To God be Glory forever!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday Afternoon at 65 Bank Street
I had a few things to do downtown yesterday ( among them was to buy a new bus pass for November) so I decided to drop by the abortion facility at 65 Bank Street . There were two people in silent witness and prayer when I arrived so I joined them for about an hour. Sometimes there are only a couple of people at the site praying but so far this campaign I haven't seen the spot empty anytime I go by on the bus which seems to be quite often. Thank you God!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Texas Parents Stopped From Forcing Teenage Daughter to Have Abortion from LifeNews.com
Austin, TX (LifeNews.com) -- With the help of pro-life attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund, a 16-year-old Texas girl has secured a temporary restraining order preventing her parents from forcing her to have an abortion.
On two occasions, the teenager’s mother literally dragged her to local abortion facilities, including International Healthcare Solutions and Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region, demanding that her daughter take the live of her unborn child.
Though she refused and the child’s father also does not want the baby killed, her parents continued to insist that they will force her to have the abortion. The court’s order prevents that from happening.
“No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life--especially one that belongs to someone else--is worthless," says Stephen Casey of Round Rock, one of the allied attorneys ADF works with in Texas.
He told LifeNews.com in a statement, "The right not to have an abortion is protected by law, and this right isn't relinquished just because someone else considers the child to be an unwanted burden."
The 16-year-old high school student, who is 13 weeks pregnant, was even more confirmed in her decision against having an abortion after receiving information from a pro-life prayer worker outside one of the abortion facilities to which her mother took her. Full story at http://www.lifenews.com/state5596.html
On two occasions, the teenager’s mother literally dragged her to local abortion facilities, including International Healthcare Solutions and Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region, demanding that her daughter take the live of her unborn child.
Though she refused and the child’s father also does not want the baby killed, her parents continued to insist that they will force her to have the abortion. The court’s order prevents that from happening.
“No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life--especially one that belongs to someone else--is worthless," says Stephen Casey of Round Rock, one of the allied attorneys ADF works with in Texas.
He told LifeNews.com in a statement, "The right not to have an abortion is protected by law, and this right isn't relinquished just because someone else considers the child to be an unwanted burden."
The 16-year-old high school student, who is 13 weeks pregnant, was even more confirmed in her decision against having an abortion after receiving information from a pro-life prayer worker outside one of the abortion facilities to which her mother took her. Full story at http://www.lifenews.com/state5596.html
Friday, October 22, 2010
Annunciation of the Lord Parish - Archbishop Prendergast’s Pastoral Visit
The highlight of the Archbishop's visit will be at the Sat Oct. 23, 5 pm Mass during which he will consecrate our Church by anointing the walls and the altar with holy chrism. He will also insert two relics in the base of the altar, one of St. Bro. Andre Bessette, and one of St. Marguerite d’Youville, both born in Canada. Archbishop Prendergast will also bless our wooden sculptures by Fr. Herman Falke.
As an important part of the parish visit, the Archbishop, accompanied by Pastor Monsignor Robert Latour, Assistant Pastor Father Jonathan Blake and Episcopal Vicar, Father Joe Muldoon visited our two Senior Residences today: Laurier Manor this morning and Elmsmere Residence at 2:00 this afternoon.. Below are some photos I took of the Bishop greeting the folks who live at Elmsmere Residence.. As you can see they were just so delighted by this visit. The Archbishop also visited Brother Andre and Thomas D'Arcy Catholic Schools on Thursday. On Sunday will add some additional photos.
For more information and photos of the pastoral visit please visit our Archbishop's blog at these two links http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/10/synod-2012-on-new-evangelization.html and http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/10/dedication-of-church-annunciation-of.html
As an important part of the parish visit, the Archbishop, accompanied by Pastor Monsignor Robert Latour, Assistant Pastor Father Jonathan Blake and Episcopal Vicar, Father Joe Muldoon visited our two Senior Residences today: Laurier Manor this morning and Elmsmere Residence at 2:00 this afternoon.. Below are some photos I took of the Bishop greeting the folks who live at Elmsmere Residence.. As you can see they were just so delighted by this visit. The Archbishop also visited Brother Andre and Thomas D'Arcy Catholic Schools on Thursday. On Sunday will add some additional photos.
For more information and photos of the pastoral visit please visit our Archbishop's blog at these two links http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/10/synod-2012-on-new-evangelization.html and http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/10/dedication-of-church-annunciation-of.html
Sunday 8:30 AM Mass
Thursday, October 21, 2010
A Rosary for Life - the Joyful Mysteries - Annunciation of the Lord Parish- October 20, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
North American Martyrs
The USA and the Universal Church observed the Feast of the North American Martyrs yesterday October 19th. Most of us are not called to die for Jesus and to suffer the horrible physical sufffering these holy men were called to do but just the same we are called to make sacrifices and to sometimes leave our comfort zone when we do. We celebrate people like these Martyrs because they are the heroes of our faith. Their courage should inspire us.
