Sunday, February 28, 2010

Day 12 - Sidewalk Participation Grows

Day 12 – Sidewalk Participation Grows

Table of Contents

Local Campaign News

Sidewalk Participation Grows

Today there were parents from Bishop Manogue High School, along with prayer volunteers from Reno, Truckee and Fallon who came to the sidewalk to Pray to End Abortion.   Even on this day, with questionable weather and when the on-line calendar looked like we’d have fairly sparse coverage, we were blessed with numerous volunteers coming to pray at the sidewalk.   

What we have seen thus far during the Spring campaign, is that each day brings more volunteers than we have seen in past campaigns, and groups that have participated in the past are growing in their support.   And, our coverage is more constant than we’ve seen before.   This is evidence that those who have come to the sidewalk in the past have appreciated the value of bringing their prayers to the place where the killing is done, both during the hours that the abortion site is open and during the weekend and evenings.   Won’t you come to Pray to End Abortion?

Video Cameras Recommended

It has been recommended, and I’d like to encourage you to consider this recommendation, that those coming to the sidewalk bring a video camera when you come to pray.   Place the camera in your car, or on a tripod on the sidewalk, to videotape you while you are standing in prayer.   It is prudent that we have a video record of all that occurs at the sidewalk, as we gather peacefully, prayerfully and lawfully.

To sign up on the vigil calendar go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe or for the Carson City vigil site, go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/carsoncity.   If you’ve already registered, your username is your email address.   If you have forgotten your password, there is a simple mechanism by which your password can be sent to your email address.   If you still have difficulty getting registered, feel free to send your questions to: 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or call: 530-412-1573.

Join our Facebook group for 40 Days for Life Reno Tahoe, at: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=50059641315

Join the Carson City Facebook Fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/40-Days-For-Life-Carson-City/262781127002?v=wall&ref=search

National Campaign News

103 Babies Saved

World-wide, there have been 103 babies saved during the current campaign.   These are the saves that are known, and reported to the national campaign thus-far.   Praise God!

Vigil Calendar

Reno Adopt A Day Calendar

Date Church Contact Phone
Tues – Mar 2 Our Lady of Snows Parish, Reno Donna Kelly (775) 827-1901
Wed. – Mar 3 St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral, Reno Charles Teachout (775) 846-9275
Thurs – Mar 4 Valley View Christian Fellowship Theresa Cobb (775) 853-8345
       

Bring Adopt-a-Day to your church by contacting us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or by calling Carol Marie at (530) 412-1573.

Volunteers Needed Sun all day; Mon 7-8 am, 5-7 pm & Tues 7-8 am

On Sunday, we had a volunteer willing to cover the morning who, due to car troubles, has had to back out of praying at the sidewalk this weekend.   Can you help fill the gap?   This is an especially good time for first time prayer volunteers, as the abortion site is not open on the Sundays.   This means you will not need to worry about interacting with the abortion site staff, nor will you find yourself in a quandary as to how to approach women entering the property.   Please, sign up on the Vigil Calendar and help us cover the sidewalk in continuous prayer.

On both Monday and Tuesday, we are looking for a prayer volunteer to come to the sidewalk at 7 am.   Is this near your route to work?   If so, could you spend an hour of prayer at the sidewalk to begin your day?

On Monday, we also have a gap in our prayer coverage from 5-7 pm.   Thanks to the Our Lady of Snows Parish, our sidewalk will be covered in prayer from 8 am – 7 pm.   Praise be to God for all our faithful prayer volunteers.

You are welcome to sign-up or simply show-up to pray at the sidewalk at any time of the day or night when you are available to join us.   Your prayers have value well beyond anything we can see and we welcome whatever contribution you can make to the effort as we Pray to End Abortion.

Please register the hours when you can come pray at the sidewalk by going to our on-line calendar at:  www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe

40 Days through Scripture

Day 12: Luke 14-19 (including:    Luke 18:9-14)
He then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.   “Two people went up to the temple area to pray, one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.   The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity – greedy, dishonest, adulterous – even like this tax collector.   I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’   But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me as sinner.”   I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.

Remember when we are present at the sidewalk to pray, regardless of how firmly we know that abortion is a moral evil, and as we pray for those who participate in abortion, that we not therefore consider ourselves to be morally superior to those who enter the abortion site.   It is in our own humility, our awareness of our own humble condition as compared to the perfection of God, that we can reflect the Love of Christ in an authentic manner to those whom we encounter.   An air of superiority is unpleasing to God and will create a distance between us and those around us.   If we are to help those in need of Christ, we must be approachable, and reflect the ultimate humility of Christ himself.

Join us as we read the New Testament over the course of the 40 Day campaign.     

To get the complete 40 Days Through the New Testament list, go to:  www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now.

National News

Massachusetts Rationing Proposals Show Danger of Federal Bill

[National Right to Life] - By Burke J. Balch, J.D., director, NRLC's Powell Center for Medical Ethics, "Over-promising plus under-funding forces rationing." For months, the National Right to Life Committee has been hammering that point, as regular visitors to our blog at http://powellcenterformedicalethics.blogspot.com/.

We have repeatedly warned that rationing will result if the federal government creates a major new entitlement to health insurance for the uninsured, yet relies on vague hopes that greater efficiency will restrain health care costs instead of providing an adequate, sustainable funding mechanism to pay for the entitlement.

Now we are seeing clear evidence that NRLC is not exaggerating--it comes from Massachusetts.

In 2006, Massachusetts enacted a widely heralded plan essentially mandating universal health insurance coverage, with subsidies to enable the low-income uninsured to afford it. To pay for the subsidies, the state bill cobbled together a series of funding sources, including federal payments, existing state funds for health care for the uninsured, and other sources of revenue that shared one commonality--they were not based on what people actually pay for health care. (For background on why this is a fundamental error, see http://www.nrlc.org/MedEthics/SaveNotRation.html and the webinar that links to that page.)

After the first couple of years of the new program, Massachusetts began to face a mounting gap between the cost of health care subsidies and the available funds. Last year it relied on one-time funding from the federal stimulus bill to help bridge the gap.

