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Pro-Life Activities
Knights from
all
parts of the United States will be on hand for the annual March for
Life
in Washington DC, which will be held on January 22, 2004. The
march
commemorates the anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision by
the
U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1973, which legalized abortion on
demand.
All Knights and families are encouraged to take part in the Washington
march
or in Pro-Life events near their homes.
The North Carolina Right to Life will commemorate the decision
legalizing
abortion on January 17, 2004. The annual Rally and March for Life
will
be in Raleigh, NC. In addition to the Rally and March for Life
they
will hold their annual Pray Breakfast for Life before the march.
Knights, family and friends who cannot go to Raleigh or Washington can
participate
in a local pro-life activity, the VIGIL for LIFE, to be held in January
at
the Court House in Graham, NC. This event is sponsored by the
Alamance
County Right to Life. People from all churches in the area have
encircled
the Court House in the past to light a candle and pray for life of the
unborn.
The International Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child is
observed
on March 25th with events Orderwide, including a rosary for life to
celebrate
unborn life on the feast of the Annunciation at the National Shrine of
Immaculate
Conception. In the Crusade for Life, Knights, family and friends are
encouraged
join by praying the rosary in the defense of the sanctity of unborn
human
life on March 25, 2004.
The U.S. Conference Catholic Bishops Respect Life Program begins anew
each
year on Respect Life Sunday, the first Sunday in October.
Distribution
of the U.S. bishops’ Respect Life information and the USCCB Secretariat
for
Pro-Life activities Life Insight publication is made possible thru the
generosity
of the Knights of Columbus
In December 2004, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
proclamation
of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th.
We
also celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 12th and on
December
25th the birth of God’s Son Jesus Christ. The Immaculate
Conception
was the preparation by God of a human tabernacle for His Son here on
earth.
The light of revelation, which reaches its fullness in the birth of
Jesus
Christ, confirms and completes all that human reason can grasp
concerning
the value of human life. Let us petition Our Lady to intercede for the
protection
of human life:
In addition to the pro-life materials the Knights of Columbus makes
available
directly, here are some links to the web sites of organizations
dedicated
to the pro-life cause. The following links provide information that can
serve
as a place to educate yourself on pro-life issues.
http://www.usccb.org/prolife/
- Prime resource for bishop's policy and teaching
statements on pro-life issues. - Current 2010
http://www.nchla.org/
- Organizational and contact information about the National
Committee for a Human Life. - Current 2010
http://www.stemcellresearch.org/
- Site of Do No Harm: The Coalition of
Americans for Research Ethics, providing background and current reports
on stem cell research. Not current - 2009 Last entry
http://www.secondlookproject.org/index.html
- Ads and background information designed to
encourage those who are "pro-choice" to take a second look
at their
position on abortion. - not Current, broken links
http://www.hopeafterabortion.com/index.cfm
- Information about abortion's
aftermath and
the Catholic Church's post-abortion ministry. no date .. most links work
http://www.ru486facts.org/index.cfm?page=whatis
- Factual information about the drug RU-486
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