losing and that seems to embody the spirit
of many disgruntled and disenchanted women
across America?
The right to choose is euphemistic for the
right of a mother to kill the innocent child
within her womb through extremely violent
means. Choice is euphemistic for the hideous
dismemberment, grotesque decapitation,
suction of a ripped apart body, and burning
poisoning of the youngest members of the
human family.
When did being a woman come to be synonymous
with the right to destroy human life in the
name of “choice”?
Pro-Life Wisconsin's Milwaukee and Waukesha
Affiliates- will hold the annual Life Chain on
Sunday, October 7 from 2-3:30 p.m. as we witness
before God and our community that "Abortion
Kills Children." On Sunday, October 7, meet at
Bluemound Road between 124th and Elm Grove Road.
During Life Chain, extra signs will be available
near TCF Bank. For more information, call Peggy
at 262-796-1111.
PLW-Walworth County - will hold vigil
on Monday, October 10 at 4:00 p.m. at
Planned Parenthood in Delevan and
simultaneous Life Chains on Sunday, October
7 at 2:00 p.m. The life chains will be held
in Delevan at the intersection of Hwy. 50
and Wright and in East Troy at Hwy. 20 and
ES.
Juneau County Affiliate
- will
hold Life Chain on Sunday, October 7 at 3:30
p.m. in Mauston (To be announced), Necedah
(Highway 21 & 80), and Adams-Friendship
(Highway 13 & 21).
Sawyer County Affiliate (Hayward) -
Queen of Peace, Protector of Life - will be again
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 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.
St. Pius X Parish in Appleton will again
sponsor its annual Eucharistic Procession for
Life on Saturday, Sept. 22. It will begin at St.
Pius X and end at the Planned Parenthood
abortion facility at 3800 N. Gillett St. in
Grand Chute. The procession begins with 8:00
a.m. Mass and the procession starts at 9:00 a.m.
Call 920-993-4410 with questions or for
additional information.
Human Life International President Fr. Shenan
Boquet will visit Milwaukee on Sept.
19-20. On Wednesday, Sept 19, Fr. Boquet will
visit Dominican High School in Whitefish Bay for
Mass followed by a presentation. All are
welcome. At 7:00 p.m. he will present at
Marquette University's Gesu Parish in Herian
Hall/Gesu Parish Center. On Thursday, September
20, Fr. Boquet will pray at the Affiliated
Medical Services abortion facility at 9:00 a.m.
He will celebrate a healing Mass at St. Margaret
Mary Church at 7:00 p.m. followed by a talk on
Human Life International.
Dr. Alveda King will be at Rock Garden in
Green Bay from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
October 3 for a complimentary Hors doervres
reception and special presentation. Dr. Alveda
King is the niece of Martin Luther King,Jr. and
is an international speaker on human rights
issues continuing her uncle's work promoting
Civil Rights for all human life. Dr. King will
give a powerful presentation addressing the
Civil Rights issues of our times and share her
personal testimony. TO MAKE RESERVATIONS TODAY,
send email to cpallini@thepoweroflife.org with
your name, email, phone and how many to reserve!
Missionaries to the Pro-Born invite you
to a pro-life picket at Durand Avenue and Gren
Bay Road in Racine on Saturday, Sept. 15 from
11:30 to 1:00 p.m. Contact 414-462-3399 or
defendbabies@missionariestopreborn.com for
additional information.
One Nation Under God: A Place for Freedom
& Faith: On Thursday, Sept. 27 at
7:00 p.m., St. John the Evangelist Parish (8500
W. Cold Spring Road, Greenfield, WI) will host
Dr. Marisa Beffel, a popular member of the
Pro-Life Wisconsin Speakers Bureau for a
presentation on her passion for patriotism and
the Catholic faith. She'll discuss how we are
called to better understand, love and hand on
the faith to our children and grandchildren; and
how we are called as Americans to again become a
nation founded on the protection of inalienable
rights. Refreshments will be served. For more
information, contact Kathy at 414-329-0991.
Rachel's Vineyard - Healing the pain of
abortion, one weekend at a time. Rachel's
Vineyard welcomes women, men, couples and
grandparents who have suffered the loss of a
child. If you or someone you love is hurting
after abortion, contact Mary at 608-221-9593 or
email meadmt@sbcglobal.net. The next retreat
sponsored by the Diocese of Madison will be held
October 19 - 21, 2012 at a beautiful and private
location in the country. Go to www.madisondiocese.org/rachel
for more information. For retreats held in WI,
the USA and around the world, go to
www.rachelsvineyard.org or 1-877-HOPE-4-ME. All
contact is confidential."
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.
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 is 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 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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