This year, faced with mounting evidence that the state simply cannot afford the increasing outlays, Governor Deval Patrick on February 11 sent the legislature a bill that embodies precisely what NRLC has warned will happen on the federal level. Presumably to avoid a "two-tier" system in which the subsidized health insurance would be worse than the health care the rest of Massachusetts residents get, Patrick's bill proposes sweeping measures to limit what any of the citizens of Massachusetts would be ALLOWED to pay for health care!   To Continue Reading

For more Pro-Life related news, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/News

Video Vignettes

My Chance, by Jaime Thietten

Dave Andrusko, editor of the NRL News says, “When NRL Convention Director Jacki Ragan IM-ed me a link to the My Chance video, it came with Jacki's highest commendation. Had Jaime been available, she would have been a prominent part of NRLC's 2009 national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. You don't have to be a music critic to recognize talent this awesome. Halfway through "My Chance," it's clear that Jaime's voice is a gift from God. It’s an extraordinarily sensitive and powerful pro-life song. We are certainly looking forward to having her share at our 2010 national convention.” He originally wrote an article for his daily blog on the NRL site (www.nrlc.org) on April 10th, 2009. Mr. Andrusko received such an overwhelming positive response that he concluded the natural next step would be to offer the video to the subscribers.   (source: http://www.jtmusic.net/home/entry?id=13)

The story behind the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcBmtaeCDNA

Abortion 101

Activism

Activism takes many forms, in addition to praying at the sidewalk.   These can include the following and much more:

  1. Start a Blog / Newsletter
  2. Volunteer for a Pro-Life Organization – CPC, Nevada Right to Life, Nevada Life, Respect Life Committee, Casa de Vida, etc.
  3. Invite or Join Face the Truth or other graphic images Tour
  4. Attend Walk the Life West Coast (San Francisco) or March for Life (Washington DC)
  5. Leaflet a school or church with Pro-Life materials
  6. Participate in Life Chain
  7. Donate Pro-Life books to your local Library
  8. Chalk a Campus (High School or College) – with slogans such as “Abortion Stops a Beating Heart”
  9. Host an Abortion Debate or Pro-Life Movie Night
  10. Support the creation of a local Memorial for the Unborn Lost to Abortion
  11. Support the creation of a local Memorial for Women who have Died in Legal Abortions
  12. Man a Pro-Life booth at a local church fair, farmer’s market, or other event.
  13. Pro-Life Awareness Week – Host a series of Pro-Life activities over the course of a week
  14. Make a Life Display that can be used by a Pro-Life booth
  15. Wear a Precious Feet pin frequently while in public
  16. Wear a Pro-Life t-shirt while going about your daily business
  17. Pro-Life Writing and Speaking – write pro-life letters to the editor, join Toastmasters and learn to present talks on Pro-Life issues
  18. Co-sponsor an Event – reach out to other groups that may be open to the topic of Life and ask to hold an event that focuses on Pro-Life issues, including perhaps holding a baby shower for a baby saved from abortion.
  19. Approach the health clinic at local schools or local OB/Gyns and encourage them to be Pro-Life in their approach, by offering the resource necessary for a pregnant woman to choose life.
  20. Get and stay informed, sign-up for newsletters from the local and national pro-life organizations.
  21. Exercise your rights – write to your elected officials, work on the campaign of pro-life candidates.
  22. Gather signatures for a pro-life petition.

Coming Events

Life Chain Rally – Sunday March 14, 2 – 3:30 pm

Mark your calendar Spring Life Chain Rally held on Sunday, March 14, from 2-3:30 pm at South Virginia and South McCarran in Reno.   We will stand to give witness to the truth that Abortion Kills Children.   Signs are available at $1 apiece.   Churches are encouraged to make them available to their congregants for a $2 deposit, allowing those who would like to keep them, and others who would like to get their deposit back to return them. Please contact Elizabeth Labat at: elizabethlabat@gmail.com or you can call her on her cell phone at: (504) 296-8670. 

Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here

Gather together to Pray to End Abortion!   When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.

Support the Effort!

Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Do you believe in the work we are doing as we Pray to End Abortion?   If so, please support the effort with a donation to cover our expenses. Donate Now

For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe , look for us on Facebook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign, go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. 

If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

Campaign Materials

Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More.

Heritage House, is offering a Promotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazing cost of $0, they are even picking up the postage.If you have wished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on hand when we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberized bracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items,for free.They aren’t even requiring that you enter your email address to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and they will continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on sale during the course of the year.And if you see something on sale and would like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladly accept the help in making their many excellent pro-life items available!To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp

Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items

Truly, pictures are worth a thousand words.To make it possible for us to communicate more effectively with those who witness our campaign, Millie has stocked Yard signs, Rally signs, New colored precious feet, Pro-life buttons, Static and Bumper sticker available @ The Two Hearts,33 Winter Street, Reno NV and St. Rose of Lima Church (weekend Masses).

More information

Please share this truth, among others relative to abortion with those who follow your Facebook posts! For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe, look for us on FaceBook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be willing to Pray to End Abortion.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign , go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Day 11 - Abortionist Attacked Signs

Day 11 – Abortionist Attacked Signs

Table of Contents

Local Campaign News

Abortionist Attacked Signs

According to three witnesses, Dr. Stutes decided to take matters into his own hands when at 8:10 am on Friday morning, Feb 26, he violently ran over two of the four signs that have stood across from his abortion site every weekday morning for nearly a year.   For the past year, two prayer volunteers have stood to pray and encourage women to make another choice, offering referrals to resources that address the challenges they face due to an unexpected pregnancy.   To assist them in this effort, a driver, who had seen their small hand-held signs, donated four large signs that together read “Abortion Stops A Beating Heart.” 

As has been evidenced by Dr. Stutes attempts to get the city to prevent us from continuing to display these signs, they are apparently having an effect on him and his business.   It was because of this Free Speech message that women have reconsidered their choice. This free speech, and those who stand and offer silent witness and hope, must be protected from violent attacks by those who disagree.   To ensure that this incident neither recur nor escalate, a police report has been filed and is being followed closely by the campaign.

We continue to await a response from the city regarding the legal status of these signs and others resting on the  ground, having been assured by the city’s Senior Code Enforcement Officer, after a review of the ordinance, that they are legal and yet subsequently being requested by another officer to remove signs resting on the ground.   We will continue to watch this matter closely and will work to ensure that our rights of Free Speech are protected.

St. Albert’s Parish Adopts the Sidewalk

Today there were members of the St. Albert’s Parish, along with volunteers from St. Rose of Life, and others, including one volunteer who stood in the rain for hours, who came to the sidewalk to pray to end abortion.   Won’t you come to Pray to End Abortion?

To sign up on the vigil calendar go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe or for the Carson City vigil site, go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/carsoncity.   If you’ve already registered, your username is your email address.   If you have forgotten your password, there is a simple mechanism by which your password can be sent to your email address.   If you still have difficulty getting registered, feel free to send your questions to: 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or call: 530-412-1573.

Join our Facebook group for 40 Days for Life Reno Tahoe, at: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=50059641315

Join the Carson City Facebook Fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/40-Days-For-Life-Carson-City/262781127002?v=wall&ref=search

National Campaign News

103 Babies Saved

World-wide, there have been 103 babies saved during the current campaign.   These are the saves that are known, and reported to the national campaign thus-far.   Praise God!

