PRO-LIFE EVENTS
Caring to the End
A Seminar on Dying and Death
Isn't it important for you to learn about life's unexpected difficulties? Everyone knows there are two absolutes, death and taxes. We spend a life time worrying about taxes, it's time to focus on the other absolute. Join our renowned speaker, Brother Jim O'Brien, R.N., an expert in oncology and end of life care, as he leads us through the issues when we are faced with dying and death.
This seminar is appropriate for anyone who is faced with life threatening concerns, and needs answers. Whether your loved one is faced with a life threatening illness, or you are providing care for someone who is sick or dying, this seminar is for you.
Clergy and health care professionals will find special value in this seminar because of their unique role in supporting and caring for families and individuals who are faced with life threatening illness, dying and death.
The seminar will be held at St. Paul the Apostle Church on the corner of Hunt Club and Gages Lake Rd. in Gurnee, Saturday January 10th from 8:00AM to 12:00PM. Light refreshments will be served. Click here for more information
4th Annual March For Life in Chicago
The 4th Annual March For Life in Chicago will take place Sunday January 18, 2009 following the 12:30 Mass at Holy Name Cathedral at 735 N State Street in Chicago, IL. Speakers will include Joe Scheidler and Ann Scheidler.
The march will go along State Street to Chicago Avenue. East on Chicago Avenue to Michigan Avenue. Then to the River Bridge on Michigan Avenue then back to Water Tower Place on Michigan Avenue.
Parking is available across the street from the Cathedral and also at the Chicago public parking facility nearby.
The sponsors are The Missionaries Of The Holy Innocents.
For more information please contact: Charlotte Isaacson at (847) 372-8367, Rick Ryan at (773) 777-4224 or Emily Hergenrother at (773) 283-6581
“FIGHT FOCA Postcard Campaign”
January 24-25, 2009
With the approval of the U.S. Bishops at their November 2008 general meeting, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment are co-sponsoring the ―”Fight FOCA Postcard Campaign.” The target day for this event is the weekend of January 24-25, 2009, though your diocese or parish may set a different weekend.
The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is a radical piece of legislation that creates a ―fundamental right to abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy. No governmental body at any level—federal, state, or local—would be able to ―deny or interfere with this right, or to ―discriminate against its exercise ―in the regulation or provision of benefits, services, or information. For the first time, abortion would become an entitlement the government must fund and promote.
The postcard signing event gives parishioners, as individuals and as a body, an opportunity to give public witness to their belief in the sanctity of human life. People remember signing the cards, and public officials understand that the postcards represent concerned constituents.
For more information on FOCA, please visit:
http://www.nchla.org/datasource/idocuments/Flier.Eng.pdf
For more information on the campaign, please visit:
http://www.nchla.org/datasource/idocuments/Instructions.pdf
To order postcards, please visit:
http://www.nchla.org/datasource/idocuments/OrderFormlatest.08.pdf
For a digital version of the postcards, please visit:
http://www.nchla.org/datasource/idocuments/Postcards.Eng&Sp.pdf
Speak Out Illinois
Rekindle the Fire
The 2009 SpeakOut Illinois Conference, "Rekindle the Fire," will be held Saturday, January 31 at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center
The program will feature talks by Fr. Thomas Euteneuer and Dr. Alveda King, plus the presentation of the Henry Hyde Leadership Award to Phyllis Schlafly. The Master of Ceremonies will be Christian radio personality Sandy Rios.
This year's conference program will again feature a concurrent program for highschool teens, TeenSpeak, presented by Generations for Life.
The Illinois Federation for Right to Life is a one of the sponsoring organizations of Speak Out Illinois.
Click here to download the Flyer and Registration form
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If you know of, or are part of a pro-life organization having an event or attending an event including county fairs, please let us know about it and we will post in this newsletter and our website reaching over 250,000 people a month. E-mail us at: mail@ifrl.org or postal mail us at IFRL Pro-Life Events, 1104 Milton Road, Alton, IL 62002
