IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:
RALLY FOR LIFE … The annual Hilton Head Citizens for Life Rally for Life will be held Sunday, January 10, from 2 to 3 p.m. in front of St. Francis Thrift Shop on Route 278. All are encouraged to participate in this prayerful, peaceful witness to the life of the unborn child. To show our solidarity, all participants are encouraged to wear red.
The statewide Stand Up for Life Rally will be held on the Capitol steps in Columbia, SC, on Saturday, January 16, at noon. Speakers and music will enliven this program that has grown in stature over the years.
The 2010 March for Life in Washington, DC, commemorating the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, will begin at noon on Friday, January 22, on the Mall in the Nation’s Capitol followed by a march to the Supreme Court.
For information on any of these events, call Bill Mullane, 342-5789.
If you are unable to join fellow participants in the March for Life in Washington, DC, on Friday, January 22, including students, sisters from St. Francis by the Sea and chaperones, you still can stand and be counted.
Simply go to VirtualMarchforLife.com. It is easy to do and will take very little time. There are just four simple steps and you will be placed in front of the U.S. Capitol building alongside other Americans marching online.
This activity is sponsored by Americans United Life, an organization that has been in the forefront of the fight against abortion for more than three decades.
HEALTH CARE REFORM ISSUES REQUIRE ACTION NOW
The federal health care debate is a hot topic in both houses of Congress in Washington, DC, and could come up for a vote immediately after the August recess. Action is urgently needed NOW.
Current plans before Congress, if enacted as written, could have profound effects on every American whether they are currently covered by health insurance or not.
You are encouraged to take action by (a) calling your two Senators and one Congressman and (b) by calling the leadership of the Blue Dog Democrats in the House of Representatives who likely will play a key role in the final resolution of the issue.
Ask each person you contact to oppose any "health care reform" legislation that does not explicitly exclude abortion and that any health care reform legislation must protect American citizens from rationing or denial of treatment because of age, disability or "quality of life." These provisions could force institutions and medical personnel who oppose any of the above procedures to violate their deeply held ethical, religious or moral convictions. No conscience clause exists in the pending legislation.
You can reach our Senators and Congressman as follows:
Senator Jim DeMint: by phone at 843 849-3887 or 202 224-6121 or via email at www.demint.senate.gov.
: by phone at 843 849-3887 or 202 224-6121 or via email at . Senator Lindsey Graham; by phone at 843 849-3887 or 202 224-5972 or via email at www.graham.senate.gov.
; by phone at 843 849-3887 or 202 224-5972 or via email at . Congressman Joe Wilson: by phone at 888-381-1442 or 202 225-2452 or via email at www.joewilson.house.gov.
: by phone at 888-381-1442 or 202 225-2452 or via email at . Blue Dog Democratic leadership can be contacted as follows:Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD) co-chair for administration, 202 225-2801.
Representative Baron Hill (IN) co-chair for policy, 202 225-5315.
Representative Charlie Melancon (LA), co-chair for communications, 202 225-4031.
Representative Health Shuler (NC), Blue Dog whip, 202 225-2431.
RACHEL’S CORNER:
Post Abortion Ministry – Diocese of Charleston, 803 554-6088 or 803 546-6010 or
grace4healing@gmail.com
PRAY TO ST. GERARD
St. Gerard has been helping couples considered infertile to conceive. Thousands have testified how he answered their prayers with the birth of a child that doctors insisted was a medical impossibility or saved a mother dying in childbirth. By popular acclaim he is called the "patron of mothers, patron of motherhood and protector of expectant mothers and their unborn children." St. Gerard prayer cards are available in the narthex.