Vigil Calendar

Reno Adopt A Day Calendar

Date Church Contact Phone
Sat – Feb 27 Bishop Manogue Parents Association Karen Mowry (775) 747-0195
Tues – Mar 2 Our Lady of Snows Parish, Reno Donna Kelly (775) 827-1901
Wed. – Mar 3 St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral, Reno Charles Teachout (775) 846-9275
Thurs – Mar 4 Valley View Christian Fellowship Theresa Cobb (775) 853-8345
       

Bring Adopt-a-Day to your church by contacting us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or by calling Carol Marie at (530) 412-1573.

Volunteers Needed Sat 7-9 am, 12-7 pm, Sun all day & Mon 5-7 pm

On Friday, St. Alberts Parish has adopted the sidewalk.   Do you have a hour that you can give to pray on this typically busy day at the abortion site?

On Saturday and Sunday, we had a volunteer willing to cover the mornings who, due to car troubles, has had to back out of praying at the sidewalk this weekend.   Can you help fill the gap?   This is an especially good time for first time prayer volunteers, as the abortion site is not open on the weekends.   This means you will not need to worry about interacting with the abortion site staff, nor will you find yourself in a quandary as to how to approach women entering the property.   Please, sign up on the Vigil Calendar and help us cover the sidewalk while our volunteer’s car is under repair.

In the meantime, you are welcome to sign-up or simply show-up to pray at the sidewalk at any time of the day or night when you are available to join us.   Your prayers have value well beyond anything we can see and we welcome whatever contribution you can make to the effort as we Pray to End Abortion.

Please register the hours when you can come pray at the sidewalk by going to our on-line calendar at:  www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe

40 Days through Scripture

Day 11: Luke 10-13 (including: Luke 10:29-37)
But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.  They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.   A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight.   He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn and cared for him.   The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’ Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robber’s victim?” He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Are not these women, who are overwhelmed by their circumstances, like that man who fell victim to the robbers, and are we not called to treat them with mercy, as the Good Samaritan did.   Christ has told us in no uncertain terms, “Go and do likewise.”   What have you done to help prevent the death of one of the least of these?

Join us as we read the New Testament over the course of the 40 Day campaign.     

To get the complete 40 Days Through the New Testament list, go to:   www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now.

National News

Abortion More Devastating Than Slavery for Black Americans

http://www.lifenews.com/blackproli2.jpg [LifeNews.com, Washington, DC] - A Republican member of Congress has released a new video showing him talking about the status of abortion in the United States. Rep. Trent Franks, an Arizona republican, is generating controversy by saying that abortion has been more devastating for the black community than slavery.

Franks, who has sponsored legislation responding to the high rate of abortions in the African-American community, released his comments to liberal blogger Mike Stark.

"In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long," Frank says. Nowadays, he says Americans look back and ask about society for allowing it: "What was the matter with them? You know, I can't believe, you know, four million slaves. It is a crushing mark on America's soul."

"And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Half of all black children are aborted," Franks continues.

"Far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by policies of slavery. And I think, What does it take to get us to wake up?" he adds. Full story at LifeNews.com

For more Pro-Life related news, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/News

Video Vignettes

Virtue Media Ads Coming to Reno

Through the efforts of the Respect Life Committee of the Reno Diocese and the generous donations of those interested in bringing these pro-life ads to town, Virtue Media will be airing these life affirming messages in Reno shortly.   To preview these ads go to:   http://www.virtuemedia.org/television.htm 

Abortion 101

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is one of the largest abortion providers in the world.   But where did it all get started and what does Planned Parenthood really stand for today?   It’s important to be armed with the facts if you want to understand the impact Planned Parenthood is having on our culture today, especially on young people and their perception of their sexuality and their fertility.

Founder Margaret Sanger had some interesting views that are worth looking into.   For more info on her, go to: http://www.stopp.org/sanger.htm

Stop Planned Parenthood (www.stopp.org) has a number of resources to provide you with the facts about Planned Parenthood.   A good page to get started is: http://www.stopp.org/resource.htm

But you don’t have to take the word of those who are opposed to Planned Parenthood to see just how much of a negative impact they are having on today’s youth.   You can go to their own Teen Talk website to see for yourself what they are selling to youth.   Go to: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/teen-talk/    Warning, they can be obscene and graphic, so this content is not recommended for the young, despite how Planned Parenthood is targeting their materials.

Coming Events

Life Chain Rally – Sunday March 14, 2 – 3:30 pm

Mark your calendar Spring Life Chain Rally held on Sunday, March 14, from 2-3:30 pm at South Virginia and South McCarran in Reno.   We will stand to give witness to the truth that Abortion Kills Children.   Signs are available at $1 apiece.   Churches are encouraged to make them available to their congregants for a $2 deposit, allowing those who would like to keep them, and others who would like to get their deposit back to return them. Please contact Elizabeth Labat at: elizabethlabat@gmail.com or you can call her on her cell phone at: (504) 296-8670. 

Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here

Gather together to Pray to End Abortion!   When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.

Support the Effort!

Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Do you believe in the work we are doing as we Pray to End Abortion?   If so, please support the effort with a donation to cover our expenses. Donate Now

For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe , look for us on Facebook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign, go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. 

If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

Campaign Materials

Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More.

Heritage House, is offering a Promotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazing cost of $0, they are even picking up the postage.If you have wished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on hand when we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberized bracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items,for free.They aren’t even requiring that you enter your email address to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and they will continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on sale during the course of the year.And if you see something on sale and would like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladly accept the help in making their many excellent pro-life items available!To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp

Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items

Truly, pictures are worth a thousand words.To make it possible for us to communicate more effectively with those who witness our campaign, Millie has stocked Yard signs, Rally signs, New colored precious feet, Pro-life buttons, Static and Bumper sticker available @ The Two Hearts,33 Winter Street, Reno NV and St. Rose of Lima Church (weekend Masses).

More information

Please share this truth, among others relative to abortion with those who follow your Facebook posts! For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe, look for us on FaceBook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be willing to Pray to End Abortion.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign , go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

If you wish to be removed from this distribution list, simply reply with Please Remove in the subject line.

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Friday, February 26, 2010

Day 10 - Signs Again Questioned

Day 10 – Signs Again Questioned

Table of Contents

Local Campaign News

Signs Again Questioned

Even after confirming with the city Code Enforcement office and reviewing the applicable code to confirm that we may in fact have signs resting on the ground (although not affixed to the ground), one of the department’s officers came to the sidewalk today and asked one of our volunteers to remove her signs, both from the ground and from her car.   We will be following up again with this matter in the morning and hope to have this resolved before we go into the weekend.

Immaculate Conception Church Adopts the Sidewalk

Today there were members of the Immaculate Conception Parish, along with volunteers from Valley View Christian Fellowship, St. Alberts, and traveling from as far as Loyalton.   The day was covered with 4 and more prayer volunteers at a time standing in defense of the innocent children being brought to their deaths.   Won’t you join us as we Pray to End Abortion?

