Pray for the Holy Father
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…” – Jeremiah 1:5
With LOVE & JOY St. Patrick Parishioners will Spiritually Adopt
4,000 Unborn Babies for 2012!
Will You Help Us?
- Please pick up one or more of the blue or pink teddy bear name cards found at the church doors. Write the names of the babies you pledge to pray for during the nine months. The name tags will be placed at the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Protectress of the Unborn.
- Pick up a prayer card that has the prayer for the unborn on the back that you can pray daily or at every mealtime. At the end of the nine months, we will have a birthday celebration as a visible means of imitating the Magi, by providing gifts of baby items to Birthright, as well as celebrating with cake and ice cream!
- The Spiritual Adoption Prayer: “Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby/babies that I have spiritually adopted who is/are in danger of abortion.”
Prayer of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Birthright, located at 3712 Southlea Drive, Kokomo, provides caring, nonjudmental support to girls and women who are distressed by an unplanned pregnancy. Using it’s own resources and those in the community, they provide loving and positive alternatives. Birthright provides friendship and emotional support, free pregnancy testing and maternity and baby clothes. For more information on Birthright, and how you can help, please visit their website: http://www.birthright.org.
Our local Birthright: 453-4673
The Birthright Hotline: 1-800-550-4900
CURRENT PRO-LIFE NEWS ITEMS:
Bishops Decry HHS Rule, Urge Catholics to Stand Up for Religious Liberty & Conscience Rights
March for Life Speakers Urge National Leadership
Cardinal DiNardo: Young People are Hope of Pro-Life Movement
International News: Record Turnout for Paris March for Life
54,559,615 Abortions Since Roe v.Wade
Visit www.LifeNews.com for more information and current news stories
Check out This Time Lapse Video from March for Life 2011
This was taken during the 2011 March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in the march.
According to the video’s owner, it took 1 hour and 31 minutes for everyone at the march to pass by the camera.
This timelapse helps give you a feel of the magnitude of this experience!
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UPCOMING SPRING 2012 February 22 – April 1, 2012 We know that at least 6 of those babies were saved during our prayer time in Indianapolis! Is God calling you to help save more? |
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What is 40 Days for Life? It is the largest pro-life witness in the world and encompasses an intensive effort to raise awareness, save lives, bring healing and lead our nation to repentance. It began in 2007 and since then, eight campaigns have been held throughout the world.What Does St. Patrick Do? We have organized caravans with our parish priests or deacon every Friday to travel to the Indy prayer vigil to pray. Visit the display in the Narthex or call the parish office for more information, 452-6021. |
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40 Days for Life is THE MOST EFFECTIVE pro-life campaign against the evil of abortion:
For more information about the Will you make a commitment to pray Will you encourage others to join you?
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How Can I Get Involved?
Commit to tell others about 40 Days for Life & spread the pro-life message Be the message and invite others to join you. |
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LIFE CHAIN St. Patrick parishioners line up and down Washington Street outside St. Patrick to publicly pray for an end to abortion and to educate the public that abortion is a grave evil that defames the name and holiness of God (Leviticus 18:21). Anyone who would like to participate simply arrives at the church parking lot by 2:00 pm, picks up a sign and stands in solidarity with their fellow brothers and sisters in Christ! At the conclusion of the Life Chain, participants pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy in the church. “In 2011, over 1500 cities and towns hold Life Chains (in over 1700 locations), and each chain is posted at LifeChain.net. We are now focusing on National Life Chain Sunday 2012– to be held October 7…. in each time zone across the U.S. and Canada.” – www.nationallifechain.org |
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“Give us the grace – when the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, to stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life.” ~ Blessed John Paul II |
PRO-LIFE ACROSS AMERICA BILLBOARDS
A BIG thank you to our generous St. Patrick and St. Joan of Arc benefactors who have made it possible to have three Pro-Life Across America billboards placed in the following locations in Howard County:
South 31 S of Center Rd.
East 22 E of SR 19
SE corner of Dixon and Defenbaugh
us in Your own image, and
You desire that not even the
least among us should perish.
In Your love for us, You entrusted
Your only Son to the Holy Virgin Mary.
Now, in Your love,
protect against the wickedness
of the devil, those little ones to whom You have given the gift of life.
“Abortion kills not only unborn children; it destroys constitutional order and the common good, which is assured only when the life of every human being is legally protected. Aggressively pro-abortion policies, legislation and executive orders will permanently alienate tens of millions of Americans, and would be seen by many as an attack on the free exercise of their religion.” – Cardinal Francis George, Statement at the USCCB Fall Assembly, November 12, 2008
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| 7 weeks after conception Eco-3D and SonoPortal |
11 weeks after conception Eco-3D and SonoPortal |
4D Ultrasound image www.expectantmothersguide.com |
5 weeks – Heart begins to beat.
6 weeks – Brain waves can be detected; arm buds are visible.
7 weeks – Umbilical cord appears; facial features begin to form.
8 weeks – Can feel pain; fingers and toes develop; eyelids begin to form.
9 weeks – Fingernails begin to form; can suck thumb.
10 weeks – Bones of skeleton begin to form; tooth buds forming.
11 weeks – Breathing amniotic fluid steadily and will do so until birth.
12 weeks – Can kick, turn over, make a fist, open mouth and press lips together.
13 weeks – Vocal cords and auditory sense are developing.
15 weeks – Skin begins to form.
16 weeks – Facial expressions are possible; may begin having hiccups.
17 weeks – Fat stores begin to develop.
20 weeks – Can be startled by a loud external noise.
22 weeks – Taste buds develop.
23 weeks – Can demonstrate rapid eye movements (REM); lungs prepare for birth.
24 weeks – Fingerprints and footprints are forming; sense of balance develops.
26 weeks – Eyes are fully developed.
27 weeks – If born this week, chance of survival is at least 85%.
28 weeks – Eyes are able to open and close; eye color has been established.
29 weeks – Bones are fully developed; begins storing iron, calcium & phosphorus.
30 weeks – Baby “practices” breathing by moving his/her diaphragm in rhythm.
31 weeks – Reproductive development near complete.
32 weeks – Nearly all babies born at this age survive the challenges of premature birth.
33 weeks – Pupils now constrict, dilate and detect light.
37 weeks – Baby is considered full-term.
40 weeks – Due date.
Youth made an impact at 2011 March for Life. Click here for news story.
St. Patrick Parish has an active pro-life ministry. Several parishioners regularly volunteer at Birthright, participate in silent protests at Planned Parenthood, travel every January to March for Life and give their time and talent to other activities. St. Patrick also participates in the annual Life Chain which takes place the first Sunday of October. Please call the parish office if you are intersted in becoming involved in our Pro-Life ministry.