Pro Life Students on Michael Coren show, CTS-TV, Thursday, Oct. 21
Tomorrow's Michael Coren Show on CTS-TV, Thursday, Oct. 21, will be all about the pro-life students who protest and get arrested on Canadian campuses. Michael will feature several of the Carleton students who got arrested earlier this month, two reps. from NCLN and Alanna Campbell from U of Calgary who's been part of the GAP displays there and Jojo Ruba of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform. The show airs at 6 pm and will be posted a day or two later on CTS-TV's website where it can be viewed at www.ctstv.com.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Project Truth : A Youth Defence Project
This pro-life advertizement was previously banned by the Irish government who said it was too 'political' for the airwaves. Now Project Truth, first produced by Youth Defence in 1996, has been set to some amazing footage of the unborn child in the womb. It's challenging, thought-provoking, beautiful and sad
Miracle in the Mine: A Story of Survival
A portion of the FOX News Special hosted by Geraldo Rivera
http://www.foxnews.com/geraldo/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/geraldo/index.html
Monday, October 18, 2010
Angelus - Regina caeli 2010-10-17 from the Vatican
Before the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI mentions the Canonization of our new Canadian Saint Andre Bessette
Roxanne's Law Aims To Protect Pregnant Women In Crisis
This video is very well done. Faye Sonier, legal counsel of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, does a great job answering some of the legal questions surrounding Rod Bruinooge's private members bill C-510 on abortion coercion. I posted it last week but decided to post it again for visitors who haven't seen it. Please take a few minutes to check it out.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Priest-Brother of Arrested Carleton Student: ‘I Can’t Be a Moderate Pro-Lifer Any Longer’ taken from Lifesite News
Friday October 15, 2010
Priest-Brother of Arrested Carleton Student: ‘I Can’t Be a Moderate Pro-Lifer Any Longer’
By Patrick B. Craine
from Lifesite News http://www.lifesitenews.com/.
OTTAWA, Ontario, October 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The arrests of five pro-life students at Carleton University last week should inspire pro-lifers to step up and engage in the pro-life battle, said Fr. Simon Lobo, brother of arrested Carleton Lifeline President Ruth Lobo, in a powerful homily in Ottawa on Sunday.
"Yes - yes I am the brother of Ruth Lobo,” said the priest, a member of the Companions of the Cross community. “I've never been more proud to admit that, actually, than I am now."
The students – four from Carleton and one from Queen’s University - were arrested by Ottawa city police on Carleton’s campus on October 4, and fined $130 each. They were preparing to set up the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP), which compares abortion to past atrocities through graphic imagery, as a protest in the university’s Tory Quad. The university had denied them the use of that central outdoor location, which has been used by other groups in the past, instead telling them that they could only set up the display in an out-of-the-way campus building.
“This is where we've come as a society,” Fr. Lobo told his parishioners at St. Maurice Parish. “As Canadians we pride ourselves on being so tolerant, and yet it seems the tolerance only goes in one direction – and it's not in favour of life, and it's not in favour of Catholicism at all."
Fr. Lobo told LifeSiteNews that even though he is a frequent participant in the National March for Life, Life Chain, and 40 Days for Life, the incident has convicted him all the more. “I can’t be a moderate pro-lifer any longer,” he said. “It’s become something that’s drawing the line in the sand for a lot of people.”
It would be easy to blame the university, the police, or “those who promote a radically liberal agenda” for the arrests, he said in the homily, "but you and I are part of the problem, because we have put up with too much for too long.”
Fr. Lobo noted that Canadians' tax dollars have fully funded abortion for decades, as well as academic institutions such as Carleton. He also noted that municipal tax dollars pay for the police, who were called in to arrest the students.
"On an annual basis, I would suggest that as a parish ... – indirectly – we give more money to support abortions and the pro-choice cause then we give to donate to support women in crisis pregnancies and the pro-life movement,” he said. “Does that bother you?”
Fr. Lobo called the graphic images of abortion used in GAP, which are often seen as controversial, “disgusting.”
“But they're also true and accurate. Abortion is disgusting,” he added.
He said that his sister Ruth “is giving thanks because she has received the gift of life. She is like the one leper who went back to thank Jesus." He explained that Ruth was born in India, and her birth mother dropped her off at an orphanage. Ten months later, on October 1st – celebrated by Catholics as the memorial of St. Therese de Lisieux - Ruth arrived in Canada, was adopted by Rev. Lobo’s parents, and given the baptismal name: Ruth Therese.
"Twenty-two years later, almost to the day, Ruth is in handcuffs because all she cares about is that other little girls and little boys like her would be able to make it to a Thanksgiving weekend so that they can also give thanks for the gift of life," he said.
“What are we going to do about this? What are we going to do about this?” he asked. “We've got to do more. We've got to get educated.”
Fr. Lobo urged his parishioners to write Carleton’s president, to get out to the ballot box and vote for pro-life politicians, and to come up with other ideas for promoting life.