To sign up on the vigil calendar go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe.   If you’ve already registered, your username is your email address.   If you have forgotten your email, there is a simple mechanism by which your password can be sent to you email address.   If you still have difficulty getting registered, feel free to send your questions to: 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or call: 530-412-1573.

Join our Facebook group for 40 Days for Life Reno Tahoe, at: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=50059641315

Join the Carson City Facebook Fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/40-Days-For-Life-Carson-City/262781127002?v=wall&ref=search

National Campaign News

92 Babies Saved

World-wide, there have been 92 babies saved during the current campaign.   These are the saves that are known, and reported to the national campaign thus-far.   Praise God!

Vigil Calendar

Reno Adopt A Day Calendar

Date Church Contact Phone
Fri – Feb 26 St. Alberts, Reno Greg Sprigg (775) 746-9758
Sat – Feb 27 Bishop Manogue Parents Association Karen Mowry (775) 747-0195
Tues – Mar 2 Our Lady of Snows Parish, Reno Donna Kelly (775) 827-1901
Wed. – Mar 3 St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral, Reno Charles Teachout (775) 846-9275
Thurs – Mar 4 Valley View Christian Fellowship Theresa Cobb (775) 853-8345
       

Bring Adopt-a-Day to your church by contacting us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or by calling Carol Marie at (530) 412-1573.

Volunteers Needed Fri 7-8am, 5:30-7pm, Sat 7-9am, 12-7pm & Sun all day

On Friday, St. Alberts Parish has adopted the sidewalk.   Do you have a hour that you can give to pray on this typically busy day at the abortion site?

On Saturday and Sunday, we had a volunteer willing to cover the mornings who, due to car troubles, has had to back out of praying at the sidewalk this weekend.   Can you help fill the gap?   This is an especially good time for first time prayer volunteers, as the abortion site is not open on the weekends.   This means you will not need to worry about interacting with the abortion site staff, nor will you find yourself in a quandary as to how to approach women entering the property.   Please, sign up on the Vigil Calendar and help us cover the sidewalk while our volunteer’s car is under repair.

In the meantime, you are welcome to sign-up or simply show-up to pray at the sidewalk at any time of the day or night when you are available to join us.   Your prayers have value well beyond anything we can see and we welcome whatever contribution you can make to the effort as we Pray to End Abortion.

Please register the hours when you can come pray at the sidewalk by going to our on-line calendar at:  www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe

40 Days through Scripture

Day 10: Luke 5-9 (including: Luke 5:33-35)
And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.”   Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?   But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from the, then they will fast in those days.”

We are living in the days when the bridegroom has been taken away, and where is His absence more apparent that at the sidewalk.   Please consider fasting from something in your life that does not give glory and honor to God for the remainder of these 40 Days, for the intention of the innocent lives being lost on a daily basis at the abortion site, and for the mothers contemplating abortion and the doctor and his staff that they all might appreciate the wrongness of abortion and make another choice for their lives.

Join us as we read the New Testament over the course of the 40 Day campaign.  To get the complete 40 Days Through the New Testament list, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now.

Nevada News

Baby Claire Hits the Jackpot!

[National Catholic Register] UPDATE, Feb. 24, 2010 Today’s biggest winners in Las Vegas surprised everybody and are causing quite a bit of excitement. 

“Baby Claire arrived a little early — just a little while ago!” a thrilled Pam Caylor, executive director of First Choice Pregnancy Services, said today. “She and her mommy are doing great!” Claire’s mom, Jamie Stout, had originally planned a late-term abortion but was urged by Caylor and ultrasonographer Marina Cortopassi to reverse Step 1 of the three-step abortion process and carry her daughter to term. “Marina kept trying to get through to me,” Stout said. “She wouldn’t let up. ‘We can work this out,’ she said. ‘You’re going to show your daughter what a strong woman you are.’”

Everybody was a little surprised when Stout went into early labor yesterday evening. When Claire was taking a little time to move during the night, the decision was made to go with a C-section around 8 a.m. this morning. That’s when Claire entered the world in fine shape. She weighed in at 5 pounds 2 ounces, and measured 18.5 inches long. Her Apgar (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration) assessment for newborns score was a 8-9 out of a possible 10. “It’s all good,” reported a very happy Caylor. “Jamie and baby Claire are going home in two days. It’s amazing.”

Both inspiring mom and baby certainly prove choosing life is the answer. And Caylor and Cortopassi show what never giving up can accomplish. Caylor added, “Thanks for all your prayers.”

Feb. 20, 2010

Not many people in Las Vegas beat the odds. Last November, one yet-to-be-born baby with the highest odds stacked against her did, thanks to a couple of never-give-up pro-life people and her courageous mom. The dramatic intervention to rescue this baby is only part of the story. The far-reaching lesson the story tells is one that many pro-life workers and even doctors aren’t aware of or are reluctant to admit: Some abortions already under way can be reversed to save the baby.

“The execution had been ordered and started.” So remembers Pam Caylor, executive director of First Choice Pregnancy Services in Las Vegas, about this major rescue of a 20-week-old unborn baby.

Earlier, Caylor had learned from First Choice’s ultrasonographer Marina Cortopassi that neighbor Jamie Stout was considering abortion. Caylor had Cortopassi contact the woman. She was on her way for the abortion. Despite that, Cortopassi drove to the facility, only to find the woman’s father waiting in the car for his daughter inside. They talked. He agreed to save the baby’s life.

Inside, workers had already started the abortion. Because the pregnancy was at 20 weeks, the abortion was a three-day process. Step 1, explained Caylor, was to insert “the laminaria — seaweed dilators placed in the cervix to create a hole big enough for a dead baby to be removed.”

Once outside the facility, “Marina kept trying to get through to me,” recalled Stout. “She wouldn’t let up. ‘We can work this out,’ she said. ‘You’re going to show your daughter what a strong woman you are.”   To Continue Reading

For more Pro-Life related news, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/News

Audio Bits

Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine

From the 1961 Operation Coffee Cup Campaign against Socialized Medicine as proposed by the Democrats, then a private citizen Ronald Reagan Speaks out against socialized medicine. There is no video because this was an LP sent out by the American Medical Association?

