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40 Days for Life bursts the Abortion bubbleApril 16, 2009 More »Lenten Campaign Pics - Check them out!April 8, 2009 More »Report from America - Day 42April 7, 2009 More »Summary of 40 Days Lenten CampaignApril 7, 2009 More »Report from America - Day 41April 6, 2009 More »Report from America - Day 40April 5, 2009 More »Ground Zero Report - Day 40April 5, 2009My wife Carolyn, daughter Elizabeth and myself were able to make it to ground zero on Friday evening at 1800 just as a prayerful member was departing. The vigil was not broken. We had not pre planned our visit because we were coming up from St Mark The Evangelist Parish in Prescott.... More » Report from America - Day 39April 4, 2009 More »Ground Zero Report - Day 39April 4, 2009April 3rd I arrived at the site around 3:30 pm to find Eileen, an afternoon regular, holding the ground.... soon two more regulars, Anne and Deborah arrived. We quietly prayed as people walked by, on their way home from work. Unlike other days, there were no "incidentals", no disparaging remarks or actions.... perhaps people are just getting used to us being there.... perhaps they're even..... thinking...... More » Report from America - Day 37April 3, 2009 More »Ground Zero - Report - 38April 3, 2009As I watched the guard during our hour of prayer, I wondered if he recognized how ludicrous it was for him to be protecting the centre from my 7, 8, 10 and 11 year old. A less ominous crowd is hard to imagine. But at no time did he seem uncomfortable in his position guarding the abortuary. In fact, when a Morgentaler employee came out for her cigarette break, the 2 of them laughed and conversed in a very friendly manner. When it was time for us to leave, our 11 year old daughter asked if she could first go across the street to speak with the guard. My natural inclination was to say "no", but we gave our permission and away she went. She spent a few minutes speaking with the guard, then returned to the rest of our family. In the car we asked her what she had said. She commented that she had asked the guard to pray for an end to abortion. He told her that he couldn't while he was working. So she asked him if he would pray when he got home. He assured her that he would "do his part". More » Report from America - Day 37April 2, 2009 More »Ground Zero Report - Day 37April 2, 2009I was at Ground Zero from 6-8:15 pm on April 1. I had planned to leave the vigil at 7 pm, but decided to stay to accompany a woman who would have been alone had I left. We did a Rosary together and then continued to pray silently. At about 7:30 pm, we heard this loud shout and two young men came running up to us swigging their arms and then one of the men started to punch and kick the large stand up signage board. More » Abortions affect men in devastating waysApril 1, 2009Re: My vigil at abortion clinic is to help women not end a life, March 26. I wish someone had been standing across street from the abortion clinic on that gloomy day in 1980s, offering an alternative. Perhaps, my girlfriend and I would have changed our minds about the worst mistake of our lives. I had a successful movie acting career and my girlfriend was a medical doctor. She was on the pill but it failed and she became pregnant. We decided together not to keep our baby because our careers were beginning. More » Report from America - Day 36April 1, 2009 More »Report from America - Day 35March 31, 2009 More »Dear MichelleMarch 30, 2009Dear Michelle, Thank you for you excellent rendering of what I shared with you regarding my "Silent No More" sign, and presence at the 40dayfor Life vigil. I must make some corrections, that perhaps was not clear when we spoke. I am not unfertile, but I do have trouble carrying a child, to full term as I had two miscarriages, when I finally got married later on after the abortion, and when I felt I could commit to relationship, something other then pain, and depression, which the abortion experience crippled me with for years, and finally led me to my suicide attempt and my being saved from a fire with severe burns, which is in tiself nothing short of miraculous. More » Report from America - Day 34March 30, 2009 More »Ground Zero Report - Day 33March 29, 2009My husband Bruce and I went down to Ground zero early this morning to stand vigil for as long as we could, (unfortunately we did not dress warm enough), and it was a very cold morning with a chill that went right through you. Usually, I can stand that, but my feet after and hour and 45 minutes had had it, and I felt bad that I could not stay longer, with the four young men who also joined us there at a later time. More » Report from America - Day 33March 29, 2009 More » |