“The battle has come to our doorstep,” he insisted. “Are you willing to step up and engage in the fight with your minds, with your hearts, with your spirits, and with action?”
Listen to Fr. Simon Lobo’s homily here. http://www.stmauricechurch.com/playHomily.html
Contact Information:
Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte, President and Vice-Chancellor
503 Tory Building
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
Tel: 613 520-3801
Fax: 613 520-4474
Email: presidents_office@carleton.ca
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Canadian MP Decries ‘Censorship’ at Carleton U over Pro-Life Arrests
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/oct/10101210.html
Carleton University Rep.: Pro-Life Students Arrested for Trespassing because of Content
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/oct/10100716.html
Five Canadian Pro-Life University Students Arrested for Setting up Display
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/oct/10100402.html
Saint Joseph, Patron of Canada and the Universal Church, Pray for Us
Priest-Brother of Arrested Carleton Student: ‘I Can’t Be a Moderate Pro-Lifer Any Longer’
By Patrick B. Craine
from Lifesite News http://www.lifesitenews.com/.
OTTAWA, Ontario, October 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The arrests of five pro-life students at Carleton University last week should inspire pro-lifers to step up and engage in the pro-life battle, said Fr. Simon Lobo, brother of arrested Carleton Lifeline President Ruth Lobo, in a powerful homily in Ottawa on Sunday.
"Yes - yes I am the brother of Ruth Lobo,” said the priest, a member of the Companions of the Cross community. “I've never been more proud to admit that, actually, than I am now."
The students – four from Carleton and one from Queen’s University - were arrested by Ottawa city police on Carleton’s campus on October 4, and fined $130 each. They were preparing to set up the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP), which compares abortion to past atrocities through graphic imagery, as a protest in the university’s Tory Quad. The university had denied them the use of that central outdoor location, which has been used by other groups in the past, instead telling them that they could only set up the display in an out-of-the-way campus building.
“This is where we've come as a society,” Fr. Lobo told his parishioners at St. Maurice Parish. “As Canadians we pride ourselves on being so tolerant, and yet it seems the tolerance only goes in one direction – and it's not in favour of life, and it's not in favour of Catholicism at all."
Fr. Lobo told LifeSiteNews that even though he is a frequent participant in the National March for Life, Life Chain, and 40 Days for Life, the incident has convicted him all the more. “I can’t be a moderate pro-lifer any longer,” he said. “It’s become something that’s drawing the line in the sand for a lot of people.”
It would be easy to blame the university, the police, or “those who promote a radically liberal agenda” for the arrests, he said in the homily, "but you and I are part of the problem, because we have put up with too much for too long.”
Fr. Lobo noted that Canadians' tax dollars have fully funded abortion for decades, as well as academic institutions such as Carleton. He also noted that municipal tax dollars pay for the police, who were called in to arrest the students.
"On an annual basis, I would suggest that as a parish ... – indirectly – we give more money to support abortions and the pro-choice cause then we give to donate to support women in crisis pregnancies and the pro-life movement,” he said. “Does that bother you?”
Fr. Lobo called the graphic images of abortion used in GAP, which are often seen as controversial, “disgusting.”
“But they're also true and accurate. Abortion is disgusting,” he added.
He said that his sister Ruth “is giving thanks because she has received the gift of life. She is like the one leper who went back to thank Jesus." He explained that Ruth was born in India, and her birth mother dropped her off at an orphanage. Ten months later, on October 1st – celebrated by Catholics as the memorial of St. Therese de Lisieux - Ruth arrived in Canada, was adopted by Rev. Lobo’s parents, and given the baptismal name: Ruth Therese.
"Twenty-two years later, almost to the day, Ruth is in handcuffs because all she cares about is that other little girls and little boys like her would be able to make it to a Thanksgiving weekend so that they can also give thanks for the gift of life," he said.
“What are we going to do about this? What are we going to do about this?” he asked. “We've got to do more. We've got to get educated.”
Fr. Lobo urged his parishioners to write Carleton’s president, to get out to the ballot box and vote for pro-life politicians, and to come up with other ideas for promoting life.
“The battle has come to our doorstep,” he insisted. “Are you willing to step up and engage in the fight with your minds, with your hearts, with your spirits, and with action?”
Listen to Fr. Simon Lobo’s homily here. http://www.stmauricechurch.com/playHomily.html
Contact Information:
Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte, President and Vice-Chancellor
503 Tory Building
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
Tel: 613 520-3801
Fax: 613 520-4474
Email: presidents_office@carleton.ca
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Canadian MP Decries ‘Censorship’ at Carleton U over Pro-Life Arrests
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/oct/10101210.html
Carleton University Rep.: Pro-Life Students Arrested for Trespassing because of Content
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/oct/10100716.html
Five Canadian Pro-Life University Students Arrested for Setting up Display
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/oct/10100402.html
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