Abortion 101

Defending Life

How do you answer when a pro-abortion advocate challenges your pro-life views?   Do you know the most frequently raised arguments used in an attempt to justify abortion?   Life Dynamics has a brochure called “Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Questions” which provides answers to the following questions:

  1. The issue is who decides, the woman or the state. It’s about freedom of choice.
  2. The government has no right to interfere in people’s personal choices.
  3. The government has no right to come into our bedrooms.
  4. No one has the right to tell a woman she has to have a child.
  5. The government should not be involved in the practice of medicine.
  6. The government has an obligation to fund abortions for poor women.
  7. Government should stay out of abortion. Don’t subsidize it and don’t prohibit it.
  8. I’d rather pay $300 for a welfare mom’s abortion than thousands to raise her kid.
  9. I am against abortion but I look at all the issues. Besides, most political offices have nothing to do with abortion.
  10. We should not have litmus tests for politicians and judges.
  11. Abortion is about empowering women.
  12. It’s the woman’s body. It’s her decision.
  13. Abortion is a women’s issue. Men have no right to even be involved.
  14. What others believe about abortion is irrelevant. All that matters is what the woman believes.
  15. The issue is whether we trust women to be their own moral agents.
  16. If abortion is illegal, how will women who miscarry convince the authorities that they didn't actually illegal abortions?
  17. What gives you the right to tell a woman she can’t terminate her pregnancy?
  18. Women must be free to control their reproductive lives.
  19. The Supreme Court settled this once and for all. They said that women have a constitutional right to abortion.
  20. Why should a fetus have more rights than the woman?
  21. I am not for abortion on demand. I support the compromise in Roe v. Wade.
  22. How can a fetus have constitutional rights before it is viable?
  23. How can tissue only a quarter of an inch in diameter have constitutional rights?
  24. The Constitution says that people have to be “born or naturalized in the United States” to have rights. A fetus is not born.
  25. By English Common Law, abortion was legal when our Constitution was written.
  26. There is no consensus for outlawing abortion. Most Americans are pro-choice.
  27. I am pro-life, but I think abortion should be allowed in certain situations.
  28. Why should abortion be illegal if the pregnancy threatens the woman’s life?
  29. How can you tell a woman whose fetus is handicapped that she has to have it?
  30. Why should a woman who was the victim of rape or incest have to bear a child?
  31. If abortion is illegal, what should the penalty be for a woman who has one?
  32. No woman ever wanted an abortion. They only do it when they have good reasons.
  33. Outlawing abortion will impose an unequal burden on poor women. Wealthy women will just go to other countries.
  34. This is the toughest decision a woman will ever make. No one has a right to interfere.
  35. Why shouldn’t a woman whose baby is going to die anyway have an abortion?
  36. I don’t like surgical abortions, but there’s nothing wrong with the abortion pill.
  37. What about a woman who can’t afford another child or isn’t ready to be a mom?
  38. How can you deny women health care?
  39. If abortion is outlawed women will again be killed in back-alley abortions.
  40. Late-term abortions are not done unless the woman’s life is in danger or the baby is already dead or couldn’t survive.
  41. What about a 14-year-old girl who finds herself pregnant?
  42. The answer to abortion is not in making it against the law but in changing hearts. You cannot legislate morality.
  43. You have no right to tell others what to believe. You people are just anti-choice extremists.
  44. I am personally opposed to abortion, but I can’t inflict my beliefs on others.
  45. Someone can be opposed to abortion but still be pro-choice.
  46. This is a religious issue and you have no right to force your beliefs on other people. Keep your Rosaries off my ovaries!
  47. Is it possible for someone to be pro-choice and a Christian?
  48. The Bible does not condemn abortion and Jesus never spoke out against it.
  49. I know abortion is wrong, but I don’t feel the Lord leading me to take a stand on it.
  50. God gave us free will and it is not our place to judge women who have abortions.
  51. Abortion is just one of many issues the church has to be concerned about.
  52. I believe that abortion is wrong, but the solution is prayer.
  53. My job is to save souls, not bodies. Besides, those babies go to heaven anyway.
  54. If a woman isn’t ready for a baby, maybe it’s best that she abort and ask God to bring the child back at a better time.
  55. When a woman miscarries, did God do an abortion on her?
  56. Theologians can’t agree when a soul enters the body.
  57. The fetus is only a potential human life.
  58. No one can prove when life begins. It is up to the woman to decide.
  59. If a baby is not a white, healthy, newborn it stands little chance of being adopted.
  60. There are more abortions than people waiting to adopt. What do we do after these people have gotten a baby?
  61. What about the children who get adopted by people who abuse or neglect them?
  62. What about a woman who says she could not carry a child for nine months and then give it up for adoption?
  63. Why don’t you help people who are already here, like the homeless?
  64. We have a nation of babies having babies.
  65. Millions of children are already starving.
  66. What about overpopulation?
  67. I don’t want to pay for all the social problems created by unwanted children.
  68. To end child abuse, we need to make sure that every child is a wanted child.
  69. Some children are forced to lead terrible lives. Isn’t abortion better than that?
  70. Contraception is the answer to abortion.
  71. Why do the same people who oppose abortion always fight against sex education and birth control?
  72. Why should a woman who is acting responsibly be forced into motherhood just because her birth control failed?
  73. Abortion is safer than childbirth.
  74. Abortion is not used as birth control.
  75. Let’s set aside our differences and look for common ground. We should look for ways to end the need for abortion.
  76. How can people call themselves pro-life and support every war that comes along?
  77. Pro-lifers talk about the sanctity of human life but most support the death penalty.
  78. Why do you oppose fetal tissue research and embryonic stem cell research when so many lives could be saved?
  79. When a pro-lifer’s daughter gets pregnant, they quickly become pro-choice converts.
  80. How can you call yourselves pro-life when your movement is so violent?
  81. How can conservatives justify the government taking away a citizen’s rights?
  82. Abortion should be safe, legal, and rare.
  83. The fact that the Ku Klux Klan is pro-life shows just what kind of bigots oppose legal abortion.
  84. What’s the big deal? Abortion is just a simple five-minute procedure.
  85. Outlawing abortion will not end it. Women will always have abortions.
  86. Don’t like abortion? Don’t have one.
  87. Those graphic abortion pictures are not real. They’re stillbirths and miscarriages.
  88. Doctors don’t do abortions for the money. Abortions are about $300 but a doctor can make thousands for a delivery.
  89. Our abortion clinic routinely gets letters from women telling us how grateful they are for the service we provided them.
  90. I’ve known several women who had abortions and they didn’t regret it at all.
  91. Have you pro-lifers ever thought about the possibility that you may be wrong?
  92. I’m pro-choice but I’m uncomfortable with the idea of women having multiple abortions.

Order your own copyfor $5.   Buy one for yourself and another (or several) to share with others.

Coming Events

Life Chain Rally – Sunday March 14, 2 – 3:30 pm

Mark your calendar Spring Life Chain Rally held on Sunday, March 14, from 2-3:30 pm at South Virginia and South McCarran in Reno.   We will stand to give witness to the truth that Abortion Kills Children.   Signs are available at $1 apiece.   Churches are encouraged to make them available to their congregants for a $2 deposit, allowing those who would like to keep them, and others who would like to get their deposit back to return them. Please contact Elizabeth Labat at: elizabethlabat@gmail.com or you can call her on her cell phone at: (504) 296-8670. 

Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here

Gather together to Pray to End Abortion!   When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.

Support the Effort!

Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Do you believe in the work we are doing as we Pray to End Abortion?   If so, please support the effort with a donation to cover our expenses. Donate Now

For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe , look for us on Facebook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign, go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. 

If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

Campaign Materials

Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More.

Heritage House, is offering a Promotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazing cost of $0, they are even picking up the postage.If you have wished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on hand when we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberized bracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items,for free.They aren’t even requiring that you enter your email address to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and they will continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on sale during the course of the year.And if you see something on sale and would like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladly accept the help in making their many excellent pro-life items available!To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp

Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items

Truly, pictures are worth a thousand words.To make it possible for us to communicate more effectively with those who witness our campaign, Millie has stocked Yard signs, Rally signs, New colored precious feet, Pro-life buttons, Static and Bumper sticker available @ The Two Hearts,33 Winter Street, Reno NV and St. Rose of Lima Church (weekend Masses).

More information

Please share this truth, among others relative to abortion with those who follow your Facebook posts! For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe, look for us on FaceBook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be willing to Pray to End Abortion.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign , go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Day 9 - Signs Allowed

Day 9 – Signs Allowed!

Table of Contents

Local Campaign News

Signs Allowed!

We have spoken with Senior Code Enforcement Officer for the City of Reno, and after a review of the City Ordinance, it was determined that the large signs which have done so much good can continue to stand on the ground, as long as they remain attended, which has always been the case.   We continue to look into the legality of our posting the 40 Days for Life yard signs, and we will get back to you with what we find as it becomes available.   But in the meantime, we request that you not post signs that are stuck into the ground.   Also it is not permissible to post signs that are fastened to the poles, posts or wires on public property.   Please remember that as participants in 40 Days for Life we strive to follow the law in all we do.   We ask that you respect this.   You may hold signs or place signs on your vehicles during your visits to the sidewalks, and we encourage you to continue to do so.

MOMs Group Adopts the Sidewalk

The women of the MOMs group at Immaculate Conception Church adopted the sidewalk on Wednesday, ensuring that there were prayer volunteers present delivering the Love of Christ through-out the day through the power of their present prayers.  

Sadly, while there, a couple arrived and parked across from the sidewalk, sitting in their car for quite a while.   One of the volunteers approached them and offered information in the hopes that they could assist them in making a choice for life.   The woman insisted that she was not pregnant and they left the two of them to continue their conversation.   After staying there for approximately 45 minutes, a young woman walked down the driveway from the facility and the volunteers realized that this teen, most likely their daughter, had just had an abortion.   She struggled to walk to the car for her ride home and shortly after getting in she had to get back out to vomit.   This was most certainly not a good day for her.  

Please pray for her and all the others who left the abortion site wounded.

To sign up on the vigil calendar go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe.   If you’ve already registered, your username is your email address.   If you have forgotten your email, there is a simple mechanism by which your password can be sent to you email address.   If you still have difficulty getting registered, feel free to send your questions to: 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or call: 530-412-1573.

Join our Facebook group for 40 Days for Life Reno Tahoe, at: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=50059641315

Join the Carson City Facebook Fan page at:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/40-Days-For-Life-Carson-City/262781127002?v=wall&ref=search

Vigil Calendar

Reno Adopt A Day Calendar

Date Church Contact Phone
Thurs – Feb 25 Immaculate Conception Parish, Reno Pat Souza (775) 358-7269
Fri – Feb 26 St. Alberts, Reno Greg Sprigg (775) 746-9758
Sat – Feb 27 Bishop Manogue Parents Association Karen Mowry (775) 747-0195
Tues – Mar 2 Our Lady of Snows Parish, Reno Donna Kelly (775) 827-1901
Wed. – Mar 3 St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral, Reno Charles Teachout (775) 846-9275
Thurs – Mar 4 Valley View Christian Fellowship Theresa Cobb (775) 853-8345
       

Bring Adopt-a-Day to your church by contacting us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or by calling Carol Marie at (530) 412-1573.

Volunteers Needed Thurs 11-3 pm, 6-7; & Fri 7-8 am, 5-7 pm

On Thursday, the Immaculate Conception Parish has adopted the sidewalk.   Please come and join them on the sidewalk.

On Friday, St. Alberts Parish has adopted the sidewalk.   Do you have a hour that you can give to pray on this typically busy day at the abortion site?

In the meantime, you are welcome to sign-up or simply show-up to pray at the sidewalk at any time of the day or night when you are available to join us.   Your prayers have value well beyond anything we can see and we welcome whatever contribution you can make to the effort as we Pray to End Abortion.

Please register the hours when you can come pray at the sidewalk by going to our on-line calendar at:  www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe

40 Days through Scripture

Day 9: Luke 1-4 (including: Luke 1:41-44)
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb.   And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?   For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. …”

Jesus was just beginning to grow in Mary’s womb and yet already He was Our Lord, Divinity and Humanity in a single person.   And John the Baptist, also in the womb, was able to recognize the presence of Our Lord in Mary’s womb.   Unborn, they were present with all their inherent dignity.   The same dignity applies to the unborn who travel to their doom, wrapped in their own mother’s wombs.   Please honor the dignity of unborn human life.   Stand between them and their imminent death, Pray at the Sidewalk, offer their mothers a choice that they can all live with.

Join us as we read the New Testament over the course of the 40 Day campaign.     

To get the complete 40 Days Through the New Testament list, go to:            www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now.

National News

T Minus One Until Health Care "Summit"

[National Right to Life] By Dave Andrusko - Even as I write this the jockeying for position by the White House and Democratic congressional leadership has gone into overdrive in preparation for Thursday's Health Care "summit." The maneuvering is important to us not because it is a fascinating exercise in political spin (although it is clearly that), but because President Obama's "add ons" this week would worsen an already pro-abortion Senate bill, H.R. 3590.

On Monday NRLC first commented on the changes Obama proposed to make to the bill the Senate passed last December. (See http://nrlactioncenter.com.)

"For pro-life Democrats in the House, President Obama's proposal only makes matters worse," explained NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson. "If all of the President's changes were made, the resulting legislation would allow direct federal funding of abortion on demand through Community Health Centers, would institute federal subsidies for private health plans that cover abortion on demand (including some federally administered plans), and would authorize federal mandates that would require even non-subsidized private plans to cover elective abortion."

He added, "The scope of the abortion-related problems with the Obama-backed legislation are being vastly understated in the mainstream news media.”   To Continue Reading

For more Pro-Life related news, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/News

Video Vignette

PP Gives False Statements in Response to WI Investigation

Yesterday Live Action released an undercover tape which shows Planned Parenthood learning that a 14 year old girl has become pregnant by her 31 yr old boyfriend.   Their response to the media was that because the girl failed to give her name they were unable to submit the required report.   They didn’t have the information necessary to allow follow-up.   Today, Live Action has released additional footage demonstrating that this excuse was not consistent with the facts of the case.   Will they never learn?   To see both videos, go to: http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-of-wi-ceo-makes-false-statements/

Abortion 101

Pro-Life Current Events

It is important to stay informed of the current issues in Pro-Life, especially with the Culture of Death in power in all the branches of the government, Administrative, Legislative and Judicial branches, as well as at the state levels in both California and Nevada.   During 40 Days for Life, we attempt to provide a selection of articles from a variety of local and national pro-life organizations.   Use the links provided to subscribe to some of these publications yourself, so that year round, you can stay informed on the issues.

In Nevada, you will definitely want to sign-up for updates from Nevada Right to Life and Nevada LIFE, both of which will keep you informed of the important State and National pro-life news.

Coming Events

Life Chain Rally – Sunday March 14, 2 – 3:30 pm

Mark your calendar Spring Life Chain Rally held on Sunday, March 14, from 2-3:30 pm at South Virginia and South McCarran in Reno.   We will stand to give witness to the truth that Abortion Kills Children.   Signs are available at $1 apiece.   Churches are encouraged to make them available to their congregants for a $2 deposit, allowing those who would like to keep them, and others who would like to get their deposit back to return them. Please contact Elizabeth Labat at: elizabethlabat@gmail.com or you can call her on her cell phone at: (504) 296-8670. 

Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here

Gather together to Pray to End Abortion!   When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.

Support the Effort!

Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Do you believe in the work we are doing as we Pray to End Abortion?   If so, please support the effort with a donation to cover our expenses. Donate Now

For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe , look for us on Facebook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign, go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. 

If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

Campaign Materials

Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More.

Heritage House, is offering a Promotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazing cost of $0, they are even picking up the postage.If you have wished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on hand when we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberized bracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items,for free.They aren’t even requiring that you enter your email address to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and they will continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on sale during the course of the year.And if you see something on sale and would like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladly accept the help in making their many excellent pro-life items available!To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp

Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items

Truly, pictures are worth a thousand words.To make it possible for us to communicate more effectively with those who witness our campaign, Millie has stocked Yard signs, Rally signs, New colored precious feet, Pro-life buttons, Static and Bumper sticker available @ The Two Hearts,33 Winter Street, Reno NV and St. Rose of Lima Church (weekend Masses).

More information

Please share this truth, among others relative to abortion with those who follow your Facebook posts! For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe, look for us on FaceBook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be willing to Pray to End Abortion.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign , go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

If you wish to be removed from this distribution list, simply reply with Please Remove in the subject line.

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Day 8 - Signs Risk Citation

Day 8 – Signs Risk Citation

Table of Contents

  • Local Campaign News
    • Signs Risk Citation
    • Full Staff On Hand, Women Made Quick Visits
    • Volunteers Fill the Sidewalk With Prayer
  • Vigil Calendar
    • Reno Adopt A Day Calendar
    • This Week's Vigil Needs - Volunteers Needed Tues 7-8 am; Weds 11-3 pm, 6-7
  • Coming Events
    • Life Chain Rally – Sunday March 14, 2 – 3:30 pm
    • Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here
  • 40 Days through Scripture
    • Day 8: Mark 12 – 16
  • National News
    • Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Caught in Sex Abuse Cover-Up
  • Abortion 101
    • After the Abortion
  • Support the Effort!
    • Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Local Campaign News

Signs Risk Citation

The large “Abortion” “Stops A” “Beating” Heart” signs which have stood at the side of the road in front of the abortion site at 5915 Tyrone Road in Reno sat this morning atop a field of white snow and their message stood out as though they were neon signs, capturing the attention of the cars passing by.   Unfortunately, these signs, and others that have been placed on the ground have also captured the attention and the ire of Dr. Damon Stutes, the abortionist.   Such a message reaches the hearts of those who see it, and this is certainly contrary to the success of his business.   There is speculation that these signs are not in compliance with a City Ordinance or County Code and the Sr. City Inspector responsible for Code Enforcement came by to let us know that while we can continue to hold signs (or have them on our parked cars), we cannot place them on the ground.   After learning that he had requested that they be removed, a call was placed to his office, asking for clarification regarding the code infraction that was being enforced.   We anticipate hearing back from him tomorrow morning, so watch for more news, as we seek clarification on this matter.

In the meantime, if this message can no longer be communicated effectively from the sidewalk, we are considering the option of placing a billboard in town with this or a similar message.   If you would like to support such an effort, please let us know, or simply contribute via our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/contact.

Full Staff On Hand, Women Made Quick Visits

It appears that there was a full staff on hand at the Reno abortion site, and the women who entered the facility made quick visits, presumably to pay for their upcoming appointments.   Please keep these women in prayer, that they, as with the women who came last week, might reconsider their decision to end the lives of their children.   We know, especially after talking with Elizabeth last week, that the signs held at the entrance of the abortion site cause these women to consider what they are doing.   Pray that the Holy Spirit move on their hearts and waken them to the beauty of the gift they are carrying in their womb.

Dr. Stutes drove in at noon, with an angry attitude on his arrival.   Please keep him especially at the front of your prayers.   He is a man who dearly needs to know the Love and Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.    Through the Love and Mercy of God, Dr. Stutes can leave behind the anger that has plagued his life for so many years.   It is for this peace that we need to pray for him.   Pray that he appreciates that the abortions he performs harm all involved, including himself and his staff, as their souls remain separated from the Love and Peace that is offered through Christ alone.

Pray also for the women who work at the abortion site.   There are some who appear to have their hearts softening, and we pray that we can continue to be witnesses of the Love of Christ so that they can feel comfortable to turn to us if they decide they want to leave their jobs.   If you are present at the sidewalk and have the opportunity to encounter any of these people, please do your utmost to be kind and loving towards them, letting them know that we pray for them and are willing to offer them whatever assistance they might need to leave their jobs and find other employment.   Other 40 Days for Life campaigns have provided housing and job placement assistance to women who have left the abortion site and we need to be willing to step up and offer the same to those who come to realize that they are in fact not helping the women they serve.   Sadly, many of these women may mistakenly believe that they are helping by providing abortions, and if we remain true to our mission of Love we can help them reconsider their position.

Volunteers Fill the Sidewalk With Prayer

Despite the snow standing on the ground, our faithful prayer volunteers continued to show up to pray at the sidewalk through-out the day, starting first thing in the morning and continuing through-out the early evening.   One volunteer even asked her husband to drop her off at the sidewalk after he picked her up from the airport, having flown across the country.   It is this kind of dedication that will allow us to continue our prayer coverage on this site, and we know that God answers those who are persistent in their prayers.   Today saw our coverage with as many as four people present at a time to a few stretches with only one person kneeling in prayer.   Won’t you come to the sidewalk and assist those who are already present.   There is power when we bring people together to pray.   To sign up on the vigil calendar go to: www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe.   If you’ve already registered, your username is your email address.   If you have forgotten your email, there is a simple mechanism by which your password can be sent to you email address.   If you still have difficulty getting registered, feel free to send your questions to: 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or call: 530-412-1573.

Join our Facebook group for 40 Days for Life Reno Tahoe, at: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=50059641315

Join the Carson City Facebook Fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/40-Days-For-Life-Carson-City/262781127002?v=wall&ref=search

Vigil Calendar

Reno Adopt A Day Calendar

Date Church Contact Phone
Weds – Feb 24 Immaculate Conception MOMs Group Connie Foxwell (775) 626-8578
Thurs – Feb 25 Immaculate Conception Parish, Reno Pat Souza (775) 358-7269
Fri – Feb 26 St. Alberts, Reno Greg Sprigg (775) 746-9758
Sat – Feb 27 Bishop Manogue Parents Association Karen Mowry (775) 747-0195
Tues – Mar 2 Our Lady of Snows Parish, Reno Donna Kelly (775) 827-1901
Wed. – Mar 3 St. Thomas Aquinas Cathedral, Reno Charles Teachout (775) 846-9275
Thurs – Mar 4 Valley View Christian Fellowship Theresa Cobb (775) 853-8345
       

Bring Adopt-a-Day to your church by contacting us at 40DaysforLifeRenoTahoe@gmail.com or by calling Carol Marie at (530) 412-1573.

This Week's Vigil Needs - Volunteers Needed Tues 7-8 am; Weds 11-3 pm, 6-7

On Wednesday, the MOM’s group from the Immaculate Conception Parish is adopting the sidewalk.  In addition to their coverage, we need volunteers from 11 am – 3 pm and again from 6-7 pm.

On Thursday, the Immaculate Conception Parish has adopted the sidewalk.   Please come and join them on the sidewalk.

In the meantime, you are welcome to sign-up or simply show-up to pray at the sidewalk at any time of the day or night when you are available to join us.   Your prayers have value well beyond anything we can see and we welcome whatever contribution you can make to the effort as we Pray to End Abortion.

Please register the hours when you can come pray at the sidewalk by going to our on-line calendar at:  www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe

Coming Events

Life Chain Rally – Sunday March 14, 2 – 3:30 pm

Mark your calendar Spring Life Chain Rally held on Sunday, March 14, from 2-3:30 pm at South Virginia and South McCarran in Reno.   We will stand to give witness to the truth that Abortion Kills Children.   Signs are available at $1 apiece.   Churches are encouraged to make them available to their congregants for a $2 deposit, allowing those who would like to keep them, and others who would like to get their deposit back to return them. Please contact Elizabeth Labat at: elizabethlabat@gmail.com or you can call her on her cell phone at: (504) 296-8670. 

Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here

Gather together to Pray to End Abortion!   When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.

40 Days through Scripture

Day 8: Mark 12 – 16 (including: Mark 16:9)
When he had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.

Have you ever reflected on the fact that the first person Christ appeared to was the woman who had sinned much and who know the peace of the forgiveness of Christ?   It is this Love of Christ that we desire to share with those associated with the abortion industry and the women who participate in abortion, as well as those who facilitate their abortions.   Remember that we are to imitate Christ and this means we need to be prepared to love the repentant sinner, and to be ready to assist them in breaking their chains to sin and demonic involvement.

Join us as we read the New Testament over the course of the 40 Day campaign.     

To get the complete 40 Days Through the New Testament list, go to:  www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now.

National News

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Caught in Sex Abuse Cover-Up

[LifeSiteNews.com, Milwaukee] - New undercover footage shows staff at a Milwaukee, WI. Planned Parenthood abortion clinic apparently breaking the law by counseling a purportedly 14-year-old statutory rape victim not to tell anyone about her 31-year-old boyfriend, and coaching her how to obtain an abortion without her parents' consent.

The new video, the seventh in a series from Live Action documenting similar behavior in 5 other states, comes amid recent controversy about Planned Parenthood's compliance with state laws regarding minors and abortion.

After hearing that the girl is 14 and her boyfriend is "much older," the counselor in the video says that whether or not the situation will be reported by clinic workers "depends on the person you're disclosing that information to." When the girl says that her boyfriend is 31, the counselor tells her, "You don't have to say anything" about the statutory rape and instructs her, "Just give them the information that's needed." The counselor also confirms that the 31-year-old "boyfriend" will be paying for the abortion.

In Wisconsin, sex between an adult and a minor under age 16 is a felony, and health care professionals are required to report such cases to law enforcement immediately. The law specifically includes abortion providers in this requirement.

Live Action, the youth-led pro-life nonprofit that produced the video, has previously released undercover footage in its "Mona Lisa Project" showing sexual abuse cover-up at Planned Parenthood clinics in California, Indiana, Arizona, Tennessee, and Alabama.

The Alabama Department of Health put a Birmingham Planned Parenthood on probation two weeks ago after finding 9 legal violations during an investigation prompted by a Live Action video.   To Continue Reading and View the Video

For more Pro-Life related news, go to our website: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/News

Abortion 101

Sidewalk Counseling

Sidewalk counseling is for those who are called to share the Love of Christ with those approaching the abortion site, and offer solutions that don’t consist of killing a child. Sidewalk counseling also includes addressing those who are leaving the abortion site and offering them referrals to Post-abortion counseling so they can move towards healing the wounds that abortion imposes. See our Sidewalk Counseling Workshop on-line at:      www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/VigilVolunteerWorkshop .

Support the Effort!

Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website

Do you believe in the work we are doing as we Pray to End Abortion?   If so, please support the effort with a donation to cover our expenses. Donate Now

For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe , look for us on Facebook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573.

To receive your own copy of these updates, as well as information from the National Campaign, go to http://www.40DaysforLife/renotahoe and request to receive updates. 

If you prefer to only receive our local updates, send an email with “Please Add Me to 40 Days for Life” on the subject line to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com

Campaign Materials

Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More.

Heritage House, is offering a Promotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazing cost of $0, they are even picking up the postage.If you have wished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on hand when we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberized bracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items,for free.They aren’t even requiring that you enter your email address to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and they will continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on sale during the course of the year.And if you see something on sale and would like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladly accept the help in making their many excellent pro-life items available!To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp

Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items

Truly, pictures are worth a thousand words.To make it possible for us to communicate more effectively with those who witness our campaign, Millie has stocked Yard signs, Rally signs, New colored precious feet, Pro-life buttons, Static and Bumper sticker available @ The Two Hearts,33 Winter Street, Reno NV and St. Rose of Lima Church (weekend Masses).

More information

Please share this truth, among others relative to abortion with those who follow your Facebook posts! For more information on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe, look for us on FaceBook, or Call: Carol Marie at 530-412-1573 Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be willing to Pray to End Abortion.

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